Miami Herald, Saturday morning, June 6, 1925
Front page
SLAYER FOUND
Body of A. C. Caldwell, Killer of Son-in-Law, Is Discovered.
THICKET HIDES TRAGEDY
Was Lying 120 Feet from Scene of May 13 Tragedy; Workman Happens on Scene
REVOLVER NEARBY
Bullet Wound in Head and Position of Remains Indicate Suicide, Is Opinion.
Lying in a clump of bushes, the body of A. C. Caldwell, alleged slayer of his son-in-law, Eugene Hawkins, was found yesterday afternoon, 120 feet from the spot where he shot and killed his son-in-law and wounded his daughter, Ethel, on May 13.
Circumstances in the case pointed to suicide. A .38 caliber revolver with one empty chamber lay under his hand and a bullet hole was found in the right temple. The body had been there for at least three weeks.
The discovery was made by Richard McPhee, a negro laborer who entered the citrus grove about 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon to pick grapefruit. He immediately notified M. P. Lehman, director of the public services department of Coral Gables, who went to the scene and identified the body by the wooden leg and by the clothing found on the body.
The body was found near a large stone and it is the opinion of those who viewed the situation that Caldwell shot himself while sitting on the rock. About $175 in cash, a fountain pen, pencil, check book and bank deposit book and other papers were found in the clothing.
The remains were placed in a metal box. No one last night had approached the W. H. Combs Funeral Home as to arrangements for burial. Efforts are being made to locate the daughter who left here with the body of her husband a week ago for Excelsior, Minn. It is doubtful if a reply will be received, as Mrs. Hawkins on several occasions had requested that she be kept ignorant of the fate of her father.
The finding of Caldwell’s body ends a long search for the slayer who at various times been reported as seen in the Miami vicinity.
M. P. Lehman, who searched the woods in the vicinity of the shooting for several days and nights following the tragedy, made the positive statement last night that the body of Caldwell was not at the spot found yesterday two days after the shooting.
A similar assertion was made by Deputy Sheriff {Davis?} yesterday afternoon. Davis {illegible} with several of the officers that made the search of the immediate {vicinity?} of the fatal shooting the day following. It is believed that Caldwell wandered from the scene to return later.
Caldwell was 40 years of age. His divorced wife, Lula Caldwell, now resides in California with three daughters. He leaves besides his daughter, Ethel, whom he wounded on May 13 in a fit of rage because she had married against his will, two sons, Gordon of Tampa and Arthur of St. George, S. C.
Gordon, hearing of the tragedy which took place on the afternoon of May 13, immediately came to Miami from Tampa. He visited his sister while she was convalescing at the Victoria Hospital. He returned when she finally recovered and left the hospital.
Arthur, who also received word of the tragedy, was arrested in St. George, S. C., on the Sunday following the shooting here when he attempted to rob a home. He admitted to the officials that he planned to rob to obtain money with which to come to Miami. Arthur, according to deputy sheriffs, had always been friendly with the father who aided him with money in college.
The killing of Eugene Hawkins and wounding of his bride of only a few hours on the afternoon of May 13 by the father of the bride created keen public interest. The slayer’s success in eluding the officers following the shooting created an even greater feeling as he was known to have an artificial leg which greatly would have hindered his flight.
Eugene Hawkins, fatally shot through the head by the angered father-in-law, died at the Southside Hospital five hours after the attack. His wife, wounded although not seriously, lay at the Victoria Hospital for two weeks.
The finding of Caldwell’s body and the fact that circumstances point to suicide, brings to mind the statement made by Mrs. Hawkins, his daughter, just before being placed on the operating table. She said, “If he thinks that he has killed me, he will kill himself.”
Sufficiently recovered, Mrs. Hawkins left the hospital about a week ago. The day following she accompanied the body of her husband to Excelsior, Minn., where burial will take place. It is not known whether she will return to Miami.
Funeral arrangements for Caldwell will probably be made by E. C. McLaurin, his business partner. The W. H. Combs Company announced last night that burial probably will take place today.
Miami Herald Telegram, Sunday, June 7, 1925
CALDWELL BURIAL SET
Funeral services for A. C. Caldwell, slayer of his son-in-law, Eugene Hawkins, whose body was found Friday afternoon on a spot only 120 feet from the scene of the fatal shooting on May 13, will be conducted at 2 o’clock this afternoon in the W. H. Combs chapel. The officiating minister had not been selected late last night. Burial will take place in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Arrangements were made by C. E. McLaurin, business partner of Caldwell. It is understood that Mr. McLaurin has been in communication with Mrs. Hawkins, daughter of Caldwell, who is at this time in Excelsior, Minn., in regard to the funeral arrangements of her father.
Caldwell’s body was found by a negro laborer about 3 o’clock Friday afternoon. It was identified by deputy sheriffs who were summoned.
Albert Henry Caldwell, son of the late A. C. Caldwell, whose body was found Friday is in jail at St. George, S. C., and badly in need of assistance, according to a communication received yesterday by The Miami Herald. The writer states that young Caldwell, former law student at the University of South Carolina, had just recovered from a severe illness when he read of the tragedy in which his sister, Mrs. Ethel Caldwell Hawkins, was wounded and her husband of a few hours killed. Eager to come to the assistance of his sister, young Caldwell is said to have attempted burglary in an effort to obtain funds.
“Unless some friend comes to his assistance and goes his bond he will have to remain all the summer in the jail at St. George” states the writer who signed the letter “A sympathetic friend.”
{END Miami Herald article}
Prior to their divorce, A. C. Caldwell and Lola Hughes Caldwell had 6 children: 2 boys and 4 girls. Lola also suffered the tragic loss of their daughter Mabel Rachel, who was murdered in Texas in 1951 by her husband, Roy Jackson Hulen, who was executed by the electric chair in 1953.
Front page
SLAYER FOUND
Body of A. C. Caldwell, Killer of Son-in-Law, Is Discovered.
THICKET HIDES TRAGEDY
Was Lying 120 Feet from Scene of May 13 Tragedy; Workman Happens on Scene
REVOLVER NEARBY
Bullet Wound in Head and Position of Remains Indicate Suicide, Is Opinion.
Lying in a clump of bushes, the body of A. C. Caldwell, alleged slayer of his son-in-law, Eugene Hawkins, was found yesterday afternoon, 120 feet from the spot where he shot and killed his son-in-law and wounded his daughter, Ethel, on May 13.
Circumstances in the case pointed to suicide. A .38 caliber revolver with one empty chamber lay under his hand and a bullet hole was found in the right temple. The body had been there for at least three weeks.
The discovery was made by Richard McPhee, a negro laborer who entered the citrus grove about 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon to pick grapefruit. He immediately notified M. P. Lehman, director of the public services department of Coral Gables, who went to the scene and identified the body by the wooden leg and by the clothing found on the body.
The body was found near a large stone and it is the opinion of those who viewed the situation that Caldwell shot himself while sitting on the rock. About $175 in cash, a fountain pen, pencil, check book and bank deposit book and other papers were found in the clothing.
The remains were placed in a metal box. No one last night had approached the W. H. Combs Funeral Home as to arrangements for burial. Efforts are being made to locate the daughter who left here with the body of her husband a week ago for Excelsior, Minn. It is doubtful if a reply will be received, as Mrs. Hawkins on several occasions had requested that she be kept ignorant of the fate of her father.
The finding of Caldwell’s body ends a long search for the slayer who at various times been reported as seen in the Miami vicinity.
M. P. Lehman, who searched the woods in the vicinity of the shooting for several days and nights following the tragedy, made the positive statement last night that the body of Caldwell was not at the spot found yesterday two days after the shooting.
A similar assertion was made by Deputy Sheriff {Davis?} yesterday afternoon. Davis {illegible} with several of the officers that made the search of the immediate {vicinity?} of the fatal shooting the day following. It is believed that Caldwell wandered from the scene to return later.
Caldwell was 40 years of age. His divorced wife, Lula Caldwell, now resides in California with three daughters. He leaves besides his daughter, Ethel, whom he wounded on May 13 in a fit of rage because she had married against his will, two sons, Gordon of Tampa and Arthur of St. George, S. C.
Gordon, hearing of the tragedy which took place on the afternoon of May 13, immediately came to Miami from Tampa. He visited his sister while she was convalescing at the Victoria Hospital. He returned when she finally recovered and left the hospital.
Arthur, who also received word of the tragedy, was arrested in St. George, S. C., on the Sunday following the shooting here when he attempted to rob a home. He admitted to the officials that he planned to rob to obtain money with which to come to Miami. Arthur, according to deputy sheriffs, had always been friendly with the father who aided him with money in college.
The killing of Eugene Hawkins and wounding of his bride of only a few hours on the afternoon of May 13 by the father of the bride created keen public interest. The slayer’s success in eluding the officers following the shooting created an even greater feeling as he was known to have an artificial leg which greatly would have hindered his flight.
Eugene Hawkins, fatally shot through the head by the angered father-in-law, died at the Southside Hospital five hours after the attack. His wife, wounded although not seriously, lay at the Victoria Hospital for two weeks.
The finding of Caldwell’s body and the fact that circumstances point to suicide, brings to mind the statement made by Mrs. Hawkins, his daughter, just before being placed on the operating table. She said, “If he thinks that he has killed me, he will kill himself.”
Sufficiently recovered, Mrs. Hawkins left the hospital about a week ago. The day following she accompanied the body of her husband to Excelsior, Minn., where burial will take place. It is not known whether she will return to Miami.
Funeral arrangements for Caldwell will probably be made by E. C. McLaurin, his business partner. The W. H. Combs Company announced last night that burial probably will take place today.
Miami Herald Telegram, Sunday, June 7, 1925
CALDWELL BURIAL SET
Funeral services for A. C. Caldwell, slayer of his son-in-law, Eugene Hawkins, whose body was found Friday afternoon on a spot only 120 feet from the scene of the fatal shooting on May 13, will be conducted at 2 o’clock this afternoon in the W. H. Combs chapel. The officiating minister had not been selected late last night. Burial will take place in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Arrangements were made by C. E. McLaurin, business partner of Caldwell. It is understood that Mr. McLaurin has been in communication with Mrs. Hawkins, daughter of Caldwell, who is at this time in Excelsior, Minn., in regard to the funeral arrangements of her father.
Caldwell’s body was found by a negro laborer about 3 o’clock Friday afternoon. It was identified by deputy sheriffs who were summoned.
Albert Henry Caldwell, son of the late A. C. Caldwell, whose body was found Friday is in jail at St. George, S. C., and badly in need of assistance, according to a communication received yesterday by The Miami Herald. The writer states that young Caldwell, former law student at the University of South Carolina, had just recovered from a severe illness when he read of the tragedy in which his sister, Mrs. Ethel Caldwell Hawkins, was wounded and her husband of a few hours killed. Eager to come to the assistance of his sister, young Caldwell is said to have attempted burglary in an effort to obtain funds.
“Unless some friend comes to his assistance and goes his bond he will have to remain all the summer in the jail at St. George” states the writer who signed the letter “A sympathetic friend.”
{END Miami Herald article}
Prior to their divorce, A. C. Caldwell and Lola Hughes Caldwell had 6 children: 2 boys and 4 girls. Lola also suffered the tragic loss of their daughter Mabel Rachel, who was murdered in Texas in 1951 by her husband, Roy Jackson Hulen, who was executed by the electric chair in 1953.
Miami Herald, Saturday morning, June 6, 1925
Front page
SLAYER FOUND
Body of A. C. Caldwell, Killer of Son-in-Law, Is Discovered.
THICKET HIDES TRAGEDY
Was Lying 120 Feet from Scene of May 13 Tragedy; Workman Happens on Scene
REVOLVER NEARBY
Bullet Wound in Head and Position of Remains Indicate Suicide, Is Opinion.
Lying in a clump of bushes, the body of A. C. Caldwell, alleged slayer of his son-in-law, Eugene Hawkins, was found yesterday afternoon, 120 feet from the spot where he shot and killed his son-in-law and wounded his daughter, Ethel, on May 13.
Circumstances in the case pointed to suicide. A .38 caliber revolver with one empty chamber lay under his hand and a bullet hole was found in the right temple. The body had been there for at least three weeks.
The discovery was made by Richard McPhee, a negro laborer who entered the citrus grove about 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon to pick grapefruit. He immediately notified M. P. Lehman, director of the public services department of Coral Gables, who went to the scene and identified the body by the wooden leg and by the clothing found on the body.
The body was found near a large stone and it is the opinion of those who viewed the situation that Caldwell shot himself while sitting on the rock. About $175 in cash, a fountain pen, pencil, check book and bank deposit book and other papers were found in the clothing.
The remains were placed in a metal box. No one last night had approached the W. H. Combs Funeral Home as to arrangements for burial. Efforts are being made to locate the daughter who left here with the body of her husband a week ago for Excelsior, Minn. It is doubtful if a reply will be received, as Mrs. Hawkins on several occasions had requested that she be kept ignorant of the fate of her father.
The finding of Caldwell’s body ends a long search for the slayer who at various times been reported as seen in the Miami vicinity.
M. P. Lehman, who searched the woods in the vicinity of the shooting for several days and nights following the tragedy, made the positive statement last night that the body of Caldwell was not at the spot found yesterday two days after the shooting.
A similar assertion was made by Deputy Sheriff {Davis?} yesterday afternoon. Davis {illegible} with several of the officers that made the search of the immediate {vicinity?} of the fatal shooting the day following. It is believed that Caldwell wandered from the scene to return later.
Caldwell was 40 years of age. His divorced wife, Lula Caldwell, now resides in California with three daughters. He leaves besides his daughter, Ethel, whom he wounded on May 13 in a fit of rage because she had married against his will, two sons, Gordon of Tampa and Arthur of St. George, S. C.
Gordon, hearing of the tragedy which took place on the afternoon of May 13, immediately came to Miami from Tampa. He visited his sister while she was convalescing at the Victoria Hospital. He returned when she finally recovered and left the hospital.
Arthur, who also received word of the tragedy, was arrested in St. George, S. C., on the Sunday following the shooting here when he attempted to rob a home. He admitted to the officials that he planned to rob to obtain money with which to come to Miami. Arthur, according to deputy sheriffs, had always been friendly with the father who aided him with money in college.
The killing of Eugene Hawkins and wounding of his bride of only a few hours on the afternoon of May 13 by the father of the bride created keen public interest. The slayer’s success in eluding the officers following the shooting created an even greater feeling as he was known to have an artificial leg which greatly would have hindered his flight.
Eugene Hawkins, fatally shot through the head by the angered father-in-law, died at the Southside Hospital five hours after the attack. His wife, wounded although not seriously, lay at the Victoria Hospital for two weeks.
The finding of Caldwell’s body and the fact that circumstances point to suicide, brings to mind the statement made by Mrs. Hawkins, his daughter, just before being placed on the operating table. She said, “If he thinks that he has killed me, he will kill himself.”
Sufficiently recovered, Mrs. Hawkins left the hospital about a week ago. The day following she accompanied the body of her husband to Excelsior, Minn., where burial will take place. It is not known whether she will return to Miami.
Funeral arrangements for Caldwell will probably be made by E. C. McLaurin, his business partner. The W. H. Combs Company announced last night that burial probably will take place today.
Miami Herald Telegram, Sunday, June 7, 1925
CALDWELL BURIAL SET
Funeral services for A. C. Caldwell, slayer of his son-in-law, Eugene Hawkins, whose body was found Friday afternoon on a spot only 120 feet from the scene of the fatal shooting on May 13, will be conducted at 2 o’clock this afternoon in the W. H. Combs chapel. The officiating minister had not been selected late last night. Burial will take place in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Arrangements were made by C. E. McLaurin, business partner of Caldwell. It is understood that Mr. McLaurin has been in communication with Mrs. Hawkins, daughter of Caldwell, who is at this time in Excelsior, Minn., in regard to the funeral arrangements of her father.
Caldwell’s body was found by a negro laborer about 3 o’clock Friday afternoon. It was identified by deputy sheriffs who were summoned.
Albert Henry Caldwell, son of the late A. C. Caldwell, whose body was found Friday is in jail at St. George, S. C., and badly in need of assistance, according to a communication received yesterday by The Miami Herald. The writer states that young Caldwell, former law student at the University of South Carolina, had just recovered from a severe illness when he read of the tragedy in which his sister, Mrs. Ethel Caldwell Hawkins, was wounded and her husband of a few hours killed. Eager to come to the assistance of his sister, young Caldwell is said to have attempted burglary in an effort to obtain funds.
“Unless some friend comes to his assistance and goes his bond he will have to remain all the summer in the jail at St. George” states the writer who signed the letter “A sympathetic friend.”
{END Miami Herald article}
Prior to their divorce, A. C. Caldwell and Lola Hughes Caldwell had 6 children: 2 boys and 4 girls. Lola also suffered the tragic loss of their daughter Mabel Rachel, who was murdered in Texas in 1951 by her husband, Roy Jackson Hulen, who was executed by the electric chair in 1953.
Front page
SLAYER FOUND
Body of A. C. Caldwell, Killer of Son-in-Law, Is Discovered.
THICKET HIDES TRAGEDY
Was Lying 120 Feet from Scene of May 13 Tragedy; Workman Happens on Scene
REVOLVER NEARBY
Bullet Wound in Head and Position of Remains Indicate Suicide, Is Opinion.
Lying in a clump of bushes, the body of A. C. Caldwell, alleged slayer of his son-in-law, Eugene Hawkins, was found yesterday afternoon, 120 feet from the spot where he shot and killed his son-in-law and wounded his daughter, Ethel, on May 13.
Circumstances in the case pointed to suicide. A .38 caliber revolver with one empty chamber lay under his hand and a bullet hole was found in the right temple. The body had been there for at least three weeks.
The discovery was made by Richard McPhee, a negro laborer who entered the citrus grove about 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon to pick grapefruit. He immediately notified M. P. Lehman, director of the public services department of Coral Gables, who went to the scene and identified the body by the wooden leg and by the clothing found on the body.
The body was found near a large stone and it is the opinion of those who viewed the situation that Caldwell shot himself while sitting on the rock. About $175 in cash, a fountain pen, pencil, check book and bank deposit book and other papers were found in the clothing.
The remains were placed in a metal box. No one last night had approached the W. H. Combs Funeral Home as to arrangements for burial. Efforts are being made to locate the daughter who left here with the body of her husband a week ago for Excelsior, Minn. It is doubtful if a reply will be received, as Mrs. Hawkins on several occasions had requested that she be kept ignorant of the fate of her father.
The finding of Caldwell’s body ends a long search for the slayer who at various times been reported as seen in the Miami vicinity.
M. P. Lehman, who searched the woods in the vicinity of the shooting for several days and nights following the tragedy, made the positive statement last night that the body of Caldwell was not at the spot found yesterday two days after the shooting.
A similar assertion was made by Deputy Sheriff {Davis?} yesterday afternoon. Davis {illegible} with several of the officers that made the search of the immediate {vicinity?} of the fatal shooting the day following. It is believed that Caldwell wandered from the scene to return later.
Caldwell was 40 years of age. His divorced wife, Lula Caldwell, now resides in California with three daughters. He leaves besides his daughter, Ethel, whom he wounded on May 13 in a fit of rage because she had married against his will, two sons, Gordon of Tampa and Arthur of St. George, S. C.
Gordon, hearing of the tragedy which took place on the afternoon of May 13, immediately came to Miami from Tampa. He visited his sister while she was convalescing at the Victoria Hospital. He returned when she finally recovered and left the hospital.
Arthur, who also received word of the tragedy, was arrested in St. George, S. C., on the Sunday following the shooting here when he attempted to rob a home. He admitted to the officials that he planned to rob to obtain money with which to come to Miami. Arthur, according to deputy sheriffs, had always been friendly with the father who aided him with money in college.
The killing of Eugene Hawkins and wounding of his bride of only a few hours on the afternoon of May 13 by the father of the bride created keen public interest. The slayer’s success in eluding the officers following the shooting created an even greater feeling as he was known to have an artificial leg which greatly would have hindered his flight.
Eugene Hawkins, fatally shot through the head by the angered father-in-law, died at the Southside Hospital five hours after the attack. His wife, wounded although not seriously, lay at the Victoria Hospital for two weeks.
The finding of Caldwell’s body and the fact that circumstances point to suicide, brings to mind the statement made by Mrs. Hawkins, his daughter, just before being placed on the operating table. She said, “If he thinks that he has killed me, he will kill himself.”
Sufficiently recovered, Mrs. Hawkins left the hospital about a week ago. The day following she accompanied the body of her husband to Excelsior, Minn., where burial will take place. It is not known whether she will return to Miami.
Funeral arrangements for Caldwell will probably be made by E. C. McLaurin, his business partner. The W. H. Combs Company announced last night that burial probably will take place today.
Miami Herald Telegram, Sunday, June 7, 1925
CALDWELL BURIAL SET
Funeral services for A. C. Caldwell, slayer of his son-in-law, Eugene Hawkins, whose body was found Friday afternoon on a spot only 120 feet from the scene of the fatal shooting on May 13, will be conducted at 2 o’clock this afternoon in the W. H. Combs chapel. The officiating minister had not been selected late last night. Burial will take place in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Arrangements were made by C. E. McLaurin, business partner of Caldwell. It is understood that Mr. McLaurin has been in communication with Mrs. Hawkins, daughter of Caldwell, who is at this time in Excelsior, Minn., in regard to the funeral arrangements of her father.
Caldwell’s body was found by a negro laborer about 3 o’clock Friday afternoon. It was identified by deputy sheriffs who were summoned.
Albert Henry Caldwell, son of the late A. C. Caldwell, whose body was found Friday is in jail at St. George, S. C., and badly in need of assistance, according to a communication received yesterday by The Miami Herald. The writer states that young Caldwell, former law student at the University of South Carolina, had just recovered from a severe illness when he read of the tragedy in which his sister, Mrs. Ethel Caldwell Hawkins, was wounded and her husband of a few hours killed. Eager to come to the assistance of his sister, young Caldwell is said to have attempted burglary in an effort to obtain funds.
“Unless some friend comes to his assistance and goes his bond he will have to remain all the summer in the jail at St. George” states the writer who signed the letter “A sympathetic friend.”
{END Miami Herald article}
Prior to their divorce, A. C. Caldwell and Lola Hughes Caldwell had 6 children: 2 boys and 4 girls. Lola also suffered the tragic loss of their daughter Mabel Rachel, who was murdered in Texas in 1951 by her husband, Roy Jackson Hulen, who was executed by the electric chair in 1953.
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