THE MART HERALD
JANUARY 19, 1917
MRS. W. M. BASS DIES
Mrs. Maggie Virginia Bass of Mart, age 30 years, died Friday night, Jan.
12 at 8 o'clock. Her death followed an operation for appendicitis which she
under-went at her on Friday morning. Her body was shipped to Marlin on
the noon train for interment, which took place at 3 o'clock this (Saturday)
afternoon.
Deceased leaves a husband, two little girls, two sisters, two brothers
and a father and mother to mourn her loss. Her parents, brothers, and one
sister were present when she died.
A short service was held at the before leaving Mart for Marlin,
conducted by Rev. C.E. Lindsey.
Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Wilboutn and the undertaker, T.H.Lumpkin, accompanied
the family to Marlin for the interment.
Their friends are deeply sympathetic for them in their bereavement
THE MART HERALD
JANUARY 26, 1917
FORMER MART MAN KILLED AT MARLIN
The following item from Marlin appearing in today's Waco News is
understood to be a mistake in the initials of the party slain, and is
supposed to be R.J. Williams, one of the number of Mart men recently given
parole from the Leavenworth penitentiary who were serving sentences for I. &
G.N. box car burglaries.
Marlin, Jan. 18--Mrs. J.J. Kahrman, 28 years old, is being held in the
county jail tonight in connection with the killing this afternoon of J.B.
Williams of Mart. Williams was shot while walking almost in front of the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. Kahrman which is located on one of the principal
Marlin streets.
According to Deputy Sheriff Arthur Miles, Kahrman stated to Sheriff C.H.
Plott soon after the killing that he "had tried to get his wife to let him
do the shooting."
Mrs. Karhman refused to make a statement regarding the shooting when she
was taken into custody.
Bystanders say four shots were fired, three of which took effect. One
of the bullets struck Williams in the heart, another on the left side of the
face and the third in the neck. He died instantly.
It was impossible to find what Williams was in Marlin for today.
THE MART HERALD
FRIDAY
MARCH 16, 1917
DIED
W. T. Porter, age 35, living on the Martin Place below Oklahoma, died
Monday night, leaving a wife and five children, ages from 2 to 10 years old,
Also a mother, two brothers and three sisters to mourn his loss. Services
were conducted at the residence Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 by Rev. J.A. Black
of Mart. Interment at Waco at 5:30 p.m.
