The many friends and relatives of Mr. Louis W. Ahlers of Victoria were indeed sorry to learn of his death, which occurred at Victoria Monday night, he being shot down by a Mexican desperado named Santiago Mareno, whom he was trying to arrest, in his official capacity as deputy marshal.
Mr. Ahlers leaves a wife and two children. [Interment in Weimar Masonic Cemetery] He was a brother-in-law of our friend, Mr. W. S. Shaver. Mr. S. went to Victoria Tuesday. Our sincere sympathy is extended the afflicted wife, children and relatives of the deceased. Below we give an account of the deplorable affair, clipped from the Galveston News:
Victoria, Tex., Aug. 8.--Last night about 11 o'clock Policeman L. W. Ahlers was called upon to arrest a Mexican named Jim Mareno, who had dawn a knife on another Mexican. Ahlers proceed to a locality known as the Flat, located in the second ward, and having found his man, called upon him to surrender, and the Mexican replied with a pistol shot. Ahlers drew his pistol and fired one shot; the Mexican fired three more in rapid succession and fled. When people attracted by the firing arrived on the spot they found Policeman Ahlers lying on his face in the street dead, with a bullet hole through his heart. The murderer made his escape for the time being, but his capture is almost certain. The dead man leaves a wife and two small children. He was a member of the Knights of Honor.
Weimar Mercury, August 23, 1893
(Louis is the son of Mary Ahlers)
Mr. Ahlers leaves a wife and two children. [Interment in Weimar Masonic Cemetery] He was a brother-in-law of our friend, Mr. W. S. Shaver. Mr. S. went to Victoria Tuesday. Our sincere sympathy is extended the afflicted wife, children and relatives of the deceased. Below we give an account of the deplorable affair, clipped from the Galveston News:
Victoria, Tex., Aug. 8.--Last night about 11 o'clock Policeman L. W. Ahlers was called upon to arrest a Mexican named Jim Mareno, who had dawn a knife on another Mexican. Ahlers proceed to a locality known as the Flat, located in the second ward, and having found his man, called upon him to surrender, and the Mexican replied with a pistol shot. Ahlers drew his pistol and fired one shot; the Mexican fired three more in rapid succession and fled. When people attracted by the firing arrived on the spot they found Policeman Ahlers lying on his face in the street dead, with a bullet hole through his heart. The murderer made his escape for the time being, but his capture is almost certain. The dead man leaves a wife and two small children. He was a member of the Knights of Honor.
Weimar Mercury, August 23, 1893
(Louis is the son of Mary Ahlers)
The many friends and relatives of Mr. Louis W. Ahlers of Victoria were indeed sorry to learn of his death, which occurred at Victoria Monday night, he being shot down by a Mexican desperado named Santiago Mareno, whom he was trying to arrest, in his official capacity as deputy marshal.
Mr. Ahlers leaves a wife and two children. [Interment in Weimar Masonic Cemetery] He was a brother-in-law of our friend, Mr. W. S. Shaver. Mr. S. went to Victoria Tuesday. Our sincere sympathy is extended the afflicted wife, children and relatives of the deceased. Below we give an account of the deplorable affair, clipped from the Galveston News:
Victoria, Tex., Aug. 8.--Last night about 11 o'clock Policeman L. W. Ahlers was called upon to arrest a Mexican named Jim Mareno, who had dawn a knife on another Mexican. Ahlers proceed to a locality known as the Flat, located in the second ward, and having found his man, called upon him to surrender, and the Mexican replied with a pistol shot. Ahlers drew his pistol and fired one shot; the Mexican fired three more in rapid succession and fled. When people attracted by the firing arrived on the spot they found Policeman Ahlers lying on his face in the street dead, with a bullet hole through his heart. The murderer made his escape for the time being, but his capture is almost certain. The dead man leaves a wife and two small children. He was a member of the Knights of Honor.
Weimar Mercury, August 23, 1893
(Louis is the son of Mary Ahlers)
Mr. Ahlers leaves a wife and two children. [Interment in Weimar Masonic Cemetery] He was a brother-in-law of our friend, Mr. W. S. Shaver. Mr. S. went to Victoria Tuesday. Our sincere sympathy is extended the afflicted wife, children and relatives of the deceased. Below we give an account of the deplorable affair, clipped from the Galveston News:
Victoria, Tex., Aug. 8.--Last night about 11 o'clock Policeman L. W. Ahlers was called upon to arrest a Mexican named Jim Mareno, who had dawn a knife on another Mexican. Ahlers proceed to a locality known as the Flat, located in the second ward, and having found his man, called upon him to surrender, and the Mexican replied with a pistol shot. Ahlers drew his pistol and fired one shot; the Mexican fired three more in rapid succession and fled. When people attracted by the firing arrived on the spot they found Policeman Ahlers lying on his face in the street dead, with a bullet hole through his heart. The murderer made his escape for the time being, but his capture is almost certain. The dead man leaves a wife and two small children. He was a member of the Knights of Honor.
Weimar Mercury, August 23, 1893
(Louis is the son of Mary Ahlers)
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