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Source: San Antonio Express, San
Antonio, TX
Dated Sunday, Aug. 3, 1902 - Vol: XXXII, Issue: 215,
Page 16
CHICAGO WOMAN IS SUSPECT
GIRL SAYS EIGHT BABIES HAVE DIED IN HER HOUSE.
Police Will Exhume the Bodies to Ascertain the Cause of
Their Deaths. Suspected Woman Makes Admission.
Chicago, Ill., Aug. 2. -
The police have arrested Mrs. Nell Campbell of
655 Grand avenue on a charge of allowing an infant to
die from insufficient nourishment. It is alleged
that within the last three years eight other infants
have been buried from the woman's house. Yesterday
Dr. Welfeld was called in the Campbell house
to attend the infant which has since died. He
found it in such a condition that he refused to issue a
death certificate, claiming that the child died of
starvation.
The assertion that eight children have died in the
house is made by Viola Campbell, 14 years of age.
Mrs. Campbell says that she is the mother of the
girl, who claims that Mrs. Campbell has said on
other occasions that she was not a relative of hers.
A letter was received at the Campbell house three
weeks ago, the girl claims, which was written by John
Reade, a printer of Cincinnati. In this letter
Reade told the girl that he was her father and
that she had been kidnaped from her home in Cincinnati
ten years ago.
Concerning the children, who, according to the girl,
have died in the house, Viola Campbell says that
they were received from a woman living on Wells street
in this city. She says that they were obtained by
Mrs. Campbell because her husband threatened to
leave her because they were without children. None
of the children lived long. Mrs. Campbell
claims that the child that died Friday was the daughter
of her dead sister, and while denying that there have
been eight deaths in her house, admitted to the police
that three children had died in her house within the
last ten months.
There is no evidence against Mrs. Campbell save
that of the girl Viola Campbell but Police
Inspector Wheeler, who has the case in charge,
declares that he believes her story and says that the
bodies of the children that have died will be exhumed in
order to determine their number. The girl declares
that they were all buried in one lot in Calvary
cemetery.
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Source: San Antonio Express, San
Antonio, TX
Dated Tuesday, Jul. 26, 1904 - Vol: XXXIX, Issue: 208,
Page 8
BURIED BY LOAD OF COAL AND DIED FROM EFFECTS
Galveston, Tex., July 25,
(Special) - While the U. S. Cruiser Denver was coating
from barges this morning, four of the crew were injured,
one of whom died at 11:44 o'clock, shortly after
receiving the injury.
According to the statement made to the chief of police,
the cause of the accident was the failure to give
warning below before discharging coal through the steel
chutes. When the coaling process was first begun
early in the morning two men, unmindful of the fact that
the heavy coal might descend at any moment, passed
beneath the chute. It happened that a load did
come down and but for their immediate cries they would
have been buried beneath the dark heap.
Later in the morning two more men were caught under the
descending load, one escaping with slight injuries, but
the other was completely covered up. He was buried
in the coal for forty minutes before his co-workers
could unearth him. When he was brought out he was
in an unconscious condition and died shortly afterward
at 11:46 a. m. That is the story as related to the
chief of police.
Two members of the Denver crew were seen on shore this
evening, and when questioned in regard to the accident
on board this morning, stated that only two men were
injured by coal. The man who died, they said, was
subject to heart failure and that was the cause of his
death.
The statement made to the health officials, and
embodied in the burial permit is that the man died from
the effects of a shock.
The name of deceased was Joseph Simon. He
was a coal pa__er. He will be buried on land
tomorrow.
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Source: San
Antonio Express, San Antonio, Tx
Dated: Monday, Nov. 7, 1904 - Vol. XXXIX, Issue: 309,
Page 5
EDWARD BRADEN, SR. SANK TO REST SUNDAY
DIED OF PNEUMONIA AFTER LONG AND SEVERE SUFFERING.
Was One of the German Pioneers, As Government Contractor
He Built the Original Fort Sam Houston
Edward Braden, Sr., for more than half a century a
resident of this city, died at his home 120 Pecan
street, at 10 30 o'clock Sunday night of pneumonia and a
complication of stomach troubles. Mr. Braden
had been ill for several months, but it was only two
weeks ago that his condition became serious and fears
for his life were entertained. During the earlier
part of his sickness he suffered from indigestion.
The attack took an acute turn and the patient was
confined to his bed two weeks ago, after having taken
cold. Mr. Braden suffered considerably the
last few days of his life, but the and came peacefully.
He died without pain, surrounded by his family. He
was 75 years old.
The funeral of Mr. Braden will be held at 9
o'clock Tuesday morning from the home and at 4:30
o'clock from St. Joseph's church. The services
will be conducted by the Rev. Wm. A. Furhweerk
pastor of St. Joseph's. Mr. Braden's wife
is dead, but he is survived by two sisters and six
children. His sisters are, Mrs. Mary McAllister
of 221 Slocum Place and Mrs. Margaret J. Favillo
of 434 Soledad street.
His children are, Edward Braden, Jr.; of the
firm of Braden Plumbing & Electric Co., Joseph Braden,
an employe at the fire alarm office; Martin Braden
a telegraph operator of La Cosie; Henry Braden,
a miner of Pavel, Mexico; Dr. Fred Braden
a physician of Metcalf, A. T. and Miss Mary Braden
of this city. M___ McAllister and Faville
were with Mr. Braden when he
died. Henry and Fred Braden
will be unable to attend the funeral because of the
great distance they are from home.
Edward Braden came to Texas in 13)6 and to San
Antonio in ___ from Bingen__ the Rhine, Germany.
In the early part of his accidence _ere he engaged in
contract transportation work for the _____ment.
When the war broke out he went as a lieutenant in the
Alamo Rifles and fought with distinction until a few
weeks before the close, when he came home on leave.
While he was here the war was ended.
After the war Mr. Braden engaged in the work of
contracter and builder. He was also interested in
road building. Many of the largest and best
buildings in San Antonio today are testimonials in his
craft. He built the original post at First Sam
Houston, including the lower. He also built the
Federal building and the City Hall. Mr. Braden
owned and operated the first hotel in San Antonio.
This was the Texas House and later the Braden hotel.
It stood opposite the engine house on Market street.
The engine house was Mr. Braden's stable in this hotel
Mr. Braden's children were born and his sisters
married
In 18__ Mr. Braden was married to Miss
Katherine Chri___les of this city. Bishop
Dubois walked from C___ville to San Antonio to
perform the ceremony. Mr. Braden belonged
in a number of fraternal orders when he was a young man
but in later years dropped all except the St. Joseph's
Verein a German Catholic society of which he was a
member at the time of his death.
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Source: San Antonio
Express, San Antonio, Tx
Dated: Sunday, Jan. 1, 1905 - Vol: XL, Issue: 1,
Page 13
STEPPED OFF TRAIN - DIED OF HEMORRHAGE
MEXICAN EXPIRED AT SOUTHERN PACIFIC DEPOT.
Andres Loces Bearing Letters from a Friend Here.
Attacked by Bleeding of the Lungs Upon Arrival in City
After suffering from
hemorrhages of the lungs all day, while en route from
Houston to San Antonio, where he hoped to find relief
from his affliction, Andres Loces, a 40 year old
Mexican, staggered off of a Southern Pacific train at 7
o'clock Saturday night, was stricken with another
hemorrhage and died before medical assistance could be
secured.
Policeman reached Loces before he died, after he
had fallen to the platform and was bleeding profusely.
The placed him on a cot obtained from the depot and made
him as comfortable as possible, sending for a doctor in
the meantime, Loces was conscious almost to the
moment of his death, but owing to the hemorrhage could
not speak. He died shortly after being placed on
the cot.
Justice Thad Adams was called to act as coroner.
After viewing the remains he had the body removed to an
undertaking establishment, where he later examined it
thoroughly and made an inspection of the baggage of the
dead man. In one of the two grips which Locas
had carried he found letters, addressed in Loces,
at Raceland, La., and signed by Benturo Nouriego
of this city. The letters were written in Spanish
and an interpreter could not be found to translate them
Saturday night. Judge Adams managed to make
out, however, that Nouriego worked at the army
post here and had expected Loces.
At the undertaker's later the dead man was
identified as Andres Loces, a Mexican who had
visited in San Antonio. He was a man of
medium build and wore a small beard. Justice
Adams will hold an inquest n the case at his office
in the court house Monday. He will summon as
witnesses the policemen who relieved the man, the
conductor of the train, J. D. Reed, and the
Mexicans here who knew the deceased. The body will
be held a day or two, in the expectation that parties
will request it for burial.
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