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 Eaglets 1933- Click here
for more news from the Upper Rogue. Transcribed by Dale Greenley.
Eagle Point Man Killed in Dance
Hall Fight
Albert Tingleaf, 45, of Eagle Point died at a Medford hospital Sunday,
and Earl Hanscom, 29, of the same town is in the Jackson County jail
held on a first-degree murder charge, as the result of an affray at an
Eagle Point dance early Sunday morning, in which Tingleaf received a
nine-inch break in his skull.Hanscom, arrested by Marshal Paul Hoffard of Eagle Point, was taken to Medford about 1 a.m. His clothes were stained with blood and smeared with gray hairs, believed to be Tingleaf's. About the same time Tingleaf was taken to a Medford hospital, unconscious, his head badly mutilated and streaming with blood. Fight Starts Over Girl
The fight is alleged to have started over a woman named Irene Gerome,
of Portland, a niece of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Botts, Medford musicians.
Her identity was not revealed until Sunday evening when she was taken
in Portland by state police after she had left for the north on the
Sunday morning train. She will be returned as a witness, it is said.Hanscom was seated in a car outside the dance hall, it is said, when Tingleaf approached and said, "This is our dance Irene." Hanscom then told Tingleaf to mind his own business and the fight started. Hanscom was believed to have struck Tingleaf with the handle of an auto jack, as his hands did not show any marks and Tingleaf's skull was broken open. Hanscom denied using anything but his fist, however. Mrs. Botts was also said to have been seated in the car when the fight started and Mr. Botts was in the dance hall. Irene Gerome had been their guest at the dance. Mr. Botts is instructor of music in the Gold Hill schools. Gold Hill News, July 13, 1933, page 1 GEO. W. ISAACS DIES IN SOUTH
George W. Isaacs, who will be remembered in the Rogue River Valley by
many of the old timers, passed away in Sacramento Thursday night,
November 9.Mr. Isaacs was born on the large stock ranch of his parents on Butte Creek above Brownsboro, December 20, 1871. He engaged in stock raising in his boyhood with his father, one of Oregon's early pioneers. Mr. Isaacs attended school in Brownsboro and later in Medford. When a young man he left this valley, making his home in Vancouver, B.C., until about 10 years ago, when he moved to Sacramento, Cal., where he has since resided and was actively engaged in business. He leaves to mourn his passing a wife in Sacramento and two sisters and three brothers, Mamie E. Riddle, Agnes I. Merrell, Wm. F., Chas. W., and Frank Isaacs, all of whom reside in Medford. Medford Mail Tribune, November 12, 1933, page 5 Click here for more on the Isaacs family. Beckelhymers In--Mr. and Mrs. Ed Beckelhymer of Union Creek were business callers in Medford yesterday. Medford Mail Tribune, December 21, 1933, page 8 |