Louisa A. Holtz Isley
(April 28, 1884 ~ September 03, 1909)
28 April 1884 - 3 September 1909
***
MRS. ROBERT ISLEY SHOT TO DEATH
____
Thomas Hicks Objected to
Woman's Company With Her Cousin, Wm. Holt—
Tried to Kill Them Both
_____
Last night about 8:20 o'clock Mrs. Louisa Isley, widow of Robt. Isleywas shot and killed by Thomas Hicks, a boarder. Hicks has not as yet been apprehended.
It seems that Mrs. Isley in company with her cousin, Wm. Holt, a young man of twenty years, who was also boarding at her house, had made a business trip to Joplin yesterday afternoon, returning at 5:30. They were seated at the supper table when Hicks came in from his day's work. They could perceive that he was intoxicated and heard him fire a shot while he was at the barn. A moment later Hicks entered the house and promptly raised a disturbance. After all three had engaged in a heated argument, the cause of which was Mrs. Isley's going to Joplin with her cousin, Wm. Holt, Hicks fired a shot at her, then at Holt with a revolver. Holt then ran out of the house and came in at the other door where Mrs. Isley was standing and asked if she was hurt, but she answered "no." He then ran east toward Squires' mill where he met officer Brown. Just as they met, two more shots were heard and the couple ran toward the shooting which was near the home of Mr. Phillips across the Katy track from the Isley home. Mrs. Phillips then told how the deceased had ran toward her home followed by Hicks, who said he wanted a reckoning. Mrs. Isley answered that she would go with whom she pleased, when Hicks fired again, the bullet entering the back of her head.
The officers were notified and the ambulance was sent for. In the meantime, Mrs. Isley was removed to a couch in her own home where she died at 9:30.
The body was brought to Clark's undertaking rooms. A search was made for Hicks, and the officers found that he had donned a black suit of clothes and escaped. He was later seen at his cousin's, John Riley's home, at 8th and Dewey but escaped before the officers could reach there. They later found he had been in a house and an old barn near Thomas Panel's house in the southwest part of the city. The surrounding towns were notified and a lookout is kept for him.
Thomas Hicks is a cousin of William and Robert Hicks, formerly of this city.
The mother of the deceased, who lives at Skidmore, Kans., was notified and arrived later.
There will be no inquest held. The funeral arrangements have not been made as yet.
The Galena Evening Times, Galena, Kansas.
04 September 1909, Saturday, Page: 3.
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The funeral of Mrs. Louisa Isley, who was killed Friday night, was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence. Rev. A. L. McLane officiated.
The Galena Evening Times, Galena, Kansas.
06 September 1909, Monday, Page: 3.
~~mjp~~
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D. R. Walls (#46535116)
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Galena newspapers for this era relate the tragedies of this family, all in 1909.
In 1904 Louisa became second wife of young widower Robert J. Isley. (He was 5th cousin to my grandmother.)
In March 1909, Louisa's brother Fred Holtz died at Robert and Louisa's home. Fred's death was "due to a complication of diseases," per Galena Weekly Republican. According to the Pittsburg Daily Headlight death notice, he died of consumption (tuberculosis).
Three months later, Louisa's husband Robert died, cause not given in death notice.
To supplement income, Robert and Louisa had taken in boarders. Robert had been a teamster, leaving a team and wagon that 21 year old Thomas Hicks had driven several months.
After Robert's death, Hicks began boarding. Another boarder was Louisa's male cousin. Hicks became jealous of 25 year old Louisa, especially of her spending time with her cousin.
One night about 6 p.m., Louisa and a female cousin returned home from a group reunion. A drunken Hicks was waiting there, angry, and brandished a revolver at them. Both Louisa and her cousin ran into the street. But Hicks ran after Louisa. Grabbing her by the hair, he shot her several times in back of head. She died less than 30 minutes later, while Hicks fled.
This story made news in several neighboring states, with a reward as high as $700 for Hicks' capture. He was elusive for several months.
According to the 6 January 1910 The Columbus Weekly Advocate, Cherokee County Sheriff James Hatton, an officer for 22 years, went to Carney, Lincoln County, OK to arrest Hicks after finding a lead to his whereabouts. Hicks previously boasted to relatives about his crime, saying they'd never take him alive. Sheriff Hatton gave Hicks two chances to throw up his hands in surrender. Hicks refused and attempted to draw his revolver. Sheriff Hatton shot Hicks in the heart, killing him instantly. A jury was soon brought that declared Sheriff Hatton was justified in killing Hicks, being in self-defense.
-------------------------
UPDATE:
I just sent you a bio on Louisa's death. Just now I located another article at Newspapers.com, dated the 4th, the day after her death. It's more detailed and says her male cousin who boarded was 20 year old William Holt [sic] and he (not a female cousin) had returned home with her.
In this account, rather than a reunion, Louisa had gone with him on a business trip to Joplin. When they returned and were eating supper, that was when intoxicated Hicks entered. When he began chasing them with a gun, the cousin ran to notify a nearby police officer. But by time they arrived back, Hicks had already shot Louisa near a neighbor's house and fled.
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D. R. Walls (#46535116)
~*~
AT THIS TIME THE ONLY ARTICLES IN THE JOPLIN PAPERS ARE IN THE NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 1909 NEWSPAPERS.
*~*
~*~
Louisa Isley (1884 - 1909) – Galena Cemetery –
Suggested By: ~~mjp~~, 23 November 2021.
Birth Location: Empty; Illinois, USA
Death Location: Cherokee County, Kansas, USA;
Galena, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA
~*~
*~*
(April 28, 1884 ~ September 03, 1909)
28 April 1884 - 3 September 1909
***
MRS. ROBERT ISLEY SHOT TO DEATH
____
Thomas Hicks Objected to
Woman's Company With Her Cousin, Wm. Holt—
Tried to Kill Them Both
_____
Last night about 8:20 o'clock Mrs. Louisa Isley, widow of Robt. Isleywas shot and killed by Thomas Hicks, a boarder. Hicks has not as yet been apprehended.
It seems that Mrs. Isley in company with her cousin, Wm. Holt, a young man of twenty years, who was also boarding at her house, had made a business trip to Joplin yesterday afternoon, returning at 5:30. They were seated at the supper table when Hicks came in from his day's work. They could perceive that he was intoxicated and heard him fire a shot while he was at the barn. A moment later Hicks entered the house and promptly raised a disturbance. After all three had engaged in a heated argument, the cause of which was Mrs. Isley's going to Joplin with her cousin, Wm. Holt, Hicks fired a shot at her, then at Holt with a revolver. Holt then ran out of the house and came in at the other door where Mrs. Isley was standing and asked if she was hurt, but she answered "no." He then ran east toward Squires' mill where he met officer Brown. Just as they met, two more shots were heard and the couple ran toward the shooting which was near the home of Mr. Phillips across the Katy track from the Isley home. Mrs. Phillips then told how the deceased had ran toward her home followed by Hicks, who said he wanted a reckoning. Mrs. Isley answered that she would go with whom she pleased, when Hicks fired again, the bullet entering the back of her head.
The officers were notified and the ambulance was sent for. In the meantime, Mrs. Isley was removed to a couch in her own home where she died at 9:30.
The body was brought to Clark's undertaking rooms. A search was made for Hicks, and the officers found that he had donned a black suit of clothes and escaped. He was later seen at his cousin's, John Riley's home, at 8th and Dewey but escaped before the officers could reach there. They later found he had been in a house and an old barn near Thomas Panel's house in the southwest part of the city. The surrounding towns were notified and a lookout is kept for him.
Thomas Hicks is a cousin of William and Robert Hicks, formerly of this city.
The mother of the deceased, who lives at Skidmore, Kans., was notified and arrived later.
There will be no inquest held. The funeral arrangements have not been made as yet.
The Galena Evening Times, Galena, Kansas.
04 September 1909, Saturday, Page: 3.
~*~
The funeral of Mrs. Louisa Isley, who was killed Friday night, was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence. Rev. A. L. McLane officiated.
The Galena Evening Times, Galena, Kansas.
06 September 1909, Monday, Page: 3.
~~mjp~~
~*~
*~*
D. R. Walls (#46535116)
-------------------------
Galena newspapers for this era relate the tragedies of this family, all in 1909.
In 1904 Louisa became second wife of young widower Robert J. Isley. (He was 5th cousin to my grandmother.)
In March 1909, Louisa's brother Fred Holtz died at Robert and Louisa's home. Fred's death was "due to a complication of diseases," per Galena Weekly Republican. According to the Pittsburg Daily Headlight death notice, he died of consumption (tuberculosis).
Three months later, Louisa's husband Robert died, cause not given in death notice.
To supplement income, Robert and Louisa had taken in boarders. Robert had been a teamster, leaving a team and wagon that 21 year old Thomas Hicks had driven several months.
After Robert's death, Hicks began boarding. Another boarder was Louisa's male cousin. Hicks became jealous of 25 year old Louisa, especially of her spending time with her cousin.
One night about 6 p.m., Louisa and a female cousin returned home from a group reunion. A drunken Hicks was waiting there, angry, and brandished a revolver at them. Both Louisa and her cousin ran into the street. But Hicks ran after Louisa. Grabbing her by the hair, he shot her several times in back of head. She died less than 30 minutes later, while Hicks fled.
This story made news in several neighboring states, with a reward as high as $700 for Hicks' capture. He was elusive for several months.
According to the 6 January 1910 The Columbus Weekly Advocate, Cherokee County Sheriff James Hatton, an officer for 22 years, went to Carney, Lincoln County, OK to arrest Hicks after finding a lead to his whereabouts. Hicks previously boasted to relatives about his crime, saying they'd never take him alive. Sheriff Hatton gave Hicks two chances to throw up his hands in surrender. Hicks refused and attempted to draw his revolver. Sheriff Hatton shot Hicks in the heart, killing him instantly. A jury was soon brought that declared Sheriff Hatton was justified in killing Hicks, being in self-defense.
-------------------------
UPDATE:
I just sent you a bio on Louisa's death. Just now I located another article at Newspapers.com, dated the 4th, the day after her death. It's more detailed and says her male cousin who boarded was 20 year old William Holt [sic] and he (not a female cousin) had returned home with her.
In this account, rather than a reunion, Louisa had gone with him on a business trip to Joplin. When they returned and were eating supper, that was when intoxicated Hicks entered. When he began chasing them with a gun, the cousin ran to notify a nearby police officer. But by time they arrived back, Hicks had already shot Louisa near a neighbor's house and fled.
-------------------------
D. R. Walls (#46535116)
~*~
AT THIS TIME THE ONLY ARTICLES IN THE JOPLIN PAPERS ARE IN THE NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 1909 NEWSPAPERS.
*~*
~*~
Louisa Isley (1884 - 1909) – Galena Cemetery –
Suggested By: ~~mjp~~, 23 November 2021.
Birth Location: Empty; Illinois, USA
Death Location: Cherokee County, Kansas, USA;
Galena, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA
~*~
*~*
Louisa A. Holtz Isley
(April 28, 1884 ~ September 03, 1909)
28 April 1884 - 3 September 1909
***
MRS. ROBERT ISLEY SHOT TO DEATH
____
Thomas Hicks Objected to
Woman's Company With Her Cousin, Wm. Holt—
Tried to Kill Them Both
_____
Last night about 8:20 o'clock Mrs. Louisa Isley, widow of Robt. Isleywas shot and killed by Thomas Hicks, a boarder. Hicks has not as yet been apprehended.
It seems that Mrs. Isley in company with her cousin, Wm. Holt, a young man of twenty years, who was also boarding at her house, had made a business trip to Joplin yesterday afternoon, returning at 5:30. They were seated at the supper table when Hicks came in from his day's work. They could perceive that he was intoxicated and heard him fire a shot while he was at the barn. A moment later Hicks entered the house and promptly raised a disturbance. After all three had engaged in a heated argument, the cause of which was Mrs. Isley's going to Joplin with her cousin, Wm. Holt, Hicks fired a shot at her, then at Holt with a revolver. Holt then ran out of the house and came in at the other door where Mrs. Isley was standing and asked if she was hurt, but she answered "no." He then ran east toward Squires' mill where he met officer Brown. Just as they met, two more shots were heard and the couple ran toward the shooting which was near the home of Mr. Phillips across the Katy track from the Isley home. Mrs. Phillips then told how the deceased had ran toward her home followed by Hicks, who said he wanted a reckoning. Mrs. Isley answered that she would go with whom she pleased, when Hicks fired again, the bullet entering the back of her head.
The officers were notified and the ambulance was sent for. In the meantime, Mrs. Isley was removed to a couch in her own home where she died at 9:30.
The body was brought to Clark's undertaking rooms. A search was made for Hicks, and the officers found that he had donned a black suit of clothes and escaped. He was later seen at his cousin's, John Riley's home, at 8th and Dewey but escaped before the officers could reach there. They later found he had been in a house and an old barn near Thomas Panel's house in the southwest part of the city. The surrounding towns were notified and a lookout is kept for him.
Thomas Hicks is a cousin of William and Robert Hicks, formerly of this city.
The mother of the deceased, who lives at Skidmore, Kans., was notified and arrived later.
There will be no inquest held. The funeral arrangements have not been made as yet.
The Galena Evening Times, Galena, Kansas.
04 September 1909, Saturday, Page: 3.
~*~
The funeral of Mrs. Louisa Isley, who was killed Friday night, was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence. Rev. A. L. McLane officiated.
The Galena Evening Times, Galena, Kansas.
06 September 1909, Monday, Page: 3.
~~mjp~~
~*~
*~*
D. R. Walls (#46535116)
-------------------------
Galena newspapers for this era relate the tragedies of this family, all in 1909.
In 1904 Louisa became second wife of young widower Robert J. Isley. (He was 5th cousin to my grandmother.)
In March 1909, Louisa's brother Fred Holtz died at Robert and Louisa's home. Fred's death was "due to a complication of diseases," per Galena Weekly Republican. According to the Pittsburg Daily Headlight death notice, he died of consumption (tuberculosis).
Three months later, Louisa's husband Robert died, cause not given in death notice.
To supplement income, Robert and Louisa had taken in boarders. Robert had been a teamster, leaving a team and wagon that 21 year old Thomas Hicks had driven several months.
After Robert's death, Hicks began boarding. Another boarder was Louisa's male cousin. Hicks became jealous of 25 year old Louisa, especially of her spending time with her cousin.
One night about 6 p.m., Louisa and a female cousin returned home from a group reunion. A drunken Hicks was waiting there, angry, and brandished a revolver at them. Both Louisa and her cousin ran into the street. But Hicks ran after Louisa. Grabbing her by the hair, he shot her several times in back of head. She died less than 30 minutes later, while Hicks fled.
This story made news in several neighboring states, with a reward as high as $700 for Hicks' capture. He was elusive for several months.
According to the 6 January 1910 The Columbus Weekly Advocate, Cherokee County Sheriff James Hatton, an officer for 22 years, went to Carney, Lincoln County, OK to arrest Hicks after finding a lead to his whereabouts. Hicks previously boasted to relatives about his crime, saying they'd never take him alive. Sheriff Hatton gave Hicks two chances to throw up his hands in surrender. Hicks refused and attempted to draw his revolver. Sheriff Hatton shot Hicks in the heart, killing him instantly. A jury was soon brought that declared Sheriff Hatton was justified in killing Hicks, being in self-defense.
-------------------------
UPDATE:
I just sent you a bio on Louisa's death. Just now I located another article at Newspapers.com, dated the 4th, the day after her death. It's more detailed and says her male cousin who boarded was 20 year old William Holt [sic] and he (not a female cousin) had returned home with her.
In this account, rather than a reunion, Louisa had gone with him on a business trip to Joplin. When they returned and were eating supper, that was when intoxicated Hicks entered. When he began chasing them with a gun, the cousin ran to notify a nearby police officer. But by time they arrived back, Hicks had already shot Louisa near a neighbor's house and fled.
-------------------------
D. R. Walls (#46535116)
~*~
AT THIS TIME THE ONLY ARTICLES IN THE JOPLIN PAPERS ARE IN THE NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 1909 NEWSPAPERS.
*~*
~*~
Louisa Isley (1884 - 1909) – Galena Cemetery –
Suggested By: ~~mjp~~, 23 November 2021.
Birth Location: Empty; Illinois, USA
Death Location: Cherokee County, Kansas, USA;
Galena, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA
~*~
*~*
(April 28, 1884 ~ September 03, 1909)
28 April 1884 - 3 September 1909
***
MRS. ROBERT ISLEY SHOT TO DEATH
____
Thomas Hicks Objected to
Woman's Company With Her Cousin, Wm. Holt—
Tried to Kill Them Both
_____
Last night about 8:20 o'clock Mrs. Louisa Isley, widow of Robt. Isleywas shot and killed by Thomas Hicks, a boarder. Hicks has not as yet been apprehended.
It seems that Mrs. Isley in company with her cousin, Wm. Holt, a young man of twenty years, who was also boarding at her house, had made a business trip to Joplin yesterday afternoon, returning at 5:30. They were seated at the supper table when Hicks came in from his day's work. They could perceive that he was intoxicated and heard him fire a shot while he was at the barn. A moment later Hicks entered the house and promptly raised a disturbance. After all three had engaged in a heated argument, the cause of which was Mrs. Isley's going to Joplin with her cousin, Wm. Holt, Hicks fired a shot at her, then at Holt with a revolver. Holt then ran out of the house and came in at the other door where Mrs. Isley was standing and asked if she was hurt, but she answered "no." He then ran east toward Squires' mill where he met officer Brown. Just as they met, two more shots were heard and the couple ran toward the shooting which was near the home of Mr. Phillips across the Katy track from the Isley home. Mrs. Phillips then told how the deceased had ran toward her home followed by Hicks, who said he wanted a reckoning. Mrs. Isley answered that she would go with whom she pleased, when Hicks fired again, the bullet entering the back of her head.
The officers were notified and the ambulance was sent for. In the meantime, Mrs. Isley was removed to a couch in her own home where she died at 9:30.
The body was brought to Clark's undertaking rooms. A search was made for Hicks, and the officers found that he had donned a black suit of clothes and escaped. He was later seen at his cousin's, John Riley's home, at 8th and Dewey but escaped before the officers could reach there. They later found he had been in a house and an old barn near Thomas Panel's house in the southwest part of the city. The surrounding towns were notified and a lookout is kept for him.
Thomas Hicks is a cousin of William and Robert Hicks, formerly of this city.
The mother of the deceased, who lives at Skidmore, Kans., was notified and arrived later.
There will be no inquest held. The funeral arrangements have not been made as yet.
The Galena Evening Times, Galena, Kansas.
04 September 1909, Saturday, Page: 3.
~*~
The funeral of Mrs. Louisa Isley, who was killed Friday night, was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence. Rev. A. L. McLane officiated.
The Galena Evening Times, Galena, Kansas.
06 September 1909, Monday, Page: 3.
~~mjp~~
~*~
*~*
D. R. Walls (#46535116)
-------------------------
Galena newspapers for this era relate the tragedies of this family, all in 1909.
In 1904 Louisa became second wife of young widower Robert J. Isley. (He was 5th cousin to my grandmother.)
In March 1909, Louisa's brother Fred Holtz died at Robert and Louisa's home. Fred's death was "due to a complication of diseases," per Galena Weekly Republican. According to the Pittsburg Daily Headlight death notice, he died of consumption (tuberculosis).
Three months later, Louisa's husband Robert died, cause not given in death notice.
To supplement income, Robert and Louisa had taken in boarders. Robert had been a teamster, leaving a team and wagon that 21 year old Thomas Hicks had driven several months.
After Robert's death, Hicks began boarding. Another boarder was Louisa's male cousin. Hicks became jealous of 25 year old Louisa, especially of her spending time with her cousin.
One night about 6 p.m., Louisa and a female cousin returned home from a group reunion. A drunken Hicks was waiting there, angry, and brandished a revolver at them. Both Louisa and her cousin ran into the street. But Hicks ran after Louisa. Grabbing her by the hair, he shot her several times in back of head. She died less than 30 minutes later, while Hicks fled.
This story made news in several neighboring states, with a reward as high as $700 for Hicks' capture. He was elusive for several months.
According to the 6 January 1910 The Columbus Weekly Advocate, Cherokee County Sheriff James Hatton, an officer for 22 years, went to Carney, Lincoln County, OK to arrest Hicks after finding a lead to his whereabouts. Hicks previously boasted to relatives about his crime, saying they'd never take him alive. Sheriff Hatton gave Hicks two chances to throw up his hands in surrender. Hicks refused and attempted to draw his revolver. Sheriff Hatton shot Hicks in the heart, killing him instantly. A jury was soon brought that declared Sheriff Hatton was justified in killing Hicks, being in self-defense.
-------------------------
UPDATE:
I just sent you a bio on Louisa's death. Just now I located another article at Newspapers.com, dated the 4th, the day after her death. It's more detailed and says her male cousin who boarded was 20 year old William Holt [sic] and he (not a female cousin) had returned home with her.
In this account, rather than a reunion, Louisa had gone with him on a business trip to Joplin. When they returned and were eating supper, that was when intoxicated Hicks entered. When he began chasing them with a gun, the cousin ran to notify a nearby police officer. But by time they arrived back, Hicks had already shot Louisa near a neighbor's house and fled.
-------------------------
D. R. Walls (#46535116)
~*~
AT THIS TIME THE ONLY ARTICLES IN THE JOPLIN PAPERS ARE IN THE NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 1909 NEWSPAPERS.
*~*
~*~
Louisa Isley (1884 - 1909) – Galena Cemetery –
Suggested By: ~~mjp~~, 23 November 2021.
Birth Location: Empty; Illinois, USA
Death Location: Cherokee County, Kansas, USA;
Galena, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA
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