Pittsburgh Press, June 6, 1910:
FINED ON CHARGE OF MAKING THREAT TO SHOOT A WOMAN
Alleged to have threatened to shoot and kill Mrs. Catherine Bigley, E. R. Phillips, of No. 80 Congress street, was arrested at her home, No. 6306 Broad street, yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Bigley appeared against him at the East End police station this morning and told Magistrate Fred Goettman, Jr., that Phillips had come to her home Friday night, threatening to shoot her, and the she had left home for the night on account of his actions. She stated that he returned to her house Saturday and yesterday, again threatening her. Mrs. Bigley was corroborated in her story by Mrs. "Dot" McLaughlin, who resides on the second floor of the same house. Phillips denied that he had made any such threats and told the magistrate that he carried no revolver. He was fined $10 or 30 days in the workhouse.
End of news story
In their 1903 divorce, court testimony stated that Henry Bigley filed for divorce from Catherine because she committed adultery with E. R. Phillips.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on December 23, 1943:
Mrs. Katherine Craft
Mrs. Katherine Craft, 79, mother of Police Sergeant Ralph Bigley, of the Pittsburgh traffic division, died suddenly Tuesday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Garnett P. Deshon, in Los Angeles, Cal.
Born in Verona, Mrs. Craft resided in Pittsburgh for more than half a century prior to going to California to reside. Besides Sergeant Bigley and her daughter, she is survived by two other sons, Edwin C. and Harry W. Bigley, both of this city.
Another was published in the Los Angeles Times on December 24, 1943:
Mrs. Kathryn Craft
Funeral services for Mrs. Kathryn L. Craft, 79, church and social worker, will be conducted at 3pm today in the chapel of Edwards Bros. Colonial Mortuary, 1000 Venice Blvd. Entombment will be in San Diego. Mrs. Craft had long been active in social work in connection with the Home Service Association and in church activities. She died Wednesday at her home, 1567 W. 17th St., and would have been 80 years of age on Christmas Day. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Garnette P. DeShon, past president of the Home Service Association and past president of the Alpha Rho Chapter, Lambda Sigma Sorority, of Los Angeles, and three sons by an earlier marriage - Ralph, Edwin C. and Harry Bigley.
FINED ON CHARGE OF MAKING THREAT TO SHOOT A WOMAN
Alleged to have threatened to shoot and kill Mrs. Catherine Bigley, E. R. Phillips, of No. 80 Congress street, was arrested at her home, No. 6306 Broad street, yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Bigley appeared against him at the East End police station this morning and told Magistrate Fred Goettman, Jr., that Phillips had come to her home Friday night, threatening to shoot her, and the she had left home for the night on account of his actions. She stated that he returned to her house Saturday and yesterday, again threatening her. Mrs. Bigley was corroborated in her story by Mrs. "Dot" McLaughlin, who resides on the second floor of the same house. Phillips denied that he had made any such threats and told the magistrate that he carried no revolver. He was fined $10 or 30 days in the workhouse.
End of news story
In their 1903 divorce, court testimony stated that Henry Bigley filed for divorce from Catherine because she committed adultery with E. R. Phillips.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on December 23, 1943:
Mrs. Katherine Craft
Mrs. Katherine Craft, 79, mother of Police Sergeant Ralph Bigley, of the Pittsburgh traffic division, died suddenly Tuesday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Garnett P. Deshon, in Los Angeles, Cal.
Born in Verona, Mrs. Craft resided in Pittsburgh for more than half a century prior to going to California to reside. Besides Sergeant Bigley and her daughter, she is survived by two other sons, Edwin C. and Harry W. Bigley, both of this city.
Another was published in the Los Angeles Times on December 24, 1943:
Mrs. Kathryn Craft
Funeral services for Mrs. Kathryn L. Craft, 79, church and social worker, will be conducted at 3pm today in the chapel of Edwards Bros. Colonial Mortuary, 1000 Venice Blvd. Entombment will be in San Diego. Mrs. Craft had long been active in social work in connection with the Home Service Association and in church activities. She died Wednesday at her home, 1567 W. 17th St., and would have been 80 years of age on Christmas Day. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Garnette P. DeShon, past president of the Home Service Association and past president of the Alpha Rho Chapter, Lambda Sigma Sorority, of Los Angeles, and three sons by an earlier marriage - Ralph, Edwin C. and Harry Bigley.
Pittsburgh Press, June 6, 1910:
FINED ON CHARGE OF MAKING THREAT TO SHOOT A WOMAN
Alleged to have threatened to shoot and kill Mrs. Catherine Bigley, E. R. Phillips, of No. 80 Congress street, was arrested at her home, No. 6306 Broad street, yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Bigley appeared against him at the East End police station this morning and told Magistrate Fred Goettman, Jr., that Phillips had come to her home Friday night, threatening to shoot her, and the she had left home for the night on account of his actions. She stated that he returned to her house Saturday and yesterday, again threatening her. Mrs. Bigley was corroborated in her story by Mrs. "Dot" McLaughlin, who resides on the second floor of the same house. Phillips denied that he had made any such threats and told the magistrate that he carried no revolver. He was fined $10 or 30 days in the workhouse.
End of news story
In their 1903 divorce, court testimony stated that Henry Bigley filed for divorce from Catherine because she committed adultery with E. R. Phillips.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on December 23, 1943:
Mrs. Katherine Craft
Mrs. Katherine Craft, 79, mother of Police Sergeant Ralph Bigley, of the Pittsburgh traffic division, died suddenly Tuesday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Garnett P. Deshon, in Los Angeles, Cal.
Born in Verona, Mrs. Craft resided in Pittsburgh for more than half a century prior to going to California to reside. Besides Sergeant Bigley and her daughter, she is survived by two other sons, Edwin C. and Harry W. Bigley, both of this city.
Another was published in the Los Angeles Times on December 24, 1943:
Mrs. Kathryn Craft
Funeral services for Mrs. Kathryn L. Craft, 79, church and social worker, will be conducted at 3pm today in the chapel of Edwards Bros. Colonial Mortuary, 1000 Venice Blvd. Entombment will be in San Diego. Mrs. Craft had long been active in social work in connection with the Home Service Association and in church activities. She died Wednesday at her home, 1567 W. 17th St., and would have been 80 years of age on Christmas Day. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Garnette P. DeShon, past president of the Home Service Association and past president of the Alpha Rho Chapter, Lambda Sigma Sorority, of Los Angeles, and three sons by an earlier marriage - Ralph, Edwin C. and Harry Bigley.
FINED ON CHARGE OF MAKING THREAT TO SHOOT A WOMAN
Alleged to have threatened to shoot and kill Mrs. Catherine Bigley, E. R. Phillips, of No. 80 Congress street, was arrested at her home, No. 6306 Broad street, yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Bigley appeared against him at the East End police station this morning and told Magistrate Fred Goettman, Jr., that Phillips had come to her home Friday night, threatening to shoot her, and the she had left home for the night on account of his actions. She stated that he returned to her house Saturday and yesterday, again threatening her. Mrs. Bigley was corroborated in her story by Mrs. "Dot" McLaughlin, who resides on the second floor of the same house. Phillips denied that he had made any such threats and told the magistrate that he carried no revolver. He was fined $10 or 30 days in the workhouse.
End of news story
In their 1903 divorce, court testimony stated that Henry Bigley filed for divorce from Catherine because she committed adultery with E. R. Phillips.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on December 23, 1943:
Mrs. Katherine Craft
Mrs. Katherine Craft, 79, mother of Police Sergeant Ralph Bigley, of the Pittsburgh traffic division, died suddenly Tuesday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Garnett P. Deshon, in Los Angeles, Cal.
Born in Verona, Mrs. Craft resided in Pittsburgh for more than half a century prior to going to California to reside. Besides Sergeant Bigley and her daughter, she is survived by two other sons, Edwin C. and Harry W. Bigley, both of this city.
Another was published in the Los Angeles Times on December 24, 1943:
Mrs. Kathryn Craft
Funeral services for Mrs. Kathryn L. Craft, 79, church and social worker, will be conducted at 3pm today in the chapel of Edwards Bros. Colonial Mortuary, 1000 Venice Blvd. Entombment will be in San Diego. Mrs. Craft had long been active in social work in connection with the Home Service Association and in church activities. She died Wednesday at her home, 1567 W. 17th St., and would have been 80 years of age on Christmas Day. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Garnette P. DeShon, past president of the Home Service Association and past president of the Alpha Rho Chapter, Lambda Sigma Sorority, of Los Angeles, and three sons by an earlier marriage - Ralph, Edwin C. and Harry Bigley.
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