|
Agnes Roberson-Dec 1925
Dec. 3, 1925
Train Kills Girl Whose Kiss Was Scorned By Man--Affectionate Greeting At Depot
Met With Contempt, Says Witness Hopkinsville, KY.,
That Miss Agnes Roberson, 21 years old, department store salesman,
affectionately greeted and kissed a man who stepped from a Louisville &
Nashville railroad train early Monday morning a short time before her mangled
body was found on the track and that he seemed indifferent to her caresses, was
revealed today to the authorities by Jack Tandy, prominent Hopkinsville citizen,
who was a passenger on the train.
Mr. Tandy is one of the owners of the Hopkinsville Automobile Company and son
of W. T. Tandy, president of the City Bank & Trust Company. Seek Jewelry
Salesman. He said he recognized the bare headed, bobbed hair girl, wearing a
gray coat, as Miss Roberson, as he had frequently received deposits from her
when he was a teller at the bank. His statement has set the police searching for
George Duclothes, New York traveling man, said formerly to have been a jewelry
salesman in Nashville, Tenn.
Miss Roberson had told her employer, S. Klein, and Mrs. Florence Swain, a
friend in the store, that she was expecting a visit from Duclothes Monday and
their engagement would be announced. She seemed in joyous spirits when she left
the store Saturday night, they said.
Her widowed mother, Mrs. Minnie Roberson, and her younger sister Blanche,
knew nothing, however, of Duclothes' intended visit and were not aware she had
left the house until telephoned of her death. According to Mr. Tandy, the
passenger greeted by Miss Roberson neither returned her kiss, removed his hat
nor released his traveling bag. Whether he reboarded the train is not known. No
trace of the man has been found here.
Source: Cadiz Record Newspaper & Sellers' Western Kentucky
Obituaries
|
