Extracted from the newspapers, Egyptian Press (EP), Marion Evening Post (MEP) and Herrin News (HN)
October
Tony Ponge, the Italian from Madison No. 9, who was jailed here on 11 Sep, charged with killing Buster Bridges, a negro, was turned out of jail Wednesday. The grand jury investigated and found that Bridges had went to the home of Ponge earlier in the evening with Will Lee. Both were drunk and all but tore up the place, drank up a quantity of beer and slapped and insulted Mrs. Ponge. Upon hearing of the insult, Ponge took his shotgun and hunted Bridges down. MEP, Thursday, 1 Oct 1914
The wife of Dr. J.A. Jent, a former Marion boy who is now practicing in Pittsburg, Kansas, and who is the son of Constable B.D. Jent of this city, died Thursday. Twin boys, both dead, were born. The mother was a native of Ohio. MEP 1 Oct 1914
A petition is now being circulated praying for the release from the penitentiary at Chester of James Elmore, the wife murderer who was sent to serve a life term three years ago. The prisoner’s mother is circulating the petition. EP 1 Oct 1914
A.V. Deason, living at Hudgens, died today. He is a brother-in-law of Gus Moseley of this city. MEP 1 Oct 1914
Logan Follis, a single man aged 29, died Wednesday of typhoid at the home of his mother, Mrs. Sarah Follis of Weaver. Burial was in Foil’s Cemetery near West Frankfort. HN 1 Oct 1914
Chas. Miller of Royalton was sentenced to one to two years for breaking into the Missouri Pacific cars and stealing. HN 1 Oct 1914
Notice is given that I will not be responsible for any debts made or contracted by my son, Earl Dawson. D.M. Dawson HN 1 Oct 1914
The four months old child of Mr. & Mrs. Joe Popolonis of 1015 North 16th Street died Saturday. Burial was in the Catholic Cemetery. HN 1 Oct 1914
N.B. Williams died last week at the old Soldier’s home in Danville and was brought to the home of his son, G.C. Williams at Energy. Burial was in Hurricane Cemetery. A wife and ten children survive HN 1 Oct 1914
Anna Belle Reeves Emerson, was born 3 Sep 1860 and died 20 Sep 1914. She was the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. A.P. & E.C. Reeves whose home was where the village of Cambria is now located. She married M.F. Emerson 13 Dec 1880. Ten children were born, two sons and five daughters now living and one son and two daughters died in infancy. She also leaves three brothers. She became a member of the Church of Christ when she was 18. She was a charter member of the Christian Church in Cambria. Burial was at Carterville cemetery. HN 1 Oct 1914
R.A. King was arrested and charged with attempt to rape, a charge made by two girls, daughters of Joe Jeffreys and Allie Hope, aged 9 and 11 years, all of Herrin. Mr. King has been here working as a whisky detective in the interests of the anti-saloon people. With some difficulty, two Herrin officers kept an angry mob from handling him roughly. MEP, Friday, 2 Oct 1914
Mrs. Marshall Mosley, a bride of a year, died Thursday at her home in West Frankfort. Her husband is the son of John Mosley and with his parents once lived here. He is a nephew of merchant A.A. Mosley. Burial will be at East Fork near West Frankfort. MEP 2 Oct 1914
Ab Eason died Thursday at his home near Hudgens. He was born 57 years ago where Johnston City now is, the son of Ab Eason Sr. He leaves a wife and seven children. His wife is a sister of merchant A.A. Mosley, James Mosley and Mesdames Charley Jones, Mon Lawrence, Mon Jones and A.B. Thimmig, all of this city and John Mosley of West Frankfort and Mrs. Sid Swan living east of Marion. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery. MEP 2 Oct 1914
A marriage license was issued Thursday to William Kirpzki, 36 and Vera Wauchulia, 344 [as written], both of Johnston City. MEP 2 Oct 1914
Charley Cordora, convicted of the crime of murder of Monte Caruso, in September 1911, will apply for an absolute pardon. MEP 2 Oct 1914
Guy F. Mead died suddenly of a hemorrhage Friday at his home on East Boulevard. He was sitting o the porch with his wife, waiting for their daughter to come home for supper when he had a coughing spell. He had been stricken with a hemorrhage six weeks ago and had been under the care of a physician. Before that, he was employed at the American Creosoting plant as a motorman. He was born 21 Feb 1872 in Carbondale, son of George and Mary Mead, both deceased. When he was an infant his parents moved to the area of Cottage Home in this county. When he was 16, they moved to Carbondale. He married Lilly Gilbert 13 Nov 1894 in Murphysboro. He is survived by his wife and a daughter, Mary, who is bookkeeper at Holiday’s main store here. Also, these brothers and sisters: Mrs. Sarah Flynn of El Paso, Texas, Nathan Mead of Oklahoma, Dr. Frank Mead of Pinckneyville, Mrs. Blanche Comstock of Carbondale and Dr. Oscar Mead of Pinckneyville. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery, Carbondale. MEP, Saturday, 3 Oct 1914
Marriage licenses
John Yahorssik, 21, Colpville and Mary Kondon, 17, Clifford
James R. McAnally, 20, Johnston City and Ella Dorris, 22, West Frankfort MEP 3 Oct 1914
Johnston City — Sunday will be remembered as the banner day for the Baptists of this city, for it is on that day that their beautiful new home is to be dedicated and the dreams of the membership fulfilled. Dr. W.D. Powell of Louisville, Ky. will have charge of the dedication ceremonies. MEP 3 Oct 1914
Lillian Summers of this city and W.M. Beaty of Hurst were married Sunday in Paducah. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Summers of this city. They will make their home in Hurst. MEP, Mondays 5 Oct 1914
Mrs. Fannie Heard, formerly Fannie Jones, a former Marion girl, died at her home in Thompsonville. Her uncles, Justice G.D. Miller and Walter Jones attended the funeral. She was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jones, who once lived here. He was in business with his brother on West Main Street. MEP, 5 Oct 1914
A boy, their first child, was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Durham. The father is a son of Grant Durham and the mother was formerly NELL Hull, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Hull. MEP 5 Oct 1914
A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charley Parks on N. Otis Street, their first child. MEP 5 Oct 1914
A 12 ½ pound boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. C.R. Henderson of West Boulevard. MEP 5 Oct 1914
A marriage license was issued Monday to James H. Brown, 79, of West Frankfort and Amanda Cole, 65, of Herrin. MEP 5 Oct 1914
Marriage licenses Saturday
Gaston Carre, 30 and Antoinette Freson, 25, both of Johnston City Everett Eden, 19, Johnston City and Callie Wade, 17, Fordville
George Pedigo, 50 and Elizabeth Parker, 52, both of Johnston City
G.W. Mcgee, 37 and Mabel Wright, 18, Herrin
William McGhee, 37, Carterville and Jessie Smothers, 27, both of Herrin John Khory, 32, Herrin and Mrs. Wayda R. Rasdid, 25, New York City MEP, Tuesday, 6 Oct 1914
There are now thirty-six prisoners at the county jail — just an even three dozen, a fourth of a gross. It is expected within three days there will be about six dozen or a half gross as there are warrants in large bundles out for alleged bootleggers. MEP 6 Oct 1914
Ben Steadman, a negro of Madison No. 9, was arrested and jailed Tuesday for bootlegging. MEP 6 Oct 1914
A great mine disaster, in which explosion and fire will take place and lives in great number will be wiped out, is among the occurrences of the future predicted for this city and community by Master Edgar Meyers, the boy medium who is at the Marion Opera House. MEP, 6 Oct 1914
Ed Norman and Lucile Hunter will be married today at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Hunter on N. State Street. A lengthy account of the wedding with a list of out-of-town guests. MEP, Wednesday, 6 & 7 Oct 1914
A marriage license was issued Monday to William A. Spence, 58, Mounds and Nannie Hayes, 56, Creal Springs. MEP 6 Oct 1914
Circuit court
John Stoval and John Molinski, two lads from Bush, pled guilty to robbing box cars on the Iron Mountain there. They were sentenced to reform school.
Jim Davis, Bob Austin and Jess Brisco, three Johnston City ruffians who had a shooting there in which a Polish woman was wounded, were fined $25 and costs and given six months each in jail.
Towsel Davis, Dutch Fernbaker and John L. Sullivan of Johnston City are now on trial for stealing an automobile. MEP 7 Oct 1914
Pittsburg, Kansas newspaper Mrs. Mattie Ervin Jent was born at Russellville, Brown County, Ohio and died 1 Oct 1914 at Mt. Carmel Hospital after an illness of about four days. Mattie Ervin Tweed was married to Dr. J.A. Jent 22 Jun 1903 at Kankakee, Ill. She leaves her husband, two children, Hettie Elizabeth Jent, 9 and Leonard Tweed Jent, 6, parents Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Tweed of Georgetown, Ohio, three sisters Mrs. S.S. Williamson and Mrs. C.M. Spear both of Newton, Kansas and Mrs. C.F. Ludy of Georgetown, Ohio. One sister, Mary Tweed, died at the age of three months and a brother, Bert Tweed, died at the age of seventeen years. She came with her husband to Pittsburg about eighteen months ago from Wellington, Kansas where they had lived six years. Burial will be in Mt. Olive Cemetery. MEP 7 Oct 1914
Constable B.D. Jent and son Loy returned from Pittsburg, Kansas where they attended the funeral of Mrs. J.A. Jent, their daughter-in-law and sister-in-law. MEP 7 Oct 1914
Louis Dell’era shot himself Friday night with a 38-caliber pistol. He had been gradually failing in health for several months. He had frequently taken short trips to Hot Springs and West Baden, but being a man who always kept his mind on his business, he never laid down his worries and was soon back in harness only half rested. He was suffering from a fatal stomach trouble, probably cancer of the stomach, and his physician at West Baden had told him he could not live more than four or five months.Realizing the situation he was in, his family had planned to go away for a rest with him and Joe Berra came over the middle of last week to get his business shaped up and assume charge while Mr. & Mrs. Dell’Era were to have left Monday morning for California where they planned to spend the winter. He came home for dinner Friday noon and dined with the family of Mr. & Mrs. Joe Berra of Murphysboro. His wife urged him to not eat too hearty a meal as he had only a few days before, cautioning him he would be sick again. He replied he was feeling fine and soon finished before the others, excused himself and left the room. A few minutes intervened when a pistol shot broke in from the rear of the house. He had shot himself in his automobile. He is survived by a wife and three children: Joe, 18, Eda, 12 and William, 4, a sister in Murphysboro and a brother in St. Louis. His aged father also survives in Inveruno, province of Lombardo, Italy, where Louis was born 8 Feb 1866. He went to France at age 16, where he spent two years. Returning to his native country, he enlisted in the engineering corps of the Italian Army. He was sent to Abyssinia where he worked two years. After being discharged honorably, he entered railroad construction work. Taking 600 men, he plunged into the heart of the Congo Free State in Africa where he spent about 18 months at work. He left Italy in 1896 and came to the States, first locating in Detroit, Mich., later for a short time in St. Louis. A short time later he came to Murphysboro where he formed a partnership with Joe Berra, whom he had known from childhood back in Italy. A year later he moved to Herrin and took charge of the saloon that Joe Berra had started here a year before. He put all his savings into real estate and owned extensive land in the west part of Herrin. Burial was in the Catholic Cemetery. jA very lengthy obit with a picture.] HN 8 Oct 1914
Master in Chancery’s sale
Ex Parte — Ellen Ambrozi and Anna Pecherkms, minors by W.W. Skaggs partition, homestead and dower. HN 8 Oct 1914
Were married twice in one night
Police Magistrate Wollard found himself in an embarrassing predicament Saturday evening after he had performed the wedding ceremony of G.W. McGee of Carterville and Mabel Wright of this city. After the ceremony, he discovered the county clerk had failed to sign the certificate. They rushed for the Marion 6 o’clock car, found the county clerk and had the oversight corrected. HN 8 Oct 1914
William McGhee of North 14th Street and Jessie Smith of Ottawa, Canada were married yesterday. Mr. McGhee’s brother who recently arrived from Scotland was best man and Nellie Nevens was bride’s maid. The bride came from Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland a year ago and has been living with her sister. It is generally believed that Mr. McGhee had considerable to do with persuading her to leave Scotland and that this is the climax of a courtship of younger years. They will be at home to their friends at 509 North 13th Street. HN 8 Oct 1914
Robert Ellis and Edna Fanning, both of Alton, Ill., were married 29 Sep by Rev. W.C. Meeker. HN 8 Oct 1914
The 3-year-old daughter of Mr. & Mrs. J. Cappelleti died of diphtheria in this city Monday, the first case reported this year. HN 8 Oct 1914
William Mcalpin, who has been here from Canada for a number of months visiting his sister, Mrs. M.A. Hampton, left Thursday for North Carolina for a visit through the winter. MEP, Thursday, 8 Oct 1914
Towsel Davis and Dutch Fehrenbaker pled guilty. Davis was sentenced to reform school and Fehrenbaker was given a jail sentence. The third one, Sullivan, was set free. Also, Alonzo Dorris, a negro of Gent Addition, known as “Snakes,” was placed on trial for bootlegging. The evidence being insufficient, he was set free. MEP, Friday, 9 Oct 1914
Sunday afternoon the cornerstone of the New Paul’s Chapel house of worship will be laid. Among those expected to be present will be Rev. Laurence Smith, pastor of the First M.E. Church and Rev. W.P. Throgmorton, pastor of the First Baptist Church. Let everyone go who can. The colored Baptists who are carrying on this enterprise are worthy of all encouragement. MEP, Saturday, 10 Oct 1914
John Landers, who has been living in Nashville, Tenn., has arrived in Marion for a visit with his son, Fred Landers, the timer. The elder Mr. Landers is a pioneer school teacher in Williamson County. MEP 10 Oct 1914
Ed Tyson of Johnston City was fined $10 and costs for failing to appear in court as a witness in a bootlegging case. MEP 10 Oct 1914
Mose Robinson, a negro of Madison No. 9 was fined $25.00 and costs for carrying a gun. MEP 10 Oct 1914
Mrs. Charley Smith was granted a divorce 6 Oct in St. Louis. Her maiden name, Maud Adams, was restored by the court which also granted her $15 per month alimony and $50 suit money. She is a former Marion girl. MEP 10 Oct 1914
Charley Mintos, a Polish miner living at Bush, was jailed here until an investigation can be made into a claim by a Herrin man that he confessed a murder in Pennsylvania ten years ago. MEP, Monday, 12 Oct 1914
A marriage license was issued Saturday to Thomas Baker, 21 and Rhoda Short, 18, both of Johnston City. MEP 12 Oct 1914
T.S. Ryan, 46, and Florence Brasel, 47, both of Marion were married Tuesday. This is their second matrimonial venture. They were married some eleven years ago but later found the man had a former wife and was never divorced from her. The divorce was granted later. They have been living here for some time. MEP, Friday, 13 Oct 1914
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Anderson of this city went to Creal Tuesday to attend the funeral of the former’s grandmother, Mrs. Parthina Hudspeth. MEP 13 Oct 1914
Lloyd Holland, a Marion druggist, and Fay Broad were married Tuesday in the presence of only two others, Walter Pulley and Mattie Hudson. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rolla Holland and the bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Broad. The groom is in business in Herrin in a drug store owned by himself and his brother, Harry Holland, postmaster of this city. MEP, Saturday, 14 Oct 1914
Every foot of the ten-mile road from Creal Springs to the fairgrounds in this city is in good shape. Men with teams and drags set to work on Wednesday. MEP 14 Oct 1914
Mrs. Catherine Hightower died of tuberculosis Wednesday at the home of her daughter at 1309 West Cherry Street. She was in her 70th year. She was the widow of Andrew Hightower of Cobden. She is survived by daughters, Mrs. Charles B. Robertson of Marion and Mrs. Minerva Dew of Sunnyside, Wash. She was reared in Carbondale. Funeral services will be at Cobden and the body will be laid to rest by the side of her husband who died almost twenty years ago. MEP 14 Oct 1914
Marriages
Fay Broad and Lloyd Holland, both of this city, Tuesday.
Mary Barnhill, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Horace Barnhill of North 12th Street and W.C. Westermeier, this morning. HN 15 Oct 1914
Sarah Sanders, residing east of here near Jeffrey mine, was three score and ten years old Sunday and a number of her children and friends gave her a surprise birthday dinner. [A long list of those attending.] HN 15 Oct 1915
John Hall, 71, died Monday at his home at 120 South 20th Street. He had been in his days a hard-working miner, an occupation he had followed since his boyhood days back in England where he was born. He left Lancashire, England and came to the States 32 years ago, bringing his family consisting of two children, Robert and Thomas, and his second wife. They settled at Caseyville, Illinois, removed shortly after to Pittsburg„ Pa, later to Beaver Falls and later to Topeka, Kansas. From there, they came to Herrin some 12 years ago. After the death of his second wife, he married Mrs. Ellen Galligan, who survives along with sons, Thomas of Auburn and Robert, a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Tingle of Burlington, Ky. and a son by his last wife, Percy Hall of this city. Burial was in the city cemetery. HN 15 Oct 1914
Marriage licenses Monday
P.A. Griffeth, 28 & Libble Waldron, 20, both of Cambria
Otto Laird, 28, Brookport & Florence Evitts, 18, Herrin
Joe Malinauckas, 27 & Lizzie Ketchup, 19, both of Johnston City HN 15 Oct 1914
Births
Mr. & Mrs. Clark Miller, girl
Mr. & Mrs. George Clark, boy Mr. & Mrs. E. Randolph, boy
Mr. & Mrs. Carl Nall, girl
Mr. & Mrs. C. Stewart, girl
Mr. & Mrs. W. Adamitis, girl
Mr. & Mrs. Jno. Parsons, boy Mr. & Mrs. E. Wilcox, boy HN 15 Oct 1924
Chancery notice – Audrey Hindman vs William Hindman, divorce and custody of child, he a non-resident.
Frances Desett vs Scott Desett, is a non-resident. HN 15 Oct 1914
Mrs. Jack Maladrone reports twins, a boy and girl, were born last week to Mr. & Mrs. Joe Labonsky. HN 15 Oct 1914
Otto Nall, seven months old son of Mr. & Mrs. William Nall, died Monday of tuberculosis. Burial was in Boner Cemetery, four miles north of Johnston City. HN 15 Oct 1914
Steven McPherson, 80, died Friday at his home in Weaver. A wife and several married children survive. Burial was in the city cemetery. HN 15 Oct 1914
The eight months old child of Mr. & Mrs. Tulley Williams died Wednesday after a long illness. Burial was at the city cemetery. HN 15 Oct 1914
Mrs. Henry Rock, 23, died Tuesday of tuberculosis. HN 15 Oct 1914
While thought to be in a demented condition, Mrs. Laura Mocaby, divorced wife of Thomas Mocaby, is believed to have leaped in a well at Johnston City where on Sunday afternoon at 1:30 her body was discovered. It is believed she suicided three days before and that the body during that time had been in the well while the family of J.R. Sowell had been using the water. She was 38 years old. Twice in recent years she has been mentally unbalanced and had been confined in the Southern Illinois Hospital at Anna. She was the daughter of Daniel Hedges and was born and reared near Corinth in this county. She had been making her home with relatives and it was not uncommon for her to leave the residence of one go to another. On Wednesday night, she left the home of her sister, Mrs. BYRN. Burial was at No. 8 graveyard west of Corinth. MEP 12 Oct 1914 & HN 15 Oct 1914
Mr. & Mrs. Elkins Randolph are the proud parents of a baby boy who arrived Monday. HN 15 Oct 1914
Mr. & Mrs. Carl Nall of West Monroe Street are the proud parents of a baby girl that arrived Saturday. HN 15 Oct 1914
The seven months old child of Mr. & Mrs. Roy Lindsey of North 26th Street died Sunday of stomach trouble. Burial was in Hurricane Cemetery. HN 15 Oct 1914
Otto Laird of Brookport and Florence Evitt of this city were married Monday. The groom is a liveryman at Brookport and they will make their home there. The couple have the distinction of being the first couple to marry at the new city hall. HN 15 Oct 1914
The four- and one-half years old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bird Chaney, living near Crab Orchard, was burned badly Wednesday and died that evening. While his mother was out of the room, he reached for some chewing gum on the mantle. A fire in the grate ignited his gown. Relatives of this city who attended the funeral are: Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Cline, Mr. and Mrs. A.L. Cline, Mr. and Mrs. B.D. Bracy and Mrs. Alice Parks and son Charley. MEP, Thursday, 15 Oct 1914
Dorothy Pinfold of Madison, Wis. and Fred Simmons of this city were married Thursday. They will make their home here. MEP, Friday, 16 Oct 1914
Sherman Tanner, a farmer living sixteen miles east of Marion, was found dead Friday morning in the loft of Gray Brothers sales barn — the old Malaer livery barn — on North Madison Street. He was seen to stagger into the barn late on Thursday, under the influence of intoxicants. He was about 43 years old and leaves a wife, three sons and a daughter. His father, John Tanner, died in quite a similar manner some forty years ago, heart trouble being the cause. Burial will be in Indian Camp Cemetery, one half mile south of Absher. MEP 16 Oct 1914
Mrs. J.L.D. Hartwell left Friday for Chicago where she will undergo an operation of a serious nature. She was accompanied by her son, D.D. Hartwell. MEP, Saturday, 17 Oct 1914
Marriage licenses
William C. Westermeirer, 37, West Frankfort and Mary M. Barnhill, 22, Herrin
G.W. Gunter, 58 and Annie Garland, 39, both of West Frankfort
Henry Ross, 23 and Flora Shockley, 23, both of Carterville
Charley Eberhardt, 26 and Myrtle Dorris, 21, both of Johnston City
Fred Simmons, 26, Marion and Dorothy Pinfold, 18, Madison, Wis. MEP 17 Oct 1914
Elva Haseker, 14, died of tuberculosis Monday at the home of her brother, Phil Haseker, 1406 West Walnut. This is the fifth death within the immediate family in the last five years. Her father died in 1909. One year later her mother died. In 1911 a sister and brother died. She leaves to mourn her passing, brothers Phil, George who lives in the north and W.T. of this city, sisters Mrs. Delia Jenkins and Mrs. Altha Ingram, both of this city. Burial will be in Brack Cemetery west of here a short way. MEP, Monday, 19 Oct 1914
Mrs. Charley Calvert, formerly of here, died at her home in Greenup, a town near Chicago. The body will be brought here to the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Ing. Mrs. Ing is a niece of Mrs. Calvert. MEP 19 Oct 1914
Sherman Cook, 30 and Gertie Eason, 22, were married Saturday in Thompsonville. The groom is a photographer in this city. They will live in Harrisburg where the groom will establish a photograph gallery. MEP 19 Oct 1914
Ralph Hill, known as “Srammer”, was shot and perhaps fatally wounded Saturday by Lee Wolfenbarger, also known as Lee Ellis, at a gambling joint in Fordville. Hill is a son of Starl Hill and brother to Charley and Parley Hill of Marion. Wolfenbarger is the son of John Wolfenbarger who returned here two or three years ago from the southwest after having been away for more than a score of years and was arrested and jailed on an old charge of having tried to waylay John Bulliner, a yet prominent man of the county. MEP 19 Oct 1944
The burial of Mrs. Charley Calvert will take place in this city. MEP, Tuesday, 20 Oct 1914
Marriage licenses Monday
Tom Pickard, 30 and Grace Tonava, 25, both of West Frankfort
Edward W.H. Moeller, 28 and Annie L.H. Boester, 23, both living east of Marion MEP 20 Oct 1914
Marriage licenses Tuesday
Clarence Freeman, 21, West Frankfort and Lena Bell, 17, Pittsburg
Louie Elders, 21 and Flora Drumeyer, 18, both of Herrin MEP, Wednesday, 21 Oct 1914
Rev. John I. Gunn, pastor of the Christian Church here, has just received the following letter from Tulare, California from an aged man, a son of an evangelist who long years ago preached here:
Dear Sir: I see by the Christian Evangelist an account of your splendid church in Marion, Illinois, called to my recollection many memories of long ago. My father used to preach at that church as an evangelist nearly 60 years ago. We left Illinois 56 years ago with ox teams for California. The wagons we crossed the prairies with were built in Marion. We came from near Tamaroa and had a cousin by the name of Lovelady who married a man by the name of John Gunn near Tamaroa. I was a little curious to know if you were not some of the same stock. I am now in my 76th year. Am lawyer and a judge. I married the daughter of one of the pioneer preachers of Illinois, Newton Mulkey, uncle of Judge Mulkey of supreme court of Illinois, and my wife died on the plains to California. I am troubling you with too long a letter. I am glad to hear of your victory at Marion. May the Lord in his gracious goodness prosper you in your field of labors. I am sometimes called a lay preacher myself. I will be pleased to have an answer to my inquiry. Yours in the hope, Wm. Dewitt EP, Thursday, 22 Oct 1914
R.C. Cawthon of Northwest Kansas, arrived here Wednesday to visit his mother, Mrs. M.E. Cawthon of near Crab Orchard. She recently suffered a broken limb in a fall. She is also the mother of S.W. Cawthon, the North Market Street hardware man. MEP, Thursday, 22 Oct 1914
Meets Pupils After 50 Year Absence
There have been many an interesting meeting held in the Baptist church of this city, but none so pleased some of the old settlers here on the prairie more than an all-day meeting held last Sunday when Rev. Sanford Gee of Dexter, Mo., met in reunion some of the men and women he taught in the little log schoolhouse here half a century ago. For years he had been planning to return to this city and holds a reunion of his pupils, many of whom are the most prominent citizens of this community now. A short time ago at a Baptist convention he met Rev. Mitchell of this city and expressed to him the desire to have a reunion observing the fiftieth anniversary of the close of his term of school here on the prairie. Rev. Mitchell returned and brought the word to his congregation many of whom were the pupils of Rev. Gee and it was planned that Sunday, October the 18th would be a fitting time and so it was arranged. Rev. Gee, who is pastor of the Baptist church in Dexter, Mo., arrived in this city Saturday morning. Sunday morning and afternoon he occupied the pulpit at the Baptist church. It was the occasion for the gathering of all the old settlers of the community and Father Time turned the hands of the clock back half a century and the good old days of the early sixties, the old war days, were brought back fresh as memories of yesterday. Among some of the well-known persons that were present were: John Duncan, of Marion, Mesdames Sarah Stotlar, Albert Perrine, Florence Stotlar, James Stotlar, Sarah Gibbs, Mattie Walker, Messrs. George Bandy, James Gibbs, Will Gibbs, Wilson Sizemore, Pierce Crain, Malcomb McNeill, Henderson McNeill, Jesse McNeill, and from Carterville Jeff Cox, Dr. H. Perry and Ben Washburn. John H. Duncan of Marion, president of the Duncan-Baker Hardware Company, read an interesting paper reviewing the happenings of half a century ago. It is as follows:
I certainly esteem it a great pleasure to be here today to say a word in appreciation of the life and service of my old friend and teacher. It has been almost fifty years since I first met him. Next to my father no man made a greater impression on my young life and no man has had a warmer place in my heart all these years than the gifted young teacher who came to the Bandy school district in the fall of 1865. I was then just seven years old, but I distinctly remember the tall slender youth who stood at the door of the old log school house and gave me such a gracious welcome that my youthful fears were all dispelled and I went through the term a contented and happy pupil. The furnishings of this old school building were primitive. The seats consisted of long, straight benches without backs, lined up against the four walls of the room. Light was admitted through two or three small windows, but there was no ventilation in those times except through the cracks of the floor and an occasional hole in the wall. Modern school appliances were unknown, but the teacher was an inspiration and I verily believe that we as much progress in our studies then as the students make in the best equipped schools of today. We had Sanders’ readers and spellers and Davies arithmetic and not much else. Enthusiasm and rivalry, however, were very strong and the weekly spelling bee was the most important event of our district life. Sanford Gee in those days was the very acme of refinement and courtesy. His voice was soft and tender and was not tainted in the slightest degree with simulation or deceit. He was counted a good disciplinarian although he ruled by kindness instead of force. In my childish infatuation I regarded Sanford Gee as the personification of all that was great and good. If I had been asked who was the greatest man in the world, I would have answered without flinching, Sanford Gee. He was a teacher who inspired confidence. He had the faculty of drawing out the good in his pupils. He dealt with the individual scholar and the impression he made was of the lasting variety. He took such a personal interest in the pupils that whenever we met him, in school or out of school, we knew and trusted him as a friend. At the close of the school we had an exhibition consisting of recitations, declamations, dialogues, etc. that brought to the school house everybody in that and adjoining districts. This was the crowning event of the year. I well remember the rude stage that was erected across the end of the old log building with quilts hung in front for curtains. The elaborate decorations consisted mostly of cedar and the lights we used were tallow candles and grease lamps, but the joy of those who performed on the stage was unbounded. For music, we had the only instrument in the neighborhood, an old time melodeon, but the melody it made has lingered with me until this day. E.M. Parsons played the melodeon and she was an accomplished musician for that day. She had a sweet, chubby, childlike face and was a general favorite with all the scholars. My part in the program was to recite that piece of poetry that every school boy of seven years knows:
You’d scarce expect one of my age, To speak in public on the stage, etc.
But, it was a proud moment in my life and I shall never forget it. When the last piece was said and we went to our homes that night I was exceedingly sad because the long vacation just ahead and especially so because it was whispered around that possible Sanford Gee would not be our teacher again. He was employed the following year to teach at Brown school, now a part of the city of Herrin. It was only four miles from the Bandy school, but I did not have the opportunity to see Bro. Gee very often. The spelling bees were continued and occasionally we had a contest between the districts. I can never forget a little episode that occurred in one of those contests that brought some shame and humiliation to me. Brother Gee had challenged the Bandy school and had brought his pupils over to show us how to spell. Among them were the two lovely daughters of Capt. John Brown, Gertrude, now Mrs. H.C. Murrah, known throughout the state as a woman of rare culture and a talented educator, and Josie, now Mrs. Josephine Herrin of Creal Springs. These young ladies were so nice to me on that occasion that I fell desperately in love with them both. I was only eight years old, but I was quite sure they were the most charming girls I had ever met. At that time, I had quite a reputation as a speller and when the line up came that night, I was placed at the head of the column on our side. As a reputed champion in our district, I spelled along nicely for several minutes, when my eyes chanced to wander over to the Brown side, and fell on those two young ladies. Their faces were wreathed in smiles and I became so confused and unnerved that for the moment I forgot the purpose for which I had been chosen. The simple word “often” was pronounced and in my confusion i said o-f-f-e-n often and down I went. That word was indelibly written on my brain that night and have never forgotten it. I saw Brother Gee occasionally at the old Baptist church, which stood where this building now stands, and my heart always gladdens to see him march down the aisle and take his seat in the amen corner. The pastor was the beloved old Tommy Warren, and his sermons, while much the same from month to month, usually lasted from two to three hours. During this ordeal Br. Gee would watch the preacher and I would watch Bro. Gee. When the services were over he never failed to pat me on the head and tell me how proud he was to see me, and then my cup of joy was full. Sanford Gee was not only my friend when I was a small boy, but when I grew to manhood and entered Shurtleff Collage, he was there to aid me in whatever way he could. My father had passed away in the meantime and we found it difficult sometimes to make ends meet. My college course required more than my mother could spare and I felt that I must do something to help pay expenses. Bro. Gee came to my rescue. He took me into his home for quite a while and let me do chores for my board. Sanford Gee was a Christian when I first met him. Frequently he led in prayer in the old Baptist church and his prayers were so humble and sincere that it was the belief of all his friends that he would soon quit teaching school and enter the ministry. He carried with him into this greater field the same fervor, the same zeal, and the same spirit of sacrifice that he manifested in his career as a teacher. He has worked in season and out of season, for the Master’s cause, and the good he has accomplished wherever he has labored cannot be measured this side of eternity. I shall never cease to honor him as a teacher, as a minister of the gospel and as a man. He has brought to this happy jubilee occasion fifty years of splendid service for humanity. He has had his trials and disappointments like the rest of us, but his unfaltering faith in God has enabled him to triumph over all difficulties and his life has run so true that those who know him best have learned to love him most. Brother Gee has lived until only a small fragment of his associates and friends in the old Bandy district are left on this side of the grave. I can count only four of his old pupils besides myself who are still living in this community. Matt Bandy, now Mrs. Walker, living near Carterville, Jeff Cox, a prominent business man of Carterville, Sallie Cox, now Mrs. Sarah Stotlar and her sister, Alice, now Mrs. James Stotlar, both living in this city. The Perry’s, Joe, Hardy, John and Mary are all gone. The Bandy’s are scattered. JOHN is in Idaho preaching, Brack is in the state of Washington and Mary is dead. My own sister, Sallie, who led me to school along the tortuous path through the dense woods, passed away years ago, while brother Tom died but recently in Johnston City. Of the older people in the district, all that are left are Mr. & Mrs. John Parsons and Uncle George Roberts. These good people have been loyal supporters of the school and the church during all this time and are dearly beloved by all who know them. The roll of those who have crossed the river, Brother Gee, is much longer than of those who are on this side. Day by day the roll grows longer and in a very short time the last of us will be summoned to cross. I have sometimes felt that if Sanford Gee should precede me into the better land and should take his rightful place at the side of the Master, it would make it easier for me when the summons came. If he can be there to bid me welcome like he did at the door of the old Bandy school, I am sure that all will be well. The following poem by Rev. Gee, printed on a folder, was presented to all his old pupils:
On Memory’s Shore, W. Sanford Gee
In port today on memory’s shore, My bark lies anchored there,
With its cargo all, a treasured store, An invoice rich and rare.
The craft has sailed the wide seas o’er, To West, to East, to South and North; For years have passed, two score and more, Since weighing anchor, it went forth.
It is laden well with friendship’s gold,
Mined in the Friendly Isles;
Its cargo in part are pictures old Of faces sweet as a child’s.
It bears a folio of ballads sweet, And songs that once were sung;
In pensive moods they’re good to repeat,
Therefore I’ve brought them along.
Some missives old, from pens no more, Are part of its treasured lot;
To me they seem the richest of lore,
In all the realms of thought.
Withal, withal, there’s an invoice rare,
On my bark at anchor today,
Of gems I’ve gathered from everywhere,
Asail on life’s sea far away.
A burden of trials in the hull of the boat? Yes, carried as ballast are they;
For my bark, long at sea, has kept thus afloat, And I’m safely ashore today.
In port today with those I love, A feast to my famished soul; An earnest of joys in store above, Attained in the Heavenly goal. HN 22 Oct 1914
A mob of masked men, undoubtedly Americans, added another splotch to Willisville’s dark and bloody name last week when they held up four officers who were headed for Pinckneyville with Albert Piazza, a prisoner, took the prisoner from the officers and riddled him with bullets, says the Murphysboro Republican – Era. Piazza was the third to die in two days as the result of the race feud that has existed there for a long time. Two Americans were wounded and one Sicilian killed on the streets of Willisville Sunday night in a pistol duel between Piazza, his brother and two Americans, Cooper and Adams. The latter two were placed in St. Andrew’s hospital in Murphysboro for treatment where Adams later died. In the fight Sunday night Piazza’a brother was the man killed. The other two men stated that a bullet aimed at them by Albert Piazza killed Sam Piazza. The coroner of Perry County went to Willisville from Pinckneyville Monday to hold an inquest over the remains of Sam Piazza and with three constables were enroute to Perry about 4 o’clock Monday afternoon when accosted by the mob. They expected to catch a train to Perry and take the prisoner to Pinckneyville for safe keeping, but were intercepted. The mob was of such size as to make resistance useless in an open country and the officers gave up the Sicilian who soon lay lifeless with almost 150 bullet holes in his body. The body of Piazza was taken to Perry where the undertaker is said to have found 147 bullet holes in his body. Willisville is a small town and has a divided population. Race hatred has been developed there to its bitterest degree and it is said today that many of the Sicilians, terrorized by Tuesday night’s deed of lawlessness, are making preparations to flee the city for their lives. The sheriff of Perry County and the coroner with some deputies left Pinckneyville for Willisville Tuesday morning to investigate the crime. Details of Sunday night’s crime were rather difficult to obtain. Some of the people up there are afraid to talk and Henry Schmidt, who has been more or less prominent in the city, declined to give information for the reason as he said the Republican-Era published a story some time ago about the wild escapades at Willisville and things that hurt the good name of the town. Willisville sticks up on the map of Perry County like a sore and bloody thumb. Murders and bloody fights frequently occur. Sometimes these fights have been between Sicilians and sometimes they have been race fights. Four years ago there was a great sensation when a Black Hand letter was sent to Father Senese, now pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Herrin. Tuesday morning’s train out of Willisville brought a delegation of Sicilian refugees from Willisville. The crowd was composed mostly of men. Trainmen on the M & 0 who came through on the run report there was a great gathering of Sicilian women and children at the depot, but men only left. Probably it was felt the mob would spare women and children and these will follow when the others are located, bringing along the property. Trainmen report that many groups of people were seen about Willisville. Andrew Adams, the third to die from the Willisville fight, passed away at St. Andrew’s hospital in Murphysboro at 9 o’clock Monday night. While at first it was believed that Will Cooper was the most seriously wounded, later developments showed that while the bullet entered his body near the abdomen, it encountered a rib which shifted it upward. The bullet which struck Adams, however, went directly into the bowels, resulting in death. Andrew Adams was 23 years old and a miner. He had lived in Willisville some eight or nine years and was unmarried. The body was taken to Willisville on the No. 2 of the M & 0 Tuesday afternoon, where it awaited the arrival of parents from Oklahoma before interment. The breach between the Sicilians and Americans at Willisville which has existed some time promises to be widened considerably and it is feared that further bloodshed will result as a consequence of Adams’ death. In the event of the death of Cooper, further disturbances seem inevitable. The colony of foreigners in Willisville is Sicilian. Most of the people come from one little place in the extreme south of Sicily, Girgenti, and are of a very low class and the class from which emanates in this country Black Hand societies and such organizations that brand the mass undesirable citizens. It is said that Piazza was a very dangerous man and was often in trouble. HN 22 Oct 1914
Births
Mr. & Mrs. L. Vanvaber, boy
Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Hodge, boy
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Veach, boy
Mr. & Mrs. John Veach, boy
Mr. & Mrs. D. Solokoski, boy
Mr. & Mrs. J. Kazmecrezak, girl HN 22 Oct 1914
Deaths
The nine months old child of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Toskarski of Clifford died Thursday. Burial was in the Catholic Cemetery.
Elvis Manning, eighteen months old son of Mr. & Mrs. Herman Manning of 113 North 20th Street was found dead in bed by the parents Sunday morning. Burial was at South County Line Cemetery.
Maude Chesney, one year old daughter of Mr. & Mrs. William Chesney of Sunnyside, died Sunday of gastritis. Burial was at Spillertown.
The small child of Mr. & Mrs. Mathew Mortimer of 1108 West Maple Street died last Wednesday. Burial was at the city cemetery.
The two year old daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Murray Hodge of North 21st died Saturday of stomach trouble. Burial was at the Carterville cemetery.
Carl Hagler, eleven months old son of Mr. & Mrs. Allen Hagler, died Wednesday of stomach trouble. Burial was at Carterville. HN 22 Oct 1914
Johnston City won last Sunday’s baseball game 4-2. Henry Keupper’s all Stars of Johnston City and Bobby Veach’s club of Herrin. Keupper and Veach were the opposing pitchers. HN 22 Oct 1914
Flora Driemeyer and Louis Elders, Herrin’s star baseball man, were married Tuesday. HN 22 Oct 1914
Marriage licenses Monday
Tom Pickard, 30 & Grace Tonava, 25, both of west Frankfort
Edward W.H. Moeller, 28 & Annie L.H. Boester, 23, both living east of Marion HN 22 Oct 1914
Jeanette Webber, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Webber of Medina, Ohio, and Howard F. Goodman of Herrin were married Wednesday at the Webber home. The young couple will be at home at 201 North 20th Street after October 25. HN 22 Oct 1914
Rev. Scott Calvert of Greenup and Frank “Pete” Calvert of Terre Haute, Ind., came to this city with the body of their mother, Mrs. Charley Calvert. MEP, Friday, 23 Oct 1914
In a marriage which will take place in the Catholic Church in Herrin right away, one young woman of Marion will not have to change her name. She is Miss Lizzie Parotti, 18, daughter of an Italian architect in Herrin. She will marry Stephen Parotti, 21, son of another of Herrin’s leading families. MEP, 23 Oct 1914
John T. Jones, 72, died suddenly Wednesday at his home in Carterville. He leaves his wife, a well-known boarding house keeper. He was a veteran of the Civil War, serving in the Confederate Army in the 25th Tennessee Regiment under John H. Morgan. Burial at Carterville. MEP 23 Oct 1914
Mrs. Fannie Dillingham of Hugo, Okla., who has been visiting with her daughter, Mrs. Mollie White and Mrs. Nellie Lee [as written] left for home Friday. MEP, Saturday, 24 Oct 1914
A 22 months old baby of Mr. and Mrs, John Dorris of Bush, fell into a pond Monday and drowned. MEP, Monday, 26 Oct 1914
The 2 weeks old baby girl of Mr, and Mrs. George Haley of this city died Saturday. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery. MEP, 26 Oct 1914
Marriage licenses
T.C. Henderson, 18 and Ethel Taylor, 17, both of Carterville
Alvie Hackney, 21 and Mattie Banks, 19, both of Herrin
Harris J. Perry, 27 and Alma Simpson, 22, both of Creal Springs
Andrew Welch, 25, Carbondale and Willie Sams, 19, Colp
M.M. Dorris, 22 and Mabel Holmes, 19, both of Marion MEP, 26 Oct 1914
Charley Swan, living two miles east of Crab Orchard, about 45, died Tuesday. He leaves a wife and daughter, Carrie, a half-brother, John Swan of Crab Orchard, brothers, W.J. of Crab Orchard, E.D. of Bernie, Mo., Prof. M.N. of this city and PHIL of this city. MEP, Tuesday, 27 Oct 1914
Oscar Hestand, 42, is dying and his wife is mortally wounded at their home in Cambria. He shot her, then fired a bullet into his mouth. Their four children witnessed the tragedy. MEP 27 Oct 1914
The funeral of William I. Jenkins, who died Sunday on Carter Street, was held Tuesday at Liberty, east of here in Saline County. He was 63 and leaves a wife and several children, one of whom is Charley Jenkins, a carpenter here. He also leaves two brothers and two sisters. MEP 27 Oct 1914
Marcus Bearden, son of Isaiah and Elizabeth Bearden, was born 17 Oct 1861 in Williamson County, Ill. and died 25 Oct 1914. He was reared on the old homeplace five miles east of Marion. He married Beulah Bugg of Mississippi. Six children were born, four preceded him to the grave. Those surviving are Mrs. Elmer Elliott and Carl. He also leaves three brothers, Pern Bearden of Johnston City, Noah Bearden and Amos Bearden of Marion, sisters, Mrs. Rose Mcroy and Mrs. George Barton of near Creal Springs and Mrs. Elmer and Mrs. Levi Norman of near Marion. [As written.] His wife died a little more than a year ago, MEP 27 Oct 1914
It will be remembered that on the evening of October 5th Master Edgar Meyers, the 17-year-old mental wonder, predicted the mine disaster that occurred Tuesday. He also foretold the disaster last Friday at the Majestic Theatre at Du Quoin. He told the public that it would not be in the direct vicinity of DuQuoin, but would be a few miles from that city. MEP, Wednesday, 28 Oct 1914
Fifty miners died in an explosion which wrecked the mine of the Franklin Coal Coke Company at Royalton early Tuesday morning. 325 of the 372 miners escaped with their lives and less than a dozen were injured. Three of the injured were Charles Akahis, a Lithuanian, Ernest Strauss and Bennie Hardcastle. Many of the bodies cannot be identified. They are a mass of burned and bruised flesh and broken bones. [This is a very lengthy account of the tragedy.] HN 29 Oct 1913
The remains of Mrs. Steve Gosnell, who died of typhoid in the Zeigler hospital Sunday, were brought here for interment in the city cemetery. Her husband is a brother of Ira Gosnell. HN 29 Oct 1914
The mining company donated a cemetery site in which thirty of the dead from the Royalton mine disaster were buried. MEP, Thursday, 29 Oct 1914
Marriage licenses Wednesday
Arthur Marks, 22 and Madge Jerdon, 16, both of Johnston City
W.C. Angel, 24 and Addie Sherertz, 23, both of Marion
Oscar Harris, 18 and Estelle Murphy, 17, both of Marion MEP 29 Oct 1914
Claude W. Phillips, formerly of here, now of Scottsdale, Pa., was married 10 Oct, according to the Scottsdale Observer. His bride was Irene McWilliams. They will live in Scottsdale. MEP, Friday, 30 Oct 1914
A marriage license was issued Thursday to Ernest Parks, 31 and Pearl Wiley, 23, both of Marion. MEP 30 Oct 1914
Oscar Harris, son of George Harris of Corinth, and Estelle Murphy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Murphy, were married Thursday at the home of the bride, 1404 North Logan. MEP 30 Oct 1914
Ernest Parks and Pearl Wiley were married Thursday. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Parks. MEP, Saturday, 31 Oct 1914
Mrs. Leno Heflin, formerly Miss Ruby Foster, of near Corinth, died Saturday morning as a result of burns received Wednesday at her home. She leaves a three months old infant. She was sitting before an open grate preparing to change the baby’s clothes. It was lying in a cradle at her elbow. By accident her skirts ignited from the fire. She ran from the house and extinguished some of the flames so as to not set fire to the child. Going back in the house, she carried it out for fear the house would catch fire. She then jumped into a tub of water. Putting on other clothes, she carried the baby more than a quarter of a mile to the home of her in-laws, Mr. and Mrs. David Heflin. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Foster living on East Jefferson Street. She was married thirteen months ago. MEP 31 Oct 1914
Marriage licenses
J.C. Dougherty, 23 and Nellie Midgett, 21, both of Marion
Carney Owens, 18 and Nellie Bridewell, 17, both of Pittsburg
Elmon Lamaster, 21, Herrin and Edith Shockley, 16, Crainville
Clyde Crawford, 24 and Daisy Stocks, 28, both of Carterville MEP 31 Oct 1914
November
Mrs. Mary Ann Pulley, widow of William Pulley, died Sunday at the State Hospital at Anna where she had been about one year. Her death ends a physical illness of some fifteen years and mental illness brought on by the death of her companion who died in 1908. She was born 24 Jan 1843 in Williamson County, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joel H. Swindell and married William Pulley 13 Nov 1871. Mr. Pulley died 1 Mar 1908. No children were born to them. Some of her brothers and sisters have passed away, with only two remaining: William Swindell of near Creal Springs and Mrs. Ben Mcintosh of Creal Springs. The late Mrs. W.P. Reece was also a sister. Her niece, Anna Reece, a trained nurse, was at her bedside when death came. The body was taken to the home of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Nan White in this city. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery. MEP, Monday, 2 Nov 1914
States Attorney D.D. Hartwell and Frances Freeman will be married Wednesday at Danville. The bride is a daughter of Probate clerk Harry L. Freeman of Danville and a former domestic science teacher in the township high school here. The two, it will be recalled, are survivors of the terrible automobile wreck that took place northwest of this city in the spring when John V. Cline Sr. and son John V. Cline JR. were killed. The couple will live in Marion in his house on South Madison Street, formerly the William Bundy property. MEP, Tuesday, 3 Nov 1914
Fannie Jones Heard was born 4 Feb 1893 and died 4 Oct 1914 at her home in Thompsonville. She married Larkin B. Heard 20 Mar 1914. MEP 3 Nov 1914
Marriage licenses on election day
Paul Johnson, 25 and Mary Remo, 23, both of Ledford
Logan Dunaway, 22 and Edith Launius, 19, both of Stonefort MEP 5 Nov 1914
Frances Freeman, daughter of Probate Clerk Harry L. Freeman, and D.T. Hartwell were married Wednesday at the home of the bride in Danville. The bride taught domestic science in the township high school in Marion last year. The groom is State’s Attorney of Williamson County. They will make their home on South Madison Street. The groom left Tuesday for Danville, accompanied by his sister, Mrs. Ralph Burkhart and her husband. HN 5 Nov 1914
Charles Devetta died Wednesday at his home on North 17th Street of tuberculosis. He was a single man aged 19 years. Burial was in the Catholic Cemetery. HN 5 Nov 1914
The body of Russell Harris, killed in the Royalton mine explosion, was brought to this city on a special train over the Iron Mountain Friday and the funeral was held from the Baptist Church. HN 5 Nov 1914
The three-year-old son of Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Margraves died Tuesday. Burial was at North City. HN 5 Nov 1914
Got Tired of Being Beat, Kills Wife
Scringing and wild with fear lest he might be beaten up, Francis Komolesky. a Johnston City Pollock weighing 110 pounds, on Friday night laid in his bed and listened as his wife, carrying 250 pounds of solid flesh on her body and an unknown quantity of boot leg booze, fumbled at the keyhole and made threats through the closed door as she arrived home from a night out in the gay life. Komolesky listened and his mind resolved quickly — he thought of a plan of escaping the oft repeated abuse. By the time the keyhole had been found, the lock bolt slipped and the door opened by the loud and staggering woman, the husband’s mind had fully been settled upon his plan. She entered and lost no time in beginning her abuse. She started to chase him out. He shot her through the heart. What end will be meted out to the pale little man who now sits huddled in his iron bound room, no doubt thinking of the happy home that once was, cannot be said. The law does not give a man the right to murder his wife, be Mr. Henpeck or the opposite character. There hardly remains a doubt that his punishment will be severe. Should he be called upon to walk the gallows to pay the penalty for his deed, he will perhaps not suffer even then as much as he has been suffering during the last several months — since the time his wife was first found to be untrue to him, at about which time she developed rapidly, it is said, into a drunkard and a seller of boot leg whisky. But three little children, two girls and a boy, the oldest but nine years old, will suffer. They are today suffering the loss of a mother — they are not yet old enough to comprehend that she has not been the mother she should have been. There seems to be but little doubt that they will lose the father too. According to witnesses before the coroner’s inquest, which was conducted by Coroner Strike early Saturday, the woman arrived home at ten thirty Friday night from out in town, as had been her almost nightly habit for several weeks. She was drunk, loud and abusive and made an attack on her husband. She had several times before attacked him and assaulted him, using clubs or anything else she could lay her hands to. This time, however, she was not as well armed as she had been on other occasions. She had only a shoe in her hand — a shoe she had just taken from one of her feet. The quarrel between the two this time did not last as long as had previously been the case. Hardly had the woman begun her abuse when a shot rang out. The corpulent Mrs. Kowolesky [different spelling] sank to the floor with no life in her body. The little steel covered bullet had pierced her heart. Kowolesky was horrified and he lowered his weapon. But if remorse came it was too late. He did not try to escape and when the first people attracted by the screams of the little ones came in, they found him a cold, shrinking little figure, quite overcome by the shock. He was handed over to the police. He did not resist. He was and locked up in Johnston City until Saturday morning when Coroner Strike brought him down to the county seat and turned him over to the sheriff. Kowolesky hasn’t anything to say about the affair. He acknowledges the slaying, it is said, but that is all. He is yet too dumb to talk with intelligence. He is thirty-five years of age, slight in figure and with an unhealthy look on his face. He is a typical Polish man, such as one finds around the mining camps of this county. The wife was thirty-seven and weighed 250 pounds. She but recently paid a fine in the county court here for bootlegging. She has been considered a tough character for some time, spending her time away from the home and family, in the company of other men and in drinking. Her neighbors say she had been in the habit of beating up her little husband, a hard-working coal miner. He has always before stood for her abuse and neglect — but the cur was finally hemmed in the corner and he snapped. HN 5 Nov 1914
Marriage licenses Wednesday
Will Trull, 30 and Nora Hallagain, 22 both of Centralia
Jim Kerkeris, 27 and Kasti Abrosionika, 24, both of Clifford
Andrew Draw, 28, West Frankfort and Stefina Zajanc, 18, Whiteash MEP, Thursday, 5 Nov 1914
Hannah Atwood was born 17 Sep 1817 in Smith County, Tenn. and died 3 Nov 1914. She was the oldest person in Williamson County. She married Isaac Newton Atwood 28 Sep 1842. He was born 9 Apr 1921 in Smith County, Tenn. and died 14 Nov 1907. Shortly after their marriage they moved to Williamson County, Ill. Seven children were born, three preceding them in death, one dying in infancy. The others who died are Sarah E. Atwood, 20 and Isaac N. Atwood, 59. These survive: Edwin Y. Atwood, 71, Martha J. Moore, 66, Mary C. Duncan, 64 and Moses Atwood, 62. All live near Marion. There are 34 grandchildren and 111 great grandchildren. MEP 5 Nov 1914
A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Will Qualls of Herrin, their first child. Mrs. Qualls will be remembered as Miss Bertha Gulley, formerly of this city. MEP 5 Nov 1914
A party on mine experts have completed an investigation of the causes of the Royalton mine disaster and the verdict is the explosion was caused by a miner’s light when he crossed the examiner’s danger mark, igniting the gas in one of the entries. MEP, Friday, 6 Nov 1914
Charley Perry, six year and 7-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Heck Perry of Scottsboro, died Friday of typhoid fever. He was born 16 Apr 1909. The young father is the son of Mrs. Nancy Perry living on West Main Street. MEP 6 & 13 Nov 1914
Mrs. Caroline Bell of Creal was through here Friday enroute to Upper Town, Mo., to visit her sons, Charley and Henry Bell. MEP 6 Nov 1914
Oscar Hestand of Cambria died Thursday night. He shot himself and his wife on Sunday two weeks ago. His wife is believed to be past the danger point. He believed, without right, his wife had turned her love to another man. MEP, Saturday, 7 Nov 1914
J.T. Jean, 53, formerly of this place, died at his home in Dallas, Texas. He was born in Terre Haute, Ind. and had been in Dallas the past nine years. He is survived by his widow and children, John and Mary. Burial was in Oak Cliff Cemetery. MEP 7 Nov 1914
Mrs. Walter Norman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luke Newton, is to leave for Phoenix, Ariz. for her health. MEP 7 Nov 1914
A marriage licenses was issued Friday to Giuseppe Frank, 41 and Crimentino Senzotta, 33, both of Dewmaine. MEP 7 Nov 1914
A girl, their first child, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Roberts. The mother was formerly Miss Ruby Skaggs. MEP 7 Nov 1914
J.H. Hendrickson and Jennie L. Cagle were married Sunday at the home of the bride’s brother, Hosea Cagle on West White Street. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P.E. Cagle living a short distance west of the city. MEP, Monday, 9 Nov 1914
John Reed, 57, died Saturday at the home of his son, Ellis Reed, on East DeYoung Street, where he had been living. His wife died thirty years ago and he never remarried. Ellis Reed is his only child. Burial was at Brushy, twenty miles east of here. MEP 9 Nov 1914
Mrs. George Vick, a blind woman, was granted a divorce from her husband who is a prisoner in the Missouri State Penitentiary. It was granted by newly elected Judge W.O. Potter and was his first official act as City Judge. George Vick, a product of Marion and for years a highly respected carpenter, was convicted less than a year ago of a criminal charge against his blind wife’s blind child, the daughter of Jasper Kinder. He was given fifty years for his crime. MEP 9 Nov 1914
Maude Desmuke, who has been working here quite a while, and Howard Owens, son of Brose Owens, were married at the bride’s home in Ozark Sunday. They will live on the Owens farm a short distance west of this city. MEP 9 Nov 1914
John E. Moulton, formerly of here, and Anne B. Jerrigan, were married Thursday in Murphysboro. The ceremony took place early in the morning when it had been announced for that evening. They moved the clock up a number of hours to steal a march on some of their friends who had been pursuing the watchful waiting act. MEP 9 Nov 1914
Marriage licenses Monday
Fracesco Parrino, 54 and Guiseppa Terretta, 48, both of Johnston City
James M. Mccabe, 27 and Mary E. Vandyke, 22, both of Stonefort MEP, Tuesday, 10 Nov 1914
Albert Robinson, a young man living in Herrin with his father, died Wednesday from injuries received the day before at Sunnyside mine near Herrin. He was driving a mule which began to kick and he leaped from the front of the car. He was caught between the forward end of the car and the rib of the mine. MEP, Wednesday, 11 Nov 1914
A marriage license was issued Tuesday to F.M. Hastings, 22, Marion and Myrtle Edwards, 18, Pittsburg. MEP 11 Nov 1914
Willis Westbrook died unexpectedly Thursday at his home on South Madison Street. MEP, Thursday, 12 Nov 1914
E.H. Dupont and Emma Miller were married Wednesday at the home of his brother, John Dupont. MEP 12 Nov 1914
Tony Depkunas, 23, and Eva Niderstros, 18, both of Johnston City, were married Thursday. MEP 12 Nov 1914
A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. B.C. Anderson of Chicago, their first child. The mother will be remembered here as Miss Kate Hamlin. MEP 12 Nov 1914
Phillip Parrot, who was among those killed in the Royalton mine explosion two weeks ago, was a brother to Mrs. J.B. Thomas, formerly of this city, now a resident of Carbondale. Phillip and his brother, Alonzo, were working together. Alonzo got out alive, but Phillip was overcome as he crawled along the bottom of the mine with his brother trying to reach the rescuers. HN 12 Nov 1914
Marriage licenses Saturday
Herman Beasley, 21, Marion & Dessie Nelson, 25, Terre Haute, Ind.
J.H. Hendrickson, 21 & Jennie L. Cagle, 17, both of Marion
L.L. Mckinney, 21 & Pearl Nance, 16, both of Herrin
B.E. Threlkeld, 27, Ewing & Bertha Kirk, 38, Benton
Louis Castigliona, 21 & Josie Bellessia, 18, both of Herrin HN 12 Nov 1914
This week Messrs. A.K. and Ed A. Elles and L.G. Anderson sold their entire interests in the Hunter & Co. undertaking business to Frank and W.E. Hill of Benton. HN 12 Nov 1914
Father Hilgenberg, late from Rheine, Germany, was here Tuesday meeting his old friends and acquaintances. He left Wednesday morning for Beckemeyer, near Belleville, where he will be stationed for a time as pastor of that parish. Father is looking the picture of health and says fine despite the fact that he has come fresh from the war zone. [He had been gone over a year and regularly wrote long letters to the newspaper describing the many places he visited.] HN 12 Nov 1914
Willis F. Westbrook, 55, was born 6 Jul _____ [paper torn] in the old Westbrook home , son of Frank M. Westbrook, a leading merchant. He married 18 Jan 1892 Miss Nellie Bawker of Metropolis. Two children were born. The oldest died in infancy and Robert, now 17 years old. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. MEP, Friday, 13 Nov 1914
Joseph Henry Moss, 58, ex-alderman and leading man of this city, died Thursday at his home at 415 East College Street. He was born 6 Oct 1856 in Jacksonville, Ill and married Harriet Griggs 3 Dec 1876 at Macville, Ill. She survives with these children: Rev. Burton B. Moss pastor of the First M.E. Church at Caseyville, Charles Cameron Moss of Omaha, Neb., Alfred Lee Moss of Connersville, Ind., Leta Lacigale Moss, Mrs. G.H. Thomas and Don C. Moss, all of this city. He moved from Mt. Vernon to this city in 1900. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. MEP 13 Nov 1914
A ten days old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Will Owens of near Pittsburg died Friday. Burial was Saturday near the home. MEP, Saturday, 14 Nov 1914
A woman and her six children were burned to death after being locked in their home in Piggot, Ark. by a negro who set fire to the building. James Ferrell, a miner here, was the husband and father. He had been living here for some time. His brother, Thomas, also came here from Arkansas to work in the mines. MEP 14 Nov 1914
A body found in the Big Muddy River in Jackson County Thursday is thought to be that of Mrs. Ethel Reeves Mcdaniels. An autopsy revealed she died from blood poisoning following an illegal operation. She was the estranged wife of Charles McDaniels who is now in the west, and a sister-in-law of E.W. McDaniels, president of a wholesale grocery establishment in Murphysboro. Suspicion is on Richard Harrington who had been keeping company with her for some time. The river was dragged fin search of her two-year-old child. MEP 14 Nov 1914
Mrs. George Bennett, a colored woman living in Gent Addition, died Friday of tuberculosis. She was about 40 years old. MEP 14 Nov 1914
A three months old child of Mr. and Mrs. Claud Ellis, colored people living on South Monroe, died Thursday. The father is a son of Burl Ellis, a well-known colored citizen of Marion. Burial was at Denison. MEP 14 Nov 1914
S.F. Keltner, a capitalist of Creal Springs, died Sunday. He was a brother-in-law of Creal Springs’ former postmaster, Mr. Murray. Burial will be at Simpson. MEP, Monday, 16 Nov 1914
Mrs. R. Hill, about 42 years old, died Monday at her home on S. Duncan Street, after suffering for some time with stomach troubles. Burial will be in Johnson County. MEP 16 Nov 1914
Mrs. Mary Ireland died Sunday at the home of her nephew, George Watson, near Hudgens. She was 83 years and 6 months old. She was the widow of “Uncle Sammy” Ireland who died more than 20 years ago. MEP 16 Nov 1914
The body found in Big Muddy River is yet unidentified. After looking at the body when the grave was opened, Mrs. John Reeves failed to identify it as her daughter. MEP, Tuesday, 17 Nov 1914
A girl, their first child, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Mattox on North Court Street. MEP 17 Nov 1914
The divorce and custody of child case of Tygett vs Tygett went to the jury Tuesday. James M. Tygett is plaintiff and Eliza Tygett is defendant. Also called was the divorce case of Phillip Heyde of this city and his wife of East St. Louis. They married after an escapade that was gossiped about much here. After being married to her, he did not live with her and filed for divorce upon grounds of intimidation and adultery. MEP 17 Nov 1914
A marriage license was issued Tuesday to John Hutton, 27, Carterville and Ida Crain, 25, Crainville. MEP, Wednesday, 18 Nov 1914
Mrs. James R. Mccoy, 36, of 419 S. Spillman Street, died Tuesday of tuberculosis. She leaves a husband and children: Charley, Annie, Ralp and Harry. She was born and raised in Johnson County. Burial will be at Maplewood Cemetery. MEP 18 Nov 1914
Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Hailey of Ilimo, Mo. are here on account of the death of Mr. Hailey’s sister, Mrs. J.R. Mccoy. MEP 18 Nov 1914
A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lawrence in the west part of the city. MEP 18 Nov 1914
Thurman Smith shot and killed his son and wife then turned the gun on himself and finding he could not die, cut his throat with a razor, says the Marion Republican. The bodies were found at the Thompsonville home Sunday morning by Leeman Burns and Ford Vaughn who had paid a visit to the house as were their custom every Sunday. The body of the woman was found on the rear porch. A terrible blood-stained face with a hole in the side of the head met the gaze of the visitors who could not effect an entry by the front door. The little child was near her body. It had been shot in the face. Investigating further, after the shock of this discovery, Burns and Vaughn found the body of Thurman Smith, the husband and father, lying on the floor of the kitchen. Gun wounds and a bloody razor showed how he had suicided. That Smith had premeditated the deed was found by the fact that he had sent his mother to a nearby neighbor Sunday morning. Despondency over his father and sister’s deaths, with the fact that he held himself responsible for bringing the disease of measles, from which they died to their home, is said to have been the cause of his unbalanced state of mind. Decedent was only 25 years old and the wife was 22. He was the son of John F. Smith. Mrs. Smith was the daughter of Emmet Felts of near Parish, north of Thompsonville. Those who discovered the tragedy were attracted by smoke coming out of the back door. The discharge of the gun had set the clothing of the mother and son on fire. The home is two- and one-half miles northeast of Corinth. Smith was buried Monday in County Line Cemetery. The wife and child will be buried in East Fork Cemetery. HN 19 Nov 1914 & MEP 16 Nov 1914
After a long illness, Mrs. Pheoba Stafford died at her home in this city Tuesday. Burial was at a country cemetery between Marion and Johnston City. HN 19 Nov 1914
Weaver news
Mrs. Charles Curlette died Monday of typhoid. She leaves a husband and five small children. HN 19 Nov 1914
Zenis Hackney, small child of Mr. & Mrs. Roy Hackney of North 20th Street, was found dead in bed Tuesday morning. Coroner Strike was called and the jury returned a verdict that the child came to its death by being covered too closely. HN 19 Nov 1914
Marriage licenses since last publication of the list
E.H. Dupont, 31 & Emma Miller, 22, both of Marion
S.S. Borgan, 61 & Ollie V. Galloway, 43, both of Salem
Tony Deuunas, 23 & Eva Niederstros, 18, both of Johnston City
A. Frank, 45, Carbondale and Emma Yancy, 35, Marion
Guy Runnels, 25 & Florence Tinkle, 25, both of Johnston City
W.A. Jackson, 63 & Lizzie Griffin, 40, both of Creal Springs Township HN 19 Nov 1914
DuQuoin, Ill, Nov. 18 The body of the woman found in the Big Muddy River at DeSoto has been identified as Anna Maher, also known as Leona Davie of Carbondale. She was employed at the home of Harry Lancaster, a merchant here, and left November for Carbondale. [as written] She had placed her baby in the DuQuoin Children’s Home after disclosing who the father of the child was. The child has been adopted by a well to do family here. A post card mailed in ST. Louis Sunday night read: See Cal Sprague of Salem, Mo. or Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 4500 block. Across the end was written: Her name is Ann Maher. MEP, Thursday, 19 Nov 1914
Loy Jent and Kate Fluck were married Wednesday in Murphysboro. The bride is a sister of Mat and Louis Fluck of Marion and the groom is the son of Constable B.D. Jent. MEP 19 Nov 1914
Luke Newton of Scottsboro has received a letter from his wife who accompanied her daughter, Mrs. Walter Norman to Phoenix, Ariz. for her health. They have reached their destination. MEP 19 Nov 1914
A marriage licenses was issued Wednesday to Hugh McCake, 20 and Ivy Felty, 19, both of Stonefort. MEP 19 Nov 1914
The body found under the wagon bridge over the Big Muddy River, four miles north of Carbondale has been identified as Mrs. Eliza Prichard, missing from her home in West Frankfort since October. L.D. Isaacs positively identified it as his daughter. Also, three brothers, John, James and Allan Isaacs identified it. John Pritchard, a blacksmith was arrested and taken to Carbondale in connection with the death of his wife. He says he took her to the Chicago and Eastern Illinois depot in West Frankfort on Oct. 19 and left her there, not knowing where she was going. The autopsy indicated that an illegal operation had been performed and it was surmised she died from that. Her father says she had told a younger sister that she was going to Carbondale for an operation of that character. The body was entirely nude with the exception that a house wrapper was thrown over the head and one stocking was left on. The body had a 60-pound rock attached to the neck by a wire. MEP, Friday, 20 Nov 1914
The jury in the contested divorce case of Heyde vs Heyde returned a verdict. They found that neither Heyde or his wife had committed adultery which each had brought against the other. This calls the case off without either of the parties getting any recourse. MEP 20 Nov 1914
Marriage licenses Thursday
F.H. Burns, 22, Blairsville and Flora Travelstead, 18, Hurst
Wiseman Holman, 25, Carrier Mills and Mamie Burns, 17, Stonefort
Peter Rolendo, 24, Herrin and Lizzie Webber, 22, Marion MEP 20 Nov 1914
Gussie A. Hailey was born 24 Apr 1878, daughter of James H. and Martha Hailey, and died 17 Nov 1914. She married James R. Mccoy 23 Dec 1896. She leaves a husband, four children, parents, two brothers and two sisters, all of whom were with her when she went to sleep except an older brother who lives in Mt. Mules, Idaho. MEP 20 Nov 1914
Wiseman Holmes and Maggie Burns of Stonefort came to Marion for a marriage license. The girl was underage and the couple declared they had the consent of pa and ma. The clerk refused, they went back home and brought ma with them. She put it into writing. MEP 20 Nov 1914
Stella Davis, 2 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claud Davis of Scottsboro, died Thursday. Burial will be in Maplewood. MEP 20 Nov 1914
Alice Cambden vs Robert Cavin and Irvin Cambden, bill for partition, homestead and dower. MEP, Saturday, 21 Nov 1914
Mrs. Emily Mainwaring of Thayer, Mo., has been in this city visiting Mr. and Mrs. James Mainwaring on West Boulevard. She was called here on account of the death of her cousin, Mrs. Thos. Davy at Herrin. MEP 21 Nov 1914
Marriage licenses Friday
J.F. Gibson, 24 and Emma Vaughn, 18, both of Herrin
John McCutcheon, 23 and Rosalie Emery, 17, both of Carterville MEP 21 Nov 1914
A five weeks old infant of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Biggs of Herrin was smothered to death in bed early Sunday morning. Mrs. Biggs awakened about 4:30 to find the child struggling for breath. Burial will be at Carbondale. This is the second child to die in this manner in Herrin within a week. MEP, Monday, 23 Nov 1914
A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Williams of West Frankfort, their first child. MEP 23 Nov 1914
A marriage license was issued Saturday to Robert Norman, 21 and Jannie Davis, 18, both of Carterville. MEP 23 Nov 1914
Hazel Price, ten-year-old daughter of Jim Price of Gent Addition, died Sunday of brain fever. The child was well known around town, having become one of the city’s unique characters because of her inclination to beg money from persons whom she would meet, her story being “this is my birthday; won’t you please give me a present?” Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. MEP 23 Nov 1914
Mrs. Elizabeth Jackson, 80, living east of this city, died Saturday. She was the widow of Thomas Jackson, a second husband, and had one son by him, Perry Jackson. By her first husband, Thomas Hilliard, she was the mother of two sons, Thomas Jr. and John. She was born in Tenn. but had lived in this section many years. MEP 23 Nov 1914
Valentine Rice, a veteran druggist at Carterville, died Sunday at his residence. He was born 14 Feb 1845. He leaves four sons: Hiram Rice who for years has been with the Carterville Herald, Paul Rice, Armor Rice and Milo Rice. He also leaves a daughter Mrs. Hill of Benton. MEP, Tuesday, 24 Nov 1914
Frank Cox died Tuesday at his home on East College Street, in his 66th year. He was the only brother of R.S. Cox and the father of Prof. Z.A. Cox, principal at the Logan building. The funeral was at Ozark. MEP 24 Nov 1914
Jessi Isaacs, of Thompsonville, identified the house dress found on the body of Eliza Isaacs Pritchard as one worn by her sister in life. MEP 24 Nov 1914
Paul Herrin and “Shorty” Mullins, witnesses to the shooting of Louise Brown at Freeman, failed to appear in court Tuesday. It is believed it is an effort to keep from the public the facts that will probably connect too closely Herrin’s presence in the Brown woman’s company the night she was shot. It is believed Mullins is in E. St. Louis. MEP 24 Nov 1914
A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Westbrook. MEP 24 Nov 1914
Shorty Mullins was arrested in East St. Louis and brought back here and sentenced to six months in jail for contempt of court. Bert Dawson, who was said to have been present at the shooting, fled before he could be subpoenaed. Willie Richmond, brother-in-law of Riley Freeman, was charged with paying Dawson $10.00 to leave. MEP, Wednesday, 25 Nov 1914
Nick Reno, an Italian miner, died at his boarding house near the old marble works in this city Wednesday. He leaves no family. Burial will be in the Catholic Cemetery in Herrin. MEP 25 Nov 1914
Thelma Marie Mackey, four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Mackey of Spillertown, was born 19 Nov 1910 and died 25 Nov 1914 of typhoid and pneumonia, the eldest of two children Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery. MEP 25 Nov 1914 & EP, Thursday, 17 Dec 1914
Marriage licenses Tuesday
Larkin H. Simpson, 31, West Frankfort and Maud M. House, 23, Joppa Earl L. Weaver, 26 and Ora Leigh, 20, both of Johnston City MEP 25 Nov 1914
A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. G.R. Fowler on N. Garfield Street, their third girl. MEP 25 Nov 1914
Four get divorces in forty minutes
Judge R.T. Cook of City Court granted four divorces Monday:
James Galligan vs Mabel Galligan, desertion
Audrey Hindman vs William Hindman, custody of child to complainant
George Burowitzer vs Mary Burowitzer, custody of three children given to father, charge was attempt to murder
Frances Sesett vs Scott Desett, desertion, custody of child to mother HN 26 Nov 1914
Mr. & Mrs. George Mayer are the proud parents of a baby girl. HN 26 Nov 1914
Gus Sizemore, employed at Mt. Vernon, Ind. in the post office, came over Monday. He had been called here by the death of his brother Arthur’s wife who died in Chicago Sunday and was brought here and buried in Hurricane Cemetery. HN 26 Nov 1914
Marriage licenses Wednesday
John Mulligan, 38 and Minnie Kinney, 36, both of Royalton
J. Emmett Hinchcliff, 21, Mascoutah and Mae Keaster, 21, Herrin
Emmett Hawkins, 29 and Mabel Dew, 19, both of Marion
Jake Anderson, 28 and Dollie Norris, 21, both of Marion
C.H. Barham, 20 and Mae Hoil, 19, both of Marion MEP, Thursday, 26 Nov 1914
Alec Kenezes, a Lithuanian miner, was run over and killed some time before daylight Friday by an Iron Mountain train between Herrin and Clifford. The body was found at 5 o’clock. He is said to have come from Chicago three weeks ago and since then has been boarding at Clifford and working as a coal digger in the Big Muddy Mine No. 8 near that place. MEP, Friday, 27 Nov 1914
Martha Chamness, wife of George Chamness of Creal Springs, died Thursday. Burial was at Creal Springs. MEP 27 Nov 1914
Peter Gurewic, a Lithuanian, leaped through a window at the hospital in Herrin Thursday night while trying to escape some snakes he imagined were after him and came near killing himself. It is said if he had not been very drunk, he would have been killed. He was one of those burned in the Royalton mine explosion last month. He recovered from his burns and went out three or four days ago to celebrate his good luck. He drank all the bootleg he could find and was found on the streets and locked up in jail. He began to have snakes and was taken to the hospital. A big one got after him and began to nip at his heels. Peter thought it was time to depart and he departed — taking the shortest cut — through the window glass. MEP 27 Nov 1914
James Franklin Cox was born 3 May 1848 and died 24 Nov 1914. He married Rebecca Caroline Horsley 11 Feb 1868. Twelve children were born, four of which preceded him in death. He leaves a wife and children: George of Marion, Susan Emery of Marion, Jackson of Vienna, Nora Browning of Marion, Ethel Jennings of Creal Springs, Alpha of Marion, Noma Henderson of Marion and Willie of Marion, also a brother, R.S. Cox of Marion. MEP 27 Nov 1914
Marriage licenses Friday
C.W. Davis, 20, Marion and Netta Odum, 20, Corinth MEP, Saturday, 28 Nov 1914
Pierce Norris, an aged and respected man living on the corner of West Cherry and S. Russell Streets, died Sunday of dropsy. He was a native of this county, spending most of his life in the vicinity of Chamness. He was the father of Will and John Norris and Mrs. Jake Alexander of this city. He was a twin brother to King Norris, well known in this city. Burial will be made near the old homeplace out near Chamness. MEP, Monday, 30 Nov 1914
Sanatucci Nannina, wanted in Bibb County, Alabama for murder, was captured Sunday in Johnston City by Police Chief George Bowyer of that place. According to Sheriff C.L. Oakley of Bibb County, Nannini murdered one Rafaele Venturo in Garrnsey, Alabama 1 Aug. Ninnina’s brother had received a letter from a certain Italian in Johnston City. This was a clue to Nannina’s whereabouts. Bowyer looked up the man and found Nannina . [Name spelled two ways.] MEP 30 Nov 1914
A coroner’s jury in Carbondale found that John Pritchard was the unlawful slayer of his wife, Eliza Isaacs Pritchard, that she died of strangulation, drowning, smothering or criminal operation. MEP 30 Nov 1914
December
Ben H. Jeter Jr. son of Ben H. Jeter Sr. of this city, was killed instantly Tuesday afternoon while at work at the Peabody No. 3. He leaves his parents, wife, seven brothers, three sisters and a child, Guinn, aged 6 years. He was the youngest boy in a family of 15 children, four others of whom are dead. MEP, Tuesday, 1 Dec 1914
A marriage license was issued Monday to Joe Shepperd, 45 and Louise Hunter, 39, both of Ullin, Ill. MEP 1 Dec 1914
Paul Herrin, a witness in the Riley Freeman trial, appeared before Judge Pope and was fined $300.00 which constitutes the cost of the search for him and placed him under a bond of $5,000. MEP, Wednesday, 2 Dec 1914
Ben H. Jeter will be buried in Rose Hill Cemetery. He was 25 years old last July 15. He was called “Cute Jeter” by his fellow workmen. He is survived by his wife, the former Daisy Williams, a son, Guinn, aged 6. Also, these brothers and sisters: Theodore of this city, Mrs. Herschel Stroud of Pittsburg, Edwin D. of this city, Fred of this city, Mrs. Robert L. Bryan of this city, Robert of West Frankfort, Cullen of this city, Leonard of this city, Ernest of Carterville and MRS. Fred Goodwin of Cape Girardeau, Mo. MEP 2 Dec 1914
George W. Childers, aged 64 years and past, died Sunday at his home at 608 North 17th Street. He was suffering from Bright’s disease and pneumonia. Burial was in the city cemetery. HN 3 Dec 1914
Mae V. Keaster, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. John W. Keaster of 500 South Park Avenue and Jay E. Hinchcliff of Mascoutah, Ill. were married November 29th at the First Baptist Church. Clare Cox of Marion served as best man and Zella Keaster, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. They will reside in Mascoutah where the groom holds a position in the city high school. HN 3 Dec 1914
A daughter was born Monday to Mr. & Mrs. Ben Lamaster. HN 3 Dec 1914
Mrs. Mattie Smith was in Raleigh Friday to attend the funeral of her father-in-law, C.J. Smith. HN 3 Dec 1914
Jim Ferrell, now lying at the home of relatives near Creal Springs is a man pursued by the hand of fate, says the Marion Post on Monday. He is believed to be fatally ill, suffering from typhoid fever. Two weeks ago, while working here in a coal mine trying to make sufficient money to bring back his family from Arkansas, where, through a series of misfortunes, he had left them stranded, every member of his family but he and one daughter were murdered. Today he would want to die and escape the persecution that fate seems want to place upon him but for one thing that thing is his daughter, his only comfort. The murder of Ferrell’s wife and five children near Piggott, Ark. two weeks ago was told in these columns. A Negro who held a grudge against the family barred the doors of their home so they could not escape and then set fire to the building. The daughter now living had come to keep house for her father but a few days before. Ferrell and a nephew left at once for the scene and the charred bodies were laid away. A posse was formed and the murderer was found many miles away. The posse took him in hand, he was pressed for a statement and confessed. The members of the family lost all reason and he was taken to the public square of the little town where he was captured and lynched. As his body swayed back and forth, more than fifty shots were fired into it. Then it was taken down and burned until nothing was left of it. Ferrell and his kin came back to Marion. His plans were to resume his work at the mine but the day after his arrival here he was struck with typhoid. He is now at the home of relatives near Creal Springs and it is believed his illness is fatal. He is a native of Pope County but has lived here a number of years off and on. He and his family lived in this city until about two years ago. He went to Arkansas to take a position with some lumber works but the mill shut down. He had had much sickness and other misfortune and was without the means to bring his family with him when he came back here. He and his brother were living in a small house near Big Muddy and were keeping batch. A few days before the murder his 13-year-old daughter came to do the cooking for them. Then came the news of the misfortune. Jim Ferrell hasn’t as much to live for as he used to have but he wants to live. HN 3 Dec 1914
Parades Through City Stripped to Skin
Like a modern Lady Godiva, though more hurriedly, Alex Kenezes, a patient at the B-G Hospital, suffering from “snakes,” leaped from his bed Thursday evening and paraded through the streets of the city shortly after dark without enough clothes on to clad a toothpick. He started out with a sheet wrapped around him, but this was soon cast to the wind and scot free he sailed through the sharp evening , scattering the “Peeping Toms” that soon got their eyes full of the strange sight and his their faces. Kenezes has been a strong drinker and lately been suffering delirium tremens. His home is in Royalton and he was brought here a few days ago by relatives. He was one of the victims of the recent mine explosion and since he recovered has taken to drinking too much. When he was brought to the hospital a few days ago, the physicians insisted he be placed under restraint, but his friends objected very seriously, and their protests were heeded at the risk of just such a thing happening as did Thursday evening. At present he is in a straight jacket and people who missed the laughable sight of his exciting parade through the streets the other night stand a poor chance of seeing the thing repeated again, and besides getting much better and all the “snakes’ will have been run out of his system in a few days more. HN 3 Dec 1914
Peter Gurewic, a single man about 35 years old, was killed Tuesday on the Iron Mountain railroad near Clifford. He had been living at Clifford about two months and came there from Chicago. Burial was in the Catholic Cemetery. HN 3 Dec 1914
Luke Newton of Scottsboro received a letter from his wife stating she and their daughter, Mrs. Norman, are on their way back home from Phoenix, Ariz. where they had gone, with Mr. Norman, for Mrs. Norman’s health. Her condition has worsened and hopes are abandoned. MEP, Thursday, 3 Dec 1914
Sheriff M.L. Duncan, whose time expires Monday, has purchased the Joe Hayton farm, five and a half miles south of Carterville, for $9,000. It contains 180 acres and a nice $3,000 home. MEP 3 Dec 1914
Andrew Pittcabbage, a Herrin Lithuanian, is in jail. He didn’t like a neighbor, a fellow Lithuanian, and when he got drunk Wednesday, he concluded to have his sweet revenge. He set fire to his own house so that his neighbor’s might catch fire and burn down. He piled dry leaves up against the house and applied a match. A neighbor saw him and kicked the fire out. It is said hard feelings between the neighbors started over which could drink the most beer. Andrew is six feet six in his stockings and the neighbor five feet with his boots on. His neighbor won the contest. MEP 3 Dec 1914
A marriage license was issued Wednesday to Arthur Holman, 32 and Della Dorris, 36, both of Herrin. MEP 3 Dec 1914
E.P. Norris was born 11 Mar 1854 near Chamness and died 29 Nov 1914. He married Della Simmons 22 Apr 1879. Ten children were born, five died as infants. Those who survive are: William, John, Mrs. Jake Anderson, Sandy and Milton. He also leaves his aged mother, Mrs. E. Norris, four brothers and sisters: Jim Norris of Fordville, Albert King and Joe Norris [as written] of Chamness, Mrs. Della Chamness, Mrs. Lydia Brown, Mrs. Thomas Chamness of Carterville and Mrs. Albert Chamness of Lawrenceville. He moved to this city ten years ago. MEP 3 Dec 1914
Marriage licenses Thursday
Neal Campbell, 21 and Mrs. Ella Rogers, 21, both of Creal Springs
John Mullen, 28, Royalton and Margaret A. Mcharg, 23, Portland, Ore. MEP, Friday, 4 Dec 1914
Dr. and Mrs. L.B. Casey received word Friday of the arrival of a new granddaughter in Kewanee, Ill. The parents are Dr. Clyde Casey and wife. MEP, Saturday, 5 Dec 1914
Phil McHugh, 17, shot and killed his father, Phil McHugh, 48, 6 Dec at Murphysboro, after the father had chastised him. McHugh came here six months ago from St. Louis. He was a shoe worker and formerly in the saloon business. He also was a prize fighter years ago. An older sister, Florence, was present but claims she did not see the shots fired. Young McHugh says his father struck him, left the room and returned with a poker, and he shot him with a gun he found in the room. The mother says the boy went upstairs and secured the gun after his father chastised him. The gun belonged to a boarder. MEP, Monday, 7 Dec 1914
Martha Hunt, an aged lady living in the east part of the county, died Saturday at the home of her brother, William Thompson, three miles northeast of Crab Orchard. She was 78 years and 6 months old. Many will remember her as Mrs. William Cutrell. She is survived by brothers, William Thompson, Solomon and James Thompson of this county, Sam Thompson of Arizona and Terry Thompson of Kansas. Burial was at Worley Cemetery. MEP 7 Dec 1914
The body of Earl Rice, the jockey, who died in a hotel fire in Paris, Tenn. a few days ago, was brought through here on the way to West Frankfort, his former home, for burial. He was a brother to Arthur Rice of this city. He and a companion lost their lives in a fire in a hotel where they lived. Their bodies were found six feet from a window. MEP 7 Dec 1914
A marriage licenses was issued Saturday to Walter Williams, 18, Cambria and Floy Bennett, 21, Carterville. MEP 7 Dec 1914
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wolfe of South Mechanic Street are gladdened by the arrival of their first grandchild, a boy. The parents are Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lovell of Royalton. The mother was formerly Mildred Wolfe. MEP 7 Dec 1914
James Ferrell, whose wife and five children were murdered near Piggott, Ark. two weeks ago, died last Friday at the home of his aged mother near Stonefort. Fate has most relentlessly pursued the Ferrell family. The horrible wholesale murder in Arkansas was not the first great tragedy to occur in the family. Of the family of sixteen, composed of the aged mother, her three sons and their families, there today remains but three, the old mother, a son of one of her sons and a daughter of another of her sons. James Ferrell’s death was the only one not occurring in a tragedy. There were three sons of the old lady, Willis, Edgar and James. Willis was unmarried. Three years ago, he fell under a train on the Big Four between Vienna and Cairo and met instant death. His head was cut from the body. Two years ago, Willis with his wife and three of their four children were living in a house boat on the Ohio River. A heavy wind came on one night, the houseboat was overturned and the five lost their lives by drowning. This occurred between Golconda and Metropolis. Tom Ferrell is the surviving young man who went to Arkansas with his uncle upon receiving news of the tragedy there. The murder of James’ family in St. Francisville has been spoken of previously in this paper. They were locked in their house by a negro who poured coal oil over the walls and set fire to it. On the day before, this negro, while riding a mule down the street of the little town, was fired upon by a drunken white man who stood on his porch a block and a half from the Ferrell home. He sought revenge by trying to burn the man alive but went to the wrong house. He was captured after three days and confessed. After telling how he carried out his threat, he confessed having murdered five other people of that section during the few years previous. He was lynched. Jim Ferrell and his nephew saw the execution. A few days before the crime, Ferrell’s eldest daughter, Mary, came here to visit her father. Thus, she, with her father escaped. She is now at the home of her aged grandmother near Stonefort. Tom Ferrell is preparing to go back to Arkansas. He is from Pope County and a timber man. James Ferrell had just completed his plans to move his family here when they were killed. Had the murderer been a couple days later, they would have been on their way to this city. MEP, Tuesday, 8 Dec 1914
Joseph Fozzard, 62, died of pneumonia Monday at his home in Christopher where he and his family had been living for three months. He leaves a wife and sons, Walter and Joseph. Burial will be in this city. MEP 8 Dec 1914
St. Louis Globe Democrat — Alfred Wade, a merchant of Marion, and Clara Hefton, a nurse at Henrietta Hospital in East St. Louis, were married yesterday at the home of the bride’s aunt, Mrs. G.W. Hefton on Thirteenth St. Ella and Margaret Hefton, sisters of the bride, were bridesmaids. The couple left for a honeymoon in New Orleans. MEP 8 Dec 1914
Ezra Fowler of the Gent Addition, was shot by his brother-in-law, Harry Martin Monday night. It is said Martin merely got even with Ezra for having fired a shot at him once upon a time. Ezra probably will get along alright. MEP 8 Dec 1914
A marriage license was issued Monday to Stanley Dorris, 23 and Nettie Williams, 21, both of Herrin. MEP 8 Dec 1914
A few scraps of waste paper which had been taken from the cell rooms down at the county jail and piled in the basement preparatory to burning them in the furnace, on Thursday morning caught fire. The building was soon well-filled with smoke odor and Ex-Sheriff Duncan and his family did some hustling around. There was no danger attached to the incident, but for a few moments it was scary just the same. The basement, as well as the entire building, is fire proof and there would have been no danger if the coal and everything else in the basement had been on fire. The report was out through town that the jail had been on fire. MEP 8 Dec 1914
John J. Scott, 54 and Minnie G. Evans, 38, both of Johnston City, were married Tuesday. MEP 8 Dec 1914
A girl, the fourth child and third girl, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Landers on East Marion Street. MEP 8 Dec 1914
Oscar Marks, 22?, West Frankfort and Clara Reel, 19, Johnston City, were married Wednesday. MEP, Wednesday, 9 Dec 1914
A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charley M. Morris on East College Street, the third child and boy in the family. MEP 9 Dec 1914
Will Lee, the negro who shot to death Constable Jim Garrett at Madison No. 9 last September, was caught in Ohio. Lee had threatened to kill Garrett because of the latter having killed his (Lee’s) brother a few years ago in pursuit of his duties. [The Dec 11 issue says the man caught was not Will Lee.]
MEP, Thursday, 10 Dec 1914
John Peterson of 305 North 11th Street died last week after a long illness of spinal trouble. He was a single man aged 23 years and made his home with his mother, Mrs. W.T. Mcpheron. HN 10 Dec 1914
Thomas A. Clapp, a frail youth scarcely out of his teens, confessed to murdering Dave and Adam Brown, bachelor brothers, in their two-room cabin near Tamms, Illinois on Friday. He was arrested with his 16-year-old nephew, Lester A. Moody, at the home of the latter’s mother at 3036 Washington Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. [A long article with details of the crime.] HN 10 Dec 1914
Charles S. Brown and Beulah Waldie, daughter of Mrs. Elvira Waldie of Centralia, were married Monday at Belleville. HN 10 Dec 1914
Births
Mr. & Mrs. C.C. Humphrey, girl
Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Jones, girl
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Meense, girl
Mr. & Mrs. John Kee, girl
Mr. & Mrs. Mon Childers, a boy last Thursday
Mr. & Mrs. E.A. Stokes, a boy Thursday HN 10 Dec 1914
Mrs. John Basco of Clifford died Saturday in the hospital of typhoid. The funeral was conducted at the Catholic Cemetery. A husband and two children survive. HN 10 Dec 1914
Miss Lillian Williams will leave Friday for Kankakee where she has accepted a position at the hospital. MEP, Friday, 11 Dec 1914
Joe Faheto, an Italian, was crushed to death Friday by a fall of slate at the Jeffrey Mine between Johnston City and Herrin. He was 29 years old and had been here seven years. He was unmarried and boarded near the mine. He and his buddy, Ernest Maniota, were cleaning up a fall when he was killed. Burial will be in the Catholic Cemetery in Herrin. MEP, Saturday, 12 Dec 1914
Mrs. Robert Dippy, 36, of Spillertown died Friday at the Marion Hospital of tuberculosis. She leaves a husband, three children, mother, three brothers and six sisters. She was born and reared in England. Her immediate family lives in England. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. MEP 12 Dec 1914
B.E. Gresham, 63, died Sunday of dropsy and heart trouble at the home of his son, Oatman Gresham, 502 South Russell. He came here several years from Kentucky. He leaves these children: Oatman Gresham, Mrs. Charley Thorn, Mrs. Charley Butler and Ermon Gresham. Burial will be near his old home at Otter Pond, Caldwell County Ky. MEP, Monday, 14 Dec 1914
James Sellers died Sunday at his home ten miles southwest of here. He was in his 68th year. He was born in this county, was a former school teacher and former county supervisor. He leaves a wife and children: Mrs. Walter Hanson of Murphysboro, Harmon, Rome and Will Sellers of Southern Township and Arthur Sellers of Herrin. Three children preceded him in death: two in infancy and Mrs. F. Jones who passed away a few years ago. MEP 14 Dec 1914
A marriage license was issued Saturday to Dennis Lee Kirby, 33, Lick Creek and Francis Mae Hill, 30, Marion. MEP 14 Dec 1914
Marriage licenses Monday
Raymond Ennis, 23 and Effie Howell, 23, both of Desoto W.P. Burns, 35 and Orpha Tanner, 25, both of Stonefort MEP, Tuesday, 15 Dec 1914
Albert Ellis, living near Ozark, fell from a silo Monday and died one hour later. MEP, Wednesday, 16 Dec 1914
A marriage license was issued Tuesday to Robert Hunter, 21, Marion and Annie Simon, 19, Galatia. MEP 16 Dec 1914
The 17 December issue of Herrin News has many pictures of businesses and business men.
Harry Chambers of West Frankfort was convicted of the murder of Claud Lindsey in West Frankfort a few weeks ago. MEP, Thursday, 17 Dec 1914
Mrs. Dawkins, died Wednesday at the home of her son, Wm. Dawkins at 807 North Court. She was more than 80 years old. She leaves two sons and one daughter. Burial will be at Braceville, Ill., her former home. MEP 17 Dec 1914
Marriage licenses Thursday
Hal Bush, 18 and Lulu Collier, 17, both of Wayside
Harold E. Brown, 26, Carterville and Irene Jones, 21, Herrin
Tom Rosky, 25 and Mrs. Kazimer Sobo, 31, both of Johnston City
Hiram T. Hardwig, 29, Mymore, Neb. and Esta Williams, 21, Carterville
Chas. Laturno, 29, Columbia, Ill. and Lillie Rich, 18, Marion MEP, Friday, 18 Dec 1914
A marriage license was issued Friday to Lavett Domenica Savant, 29 and Angela S. Viet11, 20, both of Johnston City. MEP, Saturday, 19 Dec 1914
Lee Ogden, 22 and Ruby Benton, 18, both of Carterville were issued a marriage license Saturday. MEP, Monday, 21 Dec 1914
Robert A. Canfield was injured by a fall of slate at Peabody No. 3 Monday and died the following morning at the family home on West White Street. He was born in Ohio July 4th fifty years ago. He worked in Indiana and Kentucky before coming to this section nineteen years ago. He married twenty-two years ago and is survived by his wife and daughter, Maud. One other child of this union died in infancy while the family lived at Salem, III. Its body rests in Rose Hill here. A cousin, R.A. Canfield was injured in a fall a few days ago. Robert A. Canfield joked about his wife planning his funeral, their initials both being R.A. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. MEP, Tuesday, 22 Dec 1914
The week-old infant of Mr. and Mrs. Charley Tolbert was found dead in bed Tuesday. This is the third infant in the family to die this kind of death within the last two years. MEP 22 Dec 1914
Frank Larizza, three-and-a-half-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Lazirra, Italians living at Madison No. 9, died Monday after being badly scalded two days before. While washing, Mrs. Lazirra placed a tub of hot water on the floor and he fell backwards into the water. MEP, 22 Dec 1914
A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. H.H. Hill on N. Buchanan Street. MEP, Wednesday, 23 Dec 1914
Ed Vick, former Marion citizen and son of Wash Vick now of Johnston City, was brought here from Christopher where he died of tuberculosis. The body was taken from the train directly to Rose Hill Cemetery and laid to rest. He leaves a wife and seven children. MEP 23 Dec 1914
Marriage licenses Tuesday
Tony Quattrochi, 40, Johnston City and Marie Vaccaroarcui, 31, Whiteash
Harry Mckissic, 32, Carbondale and Leona Boren, 26, Creal Springs MEP 23 Dec 1914
Information is wanted of the whereabouts of Robert Lee Proffit, 38 years old, 162 pounds, black hair, gray eyes, dark complexion, who left here two months ago to go to Herrin, Ill. or Hartford, Ark. His wife and baby are both sick. Anyone knowing his whereabouts or can give definite news of him, kindly notify his wife, Mrs. R.L. Proffit, Yolandale, Ala. HN 24 Dec 1914
A baby girl arrived Saturday at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Guy Strickland. HN 24 Dec 1914
Mrs. Sidney Nelson died Sunday of tuberculosis at her home on North 28th Street. She leaves a husband and three small children. Burial was at the city cemetery. HN 24 Dec 1914
Lee Hunsucker, charged with killing his brother-in-law, Albert Ellis of Ozark, was brought through here by Sheriff Whitacre of Johnson County and held overnight at the county jail. It was thought Ellis died from falling from a silo. Rumor has it that the dead man’s wife and possibly the accused slayer’s sweetheart had part in the plot. The body was dis-interred and a second inquest conducted. It is said the finding of a pool of blood in the hallway of the barn led to suspicions being cast upon members of the family. MEP, Thursday, 24 Dec 1914
Perry 0. Bowers of Salem and Sarah I. Brock of Marion were married Wednesday. The bride is the widow of Wayne Brock. MEP 24 Dec 1914
Marriage licenses
Otis Thompson, 19 and Iva Pulley, 19, both of Marion Rural Route
Moody Angel, 21 and Ida Fry, 18, both of Crab Orchard
Lester Armstrong, 22, Carterville and Naome Brandon, 17, Creal Springs
Perry 0. Bowers, 41 and Lula Legrand, 31, both of Herrin. [Sarah I. Brock elsewhere]
Otis Hestand, 21, Hurst and Aletha Kline, 21, Kinmundy
Julian Clemeens, 26 and Angela Ovarlet, 25, both of Johnston City MEP 24 Dec 1914
D.C. Gill, known as Whitey Gill, was shot in the lung, possibly fatally, by Isham Primm, an alleged Gent Addition bootlegger on Christmas Eve. The shooting took place at the home of Primm. Gill was shot up and all but killed less than a year ago by his sister-in-law, Mrs. Harry Winters. Last Labor Day, he fell under a passenger train at Johnston City and five coaches passed over him but he was not badly hurt. He says one time while riding in a hippodrome race in Ringling Brothers circus in England, his horses crashed into some seats. Five people and the horses were killed but Gill escaped with his life, though badly injured. MEP, Saturday, 26 Dec 1914
Marriage licenses Thursday
Riley Jeter, 26 and Stell Craig, 20, both of Marion
Ray Woodside, 19 and Hannah L. Hartwell, 19, both of Marion
James W. Armes, 20 and Ethel Cagle, 16, both of Marion
Eric Ruppell, 23 and Mary Cown, 19, both of Herrin
Walter M. Stover, 26, Johnston City and Nellie Starkey, 22, Fairfield MEP 26 Dec 1914
Albert “Grasshopper” Sneed, a Gent Addition negro, was stabbed in the arm by Leonard Hassler, another negro. The man with the knife was struck in the head three times with a poker before he gashed his man. Sneed’s cousin, Claud Ellis, tried to take the knife away and was slightly cut on the hand. Sneed walked from his home on South Liberty Street to the square and fell unconscious at the entrance of a doctor’s office. The artery was severed above the elbow. MEP 26 Dec 1914
Jacob Hiller, 77, died Friday night. He was the father of Mrs. James Bishop, the widow of the man assassinated by Miles Bell, and lived with her. MEP, Monday, 28 Dec 1914 & EP, 31 Dec 1914
Whitey Gill is reported much better. MEP 28 Dec 1914
D.T. Ashby vs Addye E. Ashby, she a non-resident, bill for divorce. MEP 28 Dec 1914
Judge W.F. Slater performed the ceremony in a double wedding Monday. The couples were John A. Carter, 36 and Dora E. Briscoe, 17, both of Johnston City and Albert W. Landis, 33, Chicago and Stella Tippy. MEP 28 Dec 1914
James Carney, five-year-old son of Jas. Carney died Saturday. The parents recently moved to Spillertown from Oklahoma. MEP 28 Dec 1914
Whitey Gill is growing worse. His temperature is ranging at 104 and he is suffering hemorrhages. MEP, Tuesday, 29 Dec 1914
Daniel A. Davis, 70, died Tuesday at his home on West Main Street. He was born in Knox County, Tenn. in Oct 1844, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davis. There were seventeen children, nine boys and eight girls. Three boys and four girls are still living. Three of those children, including Daniel, have passed away within the last two years. The others were C.T. Davis who died in this city and Hannibal Davis who died at Eldorado. The husbands of two of the four surviving sisters have also died in the last two years. Those surviving are: Mrs. Eliza Skaggs of Harrisburg, Mrs. Rachel Foster, formerly of Eldorado but now of this city, W.M. Davis of this city, Mrs. Sarah May of Burnt Prairie, Ill., Mrs. Mary Parks of this city and John DAVIS of Harrisburg. Daniel Davis married Mollie Goodall, daughter of William Goodall. Eight children were born, two are dead. The others are Mrs. E.T. Gallagher of Texas, Dr. Will Davis of Paris, Ill., Mrs. Edgar Ashley of Joliet, Ill., Dr. Walter Davis of Beaumont, Texas and Miss Inez Davis of this city. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. MEP 29 Dec 1914
Ex-Sheriff Duncan and his family are moving from Marion. Sheriff Harris appointed C.C. Foster as jailer, and he is busy moving into the jail. MEP 29 Dec 1914
A one-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. August Reitz, former Marion people, died Monday at the family home in Christopher. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery beside another child who died a few years ago. MEP 29 Dec 1914
Thomas Calvert, 80, died Thursday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. B.H. Deaton. He will be buried at Poplar Ridge, Jackson County, seven miles from Murphysboro. MEP, Thursday, 31 Dec 1914
A marriage license was issued Thursday to Aud Fletcher, 27, Johnston City and Alma Harris, 27, Thompsonville. MEP 31 Dec 1914
A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Grover Lannon on South Court Street, their fifth child and third boy. MEP 31 Dec 1914
Marriage licenses
Bert Patterson, 24 & Dewey Downs, 18, both of Marion
Ben Hawkins, 21, Drakesboro, KY. & Edna Woodie, 19, Louisburg, Ky.
C.W. Compton, 58 & Sarah Hoil, 55, both of near Marion
Ernest Hindman, 29, Christopher & Norah Walker, 18, Herrin
G.R. Griffin, 52, Creal Springs & Bell Goodman, 51, Goreville HN 31 Dec 1914
Joe Carbonetta, former Village Clerk of Freeman Spur, shot his estranged wife Tuesday then turned the gun in his own mouth and blew out his brains as a posse was pursuing him. The wife had come into Freeman Spur in a carriage to bring some milk. After doing her shopping, her husband asked if he could ride part of the way with her and she replied he could not. He pulled his pistol and shot her four times, once in the left jaw, twice through the lungs and through the right hand. He ran into Franklin County until a posse overtook him. The wife, formerly Mary/Minnie Ditto, daughter of John Ditto, married him about two years ago. They separated last June and shortly afterwards he left to visit a sister in Gallop, N.M. and Mrs. Carbonetta started divorce proceedings. He returned about three weeks ago. HN 31 Dec 1914 & EP 31 Dec 1914
A baby girl arrived at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Willis Saturday. HN 31 Dec 1914
Ernest Hindman and Norah Walker were married Sunday. They will make their home in Christopher. HN 31 Dec 1914
Anna Beckwith vs Lester B. Beckwith, bill for divorce and custody of child, he a non-resident. HN 31 Dec 1914
Charley Collins, marshal of Buckner, shot and killed Ed Mcintyre Monday at Buckner. EP, Monday, 31 Dec 1914
Businesses
D.M. Dawson
Herrin Supply Co.
S.R. Newcomb Real Estate & Insurance Co.
George K. Crichton, attorney at law
J.U. Cowan, Fire, life and accident insurance, office State Savings Bank building
Baker and Gardiner Hospital. Drs. Baker & Gardiner
Neely, Gallimore, Cook & Potter, abstractors and examiners of title, offices City
National Bank, Herrin, also Marion and Carterville
D.J. Williams, City Clerk
Gilbert Waller, round trip to Arcadia Florida only $28.50. If you invest in 40 acres
or more of land, we refund your railroad fare. Office State Savings Bank building.
Felix Merlo and Co., meat
Egyptian Electrical Co., Baily & Smith, proprietors, 303 North Park Ave.
Good Luck Clothing Co.
Charles N. Stewart Undertaking
Herrin Electric Laundry, Frank E. Rowell Mgr.
J.A. Parris, interior decorating, painting and mural decorations, 217 North 13th
Southern Illinois Tailoring Co., Corner Park & Cherry Streets, 2 doors east of Good Luck Store.
Paul Pold, tailoring, French cleaning and mending, West Cherry Street
Lee Yee, Chinese Laundry
Herrin Abstract Co., Atty. A.D. Morgan, abstractor
Dr. O.W. Curry, resident dentist, upstairs in City National Bank building
Frank Wollard, Police Magistrate, office in city hall, corner of Monroe and Washington Streets
J.V. Walker and Sons Clothing Co.
Herrin Loan and improvement Association, Joe P. Benson, Sec., R.A. Karr,
President, directors: E.N. Dillard, R.T. Cook, John Alexander, Hal W.
Trovillion, R.A. Karr, Paul D. Herrin, John Rollo, Geo. W. Bradshaw
Herrin Ice and Cold Storage Co., C.D. Cook, Mgr.
New Union Market, 719 North Park Avenue, complete line of fresh and salt meats carried at all times, A.M. Burnett & Claud Champion, proprietors
Jefferson Restaurant, New Year’s dinner 35 cents
Union Shop, Joe Brenner the anatomical shoe maker, 106 North 16th Street
Herrin Ice and C.S. Co.,
McNeill’s Confectionery, East Monroe Street, first door east of Zwick’s on Monroe, Miss Eva Mcintosh, manager
J.H. Gregory Plumbing Co., 520 West Monroe
City National Bank
C.E. Owen, 112 West Cherry Street, eyeglasses, spectacles, jewelry
J.M. McCoy Tin Shop, 205 West Monroe
Hunter & Co. Undertaking, Philip S. McElvoy, funeral director, first door north of post office
Lombard Society Store and Meat Market, 1st and 2hd doors south of post office
First National Bank
Bunch’s Jewelry Store
European Hotel
Cline’s Drug Store HN 31 Dec 1914
(Extracted from microfilm at Morris Library and/or Illinois State Library by Helen Sutt Lind, published in Events in Egypt, Vol. 12)