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FRANK CATES
Frank Cates, 56. who lived about three miles eatt of the city on the Division street road, died yesterday morning in a hospital here following a brief illness. He la survived by a niece. Mrs. Mary Orant of Alton. MIL Funeral services probably will be beld this afternoon in the Herman H. Lohmeyer funeral home. followed by burial in Hazelwood cemetery.
NOAH R. SCOTT Funeral ervices for Noah H Brott 74. who Lived 10 miles northeast of 8;ring- fleld on rural route 10. will be held at 8 o'clock this afternoon in the J W. Klingner funeral chapel, followed by in- terment in East Lawn cemetery. Ho 1. survived by aix grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
MRS. KATE PAGE Funeral services for Mrs. Kate Page.
Justice bere, will be held at East Avenue Baptist church this afternoon at 1 o'clock under the direction of J. W. Alingner. Interment will follow in Greenlawn com- etery. His Pago is survived Is one sos and con . daughter.
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WILLIAM MURRAY DIES AT HIS HOME
Official of Springfield Seed Company Victim of Apoplexy
William D. Murray, 58, vice presi- dent of the Springfield Seed com- pany. died at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, about half an hour after he was stricken by a sudden attack of apoplexy at his home. 895 East Walnut street.
Mr. Murray had just dressed in bis hunting clothes and was all ready to go on a duck hunt with his brother. Elton Murray, who lives in the same neighborhood. The two men were in the back yard of the former's home preparing to go to an automobile loaded with guns and other bunting
equipment.
Dr. Bruce Lemmon was summoned to the home immediately after Mr. Murray was stricken but efforts to save his life proved futile.
Founded by Father
Besides being vice president of the Springfield Seed company, which was founded by his father, Mr. Murray was manager of the retail department until five years ago when he retired from activo' business. He also was prominent in citig, activities and democratic political circles { in this part of the state.
List of Survivors
Mr. Murray is survived by his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Helen Bradley and Mrs. Margaret Nichola, both of Springfield; thres brothers, Elton Murray of Springfield, Harry Murray of Rich Hill, Mo .; and Ben Murray of Traverse City. Mich .; two sisters, Mrs. Louis Pipkin and Mra. E. Y.Yancey of Springfield, and six grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements are incom- plete pending the arrival of relatives but services will be held in the Her- man H. Lohmeyer funeral home fol- lowed by interment in Maple Park cemetery.
FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 25, 1929 -- LEADER
Page 14: William D. Murray died .** Theodore Thorson died .** Ellis D. Munger died .** J. E. England died .* Frank Cates died .**
Henry R. Ditto died .** Ellen Bernice White died .**
DEATHS
JHORKON 1
Punrra! . s. codore Theson : "d re :ir! !
William "Di- Muttsy, 56, Vice president Ofthe Sprin :firi1 Bees company. died at .ats, bome, " 105 \ R'cat" Walnut street, af 4 eck Thursday Afternoon, a half hour HF buden'y aliteten by'apo- 1 mazhar war; preparing lo to ou - T-ban Fwith his brother. Elton R. Murray. :. Untit - five years ago. Mr. Mar- ray was manager as well as vice preat- ! dent at the seed company, of which ht. father was the founder. He was also prominent In " civie affairs and demo- calle political affairs in this part of Min- souri. He Is survived by his wife, two White Haven Bradley, and M.B. At&t :Opriortid: field, Harry Murray of Rich HIM. Min .
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O'clock at the 1. Lohmayer funeral home, conducted by the Reverend Dr. C. i H. Briggs inierment will take place in Maple Park' cemetery. with the ritual of "Ostarof .Temple 'Masonic lodge. - of : which he had been a member 52 years Mr Thorson is survived by his wife, 1%n Pons Anders T. Thorson of Fort Smith. Ark . and Willlam P. Thorson of at Louis. And Two daughters, Mix. Anna MtSweeney of HI Loufs and Mra Esther Pilce of ; bplingintd. A1. 11.0.sub Ak. Det# Holmated, Sweden, coming to Amerha In 1849. When the railway from 81 Louw terminated at Lebanon. Mrs. Thor- son walked the remainder of Ime way fu Springfield. Mr Thor;on was dent of the Bank of S: : alford, and until five years ago operator of The Thoreou Mercantile comns ... there one of Ihr
erul ste:'rs in this section. 1
P. m. the Herman A. Lohmeyer home .* Burial . will be in Maple
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FI.I.I< B. MUNGER
Funeral services for Lilla D. Munger. ! Y who died suddenly Wednesday, will be bold at & o'clock this afternoon at the Alma Lohmeyer funeral home. after which The body wit be sent to Pacadros. Cal Final services will be held in the Church of Flowers. at Porest Lawn park. Glen- dale. Cal. One danghter. Mrs. D. R. Ood- kin of Minneapolis, is here and will ac- company the body to California. where she will be met by the other daughter. Afra J. M. Mehl.
J. K. ENGLAND
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J. & England. 70. died at 7 o'clock Thursday wieniny at his home. 3701 East avenue. after a long Illness. He is survived by his wife, two seus. Ire England of Springfield and W !! l England of Colorado. 4 to daughters. Mre. W. B. Fairman And Miss Monde England of Springfield. arvan.plus 'in Oretolawn ceme- 'fory. J. W. Klingner ia in charge of funeral arrangement«.
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IKINA LATEY
Funeral ver;ttes tor Prank Cater. 76.
Herman H Lohuueyer funeral home thi. afternoon at 2.20 o'clock, followed by in- ferment In Hazelwood tematetery. Mr Cates te sırtnrd' by a npr. A. M :. Grant of Aiton, It!
HENRY R. DITTO i .....:
Daniel street, died at noon today In a - hopital here after a short Illness. He h survived by his wife wod three brothers. LAneral srrapgimento are in charge of the Herman H. . bobmeyer Funeral home
HIFY RERVICE WHITE
The best of Hur:, Henne Ware .fat nid daughter of Mr. and Mrs W.l ...:- White of 131" Wert Florida wire: will be sent to Mammoth Spring, A:L . Bater - dav morning for funeral services and ' buttel there The child died Friday night In a hospital here Biernes mortuary In charge of arrangements
SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 26, 1929 -- DAILY NEWS
Page 2: William D. Murray died .** Theodore Thorson died .** J. E. England died .** Henry R. Ditto died .** Ellen Bernice White died .**
Page 4: Miss Irma McMaster and Mr. George Northington were married .**
Page 15: Card of thanks .**
Miss Irma McMaster Weds Mr. Northington
An informal MATTIAge ceremony was solemnized lant Tuesday at the Christian church at St. Louis, when MIKE Irma McMaster, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Walter W. McMaster. 836 West Scott street, became the bride of Mr. George Nothington of Nash- ville. Tenn. Immediately after the ceremony the young couple left for a i short trip, and will be at home in Columbus. O., after November the first.
DEATHS
WILLIAM D. MURRAY
Funeral services for Willlin D. Mar- ray. 58. Vice president of the Springdeld Seed company. will be beld at the Her- mon H. Lohmeyer funeral home Bunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, followed by burial in Maple Park cemetery. Mr. Mar- ray died Thursday afternoon at his bore Thursday afternoon after be was md- denly stricken by apoplexy as be was starting on a duck buat with his brother. Elton B. Murray. Until five years ago. Mr. Murray was vice president and gen- aral manager of the seed company. of which his father was founder. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Helen Bradley, and Mrs. Margaret Nichols. both of Springfield: three brothers, E- ton B. Murray, of Springfield; Ben Mur- ray of Traverse City, Mich .; and Harry Murray of Rich Hill, Mo .; two sisters, Mrs. Lewis Pipkin and Mrs. K. Y. Yan- cey, both of Springfield.
THEODORE THORSON
Funeral services for Theodore Thorson, 81. 8trafford banker and merchant, wid be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Herman H. Lohmeyer funeral bome with the Reverend Dr. C. H. Briggs offt- ciating. Burial will follow in Maple Park cemetery with the Gate of the Temple lodge rituais. Mr. Thorson was born in Holmsted, Sweden. He came to America In 1869. He has been a resident of Greene county more than 45 years. Mr. Thorson was vice president of the Bank of Straf- ford and until five years ago operator of the Thorson Mercantile company in Strafford. He is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters.
J. K. ENGLAND
Funeral services for J. K. England. 70. who died Thursday night in his home. 2701 East avenue, following a Lingering illness, will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the J. W. KungDer funeral chapel. Burial will be in Greenlawn cemetery.
HENRY & DITTO
Funeral services for Henry R. Ditto. 8. who died at noon yesterday in his home, 1108 East McDaniel street, after a short IlMess. will be held at 3 o'clock this af- ternoon in the Herman H. Lohmeyer fu- neral home. Burial will be in Brick Church cemetery, eight miles northeast of Springfield.
ELLEN BERNICE WHITE. . The body of Ellen Bernice White, one- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam White, 1310 West Florida street, will be sent to Mammoth Spring, Ark., this morning Kor funeral services and burial. The child died Priday night in , a hos- pital here. Arrangements have been in charge of W. L. Starne.
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2-CARDS OF THANKS, IN MEMORIUM 10 conta @ Hn ..
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many friends for their kindness and help during the sick- ness and death of our dear husband and father: also for the lovely flowers and especially the Oberman employees and Rev. Allen Maads, the aingers and the Klingner Undertaking Co. MRO. HENRY . NATION. MR AND MRS. ELIC FARRIS. MR8. REBECCA NORTH. MR. AND MRS. ED. FRICHETTE, MR. AND MRS. WALTTER VANCE AND GRANDCHILDREN
SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1929 -- LEADER
Page 1: Marriage license: Russell B. Ellis, 21, and Wanda Beck, 19, both of Springfield.
Page 2: The probate court docket for November is published.
Page 6: There is an article about Charles McAfee .**
Page 8: Miss Gladys Taylor of 516 Chicago street and Robert A. Garrett of Stockton were married Thursday at Bolivar.
J. E. England died .** Henry R. Ditto died .**
Son born to Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Towe of 696 West Turner street. Page 9: Card of thanks .**
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TUDGE JOHN O. NEWBILL: $ recall Sample Orr but being only a boy when he left here and located In Montant Where he died my mem- ory' is 'not entirely dear.""He was atall, sharp featured man, not in- clined to be sociable. He had three sons, Lyc :: Las. Solon and Bir: : . One of the boys graduated at West Point and was sent to Florida by the army. He soon died of yellow fever. The other two boys went to Montana with their father. This was just as the war was starting. Orr ran for congress against Gover- nor Phelps and also against Governor Clab larkion. He was never elected to office that I can recall. He :(- sided on a farm Jour :: > **.: of Springfield near the Mom! Ve: - non road. He married a sister of
for one of our Leading streets"
&- BARDS OF THANKS, IN MEMORIUM
OARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our many friends for their kindness and help during the sick - ness sud dath of our deat husband and father, also for the lovely flowere and especially the Oberman employe and Rev. Allen Meade, the singers and the Klingoer Undertaking Co.
MRS. HENRY NATION MR AND MRS. ILIO FARRIS. MRS. REBECCA NOHTH, MR. AND HRA. XD. FRICHETTE . MR AND MRS. WALTTER VANCE · AND CIRANDCHILDREN
DEATHS
J. K. ENCI.AND
Funeral services for J. K. England, TO. Who died Thursday night In his humue. 2761 East avenue, following & lingering Hues .. will be conducted et 2 o'clock Hunday all- ernoon in the J. W. Klingner funetal chapel, with burial in Greenlawn cemetery. HENRY R. DITTO
Funeral services for Henry R. Dlito. 82. Who died Friday nood at his home, $108. Kast McDaniel street, after a brief Illness, were to be conducted al 3 o'clock this aft- arnoon in the Herman Lohmeyer funeral home, Burial will be in the Brick church cemetery, eight miles northeast of Spring- field.
BIRTHS
Wladys Tiflor. 516 Chicago . Robert A. Garrett of mottled Thursday at Reverend K. W. Arm-
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Charles B. Mcafee died the oliver day and a name which has long been asoftand with Springtold's history disappears. Charlex B. Mc- Afee, the father died several years ago, The son was in invalid all his ms Devir able to go. tato, business to any great extent. Judge ! C. B. McAfee was a robust man of great force of character, positive convictions and always fearless. When Judge of the cruntnal court. . he never hesitaled to denounce . crime in high places and never trunned - -... ), a man like that sorted but one terne. He was a Cion wider in the Call war, fought like a tiger. was un- compromising to the end but was through at the end. He was the !!! and charitable to a fallen foc and at the close of the war became a democrat when self Interest dictated a different course. He was a mem- ber of the constitutional content Ion of 18:3 ard helped to ": P'r 'he pres- ent state constitution The close of i the war ford ... Springfield when Wild Bill was cutting capra and torreslau; pro- pie right and left. This did not go :gry phon
-Wild Bill `shot down Date Tutt' in the public square Captain. MeAlee prosecuted Bill with . great vigor. But Tutt was of the south and that_ was not popular here then and. moreover, he was armed when killed and self defense was made the Is-
suo. Bill was discharged at the
preliminary and that was the last of the call.
Captain MeAtre va. around Springfield for some time before he knew Bill and this led to an in- cident. One day Captain McAfee was playing billiards and Bill 1 walked up to the table and put on : of the Ivory balls Into his pocket. This caused the captain to bart oul Bill and order him to replace the ball at once. Bill did so and left . the room. Someone Asked the cap- tain if he knew the man he had clashed with and he said he did not. When told it was wild Bill the captain expressed surprise and sald
was not looking for trouble. Hc avoided Bill for a day - or so but would have gone to the bat if necessary.
Bill was defended at the pre- linunar; examination by Go :. John 8. Pliclps but he had not yet reaching in hints offen of chler executive. McAlee and Phelps formed a partnership in a law firm with 3. U. Massey as a member. .
this section. When Phelps was! clected governor in 1876 Massey was made secretary to the governor which he held until the governor , completed his tern :. Tl.en Max .. ry returned to Springfield and the Arin became Massey & M. Afor.
SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 27, 1929 -- NEWS and LEADER
Page 1: A son James Russell Brown was born October 24 to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Brown, 635 South Broadway.
Phillip Wells and Jack Wells were burned to death.
Page 11A: Norma Dean Bird died .** Fred Strang sentenced to penitentiary.
A son James Eugene Breese was born October 23 to Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Breese, 1131 North Fremont avenue.
Page 12A: William D. Murray died .** Theodore Thorson died .** William Sherman Rollston died .** Mrs. M. L. McElmurry died .*
Page 1B: Marriage licenses issued .** The divorce of George B. Hasler from Maude E. Hasler was set aside .**
Page 2B: Mrs. Amanda Finke of Bolivar died last Monday and was buried in Indiana. Johnny Eubanks and Gertrude McClure of near Aurora were married October 18 in Detroit, Michigan. The bride is a sister of Burris McClure.
Page 11B: Card of thanks .**
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Firemen Find Grim Evidence Of Boys' Desperate Effort To Escape Leaping Flames
One Lad Found Huddled In Closet, Other At Foot of Charred Stairs; Parents, Downtown, Beckoned by Spectacle of The Blaze From Alar
TWO Springfield school boy's were hurned to death last night in a fire which raced through their home at 1947, North Douglas avenue and trapped them in their second- story bedroom.
The victims, whose bodies were burned beyond recogn !- tion, were Phillip, 11. and Jack. 7. sons of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Wells, who moved to Springfield a month ago from Adams, Ill.
The boys were asleep in their upstairs bedroom when their parents and a friend. Harold Bailey, jeft the house a few minutes after 9 o'clock for a hurried trip to the busi- ness district. Half an hour later. as they drove north on Boonville avenue, the parents noticed a flame in the sky to the north. It was the funeral pyre of their children. The rented home was a charred hulk when the parents arrived, and Phillip and Jack were dead.
ONE BODY IN CLOSET
Firemen entered the house and found the bodies soon after their first futile stand against the blare. His hands thrown up as if to shield his face from the flames which - swept over him. Jack was found at the foot of the stairway.
- Apparently the boy had been roused by smoke and fire, taken the ¡only avenue of escape and plunged into the heart of the blase. His brother's body was in a closet up- stairs, where fear had driven him. The fire apparently started to the kiteben, where a large range hed' been left burning when the parents 1.10.
few ndoutes after it Was discovereds by Mr. 8. O. Crow. 1961 Douglas -
turned in the alarm.
LEFT THEM ASLEEP -
The father of the boys is an em- .ploye of the Harrison Engineering - company. as Is Balley. who roomed with the Wells ance they came to `Springfield. They had been at work upon a state highway project near the city.
: Shaking and crying but fighting grimly to control his emotions and comfor' hin hysterical wife. Wells told Dr. Murray Stone. Greene county coroner. what he knew of the facts preceding the fire and its
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fearful tragedy.
A slender. well-dressed man with a sensitive face. he told of seeing the boys asleep together a moment ' before he and his wife turned off the house achts shortly after . . o'clock and went with Bailey to the Square.
1 Balley had brought bome a patr of bedroom slippers as a birthday . gill to Mrs. Wells earlier in the evening. and they were going to ; the business district to obtain a dif - i ferent size. They found the store ' closed. and started back home after "window shipping" for a few min- utes. Mr. Wells belleves they were, not away from home much more than hai! an hou :.
+ PARENTS ARE DAZED
rounded by a few atunned friends who tried pathetically to comfort them. talked to Doctor Stone an hour at the home of thetr neighbor. Mrs Crow. The coroner broke to them as centis as possible. the grim news of what he had found! when Fire Chlef W. R .. Price sim- moned him and he entered the ruins of the home.
"My God," moaned the young father, "little Jack almost lought his way out! Oh-if we had one of them left. only one 13.1: Blanche, there's nothing left box -'
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Blanche Wells, his wife, her face' red and swollen with weeping. rocked aimlessly as she cried soft !! in a chair across the table from him. There was nothing the cor. . oner could say to help them. noth -;
7 ing anyone could say. Philip , Jack were thele only children Their pictures. the toys and boyish trinkets which might have made their memory more bright and clear, perished in the house with them. 1
All of the home s furni i .. nes were destroyed by the fire. Mrs. Jose- phine Chance, who owns the house and Itves nearby, said her loss would be protected partially by insurance.
In their first hysterical grief the parents Insisted upon going to the W. L. Starne funeral !: )~ # ::: I the bodies were taken. and virains them, but Doctor S.o. p.r. : . .. them not to torture themselves a :: h auch a memory of their children. and they will not see the charred remains.
Mr. Wells said that "Rosie."
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- negro maid who had been employed at the home and who h .. d wancd over the children to some extent. had been ill' for several days and had not come to the home since Wednesday.
It had not been unusual for the
DEATHS
BIRD INFANT
Norma Dean Bird, 17 months old daugh- 813 West Pacific atrewe died at 10:05 | o'clock, last night. . The body will be. "Len to Lockwood today for burial. Funeral arrangements were made by the Thieme undertaking company.
2-CARDS OF THANKS, IN MEMORIUM 10 centa @ Hne.
OARD OP THANKS
We wish to express our sincere thanks to our neighbors and frienda for their : kindness and sympathy during the sick- 1 ness and death of our brioved husband And father: also for the beautiful fiorai offerings. We wish especially to thank the Modern Woodmen, Klingner Funeral Home. Reverend H. A. Wood and Dr. W. I. Walsh. MR8. ELIAS L. BAICHTAL It. Z. BAICHTAL AND WIFE MRS. APFA ROBINSON
DIVORCE IS SET ASIDE . AFTER MAN REMARRIES
Although testimony was given that ha had remarried, the divorce de- crea of George B. Hasler from Maude E. Hasler. granted Septem- ber 23. was set aside Saturday by Circuit Judge Warren L. White.
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-- Mrs. Hasler charged that she had bren led to belleve the divorce ar- -- tion was withdrawn, and therefore. fatied to contest it. She said that Hasler returned home after he f .: od the petition, and she thought the ; action had been dismissed. The de- , cree was granted by default. Mrs Hasler testified that her husband imatiled another woman of .~ acek
after the'divorce was granted.
Evidence was also presented that there had been a reconciliation bc- tween-Hasler and his wife between! the time the petition for divorce was filed and the decree was granted. : Judge White then aus -; tained the motion to set the decree ! aside.
Hasler was issued a marriage license on September 28, to marry, Jessie Graham of this city. How- ! ever, this marriage was automatica :- ly annulled when the divorce cec:ec was set aside today. -
DEATHS
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WILLIAM D. MURRAY Funeral services for William D. Murray, 58. vice president of the Springfield Beed company. will be held at 3:30 o'clock this acernon at the Herman Il Lohme"er ?u- neral home followed by burial in Maple Park cemetery.
WILLIAM SHERMAN ROLLSTON Funeral services for William Sherman Roliston. six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Perey Hollston of Branson. Mo., were held Thursday at the Branson cemetery with ¡R L Good and Reverend Gamble of the Srl:on1 nf the Ozarks officiating. The ' youth dird Wednesday of u!cerated ton- ; ,ilitis He is survived by the parents. i three brothers. Herbert. Paul and Teddy: : Io uncles. J. 8. Rollston of St. Louis and W. R Rollston of Springfield: an aunt. Mrs. Noah Woodard of Harrison, Ark .: ! and grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Cantrell, Capps, Ark.
THEODORE THORSON
Funeral services for Theodore wirborsom 81, Strafford banker and merchant, wnf be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Herman H. Lohmeyer funeral home. Bur- I jal will be in Maple Park cemetery.
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MRS. M. 1 .. MeELMURRY Mrs. M. L. McElmurry of Leslie. Ark wife of the city ice plant manager. died ; Tuesday at her home. She is survived by her husband. and four sons. Funeral
were held at the Methodist church.
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NAMED ADMINISTRATOR
August A. Mehl was appointed Saturday as administrator of the' estate of Ellis D. Munger who died October 23. The estate was estimat - . ed at $7000 personal property and
$9000 real estate. The heirs are Charlotte M. Godkin, Minneapolis : and Lucy M. Mehl, Los Angeles.
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MARRIAGE LICENSE.S Thomas W. McNeece. 62. Ach
; Grove, and Emma C. Thorp. 51. Springfield.
4 Homer A. Gilliam, 21, Ash Grove. and Hazel Hawkins, 21. Ash Grove. .
1 William H. Matthews. 50. Spring- fteld, and Retta Baker, 50. Sp :::.;- field.
Calvin Glen Murray. 23. Spring - field. and Lorene Mable Estes. 22 Springfield.
James McClain Chalmers. 26. and Marcella Walterhouse, 20. both of Springfield.
: Russell B. Ellls, 21. and Wanda Beck. 18. both of Spring !! ! d.
Arley C. McCoy. 39. and 'Clara Lafley, 24, both of Springfield.
FRED STRANG SENTENCED TO PEN FOR OIL DEALS
Fred Strang. an off promoter of Fort Worth, Tex. and well known to many Springfield people, has been sentenced to three years in Leavenworth penitentiary after be- ing found guilty of mall fraud by a federal court jury at Fort Worth.
His sentence was on the first count of the indictinent against hlin. in addition to a five-year sus- pended sentence which the judge meted him on the other four counts.
He was charged with using the mails fraudulently In representing to prospective investors oll develop- ments in Oklahoma.
MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28, 1929 -- DAILY NEWS
Page 2: James A. Shields died .*
Apps infant died .**
Phillip Wells and Jack Wells died .**
TO BURY TWO BOYS, VICTIMS OF FIRE, AT ILLINOIS HOME
Investigation Shows That Over-
heated Kitchen Stove Caused Fire Which Took Lives of Children -
CHARRED beyond recognition by the fire which took their Lives and destroyed their home Saturday night, the bodies of Phillip and Jack Wells, 77 and 7 years old respectively. will be sent late tonight from the Starne mortuary to Maquon, ILL., for burial.
» The grief atricken parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Wella, who came to Springfield only a month ago from Adama, IlL. yesterday were prepar- Ing to accompany the bodies of thetr only children who perished when trapped by flames In the house at 1947. North Douglas avenue.
1 HOLD NO INQUEST
No inquest will be held in the two deatha, Dr. Murray C. Stone, Greene county coroner. decided yesterday af- ter he and Fire Chief W. R. Price had completed an Investigation of the blaze. "
"There is no doubt but that the fire started from an overheated kit-
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