Dallas Morning News Friday, September 20, 1935
Before the eyes of a dozen revelers in a beer tavern at 2820 Elm Thursday night, Grady Self, 35, a metal molder of 312 Leads Street, was killed by a blow of a blackjack on his skull.
L. H. Mitchell, 45, proprietor of the tavern, told officers and newspapermen that he struck Self. He was placed in the city jail.
Self died from a brain hemorrhage caused by the blow. Justice of the Peace Joe E. Brown viewed the body and said he would render a verdict Friday.
Witnesses said Self had been in the tavern about an hour when the trouble started. He was in a back room of the place where a half dozen couples were dancing and playing the piano.
Mitchell told officers that Self cursed him and created a disturbance, and that he was trying to put him out of the tavern when the fight started. The proprietor said he swung once with the blackjack, missed, swung again and hit Self, knocking him down. Self was dead when medical assistance arrived.
Self was employed by the Refinery Casting Corporation where he molded metal.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Self; two daughters, Montez Self and Inez Self; a son, Grady Self Jr., all of Dallas; three brothers, J. J., B. F., and A. D. Self; four sisters, Mrs. Ola Boyd, Mrs. Gertrude Utly, Mrs. R. L. Gibbons and Mrs. Sam Pate.
Before the eyes of a dozen revelers in a beer tavern at 2820 Elm Thursday night, Grady Self, 35, a metal molder of 312 Leads Street, was killed by a blow of a blackjack on his skull.
L. H. Mitchell, 45, proprietor of the tavern, told officers and newspapermen that he struck Self. He was placed in the city jail.
Self died from a brain hemorrhage caused by the blow. Justice of the Peace Joe E. Brown viewed the body and said he would render a verdict Friday.
Witnesses said Self had been in the tavern about an hour when the trouble started. He was in a back room of the place where a half dozen couples were dancing and playing the piano.
Mitchell told officers that Self cursed him and created a disturbance, and that he was trying to put him out of the tavern when the fight started. The proprietor said he swung once with the blackjack, missed, swung again and hit Self, knocking him down. Self was dead when medical assistance arrived.
Self was employed by the Refinery Casting Corporation where he molded metal.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Self; two daughters, Montez Self and Inez Self; a son, Grady Self Jr., all of Dallas; three brothers, J. J., B. F., and A. D. Self; four sisters, Mrs. Ola Boyd, Mrs. Gertrude Utly, Mrs. R. L. Gibbons and Mrs. Sam Pate.
Dallas Morning News Friday, September 20, 1935
Before the eyes of a dozen revelers in a beer tavern at 2820 Elm Thursday night, Grady Self, 35, a metal molder of 312 Leads Street, was killed by a blow of a blackjack on his skull.
L. H. Mitchell, 45, proprietor of the tavern, told officers and newspapermen that he struck Self. He was placed in the city jail.
Self died from a brain hemorrhage caused by the blow. Justice of the Peace Joe E. Brown viewed the body and said he would render a verdict Friday.
Witnesses said Self had been in the tavern about an hour when the trouble started. He was in a back room of the place where a half dozen couples were dancing and playing the piano.
Mitchell told officers that Self cursed him and created a disturbance, and that he was trying to put him out of the tavern when the fight started. The proprietor said he swung once with the blackjack, missed, swung again and hit Self, knocking him down. Self was dead when medical assistance arrived.
Self was employed by the Refinery Casting Corporation where he molded metal.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Self; two daughters, Montez Self and Inez Self; a son, Grady Self Jr., all of Dallas; three brothers, J. J., B. F., and A. D. Self; four sisters, Mrs. Ola Boyd, Mrs. Gertrude Utly, Mrs. R. L. Gibbons and Mrs. Sam Pate.
Before the eyes of a dozen revelers in a beer tavern at 2820 Elm Thursday night, Grady Self, 35, a metal molder of 312 Leads Street, was killed by a blow of a blackjack on his skull.
L. H. Mitchell, 45, proprietor of the tavern, told officers and newspapermen that he struck Self. He was placed in the city jail.
Self died from a brain hemorrhage caused by the blow. Justice of the Peace Joe E. Brown viewed the body and said he would render a verdict Friday.
Witnesses said Self had been in the tavern about an hour when the trouble started. He was in a back room of the place where a half dozen couples were dancing and playing the piano.
Mitchell told officers that Self cursed him and created a disturbance, and that he was trying to put him out of the tavern when the fight started. The proprietor said he swung once with the blackjack, missed, swung again and hit Self, knocking him down. Self was dead when medical assistance arrived.
Self was employed by the Refinery Casting Corporation where he molded metal.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Self; two daughters, Montez Self and Inez Self; a son, Grady Self Jr., all of Dallas; three brothers, J. J., B. F., and A. D. Self; four sisters, Mrs. Ola Boyd, Mrs. Gertrude Utly, Mrs. R. L. Gibbons and Mrs. Sam Pate.
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