McLennan Co. Tx - Obits from June 1914 Transcribed by Bentley Hooks Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ------------------------------------------------ WACO DAILY TIMES-HERALD TUESDAY JUNE 23, 1914 MRS. P. E. HUNTER DEAD Former Waco Resident Died at Riesel This Morning Mrs. P.E Hunter, aged 63, died this morning at 12:40 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Nettie Kilpatrick, Riesel. The funeral took place this afternoon at 2 o'clock, from the reidence of County Commissioner and Mrs. J.N. Boyd, 1204 North Twelfth street, Rev. Hewing of Riesel officiating. Interment was made at White Rock cemetery. The pallbearers were: George W. Tilley, Joe Johnson, John Reed, Howard Sanger, W. Henry, and J. Watson. Mrs. Hunter had lived at Riesel for the past year, and she was a resident of this city for about ten years, having many friends and acquaintances in this city. She is survived by the following children: E.R. and W.M. Connor, Waco; J.E. Connor, Marlin; H.H. Connor, Mangum, Okla.,; Mrs. Nettie Kilpatrick, Riesel, and Mrs. Mary Easterling, Talladega, Ala. These have the sincere sympathy of many in their great bereavement. WACO DAILY TIMES-HERALD FRIDAY JUNE 26, 1914 FUNERAL TODAY OF MRS. M. FRIEDLANDER With Rabbi I. Warsaw officiating, the funeral of Mrs. Minna Friedlander, who died yesterday afternoon at 2:35, will take place at 4 o'clock this afternoon from the family residence, 1703 Franklin street. Interment will be made at Hebrew Rest. The pallbearers are: H.S. Long, Mose Friedman, N.D. Naman, H. Mayer and Dr. P.R. Hengst. At the time of her death Mrs. Friedlander was 51 years old, and she had been a resident of this city nearly 30 years, coming to Waco from San Antonio, in 1885. She was born in San Antonio and came here from that city. For nearly two years Mrs. Friedlander had been in ill health, and she was able to leave her home for the last time on Febrary 22 of this year. More than a week ago her illness assumed the acute stage, and attending physicians announced several days ago that there was no hope for her recovery. The death of Mrs. Friedlander brings sincere sorrow and regret to a host of friends of the family, not only here, but in many other parts of the state. Mrs. Friedlander was a devout and most consistent member of Congregation Rodef Sholom, and her children were reared and carefully trained in the manner that always denotes the path of duty which the conscientious mother marks out for herself. There was no one who found greater pleasure or happiness in the companionship of her family than this truly good woman, and her life was an inspiration to others. In times of distress and affliction the counsel and advice of Mrs. Friedlander were invariably sought by her friends. Her genuine sympathy, her kindly deeds, her loving tenderness, all these were foremost in a life well spent, a life of service for others, rich in sacrifice, teeming with acts of benevolence, characterized, in every instance by a studious avoidance of publicity, performed quietly and unostentatiously, with no hope of reward, save to please the Master and to exemplify the golden rule. Mrs. Friedlander is survived by six children, three daughters and three sons. Mrs. Blanche Friedlander, Mrs. Eli Marks, Miss Rose Friedlander, Isadore, Simon and Leon Friedlander. She also has one brother and two sisters, Abe Frank of Waco, Miss Pauline Frank, Waco, and Mrs. Morris Schoenfeld, Tyler. All these have the loving sympathy of many in their great bereavement. Funeral of Belton Pioneer The funeral of Col. J.L. Wilson of Belton, who died in that city last Wednesday, took place yesterday and was largely attended. Colonel Wilson was one of the pioneer settlers of Bell county, having lived in the same house at Belton for more than thirty years. During the war between the states he served in the Confederate army. He is survived by his widow, three sons, and a daughter. Colonel Wilson was a brother-in-law of J.R. Railey of Waco. Mrs. Della Lewis Dead Mrs. Della Lewis, aged 43, died this morning at 12:15 in a local sanitarium, where she had been since last Tuesday. The remains were prepared for burial and will be shipped tonight to Talpa, Texas, for interment, by Undertaker L.C. Puckett. Mrs. Lewis had been ill for nearly a year. She was reared in Falls county, having many friends in that county. Besdides her husband, J.C. Lewis, she is survived by seven children. WACO DAILY TIMES-HERALD SATURDAY JUNE 27, 1914 WALTER PLUNKETT DIED THIS MORNING Pioneer Citizen Passed Away Early Today- Had Lived Here Nearly Half Century Walter S. Plunkett, aged 69, died this morning at his home, 916 Columbus street. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock, services to be conducted at the family residence, Rev. W.P. Witsell, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church, officiating. Interment will be made at Oakwood. The active pall bearers selected are: T.J. Primm, R.L. Cartwright, John B. McNamara, Lee Richards, W.S. Gillespie, Sam Keeble. Honorary: J. McCune, W.T. Robinson, Jim Anderson, James B. Baker, H.B. Mistrot, Robert Frazier. About two years ago, Mr. Plunkett had a stroke of paralysis, from which he never recovered. He had virtually been an invalid since that time. Several weeks ago, his condition became very serious, and the absent children were summoned. Born at St. Augustine, December 31, 1844, when Texas was a republic, Walter Plunkett came to Waco in 1867, two years after the close of the civil war, and he had been a resident of Waco for 47 years. At one time he was a printer on the old Waco Examiner, and in 1877 he engaged in the grocery business here with Bart Moore, the firm being known as Moore and Plunkett. When the late Mayor C.C. McCulloch conducted a grocery store on Austin street, at a place now occupied by the retail store of Sanger Bros. [Fourth & Austin], Mr. Plunkett employed as a salesman, remaining there for many years. For the last few years, up to the time his health began to fail, Mr. Plunkett was employed by J.P. Carpenter, corner Third and Austin streets. No one here was more familiar or better posted relative to Waco's growth than the pioneer citizen who passed away early this morning. He had watched with interest and pride Waco's development, from a village to a wide-awake, progressive city, and his remembrance of interesting events of by-gone days which he recalled with the greatest ease and familiarity, has delighted hundreds. Among Walter Plunkett's many noble attributes, none was more prominent than his faithfulness and devotion to duty. No task, no matter how trivial it might have been, was to him unimportant, and he gave to each the fullest measure of conscientious and painstaking care. He was ever loyal to his friends, and he gave cheerfully of his means, time and efforts to accomodate them. His life was filled with good deeds, each of these being rendered in quiet and unostentatious manner. Walter Plunkett never tried to get in the limelight. He was ever ready to serve others; for himself, he asked nothing in return. Mr. Plunkett was one of the oldest volunteer fireman here, and for twelve years he served as president of the Waco Fire department. This was the designation given the man at the head of the department in the early days. He was also a very prominent Odd Fellow, at one time he held the highest office in the Grand Encampment, that of chief patriarch. This was in 1890. Enlisting as a drummer boy in the Confederate army in General Waterhouse's brigade, Mr. Plunkett served throughout the civil war with bravery and distinction. Besides his widow, Mr. Plunkett is survived by the following children: Lewin Plunkett of Dallas, Mrs. Dr. George Red of Houston, Mrs. G.E Cranz of Fort Worth and Mrs. B.N. Dean of Waco. He also has four brothers: Tom O. Plunkett of Atlanta, Ga.; Frank Plunkett of Cleburne; Will Plunkett of Chalk Bluff and Riley Plunkett of Little Rock, Ark. All these have the sincere sympathy of many. Funeral of Mrs. Friedlander The funeral of Mrs. Minna Friedlander took place yesterday afternoon from the family residence, corner Seventeenth and Franklin. Following the brief but very impressive service by Rabbi I. Warsaw, the remains were interred in Hebrew Rest. Many gathered to pay a last tribute of respect to the memory of this universally beloved woman, and the floral tributes were numerous and of exquisite beauty. Burial Sunday of John Foulks The funeral of J.O. Foulks, aged 22, killed by a train at Pendleton, Ore., on Friday night of last week, will take place tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock, services to be conducted in the mortuary chapel of the John Fall Undertaking company, by the Loyal Order of Moose, of which decedent was a member. Interment will be made at Oakwood. WACO DAILY TIMES-HERALD SATURDAY JUNE 27, 1914 DROWNS SWIMMING RIVER WHILE SETTING TROUT [sic]LINE Attempting to swim a hundrd yards across the Blue Hole, near Walker's Crossing, where he was setting a trot line, Eugene K. Minor, negro, 26 years old, was drowned yesterday afternoon about 5 o'clock. J.T. Mains, a white man, was near the negro when he drowned, and attempted to rescue him. The two had been setting a trot line in a leaky boat. The boat had sunk with them near the bank a short while before. They pulled it out, turned the water out of it, and placed it back in the river, but decided it was unsafe for both of them to ride in it. The negro then volunteered to swim across, said Mr. Mains, while the latter took the boat over. The negro said, "It's no swim at all across there", and started with overalls and an undershirt on. Mr. Mains, reaching the other side in the boat, was working on the trot line when the negro called for help. He was then about twenty yards away. Mr. Mains was unable to swim out at once, having on his shoes and all other clothes. But he pushed the boat to the spot where the negro was struggling. The negro had gone under once when the boat passed him, and was unable to catch it. The water where he went down was twelve feet deep and very swift. About an hour later, the body was recovered by Josh Friday, a negro preacher. It had been carried upstream and across the river by a heavy undertow. Deputy Sheriff John Morgan went to the spot to assist in the search. J. Frank Elder, J.T. Mains, Jr., and others had just encamped near the "Blue Hole" when Minor was drowned. The negro was taken along as cook for the party. He is the son of Amy Minor, who lives near Sixth and Indiana. WACO DAILY TIMES-HERALD SUNDAY JUNE 28, 1914 Death at Georgetown R.L. Galloway of Mart passed through the city last night en route to Georgetown to attend the funeral of W.H. Eanes, whose death occurred yesterday. Mr. Eanes was a brother of Dr. W.H. Eanes of Waco, and had been tax collector of Williamson county for many years. He was very well known in the community in which he resided, and his demise is regretted by a host of friends. FUNERAL TODAY OF MRS. HELEN HUTTO Arrangements for the funeral of Mrs. Helen Hutto, aged 70, who died very suddenly about noon yesterday, while en route to Hallsburg, on an International and Great Northern passenger train, were made last night. The body was removed from the undertaking establishment of F.M. Compton, where it was taken soon after death, to the family residence, 517 Turner street, where services will be conducted this afternoon at 4:30. Rev. H.D. Knickerbocker will officiate, assisted by Revs. P.H. Faulk and J.J. Creed. Interment will be made at Oakwood. The pall bearers selected are: Dr. W.E. Hall, J.J. Twaddell, S.M. Kirkpatrick, Eugene Barton, G.H. Wiebusch, Sr., and Mr. House [no other name/initials]. Instructions to bury Mrs. Hutto were received from her brother Charles Allen, of Hornell, N.Y. Mrs. Hutto, who went to Dr. Hall's farm at Hallsburg last Tuesday returned to Waco early yesterday morning to confer with a physician. She was not feeling well when she left the Hall home, but when Dr. Hall suggested that his daughter accompany Mrs. Hutto to Waco, the latter said she believed she could make the trip alone. As was stated in these columns yesterday, she fainted just as she was about to boatrd the train at the depot, about noon yesterday, and she was in a dying condition before the train had proceeded 100 yards from the union station, dissolution occurring just as the train backed in front of the depot, in order that she might be removed and given medical attention. Death of Joe L. Wilson Belton, Texas, June 26 -- At his home in this city Wednesday afternoon, Joe L. Wilson, who has been a resident of this city for forty-five years or more, died after an illness extending over two or more years. He was engaged in the hardware business in this city for more than twenty-five years. The funeral took place Thursday afternoon by the Masons, the Belton commandery acting as an escort. Funeral Today of W.S. Plunkett The funeral of W.S. Plunkett, mention of whose death was made in yesterday's Times-Herald, takes place this afternoon at 4 o'clock, services to be conducted at the family residence, 916 Columbus street, by Rev. W.P. Witsell. Interment will be made at Oak Lawn. [? - Oakwood previously mentioned] WACO DAILY TIMES-HERALD MONDAY JUNE 29, 1914 Killed in Quarrel Over Dollar Loan in Gambling Game Quarreling over the loan of a dollar in a "coon can" game yesterday afternoon caused the death of Ed Bivens, a negro aged 24. He was killed with a twelve gauge, single barrelled shotgun by George Harrison, another negro, according to the latter's statement to Waco officers. Harris [yep!] stated that a number of negroes were gambling under a shed on the farm of E.H. Crook on Bullhide Creek, fifteen miles south of Waco; that Bivens, who was losing, asked Harris for a dollar; that Harris told him he did not have it; that Bivens began to abuse him, and he answered with similar talk; that they both started to the house a short distance away for the shotgun, Harris reaching it first; that Bivens stood a short distance away and continued to threaten and abuse Harrison [yep!] and that the latter shot him. Bivens was killed instantly, shot striking him in the face and breast. Constable Leslie Stegall, Deputy Constable Phil Hobbs and Deputy Sheriff Joe Roberts went to the scene and arrested Harris. He is charged in Judge Richey's court with murder and his examining trial set for Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Grim Reaper Claims Baby The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom W. Shields, Adelaide Frances, died yesterday afternoon at 2:30, at the home of Mrs. Shield's parents, Dr. and Mrs. T.R. Baldwin, corner Eleventh and Morrow streets. The funeral will take place this afternoon at 4 o'clock, interment to be made in Holy Cross cemetery. Pall bearers selected are: Earl Walker, Walter Klentzmann, Jarvis Fields and Herbert Harlow. The child died on its birthday, lacking just three hours of being a year old at the time of dissolution. While the baby had been sick for a few weeks, the little one was able to play with its toys Saturday morning. The same afternoon its condition became serious, and though all the love and attention of idolizing parents, and the watchful care of physicians were exerted in its behalf, their efforts proved unavailable. The baby had just reached the age when her cute ways and childish prattle gave joy unmeasured to her parents. The most sincere sympathy of many is tendered to Mr. and Mrs. Shields in their great bereavement resulting from the death of their only child. FUNERAL WALTER PLUNKETT Cortege Headed by Fire Chief Prescott With Rev. W.P. Witsell officiating, the funeral of Walter S. Plunkett took place yesterday afternoon from the family residence, 916 Columbus street, interment being made at Oak Lawn. The cortege was led by Fire Chief A.M. Prescott in his car, followed by the hook and ladder truck. Mr. Plunkett, for twelve years, was at the head of the local fire department. Many friends of this revered citizen attended the obsequies, and numerous beautiul floral tributes adorned the grave. Burial Mrs. Hutto The funeral of Mrs. Helen Hutto took place yesterday afternoon from the family residence, 517 Turner street, East Waco, Rev. H.D. Knickerbocker officiating, assisted by Revs. Faulk and Creed. The sudden death of Mrs. Hutto on a train here last Saturday morning brought sincere sorrow and regret to many friends. The funeral was largely attended. WACO DAILY TIMES-HERALD TUESDAY JUNE 30, 1914 WINFIELD BOGGS KILLED BY HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW TWO SHOTS FROM PISTOL END LIFE OF DAIRY HAND Man Who Slew Boggs Says Latter Attacked His Sister Winfield Boggs, aged about 34, is dead, and a complaint, charging murder, has been filed against his brother-in-law, C.A. Crum, aged 26, in Justice J.J. Padgett's court. The defendant has been allowed bond in the sum of $500, to await the result of his examining trial, set for Monday, July 6, at 2 p.m., the hearing to take place before Judge Padgett. Shortly after 8 o'clock last night Crum shot and killed Boggs, the killing taking place at the dairy of C.T. McCoy, Thirty-eighth and Washington streets. Immediately after the shooting, Crum, who was employed by Mr. McCoy, for two months, but who had resigned after familiarizing Boggs with the duties he had performed, telephoned his former employer, telling him of the trouble. Mr. McCoy communicated with Sheriff S.S. Fleming, at Crum's request, and he and Mr. Fleming went to the scene in an auto. They met Crum and his sister, at Thirty-third and Austin, and Crum formally surrendered to Mr. Fleming. He and Mrs. Boggs accompanied the officer and Mr. McCoy to the place where Boggs was killed. One shot from a 38 Colt's pistol entered Boggs' breast, just a little to the left of center, while another bullet tore away the top of his head. Crum told Mr. Fleming that Boggs was attempting to throw his sister downstairs, when he, Crum, shot and killed him. The first shot, he said, entered Boggs' breast, but failed to stop him, and the second shot penetrated the head. Either wound would have produced death. Crum and his sister returned to the McCoy place, earlier in the evening, Mrs. Boggs having gone to town, where she met her brother. It was also stated that he had attacked her before she left the place, and her face was bruised and discolored. Mrs. Boggs and her brother declared that practically all her clothing had been burned by Boggs. The body of the dead man was removed to the L.C. Puckett undertaking establishment and prepared for burial, after the remains had been viewed by Justice Puckett. Boggs' father, mother and brother live at Hillsboro. They have been communicated with, and funeral arrangements will be made later. Typhoid Proves Fatal The funeral of Luther E. Goff, aged 26, who died yesterday afternoon in a sanitarium here, took place this morning at 10:30, from the home of his sister, Mrs. Zim Trout, 821 Earl strret, East Waco, interment being made at Greenwood , Rev. P.H. Faulk officiated. Typhoid fever was the cause of death. He had been in the employ of the Southern Traction company as motorman, having a run on the Waco-Dallas interurban. His mother, five brothers and six sisters survive.