Tommie's brother was charged with shooting him. The following is the newspaper article about this.
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 7 Jun 1935:
16-YEAR-OLD COBDEN BOY CHARGED FOR MURDER
Haskell Newberry, 16 years of age, of Cobden is charged with killing his 11-year-old brother week before last. The coroner's jury first called it accidental, but Ford Rendleman, state's attorney, and Sheriff McIntosh began further investigations and later Haskell was arrested.
The body first claimed the gun had fallen and discharged. Since the shot ranged downward in the head of his brother, this could not be. The boy changed his story, that he had the gun in the crook of his arm and it fired. This did not suit. Later the boy admitted aiming at his brother and pulling the trigger, but did not know the gun was loaded.
The gun with which the shooting was done was destroyed in part. The stock was chopped off and the barrel burned and bent. Boards taken from the wall of the house showed that the bullet ranged downward after going entirely through the head of the smaller brother.
(The death certificate states that Tommie Stevens Newberry was born 15 Jan 1924, in Valier, Ill., the son of Charlie Newberry and Susie York, natives of Tennessee, died 22 May 1935, in Road District 4, Union Co., Ill., and was buried in Cobden Cemetery.—Darrel Dexter)
COBDEN YOUTH SAYS SHOOTING WAS ACCIDENTAL
Haskell Newberry, 16, in his cell in the county jail Thursday of last week, insisted that the fatal shooting of his brother near Cobden was accidental. While he admits pointing the gun at the smaller boy and firing the shot, he maintains that he did not know the gun was loaded.
Newberry was questioned several times by State's Attorney Ford L. Rendleman and Sheriff Clyde McIntosh, but he held to the story which he reluctantly gave to the officers week before last. Although he changed his story of the shooting several times before, he is sticking to every detail of the last version he gave the authorities.
Had Newberry told this story at the inquest it is unlikely that the investigation of the case would have been responded by the county authorities. Newberry's reputation in the community coupled with his impossible version of the shooting led to his arrest. The state's attorney began the investigation following the inquest at the request of the coroner and neighbors of the Newberrys.
Although there is some evidence to support the theory that Newberry murdered his younger brother, Tommie, there is also the possibility that the shooting was as Haskell now says it occurred.
State's Attorney Rendleman said that he would bring the matter to the attention of the grand jury and let them consider the case and decide whether or not the boy should be prosecuted on a murder charge.—Cobden Review
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 7 Jun 1935:
16-YEAR-OLD COBDEN BOY CHARGED FOR MURDER
Haskell Newberry, 16 years of age, of Cobden is charged with killing his 11-year-old brother week before last. The coroner's jury first called it accidental, but Ford Rendleman, state's attorney, and Sheriff McIntosh began further investigations and later Haskell was arrested.
The body first claimed the gun had fallen and discharged. Since the shot ranged downward in the head of his brother, this could not be. The boy changed his story, that he had the gun in the crook of his arm and it fired. This did not suit. Later the boy admitted aiming at his brother and pulling the trigger, but did not know the gun was loaded.
The gun with which the shooting was done was destroyed in part. The stock was chopped off and the barrel burned and bent. Boards taken from the wall of the house showed that the bullet ranged downward after going entirely through the head of the smaller brother.
(The death certificate states that Tommie Stevens Newberry was born 15 Jan 1924, in Valier, Ill., the son of Charlie Newberry and Susie York, natives of Tennessee, died 22 May 1935, in Road District 4, Union Co., Ill., and was buried in Cobden Cemetery.—Darrel Dexter)
COBDEN YOUTH SAYS SHOOTING WAS ACCIDENTAL
Haskell Newberry, 16, in his cell in the county jail Thursday of last week, insisted that the fatal shooting of his brother near Cobden was accidental. While he admits pointing the gun at the smaller boy and firing the shot, he maintains that he did not know the gun was loaded.
Newberry was questioned several times by State's Attorney Ford L. Rendleman and Sheriff Clyde McIntosh, but he held to the story which he reluctantly gave to the officers week before last. Although he changed his story of the shooting several times before, he is sticking to every detail of the last version he gave the authorities.
Had Newberry told this story at the inquest it is unlikely that the investigation of the case would have been responded by the county authorities. Newberry's reputation in the community coupled with his impossible version of the shooting led to his arrest. The state's attorney began the investigation following the inquest at the request of the coroner and neighbors of the Newberrys.
Although there is some evidence to support the theory that Newberry murdered his younger brother, Tommie, there is also the possibility that the shooting was as Haskell now says it occurred.
State's Attorney Rendleman said that he would bring the matter to the attention of the grand jury and let them consider the case and decide whether or not the boy should be prosecuted on a murder charge.—Cobden Review
Tommie's brother was charged with shooting him. The following is the newspaper article about this.
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 7 Jun 1935:
16-YEAR-OLD COBDEN BOY CHARGED FOR MURDER
Haskell Newberry, 16 years of age, of Cobden is charged with killing his 11-year-old brother week before last. The coroner's jury first called it accidental, but Ford Rendleman, state's attorney, and Sheriff McIntosh began further investigations and later Haskell was arrested.
The body first claimed the gun had fallen and discharged. Since the shot ranged downward in the head of his brother, this could not be. The boy changed his story, that he had the gun in the crook of his arm and it fired. This did not suit. Later the boy admitted aiming at his brother and pulling the trigger, but did not know the gun was loaded.
The gun with which the shooting was done was destroyed in part. The stock was chopped off and the barrel burned and bent. Boards taken from the wall of the house showed that the bullet ranged downward after going entirely through the head of the smaller brother.
(The death certificate states that Tommie Stevens Newberry was born 15 Jan 1924, in Valier, Ill., the son of Charlie Newberry and Susie York, natives of Tennessee, died 22 May 1935, in Road District 4, Union Co., Ill., and was buried in Cobden Cemetery.—Darrel Dexter)
COBDEN YOUTH SAYS SHOOTING WAS ACCIDENTAL
Haskell Newberry, 16, in his cell in the county jail Thursday of last week, insisted that the fatal shooting of his brother near Cobden was accidental. While he admits pointing the gun at the smaller boy and firing the shot, he maintains that he did not know the gun was loaded.
Newberry was questioned several times by State's Attorney Ford L. Rendleman and Sheriff Clyde McIntosh, but he held to the story which he reluctantly gave to the officers week before last. Although he changed his story of the shooting several times before, he is sticking to every detail of the last version he gave the authorities.
Had Newberry told this story at the inquest it is unlikely that the investigation of the case would have been responded by the county authorities. Newberry's reputation in the community coupled with his impossible version of the shooting led to his arrest. The state's attorney began the investigation following the inquest at the request of the coroner and neighbors of the Newberrys.
Although there is some evidence to support the theory that Newberry murdered his younger brother, Tommie, there is also the possibility that the shooting was as Haskell now says it occurred.
State's Attorney Rendleman said that he would bring the matter to the attention of the grand jury and let them consider the case and decide whether or not the boy should be prosecuted on a murder charge.—Cobden Review
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 7 Jun 1935:
16-YEAR-OLD COBDEN BOY CHARGED FOR MURDER
Haskell Newberry, 16 years of age, of Cobden is charged with killing his 11-year-old brother week before last. The coroner's jury first called it accidental, but Ford Rendleman, state's attorney, and Sheriff McIntosh began further investigations and later Haskell was arrested.
The body first claimed the gun had fallen and discharged. Since the shot ranged downward in the head of his brother, this could not be. The boy changed his story, that he had the gun in the crook of his arm and it fired. This did not suit. Later the boy admitted aiming at his brother and pulling the trigger, but did not know the gun was loaded.
The gun with which the shooting was done was destroyed in part. The stock was chopped off and the barrel burned and bent. Boards taken from the wall of the house showed that the bullet ranged downward after going entirely through the head of the smaller brother.
(The death certificate states that Tommie Stevens Newberry was born 15 Jan 1924, in Valier, Ill., the son of Charlie Newberry and Susie York, natives of Tennessee, died 22 May 1935, in Road District 4, Union Co., Ill., and was buried in Cobden Cemetery.—Darrel Dexter)
COBDEN YOUTH SAYS SHOOTING WAS ACCIDENTAL
Haskell Newberry, 16, in his cell in the county jail Thursday of last week, insisted that the fatal shooting of his brother near Cobden was accidental. While he admits pointing the gun at the smaller boy and firing the shot, he maintains that he did not know the gun was loaded.
Newberry was questioned several times by State's Attorney Ford L. Rendleman and Sheriff Clyde McIntosh, but he held to the story which he reluctantly gave to the officers week before last. Although he changed his story of the shooting several times before, he is sticking to every detail of the last version he gave the authorities.
Had Newberry told this story at the inquest it is unlikely that the investigation of the case would have been responded by the county authorities. Newberry's reputation in the community coupled with his impossible version of the shooting led to his arrest. The state's attorney began the investigation following the inquest at the request of the coroner and neighbors of the Newberrys.
Although there is some evidence to support the theory that Newberry murdered his younger brother, Tommie, there is also the possibility that the shooting was as Haskell now says it occurred.
State's Attorney Rendleman said that he would bring the matter to the attention of the grand jury and let them consider the case and decide whether or not the boy should be prosecuted on a murder charge.—Cobden Review
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