Groom's Name: A. J. Davis
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Bride's Name: Ruth Cordell
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Marriage Date: 19 Sep 1899
Marriage Place: , Rutherford, Tennessee
1900 Rutherford Co. Tennessee dist 4 household 182
Alfred J Davis Dec 1830 69 marr 0 yrs Tenn
Ruth wife 19 Tn
1910 Rutherford Co Tenn 4th dist pg 35a household 3, 15th April
A J Davis 79 married 2x 10 yrs Ten
Ruth E wife 29 1 born 1 living Tn (this is Lena's sister)
Queen V dtr 9 Tn
Bertha M Cordell niece 18 Mo single
Walter C nephew 16 Mo
Groom's Name: J. G. Glymp
Groom's Birth Date: 1886
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age: 28
Bride's Name: R. E. Davis
Bride's Birth Date: 1881
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age: 33
Marriage Date: 03 Aug 1914
Marriage Place: , Davidson, Tennessee
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00045-3
System Origin: Tennessee-EASy
Source Film Number: 200320
Reference Number: 8273
1920 Civil District 4, Rutherford, Tennessee household 176
Greene Glymp 33
Ruth 37
1930 Rutherford Co Tennessee, 4th dist Almaville precinct household 24
James G Glymp 43 married age 27
Ruth E 48 married age 32
Social Security Death Index
RUTH GLYMP 14 Feb 1881 Jan 1974 37130 (Murfreesboro, Rutherford, TN ) (none specified) 413-84-0204 Tennessee
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Man and Wife Victims of Dallas Tragedy
Sleeping Woman Murdered By Husband, Who Suicided
Samuel H Cordell Proceed Methodically About Crime for Which He Gave No Reason in Letter to Brother
Dallas, Tex – July 29, 1904
Samuel H Cordell, who resided at No 600 South Lamar street, shot and almost instantly killed his wife as she lay sleeping on a cot by an open window shortly after 4 o'clock this morning, and then turned the weapon, a hammerless revolver, upon himself, sent another bullet through his brain and was dead instantly.
The shots were heard by only a few of the neighbors and most of them were not thoroughly awakened from their slumbers until the screams of the children – Clyde, a boy 11 years of age, and Bertha, a girl of 12, startled them.
"Oh, my mamma is dead," came the plaintive wail from the little boy, and those upon whose ears his agonized cries came realized that a tragedy had occurred.
George W Cordell a brother of the dead man and Miss Ruth Davis (really Mrs.), a sister of the dead woman, together with the two children, were the other occupants of the house at the time of the tragedy. The shot aroused all from their slumbers. The doors and windows of the house, in which the tragedy occurred were open. George Cordell hurried across the street and aroused some neighbors and asked them to come with him, that they may see what happened. A lamp was lighted, and as they drew near the door of Mrs Cordell's room, they observed her husband stretched across the floor, about five feet from the cot on which she lay, in a large pool of blood, with a revolver clutched tightly in his right hand. Blood was still flowing from a wound over the right ear. From the cot, his wife lay, breathing her last. An ugly, powder-burned wound just over the right eye was bleeding freely, and the bed clothing was saturated in the woman's blood.
Dr. A F Beddoe, who happened to be at the bed side of a patient in the neighborhood, made an examination, which developed the fact that Cordell was dead and that his wife was breathing feebly. She died in about twenty minutes after being shot.
A further examination of the room disclosed a letter which the dead man had addressed to his brother, George W Cordell. He gave no reason for his course but simply asked the brother to forgive him for what he had done, that there was no other alternative. He informed him that he held policies for $4,000 on his own life and $4,000 more on his wife. He gave directions in regard to certain small bills which he wished settled, and expressed a desire that the funeral be held at as little expense as possible. Fifty dollars set aside for the purchase of a ring and watch for Miss Ruth, his sister-in-law, which he asked that she keep always. He requested that the children be given good educational advantages and the amount of the insurance policies, after expense had been made, and requested that Miss Davis have the care of the children. He bade farewell to all and signed the letter. This letter was dated July 27, and shows that the act had been premeditated for some time prior to the execution.
George W. Cordell made the following statement "I am at an utter loss to account for my brother's action. He was perfectly temperate and I never saw him take a drink of intoxicants in my life. His domestic relations were apparently harmonious, and I cannot understand his motive. He asked me yesterday to come home early in the evening, stating that he wished to talk with me I returned about six o'clock, but he was not at home, and I went down town and did not return until about 12 o'clock. The house was quite dark, and I retired without seeing anyone.
Miss Ruth Davis was almost pruscated ? with grief and declined to discuss the tragedy. The boy, Clyde, a bright faced, handsome little fellow experienced the terrible strain which had racked his young mind. His eyes were tear-swollen, yet he bore up bravely and told a similar version of the affair as his uncle had given.
Samuel H. Cordell was born at Dunlap, Tenn., in 1856, and was reared in that town. His wife was also a native of Tennessee and resided in the same town. She was a Miss Lena Davis, of a well known and respected family. Cordell had lived in Missouri after his marriage and went to St. Louis to Colorado Springs, Colo where he took up his residence for two years. He came to Dallas during June of last year and had resided at 600 South Lamar Street since February last. His only relatives aside from his brother George, are a brother and sister J C Cordell, residing at Dunlap, Tenn, and Mrs G. H Wimberly at Stephenville, Tenn. He was State Deputy of the Modern Brotherhood of America, a fraternal insurance society, the same office of which is located in Mason City, Ia.
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Bride's Name: Ruth Cordell
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Marriage Date: 19 Sep 1899
Marriage Place: , Rutherford, Tennessee
1900 Rutherford Co. Tennessee dist 4 household 182
Alfred J Davis Dec 1830 69 marr 0 yrs Tenn
Ruth wife 19 Tn
1910 Rutherford Co Tenn 4th dist pg 35a household 3, 15th April
A J Davis 79 married 2x 10 yrs Ten
Ruth E wife 29 1 born 1 living Tn (this is Lena's sister)
Queen V dtr 9 Tn
Bertha M Cordell niece 18 Mo single
Walter C nephew 16 Mo
Groom's Name: J. G. Glymp
Groom's Birth Date: 1886
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age: 28
Bride's Name: R. E. Davis
Bride's Birth Date: 1881
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age: 33
Marriage Date: 03 Aug 1914
Marriage Place: , Davidson, Tennessee
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00045-3
System Origin: Tennessee-EASy
Source Film Number: 200320
Reference Number: 8273
1920 Civil District 4, Rutherford, Tennessee household 176
Greene Glymp 33
Ruth 37
1930 Rutherford Co Tennessee, 4th dist Almaville precinct household 24
James G Glymp 43 married age 27
Ruth E 48 married age 32
Social Security Death Index
RUTH GLYMP 14 Feb 1881 Jan 1974 37130 (Murfreesboro, Rutherford, TN ) (none specified) 413-84-0204 Tennessee
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Man and Wife Victims of Dallas Tragedy
Sleeping Woman Murdered By Husband, Who Suicided
Samuel H Cordell Proceed Methodically About Crime for Which He Gave No Reason in Letter to Brother
Dallas, Tex – July 29, 1904
Samuel H Cordell, who resided at No 600 South Lamar street, shot and almost instantly killed his wife as she lay sleeping on a cot by an open window shortly after 4 o'clock this morning, and then turned the weapon, a hammerless revolver, upon himself, sent another bullet through his brain and was dead instantly.
The shots were heard by only a few of the neighbors and most of them were not thoroughly awakened from their slumbers until the screams of the children – Clyde, a boy 11 years of age, and Bertha, a girl of 12, startled them.
"Oh, my mamma is dead," came the plaintive wail from the little boy, and those upon whose ears his agonized cries came realized that a tragedy had occurred.
George W Cordell a brother of the dead man and Miss Ruth Davis (really Mrs.), a sister of the dead woman, together with the two children, were the other occupants of the house at the time of the tragedy. The shot aroused all from their slumbers. The doors and windows of the house, in which the tragedy occurred were open. George Cordell hurried across the street and aroused some neighbors and asked them to come with him, that they may see what happened. A lamp was lighted, and as they drew near the door of Mrs Cordell's room, they observed her husband stretched across the floor, about five feet from the cot on which she lay, in a large pool of blood, with a revolver clutched tightly in his right hand. Blood was still flowing from a wound over the right ear. From the cot, his wife lay, breathing her last. An ugly, powder-burned wound just over the right eye was bleeding freely, and the bed clothing was saturated in the woman's blood.
Dr. A F Beddoe, who happened to be at the bed side of a patient in the neighborhood, made an examination, which developed the fact that Cordell was dead and that his wife was breathing feebly. She died in about twenty minutes after being shot.
A further examination of the room disclosed a letter which the dead man had addressed to his brother, George W Cordell. He gave no reason for his course but simply asked the brother to forgive him for what he had done, that there was no other alternative. He informed him that he held policies for $4,000 on his own life and $4,000 more on his wife. He gave directions in regard to certain small bills which he wished settled, and expressed a desire that the funeral be held at as little expense as possible. Fifty dollars set aside for the purchase of a ring and watch for Miss Ruth, his sister-in-law, which he asked that she keep always. He requested that the children be given good educational advantages and the amount of the insurance policies, after expense had been made, and requested that Miss Davis have the care of the children. He bade farewell to all and signed the letter. This letter was dated July 27, and shows that the act had been premeditated for some time prior to the execution.
George W. Cordell made the following statement "I am at an utter loss to account for my brother's action. He was perfectly temperate and I never saw him take a drink of intoxicants in my life. His domestic relations were apparently harmonious, and I cannot understand his motive. He asked me yesterday to come home early in the evening, stating that he wished to talk with me I returned about six o'clock, but he was not at home, and I went down town and did not return until about 12 o'clock. The house was quite dark, and I retired without seeing anyone.
Miss Ruth Davis was almost pruscated ? with grief and declined to discuss the tragedy. The boy, Clyde, a bright faced, handsome little fellow experienced the terrible strain which had racked his young mind. His eyes were tear-swollen, yet he bore up bravely and told a similar version of the affair as his uncle had given.
Samuel H. Cordell was born at Dunlap, Tenn., in 1856, and was reared in that town. His wife was also a native of Tennessee and resided in the same town. She was a Miss Lena Davis, of a well known and respected family. Cordell had lived in Missouri after his marriage and went to St. Louis to Colorado Springs, Colo where he took up his residence for two years. He came to Dallas during June of last year and had resided at 600 South Lamar Street since February last. His only relatives aside from his brother George, are a brother and sister J C Cordell, residing at Dunlap, Tenn, and Mrs G. H Wimberly at Stephenville, Tenn. He was State Deputy of the Modern Brotherhood of America, a fraternal insurance society, the same office of which is located in Mason City, Ia.
Groom's Name: A. J. Davis
Groom's Birth Date:
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age:
Bride's Name: Ruth Cordell
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Bride's Birthplace:
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Marriage Date: 19 Sep 1899
Marriage Place: , Rutherford, Tennessee
1900 Rutherford Co. Tennessee dist 4 household 182
Alfred J Davis Dec 1830 69 marr 0 yrs Tenn
Ruth wife 19 Tn
1910 Rutherford Co Tenn 4th dist pg 35a household 3, 15th April
A J Davis 79 married 2x 10 yrs Ten
Ruth E wife 29 1 born 1 living Tn (this is Lena's sister)
Queen V dtr 9 Tn
Bertha M Cordell niece 18 Mo single
Walter C nephew 16 Mo
Groom's Name: J. G. Glymp
Groom's Birth Date: 1886
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age: 28
Bride's Name: R. E. Davis
Bride's Birth Date: 1881
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age: 33
Marriage Date: 03 Aug 1914
Marriage Place: , Davidson, Tennessee
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00045-3
System Origin: Tennessee-EASy
Source Film Number: 200320
Reference Number: 8273
1920 Civil District 4, Rutherford, Tennessee household 176
Greene Glymp 33
Ruth 37
1930 Rutherford Co Tennessee, 4th dist Almaville precinct household 24
James G Glymp 43 married age 27
Ruth E 48 married age 32
Social Security Death Index
RUTH GLYMP 14 Feb 1881 Jan 1974 37130 (Murfreesboro, Rutherford, TN ) (none specified) 413-84-0204 Tennessee
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Man and Wife Victims of Dallas Tragedy
Sleeping Woman Murdered By Husband, Who Suicided
Samuel H Cordell Proceed Methodically About Crime for Which He Gave No Reason in Letter to Brother
Dallas, Tex – July 29, 1904
Samuel H Cordell, who resided at No 600 South Lamar street, shot and almost instantly killed his wife as she lay sleeping on a cot by an open window shortly after 4 o'clock this morning, and then turned the weapon, a hammerless revolver, upon himself, sent another bullet through his brain and was dead instantly.
The shots were heard by only a few of the neighbors and most of them were not thoroughly awakened from their slumbers until the screams of the children – Clyde, a boy 11 years of age, and Bertha, a girl of 12, startled them.
"Oh, my mamma is dead," came the plaintive wail from the little boy, and those upon whose ears his agonized cries came realized that a tragedy had occurred.
George W Cordell a brother of the dead man and Miss Ruth Davis (really Mrs.), a sister of the dead woman, together with the two children, were the other occupants of the house at the time of the tragedy. The shot aroused all from their slumbers. The doors and windows of the house, in which the tragedy occurred were open. George Cordell hurried across the street and aroused some neighbors and asked them to come with him, that they may see what happened. A lamp was lighted, and as they drew near the door of Mrs Cordell's room, they observed her husband stretched across the floor, about five feet from the cot on which she lay, in a large pool of blood, with a revolver clutched tightly in his right hand. Blood was still flowing from a wound over the right ear. From the cot, his wife lay, breathing her last. An ugly, powder-burned wound just over the right eye was bleeding freely, and the bed clothing was saturated in the woman's blood.
Dr. A F Beddoe, who happened to be at the bed side of a patient in the neighborhood, made an examination, which developed the fact that Cordell was dead and that his wife was breathing feebly. She died in about twenty minutes after being shot.
A further examination of the room disclosed a letter which the dead man had addressed to his brother, George W Cordell. He gave no reason for his course but simply asked the brother to forgive him for what he had done, that there was no other alternative. He informed him that he held policies for $4,000 on his own life and $4,000 more on his wife. He gave directions in regard to certain small bills which he wished settled, and expressed a desire that the funeral be held at as little expense as possible. Fifty dollars set aside for the purchase of a ring and watch for Miss Ruth, his sister-in-law, which he asked that she keep always. He requested that the children be given good educational advantages and the amount of the insurance policies, after expense had been made, and requested that Miss Davis have the care of the children. He bade farewell to all and signed the letter. This letter was dated July 27, and shows that the act had been premeditated for some time prior to the execution.
George W. Cordell made the following statement "I am at an utter loss to account for my brother's action. He was perfectly temperate and I never saw him take a drink of intoxicants in my life. His domestic relations were apparently harmonious, and I cannot understand his motive. He asked me yesterday to come home early in the evening, stating that he wished to talk with me I returned about six o'clock, but he was not at home, and I went down town and did not return until about 12 o'clock. The house was quite dark, and I retired without seeing anyone.
Miss Ruth Davis was almost pruscated ? with grief and declined to discuss the tragedy. The boy, Clyde, a bright faced, handsome little fellow experienced the terrible strain which had racked his young mind. His eyes were tear-swollen, yet he bore up bravely and told a similar version of the affair as his uncle had given.
Samuel H. Cordell was born at Dunlap, Tenn., in 1856, and was reared in that town. His wife was also a native of Tennessee and resided in the same town. She was a Miss Lena Davis, of a well known and respected family. Cordell had lived in Missouri after his marriage and went to St. Louis to Colorado Springs, Colo where he took up his residence for two years. He came to Dallas during June of last year and had resided at 600 South Lamar Street since February last. His only relatives aside from his brother George, are a brother and sister J C Cordell, residing at Dunlap, Tenn, and Mrs G. H Wimberly at Stephenville, Tenn. He was State Deputy of the Modern Brotherhood of America, a fraternal insurance society, the same office of which is located in Mason City, Ia.
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Bride's Name: Ruth Cordell
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Marriage Date: 19 Sep 1899
Marriage Place: , Rutherford, Tennessee
1900 Rutherford Co. Tennessee dist 4 household 182
Alfred J Davis Dec 1830 69 marr 0 yrs Tenn
Ruth wife 19 Tn
1910 Rutherford Co Tenn 4th dist pg 35a household 3, 15th April
A J Davis 79 married 2x 10 yrs Ten
Ruth E wife 29 1 born 1 living Tn (this is Lena's sister)
Queen V dtr 9 Tn
Bertha M Cordell niece 18 Mo single
Walter C nephew 16 Mo
Groom's Name: J. G. Glymp
Groom's Birth Date: 1886
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age: 28
Bride's Name: R. E. Davis
Bride's Birth Date: 1881
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age: 33
Marriage Date: 03 Aug 1914
Marriage Place: , Davidson, Tennessee
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00045-3
System Origin: Tennessee-EASy
Source Film Number: 200320
Reference Number: 8273
1920 Civil District 4, Rutherford, Tennessee household 176
Greene Glymp 33
Ruth 37
1930 Rutherford Co Tennessee, 4th dist Almaville precinct household 24
James G Glymp 43 married age 27
Ruth E 48 married age 32
Social Security Death Index
RUTH GLYMP 14 Feb 1881 Jan 1974 37130 (Murfreesboro, Rutherford, TN ) (none specified) 413-84-0204 Tennessee
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Man and Wife Victims of Dallas Tragedy
Sleeping Woman Murdered By Husband, Who Suicided
Samuel H Cordell Proceed Methodically About Crime for Which He Gave No Reason in Letter to Brother
Dallas, Tex – July 29, 1904
Samuel H Cordell, who resided at No 600 South Lamar street, shot and almost instantly killed his wife as she lay sleeping on a cot by an open window shortly after 4 o'clock this morning, and then turned the weapon, a hammerless revolver, upon himself, sent another bullet through his brain and was dead instantly.
The shots were heard by only a few of the neighbors and most of them were not thoroughly awakened from their slumbers until the screams of the children – Clyde, a boy 11 years of age, and Bertha, a girl of 12, startled them.
"Oh, my mamma is dead," came the plaintive wail from the little boy, and those upon whose ears his agonized cries came realized that a tragedy had occurred.
George W Cordell a brother of the dead man and Miss Ruth Davis (really Mrs.), a sister of the dead woman, together with the two children, were the other occupants of the house at the time of the tragedy. The shot aroused all from their slumbers. The doors and windows of the house, in which the tragedy occurred were open. George Cordell hurried across the street and aroused some neighbors and asked them to come with him, that they may see what happened. A lamp was lighted, and as they drew near the door of Mrs Cordell's room, they observed her husband stretched across the floor, about five feet from the cot on which she lay, in a large pool of blood, with a revolver clutched tightly in his right hand. Blood was still flowing from a wound over the right ear. From the cot, his wife lay, breathing her last. An ugly, powder-burned wound just over the right eye was bleeding freely, and the bed clothing was saturated in the woman's blood.
Dr. A F Beddoe, who happened to be at the bed side of a patient in the neighborhood, made an examination, which developed the fact that Cordell was dead and that his wife was breathing feebly. She died in about twenty minutes after being shot.
A further examination of the room disclosed a letter which the dead man had addressed to his brother, George W Cordell. He gave no reason for his course but simply asked the brother to forgive him for what he had done, that there was no other alternative. He informed him that he held policies for $4,000 on his own life and $4,000 more on his wife. He gave directions in regard to certain small bills which he wished settled, and expressed a desire that the funeral be held at as little expense as possible. Fifty dollars set aside for the purchase of a ring and watch for Miss Ruth, his sister-in-law, which he asked that she keep always. He requested that the children be given good educational advantages and the amount of the insurance policies, after expense had been made, and requested that Miss Davis have the care of the children. He bade farewell to all and signed the letter. This letter was dated July 27, and shows that the act had been premeditated for some time prior to the execution.
George W. Cordell made the following statement "I am at an utter loss to account for my brother's action. He was perfectly temperate and I never saw him take a drink of intoxicants in my life. His domestic relations were apparently harmonious, and I cannot understand his motive. He asked me yesterday to come home early in the evening, stating that he wished to talk with me I returned about six o'clock, but he was not at home, and I went down town and did not return until about 12 o'clock. The house was quite dark, and I retired without seeing anyone.
Miss Ruth Davis was almost pruscated ? with grief and declined to discuss the tragedy. The boy, Clyde, a bright faced, handsome little fellow experienced the terrible strain which had racked his young mind. His eyes were tear-swollen, yet he bore up bravely and told a similar version of the affair as his uncle had given.
Samuel H. Cordell was born at Dunlap, Tenn., in 1856, and was reared in that town. His wife was also a native of Tennessee and resided in the same town. She was a Miss Lena Davis, of a well known and respected family. Cordell had lived in Missouri after his marriage and went to St. Louis to Colorado Springs, Colo where he took up his residence for two years. He came to Dallas during June of last year and had resided at 600 South Lamar Street since February last. His only relatives aside from his brother George, are a brother and sister J C Cordell, residing at Dunlap, Tenn, and Mrs G. H Wimberly at Stephenville, Tenn. He was State Deputy of the Modern Brotherhood of America, a fraternal insurance society, the same office of which is located in Mason City, Ia.
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