9/23/1917 - The Atlanta Constitution - HAGERMAN'S FUNERAL TO BE HELD MONDAY
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Funeral service of Talmadge D. Hagerman, who shot and killed his wife and himself on North Boulevard Saturday, September 16, will be held Monday afternoon at the chapel of Greenberg & Bond. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. W. E. Neilson of San Francisco, California.
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9/16/1917 - Page 4 - The Atlanta Constitution
HE SLAYS HIS WIFE, THEN KILLS HIMSELF
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Street Quarrel Between Talmadge Hagerman and Mrs. Anna Hagerman Results in Double Tragedy.
The charred ruins of Atlanta's burned district were the scene of a double tragedy shortly after noon yesterday when Talmade D. Hagerman, a blue print operator of the post office department at Washington, shot and killed his wife, Mrs. Anna Hagerman and then blew out his own brains. The tragedy occurred on the west side of North Boulevard, between Highland and Johnson Avenues, after a quarrel between the man and wife.
Mrs. Hagerman was a daughter of John N. Porter, superintendent of Oakland Cemetery, and the mother of four small children, three boys and a girl, the youngest being scarcely more than a year old, and the oldest being about 6.
According to statements made by those associated with Mrs. Hagerman, who was at the time of her death a bookkeeper at the Model Hand Laundry, 205 North Boulevard, she had just finished eating her lunch Saturday noon when Hagerman joined her in front of the laundry and together they proceeded down the street.
Witnesses state that they saw Hagerman draw his revolver from his back pocket, and crying, "I've got to kill you now." shot his wife down. As she fell to the pavement, he sent another bullet into her body and then turned his revolver on himself and sent a bullet through his right temple.
Believe Crime Planned - The calm way to which the husband carried out the crime was of such a nature as to lead relatives of the dead woman to believe that it had been carefully planned. Witnesses to the affair stated that following the first shot from his pistol when his wife sank screaming to the pavement, Hagerman coolly aimed a second and then taking a last puff from a cigarette held between his lips, he fired the shot that ended his own life. When he was picked up the lighted cigarette was still in his mouth.
As the undertaking establishment of Barclay & Brandon, it was found that Mrs. Hagerman was shot twice, once in the left lung and one near the heart. Hagerman was shot horizontally through the right temple.
Mrs. Hagerman was 28 years old and her husband 30. They had been married about eight years, living most of the time in Washington and Clarendon, Virginia. Last December, they returned to Atlanta, where Mrs. Hagerman separated from her husband and began living from her husband and began living with her father at 83 Capitol Avenue. Hagerman returned to Washington and came back to Atlanta only a short time ago.
Husband Wanted Reconciliation - The tragedy was possibly the result of a quarrel ensuing between the two when the husband attempted to effect a reconciliation. Employees at the Model Laundry stated that Hagerman had been bothering his wife for some time. He had telephoned and called by for her several times, but she had repeatedly refused to accompany him.
When the tragedy occurred, witnesses stated that both were speaking excitedly, during which time Mr. Hagerman had evidently threatened to strike his wife, for she drew away from him.
According to Mr. Porter, the father of Mrs. Hagerman, the killing was probably the result of excessive drinking which had affected the mind of the husband of his daughter.
"Hagerman was a worthless fellow," he stated, an habitual drunkard, who had refused to give his wife a penny for the past year or so. He had threatened to kill her several times and I had warned her against him. She was evidently in fear of him, for she walked home last night rather than risk meeting him on the cars. (streetcar)
Shortly after she came in, Hagerman called her up on the phone. I told him she was not in and he appeared to be angry. I think he had been drinking. A little later he called up and she refused to talk to him, saying that she must put the baby to sleep. That is the last I heard of the affair until I was notified today of the death of my daughter, that no good would come of it. When my daughter was forced to leave Hagerman last December, she immediately began to work as best she could to feed her four little children and she appeared to be happy with them until this thing occurred. At this time, my daughter was suing for divorce and the suit was pending.
Mrs. Hagerman is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Porter, five sisters, Mrs. Nellie Mae McCurdy and Misses Carrie, Ruth, Marie and Grace Paine Porter; a brother, John N. Porter, Jr., and four children, James, aged 6, Tommie, 4, Edgar 2 and May Bell, 15 months. Mr. Hagerman is survived by two sisters, both of whom live out of the state. Funeral announcements for both will be made later.
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Talmage was buried the same day as his funeral (24 Sep 1917)in the God's Acre portion of the Westview Cemetery, Atlanta Georgia. There is no headstone or marker for him as the "God's Acre" was the burial location at the time for bodies given to the city for burial of those with no means to buy a burial. It is now woods and not accessible. Still part of the cemetery today but not maintained by city, as I understand.
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Funeral service of Talmadge D. Hagerman, who shot and killed his wife and himself on North Boulevard Saturday, September 16, will be held Monday afternoon at the chapel of Greenberg & Bond. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. W. E. Neilson of San Francisco, California.
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9/16/1917 - Page 4 - The Atlanta Constitution
HE SLAYS HIS WIFE, THEN KILLS HIMSELF
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Street Quarrel Between Talmadge Hagerman and Mrs. Anna Hagerman Results in Double Tragedy.
The charred ruins of Atlanta's burned district were the scene of a double tragedy shortly after noon yesterday when Talmade D. Hagerman, a blue print operator of the post office department at Washington, shot and killed his wife, Mrs. Anna Hagerman and then blew out his own brains. The tragedy occurred on the west side of North Boulevard, between Highland and Johnson Avenues, after a quarrel between the man and wife.
Mrs. Hagerman was a daughter of John N. Porter, superintendent of Oakland Cemetery, and the mother of four small children, three boys and a girl, the youngest being scarcely more than a year old, and the oldest being about 6.
According to statements made by those associated with Mrs. Hagerman, who was at the time of her death a bookkeeper at the Model Hand Laundry, 205 North Boulevard, she had just finished eating her lunch Saturday noon when Hagerman joined her in front of the laundry and together they proceeded down the street.
Witnesses state that they saw Hagerman draw his revolver from his back pocket, and crying, "I've got to kill you now." shot his wife down. As she fell to the pavement, he sent another bullet into her body and then turned his revolver on himself and sent a bullet through his right temple.
Believe Crime Planned - The calm way to which the husband carried out the crime was of such a nature as to lead relatives of the dead woman to believe that it had been carefully planned. Witnesses to the affair stated that following the first shot from his pistol when his wife sank screaming to the pavement, Hagerman coolly aimed a second and then taking a last puff from a cigarette held between his lips, he fired the shot that ended his own life. When he was picked up the lighted cigarette was still in his mouth.
As the undertaking establishment of Barclay & Brandon, it was found that Mrs. Hagerman was shot twice, once in the left lung and one near the heart. Hagerman was shot horizontally through the right temple.
Mrs. Hagerman was 28 years old and her husband 30. They had been married about eight years, living most of the time in Washington and Clarendon, Virginia. Last December, they returned to Atlanta, where Mrs. Hagerman separated from her husband and began living from her husband and began living with her father at 83 Capitol Avenue. Hagerman returned to Washington and came back to Atlanta only a short time ago.
Husband Wanted Reconciliation - The tragedy was possibly the result of a quarrel ensuing between the two when the husband attempted to effect a reconciliation. Employees at the Model Laundry stated that Hagerman had been bothering his wife for some time. He had telephoned and called by for her several times, but she had repeatedly refused to accompany him.
When the tragedy occurred, witnesses stated that both were speaking excitedly, during which time Mr. Hagerman had evidently threatened to strike his wife, for she drew away from him.
According to Mr. Porter, the father of Mrs. Hagerman, the killing was probably the result of excessive drinking which had affected the mind of the husband of his daughter.
"Hagerman was a worthless fellow," he stated, an habitual drunkard, who had refused to give his wife a penny for the past year or so. He had threatened to kill her several times and I had warned her against him. She was evidently in fear of him, for she walked home last night rather than risk meeting him on the cars. (streetcar)
Shortly after she came in, Hagerman called her up on the phone. I told him she was not in and he appeared to be angry. I think he had been drinking. A little later he called up and she refused to talk to him, saying that she must put the baby to sleep. That is the last I heard of the affair until I was notified today of the death of my daughter, that no good would come of it. When my daughter was forced to leave Hagerman last December, she immediately began to work as best she could to feed her four little children and she appeared to be happy with them until this thing occurred. At this time, my daughter was suing for divorce and the suit was pending.
Mrs. Hagerman is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Porter, five sisters, Mrs. Nellie Mae McCurdy and Misses Carrie, Ruth, Marie and Grace Paine Porter; a brother, John N. Porter, Jr., and four children, James, aged 6, Tommie, 4, Edgar 2 and May Bell, 15 months. Mr. Hagerman is survived by two sisters, both of whom live out of the state. Funeral announcements for both will be made later.
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Talmage was buried the same day as his funeral (24 Sep 1917)in the God's Acre portion of the Westview Cemetery, Atlanta Georgia. There is no headstone or marker for him as the "God's Acre" was the burial location at the time for bodies given to the city for burial of those with no means to buy a burial. It is now woods and not accessible. Still part of the cemetery today but not maintained by city, as I understand.
9/23/1917 - The Atlanta Constitution - HAGERMAN'S FUNERAL TO BE HELD MONDAY
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Funeral service of Talmadge D. Hagerman, who shot and killed his wife and himself on North Boulevard Saturday, September 16, will be held Monday afternoon at the chapel of Greenberg & Bond. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. W. E. Neilson of San Francisco, California.
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9/16/1917 - Page 4 - The Atlanta Constitution
HE SLAYS HIS WIFE, THEN KILLS HIMSELF
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Street Quarrel Between Talmadge Hagerman and Mrs. Anna Hagerman Results in Double Tragedy.
The charred ruins of Atlanta's burned district were the scene of a double tragedy shortly after noon yesterday when Talmade D. Hagerman, a blue print operator of the post office department at Washington, shot and killed his wife, Mrs. Anna Hagerman and then blew out his own brains. The tragedy occurred on the west side of North Boulevard, between Highland and Johnson Avenues, after a quarrel between the man and wife.
Mrs. Hagerman was a daughter of John N. Porter, superintendent of Oakland Cemetery, and the mother of four small children, three boys and a girl, the youngest being scarcely more than a year old, and the oldest being about 6.
According to statements made by those associated with Mrs. Hagerman, who was at the time of her death a bookkeeper at the Model Hand Laundry, 205 North Boulevard, she had just finished eating her lunch Saturday noon when Hagerman joined her in front of the laundry and together they proceeded down the street.
Witnesses state that they saw Hagerman draw his revolver from his back pocket, and crying, "I've got to kill you now." shot his wife down. As she fell to the pavement, he sent another bullet into her body and then turned his revolver on himself and sent a bullet through his right temple.
Believe Crime Planned - The calm way to which the husband carried out the crime was of such a nature as to lead relatives of the dead woman to believe that it had been carefully planned. Witnesses to the affair stated that following the first shot from his pistol when his wife sank screaming to the pavement, Hagerman coolly aimed a second and then taking a last puff from a cigarette held between his lips, he fired the shot that ended his own life. When he was picked up the lighted cigarette was still in his mouth.
As the undertaking establishment of Barclay & Brandon, it was found that Mrs. Hagerman was shot twice, once in the left lung and one near the heart. Hagerman was shot horizontally through the right temple.
Mrs. Hagerman was 28 years old and her husband 30. They had been married about eight years, living most of the time in Washington and Clarendon, Virginia. Last December, they returned to Atlanta, where Mrs. Hagerman separated from her husband and began living from her husband and began living with her father at 83 Capitol Avenue. Hagerman returned to Washington and came back to Atlanta only a short time ago.
Husband Wanted Reconciliation - The tragedy was possibly the result of a quarrel ensuing between the two when the husband attempted to effect a reconciliation. Employees at the Model Laundry stated that Hagerman had been bothering his wife for some time. He had telephoned and called by for her several times, but she had repeatedly refused to accompany him.
When the tragedy occurred, witnesses stated that both were speaking excitedly, during which time Mr. Hagerman had evidently threatened to strike his wife, for she drew away from him.
According to Mr. Porter, the father of Mrs. Hagerman, the killing was probably the result of excessive drinking which had affected the mind of the husband of his daughter.
"Hagerman was a worthless fellow," he stated, an habitual drunkard, who had refused to give his wife a penny for the past year or so. He had threatened to kill her several times and I had warned her against him. She was evidently in fear of him, for she walked home last night rather than risk meeting him on the cars. (streetcar)
Shortly after she came in, Hagerman called her up on the phone. I told him she was not in and he appeared to be angry. I think he had been drinking. A little later he called up and she refused to talk to him, saying that she must put the baby to sleep. That is the last I heard of the affair until I was notified today of the death of my daughter, that no good would come of it. When my daughter was forced to leave Hagerman last December, she immediately began to work as best she could to feed her four little children and she appeared to be happy with them until this thing occurred. At this time, my daughter was suing for divorce and the suit was pending.
Mrs. Hagerman is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Porter, five sisters, Mrs. Nellie Mae McCurdy and Misses Carrie, Ruth, Marie and Grace Paine Porter; a brother, John N. Porter, Jr., and four children, James, aged 6, Tommie, 4, Edgar 2 and May Bell, 15 months. Mr. Hagerman is survived by two sisters, both of whom live out of the state. Funeral announcements for both will be made later.
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Talmage was buried the same day as his funeral (24 Sep 1917)in the God's Acre portion of the Westview Cemetery, Atlanta Georgia. There is no headstone or marker for him as the "God's Acre" was the burial location at the time for bodies given to the city for burial of those with no means to buy a burial. It is now woods and not accessible. Still part of the cemetery today but not maintained by city, as I understand.
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Funeral service of Talmadge D. Hagerman, who shot and killed his wife and himself on North Boulevard Saturday, September 16, will be held Monday afternoon at the chapel of Greenberg & Bond. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. W. E. Neilson of San Francisco, California.
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9/16/1917 - Page 4 - The Atlanta Constitution
HE SLAYS HIS WIFE, THEN KILLS HIMSELF
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Street Quarrel Between Talmadge Hagerman and Mrs. Anna Hagerman Results in Double Tragedy.
The charred ruins of Atlanta's burned district were the scene of a double tragedy shortly after noon yesterday when Talmade D. Hagerman, a blue print operator of the post office department at Washington, shot and killed his wife, Mrs. Anna Hagerman and then blew out his own brains. The tragedy occurred on the west side of North Boulevard, between Highland and Johnson Avenues, after a quarrel between the man and wife.
Mrs. Hagerman was a daughter of John N. Porter, superintendent of Oakland Cemetery, and the mother of four small children, three boys and a girl, the youngest being scarcely more than a year old, and the oldest being about 6.
According to statements made by those associated with Mrs. Hagerman, who was at the time of her death a bookkeeper at the Model Hand Laundry, 205 North Boulevard, she had just finished eating her lunch Saturday noon when Hagerman joined her in front of the laundry and together they proceeded down the street.
Witnesses state that they saw Hagerman draw his revolver from his back pocket, and crying, "I've got to kill you now." shot his wife down. As she fell to the pavement, he sent another bullet into her body and then turned his revolver on himself and sent a bullet through his right temple.
Believe Crime Planned - The calm way to which the husband carried out the crime was of such a nature as to lead relatives of the dead woman to believe that it had been carefully planned. Witnesses to the affair stated that following the first shot from his pistol when his wife sank screaming to the pavement, Hagerman coolly aimed a second and then taking a last puff from a cigarette held between his lips, he fired the shot that ended his own life. When he was picked up the lighted cigarette was still in his mouth.
As the undertaking establishment of Barclay & Brandon, it was found that Mrs. Hagerman was shot twice, once in the left lung and one near the heart. Hagerman was shot horizontally through the right temple.
Mrs. Hagerman was 28 years old and her husband 30. They had been married about eight years, living most of the time in Washington and Clarendon, Virginia. Last December, they returned to Atlanta, where Mrs. Hagerman separated from her husband and began living from her husband and began living with her father at 83 Capitol Avenue. Hagerman returned to Washington and came back to Atlanta only a short time ago.
Husband Wanted Reconciliation - The tragedy was possibly the result of a quarrel ensuing between the two when the husband attempted to effect a reconciliation. Employees at the Model Laundry stated that Hagerman had been bothering his wife for some time. He had telephoned and called by for her several times, but she had repeatedly refused to accompany him.
When the tragedy occurred, witnesses stated that both were speaking excitedly, during which time Mr. Hagerman had evidently threatened to strike his wife, for she drew away from him.
According to Mr. Porter, the father of Mrs. Hagerman, the killing was probably the result of excessive drinking which had affected the mind of the husband of his daughter.
"Hagerman was a worthless fellow," he stated, an habitual drunkard, who had refused to give his wife a penny for the past year or so. He had threatened to kill her several times and I had warned her against him. She was evidently in fear of him, for she walked home last night rather than risk meeting him on the cars. (streetcar)
Shortly after she came in, Hagerman called her up on the phone. I told him she was not in and he appeared to be angry. I think he had been drinking. A little later he called up and she refused to talk to him, saying that she must put the baby to sleep. That is the last I heard of the affair until I was notified today of the death of my daughter, that no good would come of it. When my daughter was forced to leave Hagerman last December, she immediately began to work as best she could to feed her four little children and she appeared to be happy with them until this thing occurred. At this time, my daughter was suing for divorce and the suit was pending.
Mrs. Hagerman is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Porter, five sisters, Mrs. Nellie Mae McCurdy and Misses Carrie, Ruth, Marie and Grace Paine Porter; a brother, John N. Porter, Jr., and four children, James, aged 6, Tommie, 4, Edgar 2 and May Bell, 15 months. Mr. Hagerman is survived by two sisters, both of whom live out of the state. Funeral announcements for both will be made later.
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Talmage was buried the same day as his funeral (24 Sep 1917)in the God's Acre portion of the Westview Cemetery, Atlanta Georgia. There is no headstone or marker for him as the "God's Acre" was the burial location at the time for bodies given to the city for burial of those with no means to buy a burial. It is now woods and not accessible. Still part of the cemetery today but not maintained by city, as I understand.
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