Earl and Gertrude Shader, six and seven respectively, are the living remnants of the tragedy enacted in the home of their parents, 961 South Cox Street, Thursday night. The bodies of the children s parents, Mr. and Mrs Earl A. Schader, were sent to Glasgow, KY., to be interred in their native sod.
The body of Henry Weber, the Cooper Street barber, whose maniacal frenzy sent four persons besides himself to their graves, was sent yesterday to Hopkinsville, KY., where burial will take place today.
Remains of Mrs. Henry Weber, 17 year old wife of the crippled barber, who was the incentive for his furious jealousy and the unwitting cause as well as one of the effects of this quadruple murder and suicide, will be buried today in Elmwood Cemetery. Weber's last request, that he be placed in the earth beside his bride was unheeded.
Funeral services over the body of Mrs. Susan Alexander, the unfortunate neighbor whose fated visit into the home of the Shaders had fatal consequence for her, were held yesterday afternoon at he Spencer Sturla funeral parlors. Burial was in Forest Hill Cemetery.
The living remnants of the tragedy are the orphaned children, Relatives have taken charge of them
The Commercial Appeal, November 15, 1924
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From death certificate
Father: W J Alexander
Mother: Mattie Kyles
"Gunshot wound in head inflicted by Henry Weber, this being murder".
Note: Henry George Weber, Jr was a barber. After murdering Mrs. Alexander, he then shot himself. He is buried in Hopkinsville, KY
Thomas E Alexander married Miss Susie Alexander, Shelby County, TN., 6/24/1903.
The body of Henry Weber, the Cooper Street barber, whose maniacal frenzy sent four persons besides himself to their graves, was sent yesterday to Hopkinsville, KY., where burial will take place today.
Remains of Mrs. Henry Weber, 17 year old wife of the crippled barber, who was the incentive for his furious jealousy and the unwitting cause as well as one of the effects of this quadruple murder and suicide, will be buried today in Elmwood Cemetery. Weber's last request, that he be placed in the earth beside his bride was unheeded.
Funeral services over the body of Mrs. Susan Alexander, the unfortunate neighbor whose fated visit into the home of the Shaders had fatal consequence for her, were held yesterday afternoon at he Spencer Sturla funeral parlors. Burial was in Forest Hill Cemetery.
The living remnants of the tragedy are the orphaned children, Relatives have taken charge of them
The Commercial Appeal, November 15, 1924
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From death certificate
Father: W J Alexander
Mother: Mattie Kyles
"Gunshot wound in head inflicted by Henry Weber, this being murder".
Note: Henry George Weber, Jr was a barber. After murdering Mrs. Alexander, he then shot himself. He is buried in Hopkinsville, KY
Thomas E Alexander married Miss Susie Alexander, Shelby County, TN., 6/24/1903.
Earl and Gertrude Shader, six and seven respectively, are the living remnants of the tragedy enacted in the home of their parents, 961 South Cox Street, Thursday night. The bodies of the children s parents, Mr. and Mrs Earl A. Schader, were sent to Glasgow, KY., to be interred in their native sod.
The body of Henry Weber, the Cooper Street barber, whose maniacal frenzy sent four persons besides himself to their graves, was sent yesterday to Hopkinsville, KY., where burial will take place today.
Remains of Mrs. Henry Weber, 17 year old wife of the crippled barber, who was the incentive for his furious jealousy and the unwitting cause as well as one of the effects of this quadruple murder and suicide, will be buried today in Elmwood Cemetery. Weber's last request, that he be placed in the earth beside his bride was unheeded.
Funeral services over the body of Mrs. Susan Alexander, the unfortunate neighbor whose fated visit into the home of the Shaders had fatal consequence for her, were held yesterday afternoon at he Spencer Sturla funeral parlors. Burial was in Forest Hill Cemetery.
The living remnants of the tragedy are the orphaned children, Relatives have taken charge of them
The Commercial Appeal, November 15, 1924
______________________________________________
From death certificate
Father: W J Alexander
Mother: Mattie Kyles
"Gunshot wound in head inflicted by Henry Weber, this being murder".
Note: Henry George Weber, Jr was a barber. After murdering Mrs. Alexander, he then shot himself. He is buried in Hopkinsville, KY
Thomas E Alexander married Miss Susie Alexander, Shelby County, TN., 6/24/1903.
The body of Henry Weber, the Cooper Street barber, whose maniacal frenzy sent four persons besides himself to their graves, was sent yesterday to Hopkinsville, KY., where burial will take place today.
Remains of Mrs. Henry Weber, 17 year old wife of the crippled barber, who was the incentive for his furious jealousy and the unwitting cause as well as one of the effects of this quadruple murder and suicide, will be buried today in Elmwood Cemetery. Weber's last request, that he be placed in the earth beside his bride was unheeded.
Funeral services over the body of Mrs. Susan Alexander, the unfortunate neighbor whose fated visit into the home of the Shaders had fatal consequence for her, were held yesterday afternoon at he Spencer Sturla funeral parlors. Burial was in Forest Hill Cemetery.
The living remnants of the tragedy are the orphaned children, Relatives have taken charge of them
The Commercial Appeal, November 15, 1924
______________________________________________
From death certificate
Father: W J Alexander
Mother: Mattie Kyles
"Gunshot wound in head inflicted by Henry Weber, this being murder".
Note: Henry George Weber, Jr was a barber. After murdering Mrs. Alexander, he then shot himself. He is buried in Hopkinsville, KY
Thomas E Alexander married Miss Susie Alexander, Shelby County, TN., 6/24/1903.
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