Athens Weekly Review, Henderson Co. Tex. Contributed by Janet Cooke June 7, 1901, pg. 6 PLAYING DOMINOES Ennis Tex. June 3. Complaint was filed in the recorder's court here a few days ago against twenty-four prominent citizens charging them with playing dominoes in a public place for stakes that the defeated players paid off in treats.  Two cases were tried, resulting in acquittal, and the city attorney had the other cases dismissed. July 19, 1901, pg. 17 BROUGHT FROM MANILA Waxahachie, Texas July 18   The remains of Frank Smith, formerly of this place, who died in the army at Manila P. I. May 10, 1900, arrived here for interment.  Mr. Smith joined a Tennessee regiment and was a participant in several active engagements before his death. August 20, 1901, pg. 66 KILLED IN A BASEBAll GAME Ennis, Texas, Aug. 20, 1901. At a game of baseball at the Rankinville baseball grounds Sunday John Shields was accidentally struck on the head sustaining injuries from which he died. August 30, 1901, pg. 66 INJURY PROVED FATAL Ennis, Texas Aug. 28, 1901    Conductor George Ashe of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad, whose leg was crushed under the wheels of an engine here on Sunday evening, died from the effects of his injury. October 11, 1901 pg 19 GREEN WORD DEAD Ennis, Tex. Oct. 8. Green Word, the young man who was shot in self defense by his sister three miles east of here a week ago, died Sunday. An autopsy  revealed that the bullet plowed through the brain and was embedded between the large and small sections of the brain.. October 11, 1901, pg. 20 BOILER EXPLODED Two Boys Hurt, One Perhaps Fatally Injured Italy, Tex. Oct. 10.  A 10-horse power boiler exploded Wednesday at the laundry just being started by Davis & Couch. Claude Powell, the 13-year-old son of J. M. Powell, and Clyde Wolavar, 14 years old, son of J. T. Wolaver, were badly scalded and bruised.  Young Powell's thigh was also badly fractured and it is feared that his injuries may prove fatal.  The engine was started for the purpose of testing the machinery when the explosion occurred.  The back roof of the house was demolished and the flying debris was scattered for several hundred yards.  The boiler went 20 feet in the air and landed in a cotton yard 300 feet away. October 18, 1901, pg. 36 ACCIDENTALLY KILLED HIS WIFE Waxahachie, Tex. Oct. 14, On a farm about eight miles north of here, Raymond Smith, while cleaning a 38-caliber Colt's pistol, accidentally shot his wife inflicting a wound from which she died.  The bullet struck her just above the left nipple, breaking two ribs and lodging in the back. October 18, 1901, pg. 36 CUT ABOUT TO PIECES Waxahachie, Tex. Oct. 15. Constable T. L. Bentley of Pct. No. 5, this county, while attempting to make some arrests Saturday night at Ozro, was set upon by several men and almost cut to pieces.  A number of very serious stabs were inflicted and the physicians in attendance say will almost certainly prove fatal.   Copyright © 2003-2016, Ellis County TXGenWeb. All Rights Reserved. This page was last modified: Thursday, 01-Jul-2021 13:19:39 MDT