Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-29
DROWNINCS
CULMINATE
FATAL DAY
S~weethearts Are Shot,
Judge Suicides,
Auto Wrecked
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Eighteen persons we're victims or
violent death In Texas during thg
weekend. One man was drowned
near Denton. five were drowned in
the Red River near DE Kalb, two
were shot To death near Dallas. two
Dallas residents were fatally In
Iured at Palmer. Ellis County. when
q train struck their automobile, one
man was shot 70 death at Kilgore.
q former judge shot himself 70 death
DALLAS. June 20. R-FinRer
prints smeared on a rented auto
mobile were the principal clues hy
which police investigators hoped
today 10 track down the SLAYER ~
Abe Schneider. "a, on Galveston.
and his sweetheart. Miss Pauline
German. whose bodies were found
early yesterday on an unfrequent-
ed road near Dallas.
Young Schrieber had come to
Dallas 70 make final plans for
their wedding and they set out
gaily Saturday night. telling friends
they were going riding.
at Rule. lightning killed two per-
sons near S~picewood. N San Antonio
man was shot and killed. and a man
ended his life at KiiRore.
The dead were:
Bill Sherlock, q, Denton
Joe Bailey Romans. 10. Clear Lake
Ferry.
Tommie Roberts. Is. Clear Lake
Ferry.
Herbert simons. 30. Clear Lake
Ferry.
Myrtle Proctor. 20. Clear Lake
Ferry.
Gladys Roberts. q. Clear Lake
Ferry.
Claude Shaw. 35. Kilgore.
Abe Schr- Der, 20. Galveston.
Pauline German, IL, Dallas.
Mrs. Sam Ross. SO. Dallas.
Sam Ross. SO. Dallas.
u. w. Kelly. 66. Rule.
Harvey HARRISON, ~. Van.
Velma Sheppard. III. SpicewQnd.
Dayton Meredith. rs, Spicewood,
Cruz NORM. n, San Antonio.
Mrs G. Galloway. Waco.
Pete Cline. Waco.
Five persons were drowned in this
Red River az Clear Lake Ferry. IL
miles north on DE Kalb. when they
stepped into deep water Sunday.
while wading.
SWEETLIEARTS
FOUND DEAD
The bodies OF Abe Schneider. 20.
and Pauline German, his sweet
heart were found early Sunday be-
side an unfrequented road near Dali
las. Schneider, who had been shob
through the heart. was slumped
across a barbed wire fence, mora
than a mile from the spot where his
sweetheart "a found az the road
side with bullet wounds III her
right side and arm.
Sam Ross. employed as A sales-
man working out OF Corsicana, died
Saturday from injuries received
when the automobile In which ha
and his wife were riding was struck
by a fast passenger train near Palm-
er. Ellis county. Mrs. Ross was kill
VI INSTANTLY.
Harvey HARRISON. q. on Van was
found shot to death in his room aB
a Kilgore rooming house. A rifle lay
beside him and a note he left IN the
room said life was no longer a plea
sure.
J. w. Kelly 66. of Rule, formen
county judge or Stonewall County,
shot himself 70 death Sunday AZ his
home. while his wife and daugter
looked on. pleading with him noU
TO do So lie had been in iii health.
Lightning killed Vienna Sheppard,
II. and Dayton Meredith. l8. both oe
Spicew0Od. when ID struck a grouu
Of picknickers on the Colorado river
bank nea Spicewood Saturday.
Evelyn Sheppard and Irene Singles
ton were stunned but we're expected
10 recover.
Cruz NORM. %. OF San Antonio,
was found shot to death Saturday.
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