I don't know. I only had the one newspaper because my mom's wedding article was in it so I don't know the rest of the story. On Sat, 28 Aug 2010 03:40:50 +0000 abkelly1@yahoo.com wrote: > So was he convicted? > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- >From: "B. Warner" <bkwofc@i1.net> > Sender: mostfran-bounces@rootsweb.com > Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:28:18 > To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> > Reply-To: mostfran@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MOSTFRAN] Sudden Death of Josephine Ringer >(1945) > > The Star News Register, Bonne Terre, Missouri. > Thursday, August 30, 1945. > > SUDDEN DEATH IS INVESTIGATED HERE. > Mrs. John Ringer Dies After Family Scuffle. > > Mrs. Josephine Ringer, 68, of Bonne Terre, Route Two, >died > about 7:30 o'clock Tuesday evening, August 28th at her > home in Moontown. Her death was "due to heart trouble > caused by excitement," according to a coroner's jury, at > the inquest of her death held at Benham's Undertaking > Parlor Wednesday afternoon at four o'clock. > > According to testimony given by Mr. and Mrs. Charles > Ringer and Willard Ringer, as well as neighbors, James > Pyeatt and "Grandma" Easter, a marital battle between >Eli > White and his wife, Mrs. Ada White, daughter of Mrs. > Ringer, was the indirect cause of Mrs. Ringer's fatal >fall > Tuesday evening. All of the witnesses called by > Prosecuting Attorney W. E. Coffer and his assistant, K. >C. > Weber testified that Mrs. Ringer had a bruise on her >face, > which they seemed to believe must have been caused when > she fell. They seemed to think that she hit her head on > the newel post of the stairway as she fell. Dr. F. > Welebir was brought to the Ringer home immediately by > Willard Ringer. He pronounced Mrs. Ringer dead. He had > been her physician for almost a year and had repeatedly > warned her family of her chronic heart condition. > > It was understood from the testimony brought out at the > inquest, that the Whites, who lived upstairs in the >Ringer > home, were always fighting. During the abuse of his >wife, > Tuesday evening, it is believed that Eli White cut his > hand as his fist hit a door pane, breaking the glass. > He > is reported to have grabbed an icepick and started for >his > wife when Mrs. Ringer chose to interfere for her >daughter. > Somehow in the scuffle, Mrs. Ringer fell. No one seemed > to be able to recount the actual happenings, although, > according to the testimonies, Ada White's screams had > summoned Mr. Pyeatt, a neighbor, and his brothers from > next door. "Grandma" Easter was at the Ringer home > visiting. > > Eli White was arrested Tuesday evening on North Division > Street by Deputy Sheriff Arthur Miller and confined to >the > county jail at Farmington. According to Prosecuting > Attorney Coffer a charge of manslaughter has been filed > against him. A preliminary hearing will be held in > Bonne > Terre within a few days. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >message