The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-09-17
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TRAGIC SHOOTING
CITY EMplnYEs 0vERDRAMN


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Geer Saith. \ MaeAaalc. Gem
mitsed suicide here AFTER sAcotlAw
and killing his wife. Elisabeth ssaish.
and her sister, Mrs Maud sloNa Hmm
ter. ON street car The women ~era
almost Instantly killed and smiih en-.
pired q tsw Aoars lAtsr At . hospitak
Mira. smith wAs 20 years old and MsH.
Hunter SO. Smith was S.
Three shota were AIRED On the strest
car, Mira. smith being struck h the
left shoulder Her sister vas wound.
cd IA the thrcai and IN thu loft eye.
The women bearded the ear IN
frcnt Of the home Of their fatAew.
where they had been boarding Cor the
past two weeks. The man rot On
with them. A iew blocks further the
man drew q plstal aud began hfinG.
Everyone made rash Tor the doors
whan the shooting began. Blood
spurted ali over the car and on come
81 the passengers Aftsr iffine ths
three shots smith ioft the car har
riedly and started In the d!fecsieh Of
bis home. When the officers reached
the front gate thay heard shos and
upon running into tho oase found the
man lying In . dying condition On .
bed. The revolver was sim 70 his
hand and blood was flowing from .
wound in his temple, Mrs Smith
left her husband about two weeks age
and flied suit Tor divorce.
City Employees ovsrdrawn.
The chancery' probe OF che city han
conditions was resumed Sept wiih
Eugene B. Martin. assistant city
comptroller. on the witness stand Ms.
Martin brought q book showing tho
evcrdrafss OF the city employees. Hs
read the Hist, showing the following
ovcrdraf,s.
"Dcc" West. sToi.7s: Lyle andrews.
si.6s6es. Bert Andrews, ssot.ia;
Miles Burns. tsoi.s1; n. N, HaehsnApr
sa?s. Al one time. said the visrssa.
Buchanan was ovsrdrawn more than
$1,000. alvin u. Graham han =
small overdraft.- said Mr.. Martin.
osAr employees who had overdrawn
during the year were ]. w. pashisii.
o. n. Giers, Charles Myers, y. ID.
Martin. W. l.. Murray. John Marlsr,
Charles McTigue, Ben Raymond, Fred
Tolmie. Clarence G. Thscher. Madison
Wells and J. A. Wells.
Street Cars IN cciIlslon.
Two persons were seriously huft
and several others were pasnfully
bruised When two street ears an the
Fairfield Tine crashed together near
Mt. Calvary cemetery, near tbs city
limits. Mrs. David Scott Of Elmw0cd
place. was thrown violently from her
seat and sustained ! aislocatsd shout
der and minor injuries Mrs. = ~
Rowe WAS painfully cut.
Tne collision occurred at I sharp
curve isaf sh~ shsfxnce ~ Mt Ca1Si
vary cemetery. The outbound CIR wAs
shut on FROM the view III the motor
man OF the other car BY thick growth
of trees. The crash came with terri.
ble force. the sntfse front end of ono
Of the cara being torn Away. The %
sengers wsre an thrown from their
seats and several we're cut w nying
glass. Those who escaped nnhHrt b.
came pGnic-stricken and several w0.
men tainted from fright The impact
cSassxf Ore to break out In the top az
tho inbound chr, and number of pasp-
ssngsss had narrow escape
ovsv Thirty MsrdAr Cases.
Nashville. with the sslectioa -
grand md pstit jur5ss and ths chAfss
Of fudge A. ID Men, Tho Dsvida0A
Csunty criminal court IN spsasd f1r
Ms September term The docket ~
this term u court ~ unusaAlly hsAsy
ssd csstxiAs thirty4wo murder casss
alone b ~ tried. There m hn&drseA
of cases u fhS dockst e0vsrisg vicln.
tions Of The foursmiIs INV. Csofss \.
Thomas has been reclaimed NJ ~
eoasty 10 special att0<ney fef 70
these bqaox cAsss-
Rsi6 stiiis IN Cliss County.
News has been received 81 - ~
ace cf the Internal ssvsams a1s~t a.
the Federal building III the fsld ~
,wo stills I'm tsilAs cosnky Dsar th&
Lswrsncs county liHs The xnachtAs
cry Was eAptur~t and ttEss nsA
placed under arrest hi
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Msssp Over sslxry chseA s,
ia d fnixRp cser 4 sxAxvy chAcA NM
tween Josspn SAernAn. m taapds1s ~ \
ths city Acspitai. ma Z. n, nco6istt
steward nj ths hnsptmL shsfn6n 49,
arrested and iocksd apas1 x1s hev13
over to ne Criminal sscsfs aates s