Goldie Shadwell, 15, using her bed sheets for a rope hung herself in a cell at the Effingham County Jail on Sunday afternoon.
Sheriff J.D. Marshall while making his rounds at 4:30 o'clock found her. Pinned to her dress was a note addressed to her mother Mrs. Rufus Shadwell, and on the other side to Fred Cook, a boy friend. The note said that she had decided to "end it all."
The boys mother, Mrs. Cook had sworn out a warrant on the two of them, with immoral conduct, and the girl was placed in the county jail on friday morning.
Several weeks earlier, she had charged four young men forcing the Shadwell girl into their car at the tent show grounds and driving off. Later she had two of the men arrested, and Cook was one of them.
The time of her death was not known. According to the sheriff the girl had eaten her dinner as usual on Sunday at noon. When he returned to the cell three hours later he found the girl dead.
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Name: Goldie Owens
[Goldie Shadwell]
Birth Date: 21 Apr 1915
Birth Place: Effingham Co, Funkhouser, Ill
Death Date: 26 Oct 1930
Death Place: City, Effingham, Illinois
Burial Date: 28 Oct 1930
Burial Place: Jackson, Effingham, Ill
Cemetery Name: Funkhouser
Death Age: 15
Occupation: Laborer
Race: White
Marital status: M
Gender: Female
Residence: Effingham, Ill; Franklin Ward
Father Name: Rufus Shadwell
Father Birth Place: Indiana
Mother Name: Lonnie George
Mother Birth Place: Illinois
Spouse Name: (Carl Owens)
Comments: Res. at death 10m;
In U. S. Military No
FHL Film Number: 1644137
Sheriff J.D. Marshall while making his rounds at 4:30 o'clock found her. Pinned to her dress was a note addressed to her mother Mrs. Rufus Shadwell, and on the other side to Fred Cook, a boy friend. The note said that she had decided to "end it all."
The boys mother, Mrs. Cook had sworn out a warrant on the two of them, with immoral conduct, and the girl was placed in the county jail on friday morning.
Several weeks earlier, she had charged four young men forcing the Shadwell girl into their car at the tent show grounds and driving off. Later she had two of the men arrested, and Cook was one of them.
The time of her death was not known. According to the sheriff the girl had eaten her dinner as usual on Sunday at noon. When he returned to the cell three hours later he found the girl dead.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Name: Goldie Owens
[Goldie Shadwell]
Birth Date: 21 Apr 1915
Birth Place: Effingham Co, Funkhouser, Ill
Death Date: 26 Oct 1930
Death Place: City, Effingham, Illinois
Burial Date: 28 Oct 1930
Burial Place: Jackson, Effingham, Ill
Cemetery Name: Funkhouser
Death Age: 15
Occupation: Laborer
Race: White
Marital status: M
Gender: Female
Residence: Effingham, Ill; Franklin Ward
Father Name: Rufus Shadwell
Father Birth Place: Indiana
Mother Name: Lonnie George
Mother Birth Place: Illinois
Spouse Name: (Carl Owens)
Comments: Res. at death 10m;
In U. S. Military No
FHL Film Number: 1644137
Goldie Shadwell, 15, using her bed sheets for a rope hung herself in a cell at the Effingham County Jail on Sunday afternoon.
Sheriff J.D. Marshall while making his rounds at 4:30 o'clock found her. Pinned to her dress was a note addressed to her mother Mrs. Rufus Shadwell, and on the other side to Fred Cook, a boy friend. The note said that she had decided to "end it all."
The boys mother, Mrs. Cook had sworn out a warrant on the two of them, with immoral conduct, and the girl was placed in the county jail on friday morning.
Several weeks earlier, she had charged four young men forcing the Shadwell girl into their car at the tent show grounds and driving off. Later she had two of the men arrested, and Cook was one of them.
The time of her death was not known. According to the sheriff the girl had eaten her dinner as usual on Sunday at noon. When he returned to the cell three hours later he found the girl dead.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Name: Goldie Owens
[Goldie Shadwell]
Birth Date: 21 Apr 1915
Birth Place: Effingham Co, Funkhouser, Ill
Death Date: 26 Oct 1930
Death Place: City, Effingham, Illinois
Burial Date: 28 Oct 1930
Burial Place: Jackson, Effingham, Ill
Cemetery Name: Funkhouser
Death Age: 15
Occupation: Laborer
Race: White
Marital status: M
Gender: Female
Residence: Effingham, Ill; Franklin Ward
Father Name: Rufus Shadwell
Father Birth Place: Indiana
Mother Name: Lonnie George
Mother Birth Place: Illinois
Spouse Name: (Carl Owens)
Comments: Res. at death 10m;
In U. S. Military No
FHL Film Number: 1644137
Sheriff J.D. Marshall while making his rounds at 4:30 o'clock found her. Pinned to her dress was a note addressed to her mother Mrs. Rufus Shadwell, and on the other side to Fred Cook, a boy friend. The note said that she had decided to "end it all."
The boys mother, Mrs. Cook had sworn out a warrant on the two of them, with immoral conduct, and the girl was placed in the county jail on friday morning.
Several weeks earlier, she had charged four young men forcing the Shadwell girl into their car at the tent show grounds and driving off. Later she had two of the men arrested, and Cook was one of them.
The time of her death was not known. According to the sheriff the girl had eaten her dinner as usual on Sunday at noon. When he returned to the cell three hours later he found the girl dead.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Name: Goldie Owens
[Goldie Shadwell]
Birth Date: 21 Apr 1915
Birth Place: Effingham Co, Funkhouser, Ill
Death Date: 26 Oct 1930
Death Place: City, Effingham, Illinois
Burial Date: 28 Oct 1930
Burial Place: Jackson, Effingham, Ill
Cemetery Name: Funkhouser
Death Age: 15
Occupation: Laborer
Race: White
Marital status: M
Gender: Female
Residence: Effingham, Ill; Franklin Ward
Father Name: Rufus Shadwell
Father Birth Place: Indiana
Mother Name: Lonnie George
Mother Birth Place: Illinois
Spouse Name: (Carl Owens)
Comments: Res. at death 10m;
In U. S. Military No
FHL Film Number: 1644137
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