LAREDO MAN IS KILLED...SHOOTING FOLLOWS DIFFICULTY WITH MEXICAN ON FARM....LATTER ESCAPES.
Laredo, Tex, April 28...WC Giddens, familiarly known as "Connie" Giddens, was shot and mortally wounded on the S.N. Johnson farm in South Laredo, Sunday evening. The wounded man was brought back to Laredo last night and died at 1 o'clock this morning. Giddens who was a well known mechanic of this city, was employed as a pumping foreman on the Johnson Farm and he and a Mexican boy had a quarrel, during which Giddens struck the Mexican. The boy went to his home on the ranch, procured a Winchester, returned, and fired twice, striking Giddens in the right jaw, just below the ear, and through the spine. Deceased leaves a widow and five children, besides a mother and three sisters. He was a native of Del Rio, aged 35 years, but had resided in Laredo since an infant of 5 months of age. According to reports from the scene of the shooting the Mexican swam the Rio Grande and escaped.
Additional information furnished by Shirley Deponte:
Sarah S. Giddens Stockwell said she had ten children but only six lived to adulthood.
William C. Giddens Jr. 1907-1911, Martha Laura Giddens James, 1908-1968, Emil Mabel Giddens Bain 1910-1991, William Richard Giddens-Stockwell 1911-1970, Robert Clark Giddens 1913-1921, Lillian Katherine Giddens Anderson, Walter Charles Giddens 1917-1918, and John Tarver Giddens 1918-1921.
After the death of her husband Sarah Sweetman Giddens married William E. Stockwell and had two more children: Evelyn Mae Stockwell Carey and Kathryn S. Stockwell Mott.
Laredo, Tex, April 28...WC Giddens, familiarly known as "Connie" Giddens, was shot and mortally wounded on the S.N. Johnson farm in South Laredo, Sunday evening. The wounded man was brought back to Laredo last night and died at 1 o'clock this morning. Giddens who was a well known mechanic of this city, was employed as a pumping foreman on the Johnson Farm and he and a Mexican boy had a quarrel, during which Giddens struck the Mexican. The boy went to his home on the ranch, procured a Winchester, returned, and fired twice, striking Giddens in the right jaw, just below the ear, and through the spine. Deceased leaves a widow and five children, besides a mother and three sisters. He was a native of Del Rio, aged 35 years, but had resided in Laredo since an infant of 5 months of age. According to reports from the scene of the shooting the Mexican swam the Rio Grande and escaped.
Additional information furnished by Shirley Deponte:
Sarah S. Giddens Stockwell said she had ten children but only six lived to adulthood.
William C. Giddens Jr. 1907-1911, Martha Laura Giddens James, 1908-1968, Emil Mabel Giddens Bain 1910-1991, William Richard Giddens-Stockwell 1911-1970, Robert Clark Giddens 1913-1921, Lillian Katherine Giddens Anderson, Walter Charles Giddens 1917-1918, and John Tarver Giddens 1918-1921.
After the death of her husband Sarah Sweetman Giddens married William E. Stockwell and had two more children: Evelyn Mae Stockwell Carey and Kathryn S. Stockwell Mott.
LAREDO MAN IS KILLED...SHOOTING FOLLOWS DIFFICULTY WITH MEXICAN ON FARM....LATTER ESCAPES.
Laredo, Tex, April 28...WC Giddens, familiarly known as "Connie" Giddens, was shot and mortally wounded on the S.N. Johnson farm in South Laredo, Sunday evening. The wounded man was brought back to Laredo last night and died at 1 o'clock this morning. Giddens who was a well known mechanic of this city, was employed as a pumping foreman on the Johnson Farm and he and a Mexican boy had a quarrel, during which Giddens struck the Mexican. The boy went to his home on the ranch, procured a Winchester, returned, and fired twice, striking Giddens in the right jaw, just below the ear, and through the spine. Deceased leaves a widow and five children, besides a mother and three sisters. He was a native of Del Rio, aged 35 years, but had resided in Laredo since an infant of 5 months of age. According to reports from the scene of the shooting the Mexican swam the Rio Grande and escaped.
Additional information furnished by Shirley Deponte:
Sarah S. Giddens Stockwell said she had ten children but only six lived to adulthood.
William C. Giddens Jr. 1907-1911, Martha Laura Giddens James, 1908-1968, Emil Mabel Giddens Bain 1910-1991, William Richard Giddens-Stockwell 1911-1970, Robert Clark Giddens 1913-1921, Lillian Katherine Giddens Anderson, Walter Charles Giddens 1917-1918, and John Tarver Giddens 1918-1921.
After the death of her husband Sarah Sweetman Giddens married William E. Stockwell and had two more children: Evelyn Mae Stockwell Carey and Kathryn S. Stockwell Mott.
Laredo, Tex, April 28...WC Giddens, familiarly known as "Connie" Giddens, was shot and mortally wounded on the S.N. Johnson farm in South Laredo, Sunday evening. The wounded man was brought back to Laredo last night and died at 1 o'clock this morning. Giddens who was a well known mechanic of this city, was employed as a pumping foreman on the Johnson Farm and he and a Mexican boy had a quarrel, during which Giddens struck the Mexican. The boy went to his home on the ranch, procured a Winchester, returned, and fired twice, striking Giddens in the right jaw, just below the ear, and through the spine. Deceased leaves a widow and five children, besides a mother and three sisters. He was a native of Del Rio, aged 35 years, but had resided in Laredo since an infant of 5 months of age. According to reports from the scene of the shooting the Mexican swam the Rio Grande and escaped.
Additional information furnished by Shirley Deponte:
Sarah S. Giddens Stockwell said she had ten children but only six lived to adulthood.
William C. Giddens Jr. 1907-1911, Martha Laura Giddens James, 1908-1968, Emil Mabel Giddens Bain 1910-1991, William Richard Giddens-Stockwell 1911-1970, Robert Clark Giddens 1913-1921, Lillian Katherine Giddens Anderson, Walter Charles Giddens 1917-1918, and John Tarver Giddens 1918-1921.
After the death of her husband Sarah Sweetman Giddens married William E. Stockwell and had two more children: Evelyn Mae Stockwell Carey and Kathryn S. Stockwell Mott.
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