Missouri Death Cert #2021
Irvin Wilson died Jan 22, 1932 from gun shot wound at Rolla, Phelps Co., MO.
Wife: Cora Kennedy. Physician: Dr. A. Sidney McFarland of Rolla, MO
Undertaker: Smith & Ferguson of Licking, MO. Burial place: Cavaness Cemetery
The Victim of a Miscellaneous
Shooting and carousing
at Ellsworth School House
Passed Away After Suffering
Less Than Two Weeks
The Herald told of the shooting and serious injury to Ervin (Pat) Wilson, which took place at the Ellsworth school house north of Houston on the night of Sunday, January 10. The bullet entered Wilson's thigh and passed into the small part of the backbone, where it lodged and caused a partial paralysis. Wilson was conveyed to the Rolla Hospital, where he lingered until last Thursday, January 21, when he passed away. The remains were prepared at Licking for burial, which took place Friday.
Ervin Wilson was some 45 years of age and leaves a wife and several children. In the tragedy of his death he was the innocent victim of a carousing, spreeing group of young men.
The Herald gets the report of the circumstances surrounding the shooting at Ellsworth school house that Sunday night, they are about as follows.
J. E. Killion, one of the oldest and most experienced teachers in the county, is teaching school at Ellsworth; he and Ervin Wilson, W. N. Huskey and the latter's son were at the school house this Sunday night for discussion of matters pertaining to the school, when they were interrupted by the young man, Burley Wiggains, who drove up in a truck, accompanied by Cecil Kimrey and Warner Hill. All were drinking and Wiggains came in the school house and became very boisterous. He was invited out and then turned on Killion and asked him if he was teaching there; on Killion's reply that he was, Wiggains said he would see that Killion did not teach anymore there, and again became abusive, when he and Killion scuffled and Killion slapped him; Wiggains passed out the door, and Killion stepped behind the door, as Wiggains began shooting in the open door. One bullet grazed Ervin Wilson's cheek and one struck him in the hip, passing into the spine. Another bullet grazed the lip of young Huskey. Wilson fell to the floor and the other men went to his assistance and later went out after the boys who had raised the disturbance. They found Kimrey had fallen out of the truck and Wiggains was standing behind the truck. They got both of them in the house, but the third, Hill, ran around the house and later got in the truck and drove away. Sheriff Kelly was summoned and took charge of Wiggains and Kimrey, who were lodged in jail here to await the result of Wilson's injuries.
Now that Wilson has died, Prosecuting Attorney Lay has filed a charge of first degree murder against Wiggains, and the preliminary will be held this Friday, January 29, before Esq. C. C. Tuttle here at Houston. Whether charges against Kimrey and Hill will be filed is to be determined later.
This is indeed a sad and regrettable tragedy, the result of too much booze, spoiling what at other times might be considered very creditable young citizens. Both Wiggains and Kimrey belong to old families of the north part of this county, good, reputable citizens; then the sad part is the loss of life of a husband and father, an innocent bystander, victim of drunken shooting.
Source: The Houston Herald
Published January 28, 1932
Typed From Microfilm By:
Karen (Cavaness) Nelson
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The narrative portion which gives info from MO Death Certificate 2021 identifies his wife as Cora Kennedy but it should read Cora Kimery or Cora Kimrey. Her family group tended to use Kimery but Kimrey appears most often.
Contributor: Peggy Sullivan (46991781)
Irvin Wilson died Jan 22, 1932 from gun shot wound at Rolla, Phelps Co., MO.
Wife: Cora Kennedy. Physician: Dr. A. Sidney McFarland of Rolla, MO
Undertaker: Smith & Ferguson of Licking, MO. Burial place: Cavaness Cemetery
The Victim of a Miscellaneous
Shooting and carousing
at Ellsworth School House
Passed Away After Suffering
Less Than Two Weeks
The Herald told of the shooting and serious injury to Ervin (Pat) Wilson, which took place at the Ellsworth school house north of Houston on the night of Sunday, January 10. The bullet entered Wilson's thigh and passed into the small part of the backbone, where it lodged and caused a partial paralysis. Wilson was conveyed to the Rolla Hospital, where he lingered until last Thursday, January 21, when he passed away. The remains were prepared at Licking for burial, which took place Friday.
Ervin Wilson was some 45 years of age and leaves a wife and several children. In the tragedy of his death he was the innocent victim of a carousing, spreeing group of young men.
The Herald gets the report of the circumstances surrounding the shooting at Ellsworth school house that Sunday night, they are about as follows.
J. E. Killion, one of the oldest and most experienced teachers in the county, is teaching school at Ellsworth; he and Ervin Wilson, W. N. Huskey and the latter's son were at the school house this Sunday night for discussion of matters pertaining to the school, when they were interrupted by the young man, Burley Wiggains, who drove up in a truck, accompanied by Cecil Kimrey and Warner Hill. All were drinking and Wiggains came in the school house and became very boisterous. He was invited out and then turned on Killion and asked him if he was teaching there; on Killion's reply that he was, Wiggains said he would see that Killion did not teach anymore there, and again became abusive, when he and Killion scuffled and Killion slapped him; Wiggains passed out the door, and Killion stepped behind the door, as Wiggains began shooting in the open door. One bullet grazed Ervin Wilson's cheek and one struck him in the hip, passing into the spine. Another bullet grazed the lip of young Huskey. Wilson fell to the floor and the other men went to his assistance and later went out after the boys who had raised the disturbance. They found Kimrey had fallen out of the truck and Wiggains was standing behind the truck. They got both of them in the house, but the third, Hill, ran around the house and later got in the truck and drove away. Sheriff Kelly was summoned and took charge of Wiggains and Kimrey, who were lodged in jail here to await the result of Wilson's injuries.
Now that Wilson has died, Prosecuting Attorney Lay has filed a charge of first degree murder against Wiggains, and the preliminary will be held this Friday, January 29, before Esq. C. C. Tuttle here at Houston. Whether charges against Kimrey and Hill will be filed is to be determined later.
This is indeed a sad and regrettable tragedy, the result of too much booze, spoiling what at other times might be considered very creditable young citizens. Both Wiggains and Kimrey belong to old families of the north part of this county, good, reputable citizens; then the sad part is the loss of life of a husband and father, an innocent bystander, victim of drunken shooting.
Source: The Houston Herald
Published January 28, 1932
Typed From Microfilm By:
Karen (Cavaness) Nelson
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The narrative portion which gives info from MO Death Certificate 2021 identifies his wife as Cora Kennedy but it should read Cora Kimery or Cora Kimrey. Her family group tended to use Kimery but Kimrey appears most often.
Contributor: Peggy Sullivan (46991781)
Missouri Death Cert #2021
Irvin Wilson died Jan 22, 1932 from gun shot wound at Rolla, Phelps Co., MO.
Wife: Cora Kennedy. Physician: Dr. A. Sidney McFarland of Rolla, MO
Undertaker: Smith & Ferguson of Licking, MO. Burial place: Cavaness Cemetery
The Victim of a Miscellaneous
Shooting and carousing
at Ellsworth School House
Passed Away After Suffering
Less Than Two Weeks
The Herald told of the shooting and serious injury to Ervin (Pat) Wilson, which took place at the Ellsworth school house north of Houston on the night of Sunday, January 10. The bullet entered Wilson's thigh and passed into the small part of the backbone, where it lodged and caused a partial paralysis. Wilson was conveyed to the Rolla Hospital, where he lingered until last Thursday, January 21, when he passed away. The remains were prepared at Licking for burial, which took place Friday.
Ervin Wilson was some 45 years of age and leaves a wife and several children. In the tragedy of his death he was the innocent victim of a carousing, spreeing group of young men.
The Herald gets the report of the circumstances surrounding the shooting at Ellsworth school house that Sunday night, they are about as follows.
J. E. Killion, one of the oldest and most experienced teachers in the county, is teaching school at Ellsworth; he and Ervin Wilson, W. N. Huskey and the latter's son were at the school house this Sunday night for discussion of matters pertaining to the school, when they were interrupted by the young man, Burley Wiggains, who drove up in a truck, accompanied by Cecil Kimrey and Warner Hill. All were drinking and Wiggains came in the school house and became very boisterous. He was invited out and then turned on Killion and asked him if he was teaching there; on Killion's reply that he was, Wiggains said he would see that Killion did not teach anymore there, and again became abusive, when he and Killion scuffled and Killion slapped him; Wiggains passed out the door, and Killion stepped behind the door, as Wiggains began shooting in the open door. One bullet grazed Ervin Wilson's cheek and one struck him in the hip, passing into the spine. Another bullet grazed the lip of young Huskey. Wilson fell to the floor and the other men went to his assistance and later went out after the boys who had raised the disturbance. They found Kimrey had fallen out of the truck and Wiggains was standing behind the truck. They got both of them in the house, but the third, Hill, ran around the house and later got in the truck and drove away. Sheriff Kelly was summoned and took charge of Wiggains and Kimrey, who were lodged in jail here to await the result of Wilson's injuries.
Now that Wilson has died, Prosecuting Attorney Lay has filed a charge of first degree murder against Wiggains, and the preliminary will be held this Friday, January 29, before Esq. C. C. Tuttle here at Houston. Whether charges against Kimrey and Hill will be filed is to be determined later.
This is indeed a sad and regrettable tragedy, the result of too much booze, spoiling what at other times might be considered very creditable young citizens. Both Wiggains and Kimrey belong to old families of the north part of this county, good, reputable citizens; then the sad part is the loss of life of a husband and father, an innocent bystander, victim of drunken shooting.
Source: The Houston Herald
Published January 28, 1932
Typed From Microfilm By:
Karen (Cavaness) Nelson
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The narrative portion which gives info from MO Death Certificate 2021 identifies his wife as Cora Kennedy but it should read Cora Kimery or Cora Kimrey. Her family group tended to use Kimery but Kimrey appears most often.
Contributor: Peggy Sullivan (46991781)
Irvin Wilson died Jan 22, 1932 from gun shot wound at Rolla, Phelps Co., MO.
Wife: Cora Kennedy. Physician: Dr. A. Sidney McFarland of Rolla, MO
Undertaker: Smith & Ferguson of Licking, MO. Burial place: Cavaness Cemetery
The Victim of a Miscellaneous
Shooting and carousing
at Ellsworth School House
Passed Away After Suffering
Less Than Two Weeks
The Herald told of the shooting and serious injury to Ervin (Pat) Wilson, which took place at the Ellsworth school house north of Houston on the night of Sunday, January 10. The bullet entered Wilson's thigh and passed into the small part of the backbone, where it lodged and caused a partial paralysis. Wilson was conveyed to the Rolla Hospital, where he lingered until last Thursday, January 21, when he passed away. The remains were prepared at Licking for burial, which took place Friday.
Ervin Wilson was some 45 years of age and leaves a wife and several children. In the tragedy of his death he was the innocent victim of a carousing, spreeing group of young men.
The Herald gets the report of the circumstances surrounding the shooting at Ellsworth school house that Sunday night, they are about as follows.
J. E. Killion, one of the oldest and most experienced teachers in the county, is teaching school at Ellsworth; he and Ervin Wilson, W. N. Huskey and the latter's son were at the school house this Sunday night for discussion of matters pertaining to the school, when they were interrupted by the young man, Burley Wiggains, who drove up in a truck, accompanied by Cecil Kimrey and Warner Hill. All were drinking and Wiggains came in the school house and became very boisterous. He was invited out and then turned on Killion and asked him if he was teaching there; on Killion's reply that he was, Wiggains said he would see that Killion did not teach anymore there, and again became abusive, when he and Killion scuffled and Killion slapped him; Wiggains passed out the door, and Killion stepped behind the door, as Wiggains began shooting in the open door. One bullet grazed Ervin Wilson's cheek and one struck him in the hip, passing into the spine. Another bullet grazed the lip of young Huskey. Wilson fell to the floor and the other men went to his assistance and later went out after the boys who had raised the disturbance. They found Kimrey had fallen out of the truck and Wiggains was standing behind the truck. They got both of them in the house, but the third, Hill, ran around the house and later got in the truck and drove away. Sheriff Kelly was summoned and took charge of Wiggains and Kimrey, who were lodged in jail here to await the result of Wilson's injuries.
Now that Wilson has died, Prosecuting Attorney Lay has filed a charge of first degree murder against Wiggains, and the preliminary will be held this Friday, January 29, before Esq. C. C. Tuttle here at Houston. Whether charges against Kimrey and Hill will be filed is to be determined later.
This is indeed a sad and regrettable tragedy, the result of too much booze, spoiling what at other times might be considered very creditable young citizens. Both Wiggains and Kimrey belong to old families of the north part of this county, good, reputable citizens; then the sad part is the loss of life of a husband and father, an innocent bystander, victim of drunken shooting.
Source: The Houston Herald
Published January 28, 1932
Typed From Microfilm By:
Karen (Cavaness) Nelson
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The narrative portion which gives info from MO Death Certificate 2021 identifies his wife as Cora Kennedy but it should read Cora Kimery or Cora Kimrey. Her family group tended to use Kimery but Kimrey appears most often.
Contributor: Peggy Sullivan (46991781)
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