My Thoughts and Prayers to the family and friends of the Space Shuttle "Columbia" I've received copies of the newspaper articles from The Emporia Gazette date Monday, 31Jul1922, Lyon County, Kansas telling of the death of sisters Marie and Agnes RIDDLE. ID: I479 Name: William Baird RIDDLE (son of Samuel B. b. Center Co., Pa. and Anna R. (BAKER) RIDDLE) Birth: in Freeport, Stephenson Co., Illinois Marriage 1 Elizabeth BROWN b: in Lakeville, Missouri daughters: Agnes Riddle b: JUL 1893 in Emporia City Township, Lyon County, Kansas d. 30Jul1922 Maria Riddle b: JUL 1897 in Emporia City Township, Lyon County, Kansas d. 31Jul1922 *************** In doing a google search using some of the information provided I found the website: http://www.texasonline.net/langley/columns/grandma.htm Here I've found a cousin and his story as Agnes was his ggrandmother. >From the Emporia Gazette: "Shoots Two Women" William Alexander is accused of Murder Mrs. Agnes DEMLER shot Dead and Mrs. Marie CARY Probably is Wounded Fatally. Mrs. Agnes DEMLER is dead and Mrs. Marie RIDDLE CARY is near death as the result of an attack upon the two women by William ALEXANDER, 127 South State Street. The shoooting occurred near an abutment of Soden's bridge south of town last night about 9 o'clock. Alexander was arrested at his home and taken to Topeka by deputy sheriffs when a mob gathered in front of the county jail and threatened to lynch the prisoner. Alexander in a statement to County Attorney Roland BOYNTON at the Topeka jail said he shot the women in self defense. Mrs. CARY told physicians at the Newman Memorial County Hospital, where she was taken last night Alexander's statement was false. Mrs. Cary said Alexander shot down the women without warning. Mrs. Demler and Mrs. Cary are sister. Mrs. Cary was separated from Alexander about a year ago and Mrs. Car's small daughter is living with her aunt. Mrs. Demler was the wife of Will DEMLER, a painter, on South Street." William ALEXANDER married Mrs. CARY in the early part of 1920 and they went to Canada to live, accompanied by Ellen Bell CARY, daughter of Mrs. Alexander by her first marriage. Early in 1922 Alexander sued his wife for divorce in Calgary, Canada, charging adultery. A divorce was granted. Alexander's wife took the name of Cary, and returned to Emporia with her daughter in February. Mr. Alexander came to Emporia bout a month later. He attempted to obtain custody of Mrs. Cary's daughter, but was told by the court he had no legal right to the child. The child's father came to Emporia from Nebraska and began proceedings against Mrs. Cary to have the child taken away from her mother and given to his parents. The motion by Cary's lawyer was granted by Judge HARRIS and custody of the child was given to Cary's parents. ****************** There is much more written but the general idea along with the story you will find at the above website gives everyone an overall view of the untimely deaths of the RIDDLE sisters. And as Daddy used to tell me: "Don't worry about bitin' off more'n you can chew; your mouth is probably a whole lot bigger'n you think."

Marie, Interesting and tragic story about our cousins. Thanks for taking the time to post it here. I think back to the timeframe this occurred in and wonder how my grandmother, who was their 1st cousin, might have been impacted. Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Cook's" <fcec@lvcm.com> To: <RIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 9:37 AM Subject: [RIDDLE] Riddle Sisters > My Thoughts and Prayers to the family and friends of the Space Shuttle > "Columbia" > > I've received copies of the newspaper articles from The Emporia Gazette > date Monday, 31Jul1922, Lyon County, Kansas telling of the death of sisters > Marie and Agnes RIDDLE. > ID: I479 > Name: William Baird RIDDLE (son of Samuel B. b. Center Co., Pa. and Anna R. > (BAKER) RIDDLE) > Birth: in Freeport, Stephenson Co., Illinois > > Marriage 1 Elizabeth BROWN b: in Lakeville, Missouri > daughters: > Agnes Riddle b: JUL 1893 in Emporia City Township, Lyon County, Kansas > d. 30Jul1922 > Maria Riddle b: JUL 1897 in Emporia City Township, Lyon County, Kansas > d. 31Jul1922 > *************** > In doing a google search using some of the information provided I found the > website: > http://www.texasonline.net/langley/columns/grandma.htm > > Here I've found a cousin and his story as Agnes was his ggrandmother. > >From the Emporia Gazette: > "Shoots Two Women" > William Alexander is accused of Murder > Mrs. Agnes DEMLER shot Dead and Mrs. Marie CARY Probably is Wounded Fatally. > Mrs. Agnes DEMLER is dead and Mrs. Marie RIDDLE CARY is near death as the > result of an attack upon the two women by William ALEXANDER, 127 South State > Street. The shoooting occurred near an abutment of Soden's bridge south of > town last night about 9 o'clock. Alexander was arrested at his home and > taken to Topeka by deputy sheriffs when a mob gathered in front of the > county jail and threatened to lynch the prisoner. > Alexander in a statement to County Attorney Roland BOYNTON at the Topeka > jail said he shot the women in self defense. Mrs. CARY told physicians at > the Newman Memorial County Hospital, where she was taken last night > Alexander's statement was false. Mrs. Cary said Alexander shot down the > women without warning. > Mrs. Demler and Mrs. Cary are sister. Mrs. Cary was separated from > Alexander about a year ago and Mrs. Car's small daughter is living with her > aunt. Mrs. Demler was the wife of Will DEMLER, a painter, on South Street." > > William ALEXANDER married Mrs. CARY in the early part of 1920 and they > went to Canada to live, accompanied by Ellen Bell CARY, daughter of Mrs. > Alexander by her first marriage. Early in 1922 Alexander sued his wife for > divorce in Calgary, Canada, charging adultery. A divorce was granted. > Alexander's wife took the name of Cary, and returned to Emporia with her > daughter in February. Mr. Alexander came to Emporia bout a month later. He > attempted to obtain custody of Mrs. Cary's daughter, but was told by the > court he had no legal right to the child. The child's father came to > Emporia from Nebraska and began proceedings against Mrs. Cary to have the > child taken away from her mother and given to his parents. The motion by > Cary's lawyer was granted by Judge HARRIS and custody of the child was given > to Cary's parents. > ****************** > There is much more written but the general idea along with the story you > will find at the above website gives everyone an overall view of the > untimely deaths of the RIDDLE sisters. > > And as Daddy used to tell me: > "Don't worry about bitin' off more'n you can chew; > your mouth is probably a whole lot bigger'n you think." > > > > > ==== RIDDLE Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, please send the command "unsubscribe" in an email to: > RIDDLE-L-request@rootsweb.com (if in mail mode) or > RIDDLE-D-request@rootsweb.com (if in digest mode) > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >