Yoakum Daily Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 22, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 25, 1925 Page: 3 of 6
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THE YOAKUM HERALD
EDWIN F.NUER
MET TRAGIC DEATH
YESTERDAY MORNING
Coroner Renders Verdict of “Death
From the Discharge of a Pistol in
Hie Own Hands Either Accidental-
ly or Purposely Inflicted."
Erwin P. Miller, prominent young
garage man of Beeville met a tragic
death yesterday morning at 11 o'clock,
when he was killed by a bullet from
a pistol in his own hands. Just how
the shot was fired will never be
known, for be was alone at the time,
but the family and friends of the
young man are confident that the
wound was accidentally Inflicted. The
coroner’s verdict stated that "deceas-
ed came to his death from the dis-
charge of a pistol in his own hands,
either accidentally or purposely in-
flicted.” Because he had no reason to
be despondent and had seemed in the
best of spirits a few minutes before
the shot which ended his life was
fired, his friends and family are con-
fident that the tragedy was an acci-
dent.
Mr. Miller has spent the morning
about his business, and a few minutes
before 11 o’clock .left the garage, tell-
that the door had started to slam, and
in trying to catch the door, Mr. Miller
discharged the gun which he held in
his right hand. The belief is strength-
ened by the tact that his body was
found lying in front of the garage
door, which was closed.
Erwin F. Miller was born in Austin
county, Texas, July 8th, 1894, and liv-
ed on the farm where be was born un-
til 1906, when his family moved to
Clareville. It was there that he fin-
ished his schooling about 1914. In
1917 .be went with the first draft of
men into the 90th Division, and after
a few months of training went over
the seas to enter the struggle against
autocracy. He spent 18 months across
the water, 110 days of which were
spent on the firing line. He was in
two of the major engagements of the
war, seeing service in the ^rgonne
Forest and at St. Mihlel. At the
former place he was slightly wounded,
when he was sent out as a sniper to had lived.—Beeville Bee.
break up a machine gun nest. He
worked his way from the trenches to
a shell hole in the vicinity where the
firing was being done, and when he
raised to see from which quarter the
firing was coming, the stock of his
gun was shot away. He reported bach
to the trenches to get another gun,
and returned to the shell hole. This
Elgin, which business he baa followed
ever since.
In May, 1922, he was married to Miss
Nina Turner, a native of Beeville, who
survives to mourn the loss of a loving
husband. Other relatives who sur-
vive are his father, A. G. Miller, four
brothers, Elgin and Dan of this city,
Monroe of Yoakum ,and Ben of Bakers-
field, California ;and two sisters,
Misses Alma and Elsie, both of Bee-
ville.
Funeral services were conducted
from the family residence this morn-
ing at 10 o'clock by Rev. Geo. W.
Springfield of the First Baptist church
and interment was made In Glenwood
Cemetery. The body was followed to
MASH
It just Brews’
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its last resting place by a large con-
course of borrowing Men* and rel.- hoUBe’ Pc0k
tives, and the floral offerings, which
were many and beautiful, attested the
esteem In which this young man was
held in the community in which he
FLOYD COLLINS DISASTER
In Litigation
Old Gentleman—And whose little
girl are you ?
Modern Child—That’s up to the
judge, sir. Mother and father are
fighting it out in court! *
♦ ♦ ♦
Problems
Charles—Women are puzzles, aren't
they?
Thomas—Yes, I've had to give sev-
eral of them up.
♦ ♦ ♦
"There’s one thing I don’t like about
"and
that’s my husband!
♦ * ♦
Trained
Mrs. McCarthy—An’ phwat Is yure
son Dinny doin’ now?
Mrs. Casey—Folne. He’s a reformer.
"Is he m&kin' good at It?
"Av course, and why not? Whist,
I woman, he’s attinded some av the best
reform schools in the country.”
* * *
Signs' of Spring
Money for thov cleaners, cash
garden $eed ,
thell out to the landlord—it’s
tough, indeed!
Spouse must have new outfit. $o must
all the kiddles;
Cot to buy fome fodder to feed the
chickabiddies.
Poor old dad must shoulder the cost
of everything!
To him the dollar {sign’s the most
Suggestive Isign of Spring!
■ —Judge .1912.
+ * *
The nearest to perfection some peo-
neen wai-unu .....land it was this pistol which brought keep several sets of books at night.)
brother. He gave no heed to the worn-. J|f<? (Q fln untJmPly en<1. Af<Pr (llP Kspe„pnfipd( neat amI ra(P9 reason-1 /
ing, though, andI invaiiably cleaned his mis(5ce was Kjgnpjt Millei spent. sev-iable. Capable of establishing system) . . .
guns without fiist unloading ,h* m. erjiJ moutjlg in Germany with the jn sman businesses, or professional!
The next/thing Mrs. Miller heard . , The worst fate >” the world would
Army ot Occupation. systems, if interested address X Her-
a cVinf and when she ran to the be wrecked on a desert island with
was a snoi, auu «utru s. . Jn Junp 1920, 9e returned to the
Well as I haven’t seen a le&er from
here a good while will write one.
It is still dry here but we still live
in hopes of getting rain before it Is to
late to plant cotton.
Quite a number from here are plan-
ning on attending the revival meeting
at Yoakum the latter part of this week
Mrs. Arthur Cooper returned home
today after Bpending the past week
with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Day of Edgar.
Lucile Cooper has spent the past two
weeks with her aunt, Miss Ella Loos.
We are sorry to report that Mr Paul
Loos Is on the sick list but hope to rr-
ort him better soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Hart Hollan and fam
ily were ehoping in Yoakum yester-
day.
Mr. Alonzo Cooper and Brother
Arthur returned home last night from
the valley with a truck lose of fruit
and vegetables, they report a iim trip.
With best wishes to all.
Report* r.
GOOD HOME8 FOR 6ALI
1 am offering for sale the r* at estate
holdings of the Lida M. Shir tiler, es-
tate, prices right, cash or term*/ F. A.
Palmer, Administrator. 2;:-f
time he was more cautious. He saw
ing the boys he was going home lor a!wjiat apeare(i be a bird’s nest in a
few minutes ,but would be back short-
ly. When he arrived at home he de-
cided to clean his pistol, and sat down
upon the bed with the gun in his lap.
Mrs. Miller had just cleaned up the!
room .though, and noticing this, he
said he would take the gun out into
the garage to clean it. He had a care-
less habit of caring for fire arms while
tree and began firing at the spot.. He
could hear his bullets hit, and it was
only a few minutes until a German
Arrangements have been made
whereby slide pictures of this cave dis
aster will be shown at the Grand Thea-
tre Monday only. They will be accom-
panied b ya free lecture an every pic j
lure by actual photographers Thomp-
son & Durpal who are here to put on
this show. The pictures will show
Floyd Collins as he was found, after
death, pinned fast by the huge rock,
also Carmichael’s men, the heroes of
for
very
lieutenant came out of hiding with his!the occasion, at work, digging the)
hands up. Miller had shot his gunner, [shaft to rescue the imprisoned man.
and the lieutenant did not know hov These pictures have been shown ml
to operate the gun. The. German was capacity houses In all the Key Cities.]
taken prisoner, and his pistol taken
away fro mhini. This gun Miller ear-
22-2
loaded, against, which practice ht had ] riP(| through the balance of the war, • Expert Bookkeeper has spare time to
garage, she found her husband lying I UniUjd state8 aml
on his back on the floor of the garage,
with a gaping wound just behind his j
right ear. He was dead when she Autoinobilfl School in Kansas City. He
was discharged.
(He spent a short while with his par-
ents. and then went to the Sweeney
arrived. It Is believed by friends who]
returned from th*- school and went in-
viewed the body befote it was moved, t0^e garagg business with his brother,
aid for further information.
VICTROLAS REPAIRED
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crossword puzzle book and no pencil.
1
1 —Humorist (London)
Am prepared to do repair work on j Don't fail to take advantage of those
all kinds of Phonographs. JJ. R. Fine-i $2.9k Hat Bargains at Betts Hat Shop
gan, Columbia Piano Co. 15-lf^ 20 3
J. E. SiopfceM, .D. C., Chirr ; rat tor
And Masseur. Phone 234 for an ap-
pointment Examination free. Office
hours t to 12 a .m.. 2 to 7 p. m.
209-tfe
Special Box Candy for Mother -j Day
at Lauterbach’s. 3l-tf«
Report of the Condition of the
YOAKUM NATIONAL BANK
at Yoakum, in the State of Texas, at the close of business April 0. t £»; 5.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts __________________________________ $ 6l5UJ>7,t.l10
United States and other Bonds__________________________ 134.49fff0
Bank Building, Furniture and Fixtures__________________ dtl fOOOO
Stock Federal Reserve Bank Dallas________________ 5.250 <)0
CASH ’_................................................. 2l0:9f>2 ‘16*
total...............................r._„ ijnBSSSTjil
LIABILITIES
Capuital Stock......................................... $ 100,000 00
Surplus and Profits_______________ S9,t»31 GO
Circulation .................... 00,000 ia>
DEPOSITS ........ 796.289 26
TOTAL......................r............ $1,035,920 2<j
Upon honest, conscientious SERVICE has this bank been establish-
ed. Hundreds of satisfied patrons recognize and appreciate the value
of this service—WHY NOT YOU ?
Schedule for Red Ball and
Buick Limited Bus Lines
Lv. Victoria
Lv. Cuero
Lv. Yoakum
Lv. Gonzales
Lv. Sign in
7:30 a. in. 9:30 a. m.lLv. San Antonio 7:00 a. m. 9:2,0 a. m.
S: 30 a. m. Pc 30 a. in. I Lv. Seguin
9:30 a ,m. 11:30 a. m. Lv. Gonzales
10:30 a .m. 12:30 p .m.iLv. Yoakum
12 Noon 2:00 p. m. | Lv. Cuero
Ar. San Antonio 1:25 p. m. 3:25 p. m.! Ar. Victoria
S:30 a. in. ll 00 a. m.
10:00 a. m. 12:30 p. m,
11:00 a. m. 1 30 p, m.
12 Noon 2 30 p. 111.
1:00 p. m. 3 30 p. m.
Lv. San Antonio
Lv. Leguin
Lv. Gonzales
Lv. Yoakum
Lv. Cuero
Ar. Victoria
2:15 p. m. 1 30 p. m.
3:45 p. m. 0:00 p. m.
5:15 p. m. 7:30 p. m.
0:15 p .m. S:30 p. m.
7:15 p .in. 9:30 p. 111.
S: 15 p. m. 10:30 p. in.
Lv. Victoria
Lv. Cuero
Lv. Yoakum
Lv. Gonzales
Lv. Seguin
Ar. San Antonio
1:45 p. m A
2:45 P. M 5
3:40 p. m. 0
4:45 p. m. 7
0:15 p. m. 9
30 p. n».
30 p. m,
25 p. 111.
30 p. in.
GO p. m.
7:30 p. m. 10 25 p. m.
Cars leave Yoakum from St. Regis Hotel and Crystal Cafe
—Phone 402
Mid-Summer Suitings
This Season has brought us something new and
at the same time something practical and econ-
omical in men’s and young men’s suitings
Linen Crashes for Men’s Wash Suits
The colors are white, light tan and gray mixtures—very
cool and comfortable—for the man who wants something
new and satisfactory to take the place of Seersuckers and
Spanish linens that have been so popular for three Seasons
but have about run their course. Priced moderately—for
men and young men— $12.50 $15.00 and up to $20.00
Plenty of Mohairs, Tropical Worsteds, Gaberdines, Spanish
Linens and Seersuckers
Come to a Man’s Store for a Man’s Clothes
W. T. Browning & Company
A MAN’S STORE — Yoakum
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Richter, T. H. Yoakum Daily Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 22, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 25, 1925, newspaper, April 25, 1925; Yoakum, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth758808/m1/3/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carl and Mary Welhausen Library.