Parents entered as unknown on death cert; the informant was reportedly an uncle.
She was raised by Minnie (Cooper) Stroud,her grandmother per obit.
HOMICIDE
Info from cemetery records entered as Edith Dean and as Edith Dean McCown. Died as Edith Dean. She had several marriages, one may have been to a McCown. No marker in either name.
Raised by grandmother, Minnie (Cooper) Stroud who predeceased Edith by five months. Uncle Monte Cooper was informant.
Mo. death cert. #39921 27 Dec 1948 is for Edith Dean (homicide victim)
reported as single B/F.
Another article indicated Edith and Denver Montgomery were to marry after his treatments were completed, and also stated that Edith had several marriages. Article indicated Edith would be buried in Windsor beside her mother, but she is in the Antioch cemetery records. Have found no record for her mother with surname Dean.
MURDER CHARGE
'Gunshot Wounds Fatal to a Negro Woman
An attempted reconciliation Christmas night between two colored people failed and Edith Dean received gunshot wound which caused her death at the Wetzel Hospital and Dearer Montgomery is held for the shooting on a charge of first degree murder. The shooting was at the home of Montgomery at the corner of Fourth street and College avenue. Miss Dean had occupied this residence. since Montgomery had been at the stated tuberculosis sanitarium about two years. The shooting was about 11:80 o'clock Saturday night, and Montgomery called Dr. G. S. Wetzel and told him about it and called for an ambulance to take the injured woman to the hospital. It was said that one bullet struck her under the left side of the chin and lodged in a vertebra. A second bullet hit her in the right breast. She died Monday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock. Montgomery, after the shooting, called Dr. G. S. Wetzel and also summoned an ambulance. He said he would call the sheriff, but he appeared dazed by the circumstances and he waited at the house until the injured woman had been taken to the Wetzel hospital, and until Sheriff Eberting called and suggested to Montgomery that he come to the Wetzel hospital, which the latter did. The injured woman was in a very serious condition . and an operation was performed Sunday morning and the bullet removed from her spine. It was practically against the spinal chord, but had not severed it. She rallied after the operation and was better Sunday night and was reported to have had a good night but took a turn for the worse Monday morning. Montgomery talked freely to the sheriff about the circumstances leading up to the shooting. He said that a rift had appeared between Edith Dean and him, but that she had written to him that she was going to enter the church on Sunday, the day after Christmas. He immediately made arrangements for an unexpected short visit home, and reached here unannounced, going out to the little home, north of the Booth hatchery. He said he found Edith Dean drinking, and a quarrel followed. He said that Edith made a break for her revolver. which was in a drawer and he beat her to it and shot her. Her story is almost identical, except she denied that she had gone after the gun. On Christmas night, when homes were happy with the joy of Christmas, there was sorrow in this humble cottage. Edith Dean iss in the hospital with a possibility that death may come. Denver Montgomery, a colored man who lived a clean life, is in jail facing a very serious charges. He was out of the tuberculosis sanitarium for a brief stay, conditional to returning for further treatment , which is necessary to prolong his life from the dread malady of tuberculosis. On Tuesday, Kelso Journey, prosecuting attorney, filed a charge of first degree murder against Montgomery, the charge being brought by Mont Cooper, an uncle of the dead woman. The friends of Edith Dean and Denver Montgomery were greatly shocked by the tragedy. Both were well liked and respected. Edith Dean had not lived here long, coming here from St. Louis. She was a happy, light-hearted woman,- who loved flowers and took great pride in arranging artistic little boquets in vases. She was genial and radiated with happiness. There is also much pity for Dearer Montgomery, who faces s charge of murder in the first degree. He is a man of high ideals, who for the past two years fought a battle for his life and health at the State Sanitarium at Mt Vernon. He was formerly a brick mason and concrete worker, but when his health began to fail, he did sores house work, and specialized in cleaning wall paper. Sheriff Eberting has s problem, because Montgomery must have regular treatments for tuberculosis or he will die. Whether or not these treatments can be gives in the jail here has not been determined. Edith Dean was born in Clinton on June 20, 1910. Her parents died when she was a young girl and she has raised by her grandmother, the late Minnie Stroud. She began working m Clinton homes as a very young girl and when about seventeen went to St. Louis, where she was with one family for many years, before returning to Clinton about four years ago. She is survived by one uncle, Mont Cooper, of Clinton, one aunt, Mrs. Lisbon Hare, Mystoc, Iowa, two cousins, Hampton Arnold, of Sedalia, and Raymond Arnold, of Kansas City. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 30, at 2:09 p. m. at the Second Baptist Church, conducted by Rev. Channel. Interment will be at Windsor by the side of her mother.
**
Denver Montgomery, charged with first degree murder in connection with the death of Edith Dean, was arraigned before Magistrate Judge Mark Wilson Tuesday afternoon and the preliminary hearing was set for January 4. Montgomery was represented by Haysler A. Poague and Charles A. Calvird. The attorneys asked that he be gives medical attention including the tapping of fluid off his lung, and were assured that arrangements for treatment could be made.∼38 years old
Missouri DC (file #39921)
Edith Dean
Female/Colored
Single
DOB: Jun 20, 1910/Windsor, MO
DOD: Dec 27, 1948/Clinton, MO
COD: Homicide
Father: Not Known
Mother: Not Known
Inf: Monte Cooper/Clinton, MO
Burial: Windsor, MO (Note: Found in Antioch Cemetery Record)
She was raised by Minnie (Cooper) Stroud,her grandmother per obit.
HOMICIDE
Info from cemetery records entered as Edith Dean and as Edith Dean McCown. Died as Edith Dean. She had several marriages, one may have been to a McCown. No marker in either name.
Raised by grandmother, Minnie (Cooper) Stroud who predeceased Edith by five months. Uncle Monte Cooper was informant.
Mo. death cert. #39921 27 Dec 1948 is for Edith Dean (homicide victim)
reported as single B/F.
Another article indicated Edith and Denver Montgomery were to marry after his treatments were completed, and also stated that Edith had several marriages. Article indicated Edith would be buried in Windsor beside her mother, but she is in the Antioch cemetery records. Have found no record for her mother with surname Dean.
MURDER CHARGE
'Gunshot Wounds Fatal to a Negro Woman
An attempted reconciliation Christmas night between two colored people failed and Edith Dean received gunshot wound which caused her death at the Wetzel Hospital and Dearer Montgomery is held for the shooting on a charge of first degree murder. The shooting was at the home of Montgomery at the corner of Fourth street and College avenue. Miss Dean had occupied this residence. since Montgomery had been at the stated tuberculosis sanitarium about two years. The shooting was about 11:80 o'clock Saturday night, and Montgomery called Dr. G. S. Wetzel and told him about it and called for an ambulance to take the injured woman to the hospital. It was said that one bullet struck her under the left side of the chin and lodged in a vertebra. A second bullet hit her in the right breast. She died Monday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock. Montgomery, after the shooting, called Dr. G. S. Wetzel and also summoned an ambulance. He said he would call the sheriff, but he appeared dazed by the circumstances and he waited at the house until the injured woman had been taken to the Wetzel hospital, and until Sheriff Eberting called and suggested to Montgomery that he come to the Wetzel hospital, which the latter did. The injured woman was in a very serious condition . and an operation was performed Sunday morning and the bullet removed from her spine. It was practically against the spinal chord, but had not severed it. She rallied after the operation and was better Sunday night and was reported to have had a good night but took a turn for the worse Monday morning. Montgomery talked freely to the sheriff about the circumstances leading up to the shooting. He said that a rift had appeared between Edith Dean and him, but that she had written to him that she was going to enter the church on Sunday, the day after Christmas. He immediately made arrangements for an unexpected short visit home, and reached here unannounced, going out to the little home, north of the Booth hatchery. He said he found Edith Dean drinking, and a quarrel followed. He said that Edith made a break for her revolver. which was in a drawer and he beat her to it and shot her. Her story is almost identical, except she denied that she had gone after the gun. On Christmas night, when homes were happy with the joy of Christmas, there was sorrow in this humble cottage. Edith Dean iss in the hospital with a possibility that death may come. Denver Montgomery, a colored man who lived a clean life, is in jail facing a very serious charges. He was out of the tuberculosis sanitarium for a brief stay, conditional to returning for further treatment , which is necessary to prolong his life from the dread malady of tuberculosis. On Tuesday, Kelso Journey, prosecuting attorney, filed a charge of first degree murder against Montgomery, the charge being brought by Mont Cooper, an uncle of the dead woman. The friends of Edith Dean and Denver Montgomery were greatly shocked by the tragedy. Both were well liked and respected. Edith Dean had not lived here long, coming here from St. Louis. She was a happy, light-hearted woman,- who loved flowers and took great pride in arranging artistic little boquets in vases. She was genial and radiated with happiness. There is also much pity for Dearer Montgomery, who faces s charge of murder in the first degree. He is a man of high ideals, who for the past two years fought a battle for his life and health at the State Sanitarium at Mt Vernon. He was formerly a brick mason and concrete worker, but when his health began to fail, he did sores house work, and specialized in cleaning wall paper. Sheriff Eberting has s problem, because Montgomery must have regular treatments for tuberculosis or he will die. Whether or not these treatments can be gives in the jail here has not been determined. Edith Dean was born in Clinton on June 20, 1910. Her parents died when she was a young girl and she has raised by her grandmother, the late Minnie Stroud. She began working m Clinton homes as a very young girl and when about seventeen went to St. Louis, where she was with one family for many years, before returning to Clinton about four years ago. She is survived by one uncle, Mont Cooper, of Clinton, one aunt, Mrs. Lisbon Hare, Mystoc, Iowa, two cousins, Hampton Arnold, of Sedalia, and Raymond Arnold, of Kansas City. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 30, at 2:09 p. m. at the Second Baptist Church, conducted by Rev. Channel. Interment will be at Windsor by the side of her mother.
**
Denver Montgomery, charged with first degree murder in connection with the death of Edith Dean, was arraigned before Magistrate Judge Mark Wilson Tuesday afternoon and the preliminary hearing was set for January 4. Montgomery was represented by Haysler A. Poague and Charles A. Calvird. The attorneys asked that he be gives medical attention including the tapping of fluid off his lung, and were assured that arrangements for treatment could be made.∼38 years old
Missouri DC (file #39921)
Edith Dean
Female/Colored
Single
DOB: Jun 20, 1910/Windsor, MO
DOD: Dec 27, 1948/Clinton, MO
COD: Homicide
Father: Not Known
Mother: Not Known
Inf: Monte Cooper/Clinton, MO
Burial: Windsor, MO (Note: Found in Antioch Cemetery Record)
Parents entered as unknown on death cert; the informant was reportedly an uncle.
She was raised by Minnie (Cooper) Stroud,her grandmother per obit.
HOMICIDE
Info from cemetery records entered as Edith Dean and as Edith Dean McCown. Died as Edith Dean. She had several marriages, one may have been to a McCown. No marker in either name.
Raised by grandmother, Minnie (Cooper) Stroud who predeceased Edith by five months. Uncle Monte Cooper was informant.
Mo. death cert. #39921 27 Dec 1948 is for Edith Dean (homicide victim)
reported as single B/F.
Another article indicated Edith and Denver Montgomery were to marry after his treatments were completed, and also stated that Edith had several marriages. Article indicated Edith would be buried in Windsor beside her mother, but she is in the Antioch cemetery records. Have found no record for her mother with surname Dean.
MURDER CHARGE
'Gunshot Wounds Fatal to a Negro Woman
An attempted reconciliation Christmas night between two colored people failed and Edith Dean received gunshot wound which caused her death at the Wetzel Hospital and Dearer Montgomery is held for the shooting on a charge of first degree murder. The shooting was at the home of Montgomery at the corner of Fourth street and College avenue. Miss Dean had occupied this residence. since Montgomery had been at the stated tuberculosis sanitarium about two years. The shooting was about 11:80 o'clock Saturday night, and Montgomery called Dr. G. S. Wetzel and told him about it and called for an ambulance to take the injured woman to the hospital. It was said that one bullet struck her under the left side of the chin and lodged in a vertebra. A second bullet hit her in the right breast. She died Monday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock. Montgomery, after the shooting, called Dr. G. S. Wetzel and also summoned an ambulance. He said he would call the sheriff, but he appeared dazed by the circumstances and he waited at the house until the injured woman had been taken to the Wetzel hospital, and until Sheriff Eberting called and suggested to Montgomery that he come to the Wetzel hospital, which the latter did. The injured woman was in a very serious condition . and an operation was performed Sunday morning and the bullet removed from her spine. It was practically against the spinal chord, but had not severed it. She rallied after the operation and was better Sunday night and was reported to have had a good night but took a turn for the worse Monday morning. Montgomery talked freely to the sheriff about the circumstances leading up to the shooting. He said that a rift had appeared between Edith Dean and him, but that she had written to him that she was going to enter the church on Sunday, the day after Christmas. He immediately made arrangements for an unexpected short visit home, and reached here unannounced, going out to the little home, north of the Booth hatchery. He said he found Edith Dean drinking, and a quarrel followed. He said that Edith made a break for her revolver. which was in a drawer and he beat her to it and shot her. Her story is almost identical, except she denied that she had gone after the gun. On Christmas night, when homes were happy with the joy of Christmas, there was sorrow in this humble cottage. Edith Dean iss in the hospital with a possibility that death may come. Denver Montgomery, a colored man who lived a clean life, is in jail facing a very serious charges. He was out of the tuberculosis sanitarium for a brief stay, conditional to returning for further treatment , which is necessary to prolong his life from the dread malady of tuberculosis. On Tuesday, Kelso Journey, prosecuting attorney, filed a charge of first degree murder against Montgomery, the charge being brought by Mont Cooper, an uncle of the dead woman. The friends of Edith Dean and Denver Montgomery were greatly shocked by the tragedy. Both were well liked and respected. Edith Dean had not lived here long, coming here from St. Louis. She was a happy, light-hearted woman,- who loved flowers and took great pride in arranging artistic little boquets in vases. She was genial and radiated with happiness. There is also much pity for Dearer Montgomery, who faces s charge of murder in the first degree. He is a man of high ideals, who for the past two years fought a battle for his life and health at the State Sanitarium at Mt Vernon. He was formerly a brick mason and concrete worker, but when his health began to fail, he did sores house work, and specialized in cleaning wall paper. Sheriff Eberting has s problem, because Montgomery must have regular treatments for tuberculosis or he will die. Whether or not these treatments can be gives in the jail here has not been determined. Edith Dean was born in Clinton on June 20, 1910. Her parents died when she was a young girl and she has raised by her grandmother, the late Minnie Stroud. She began working m Clinton homes as a very young girl and when about seventeen went to St. Louis, where she was with one family for many years, before returning to Clinton about four years ago. She is survived by one uncle, Mont Cooper, of Clinton, one aunt, Mrs. Lisbon Hare, Mystoc, Iowa, two cousins, Hampton Arnold, of Sedalia, and Raymond Arnold, of Kansas City. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 30, at 2:09 p. m. at the Second Baptist Church, conducted by Rev. Channel. Interment will be at Windsor by the side of her mother.
**
Denver Montgomery, charged with first degree murder in connection with the death of Edith Dean, was arraigned before Magistrate Judge Mark Wilson Tuesday afternoon and the preliminary hearing was set for January 4. Montgomery was represented by Haysler A. Poague and Charles A. Calvird. The attorneys asked that he be gives medical attention including the tapping of fluid off his lung, and were assured that arrangements for treatment could be made.∼38 years old
Missouri DC (file #39921)
Edith Dean
Female/Colored
Single
DOB: Jun 20, 1910/Windsor, MO
DOD: Dec 27, 1948/Clinton, MO
COD: Homicide
Father: Not Known
Mother: Not Known
Inf: Monte Cooper/Clinton, MO
Burial: Windsor, MO (Note: Found in Antioch Cemetery Record)
She was raised by Minnie (Cooper) Stroud,her grandmother per obit.
HOMICIDE
Info from cemetery records entered as Edith Dean and as Edith Dean McCown. Died as Edith Dean. She had several marriages, one may have been to a McCown. No marker in either name.
Raised by grandmother, Minnie (Cooper) Stroud who predeceased Edith by five months. Uncle Monte Cooper was informant.
Mo. death cert. #39921 27 Dec 1948 is for Edith Dean (homicide victim)
reported as single B/F.
Another article indicated Edith and Denver Montgomery were to marry after his treatments were completed, and also stated that Edith had several marriages. Article indicated Edith would be buried in Windsor beside her mother, but she is in the Antioch cemetery records. Have found no record for her mother with surname Dean.
MURDER CHARGE
'Gunshot Wounds Fatal to a Negro Woman
An attempted reconciliation Christmas night between two colored people failed and Edith Dean received gunshot wound which caused her death at the Wetzel Hospital and Dearer Montgomery is held for the shooting on a charge of first degree murder. The shooting was at the home of Montgomery at the corner of Fourth street and College avenue. Miss Dean had occupied this residence. since Montgomery had been at the stated tuberculosis sanitarium about two years. The shooting was about 11:80 o'clock Saturday night, and Montgomery called Dr. G. S. Wetzel and told him about it and called for an ambulance to take the injured woman to the hospital. It was said that one bullet struck her under the left side of the chin and lodged in a vertebra. A second bullet hit her in the right breast. She died Monday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock. Montgomery, after the shooting, called Dr. G. S. Wetzel and also summoned an ambulance. He said he would call the sheriff, but he appeared dazed by the circumstances and he waited at the house until the injured woman had been taken to the Wetzel hospital, and until Sheriff Eberting called and suggested to Montgomery that he come to the Wetzel hospital, which the latter did. The injured woman was in a very serious condition . and an operation was performed Sunday morning and the bullet removed from her spine. It was practically against the spinal chord, but had not severed it. She rallied after the operation and was better Sunday night and was reported to have had a good night but took a turn for the worse Monday morning. Montgomery talked freely to the sheriff about the circumstances leading up to the shooting. He said that a rift had appeared between Edith Dean and him, but that she had written to him that she was going to enter the church on Sunday, the day after Christmas. He immediately made arrangements for an unexpected short visit home, and reached here unannounced, going out to the little home, north of the Booth hatchery. He said he found Edith Dean drinking, and a quarrel followed. He said that Edith made a break for her revolver. which was in a drawer and he beat her to it and shot her. Her story is almost identical, except she denied that she had gone after the gun. On Christmas night, when homes were happy with the joy of Christmas, there was sorrow in this humble cottage. Edith Dean iss in the hospital with a possibility that death may come. Denver Montgomery, a colored man who lived a clean life, is in jail facing a very serious charges. He was out of the tuberculosis sanitarium for a brief stay, conditional to returning for further treatment , which is necessary to prolong his life from the dread malady of tuberculosis. On Tuesday, Kelso Journey, prosecuting attorney, filed a charge of first degree murder against Montgomery, the charge being brought by Mont Cooper, an uncle of the dead woman. The friends of Edith Dean and Denver Montgomery were greatly shocked by the tragedy. Both were well liked and respected. Edith Dean had not lived here long, coming here from St. Louis. She was a happy, light-hearted woman,- who loved flowers and took great pride in arranging artistic little boquets in vases. She was genial and radiated with happiness. There is also much pity for Dearer Montgomery, who faces s charge of murder in the first degree. He is a man of high ideals, who for the past two years fought a battle for his life and health at the State Sanitarium at Mt Vernon. He was formerly a brick mason and concrete worker, but when his health began to fail, he did sores house work, and specialized in cleaning wall paper. Sheriff Eberting has s problem, because Montgomery must have regular treatments for tuberculosis or he will die. Whether or not these treatments can be gives in the jail here has not been determined. Edith Dean was born in Clinton on June 20, 1910. Her parents died when she was a young girl and she has raised by her grandmother, the late Minnie Stroud. She began working m Clinton homes as a very young girl and when about seventeen went to St. Louis, where she was with one family for many years, before returning to Clinton about four years ago. She is survived by one uncle, Mont Cooper, of Clinton, one aunt, Mrs. Lisbon Hare, Mystoc, Iowa, two cousins, Hampton Arnold, of Sedalia, and Raymond Arnold, of Kansas City. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 30, at 2:09 p. m. at the Second Baptist Church, conducted by Rev. Channel. Interment will be at Windsor by the side of her mother.
**
Denver Montgomery, charged with first degree murder in connection with the death of Edith Dean, was arraigned before Magistrate Judge Mark Wilson Tuesday afternoon and the preliminary hearing was set for January 4. Montgomery was represented by Haysler A. Poague and Charles A. Calvird. The attorneys asked that he be gives medical attention including the tapping of fluid off his lung, and were assured that arrangements for treatment could be made.∼38 years old
Missouri DC (file #39921)
Edith Dean
Female/Colored
Single
DOB: Jun 20, 1910/Windsor, MO
DOD: Dec 27, 1948/Clinton, MO
COD: Homicide
Father: Not Known
Mother: Not Known
Inf: Monte Cooper/Clinton, MO
Burial: Windsor, MO (Note: Found in Antioch Cemetery Record)
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