Young Girl Died At Her Home South of Spur
Friday morning of last week Helen Vasco Odom died at her home five or six miles south of Spur, and the remains were interred Saturday in the Spur Cemetery.During the morning of the death it is stated that Miss Odom was in apparent good health and engaged in household duties and her death came very unexpectedly. She had been to the closet and in returning to the house became sick and called to her mother who came to her assistance, helping her to the house where she died in a very short time and before any assistance and medical attention could be secured. Dr. Morris was called but arrived after death had occurred.
In the afternoon, Justice of the Peace Burgoon, accompanied by County Attorney Worswick and Drs. Morris and Blackwell, went out to the home where an autopsy and inquest were made. Monday Justice Burgoon conducted a further court of inquiry in connection with the circumstances of the death and as a result R.L. Jones, a prominent and leading citizen of the Steel Hill community was placed under a thirty-five hundred dollar bond to await the action of the grand jury.
This is one of the most deplorable occurrences within the history of the Spur country, and it is with reluctance and regret that the Texas Spur publishes the facts.
©The Texas Spur, April 3, 1914
from the records of Lillian Grace Nay
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