Bill CABLER Succumbs to Auto Injuries
Funeral services for Wm. CABLER, Jr., 26, who died at 12:25 p.m. Tuesday at Mercy hospital form injuries received at 4:10 a.m. Sunday when he was crushed beneath a truck a mile south of Olmito, had not been completed Tuesday afternoon at the First Baptist church.
The former athlete, who starred with Brownsville high school football teams in 1928 and 1929 and the Brownsville Junior college in 1930 and 1931, died as preparations were being made to give him a fifth blood transfusion.
He was one of the best known young men in this section through his activities as a football player, a boxer, and as a peace officer. Born at Meridian, Texas, he came here as a 12-year-old boy when his family made its home near Brownsville. He has lived here continuously since that time.
CABLER was the outstanding star of the strong high school and junior college football teams here, playing a halfback position. He started to attend Rice, but dropped out of school when a knee injury forced him to give up football. Later he fought as an amateur and as a professional in the Valley.
For several years he was Cameron county traffic officer for the southern portion of the county, and at the time of his death he was severing as an inspector for the State Liquor Control Board, working on the international bridges here.
Survivors include his wife, Aradath; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William CABLER, Sr.; three sisters, Mrs. Carrol CROWE, Mrs. Fred RUSTEBERG, Jr., and Frances, one uncle, Charles CABLER; eight aunts, Mrs. Henry STROMER, Mrs. O. T. WILLIAMS, Mrs. James LATIMER, Mrs. Paul WOMACK of El Paso, Mrs. J. F. ALLEN of Morgan, Tex., Mrs. Lucille CHRISTIAN, Miss Ida WOMACK and Mrs. W. B. NICHOLS of Tulsa; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. WOMACK; and numerous cousins including Bolivar CABLER, Charles CABLER, Jr., Kathleen SLAUGHTER, James CABLER, C. D. CABLER, Barbara WILLIAMS, Elizabeth SMITH, James LATIMER, Jesse Lou LATIMER, Womack STROMER, Janeth STROMER, David STROMER, Billy STROMER and John STROMER.
According to the attending physicians, his right kidney, liver, and other vital organs were crushed when the right wheels of the truck driven by Antonio GARCIA of Olmito ran over his abdomen. the blood transfusions served to partially offset loss of blood from internal hemorrhages.
Only once sine the accident, Sunday afternoon, did the athlete regain consciousness sufficiently to talk coherently. He was unable to relate details of the accident.
GARCIA, dairy operator, claims he did not see CABLER in the road and did not realize he had run over a man until stopped a short distance from the scene of the accident by Fort Brown soldiers who were traveling south in a car behind him. GARCIA said he felt the impact when his right wheels hit an object, but that he thought it was a "log" or something else.
CABLER's car, also occupied by Gerald "Stump" WIGGINGTON, young Brownsville man, was parked well off the highway with lights on and headed toward Brownsville, investigating officers say. CABLER's body apparently was lying on the highway beside the car. Early morning fog kept him from seeing distinctly, the truck driver asserted to officers.
The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, TX) - Tuesday, October 27, 1936
Funeral services for Wm. CABLER, Jr., 26, who died at 12:25 p.m. Tuesday at Mercy hospital form injuries received at 4:10 a.m. Sunday when he was crushed beneath a truck a mile south of Olmito, had not been completed Tuesday afternoon at the First Baptist church.
The former athlete, who starred with Brownsville high school football teams in 1928 and 1929 and the Brownsville Junior college in 1930 and 1931, died as preparations were being made to give him a fifth blood transfusion.
He was one of the best known young men in this section through his activities as a football player, a boxer, and as a peace officer. Born at Meridian, Texas, he came here as a 12-year-old boy when his family made its home near Brownsville. He has lived here continuously since that time.
CABLER was the outstanding star of the strong high school and junior college football teams here, playing a halfback position. He started to attend Rice, but dropped out of school when a knee injury forced him to give up football. Later he fought as an amateur and as a professional in the Valley.
For several years he was Cameron county traffic officer for the southern portion of the county, and at the time of his death he was severing as an inspector for the State Liquor Control Board, working on the international bridges here.
Survivors include his wife, Aradath; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William CABLER, Sr.; three sisters, Mrs. Carrol CROWE, Mrs. Fred RUSTEBERG, Jr., and Frances, one uncle, Charles CABLER; eight aunts, Mrs. Henry STROMER, Mrs. O. T. WILLIAMS, Mrs. James LATIMER, Mrs. Paul WOMACK of El Paso, Mrs. J. F. ALLEN of Morgan, Tex., Mrs. Lucille CHRISTIAN, Miss Ida WOMACK and Mrs. W. B. NICHOLS of Tulsa; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. WOMACK; and numerous cousins including Bolivar CABLER, Charles CABLER, Jr., Kathleen SLAUGHTER, James CABLER, C. D. CABLER, Barbara WILLIAMS, Elizabeth SMITH, James LATIMER, Jesse Lou LATIMER, Womack STROMER, Janeth STROMER, David STROMER, Billy STROMER and John STROMER.
According to the attending physicians, his right kidney, liver, and other vital organs were crushed when the right wheels of the truck driven by Antonio GARCIA of Olmito ran over his abdomen. the blood transfusions served to partially offset loss of blood from internal hemorrhages.
Only once sine the accident, Sunday afternoon, did the athlete regain consciousness sufficiently to talk coherently. He was unable to relate details of the accident.
GARCIA, dairy operator, claims he did not see CABLER in the road and did not realize he had run over a man until stopped a short distance from the scene of the accident by Fort Brown soldiers who were traveling south in a car behind him. GARCIA said he felt the impact when his right wheels hit an object, but that he thought it was a "log" or something else.
CABLER's car, also occupied by Gerald "Stump" WIGGINGTON, young Brownsville man, was parked well off the highway with lights on and headed toward Brownsville, investigating officers say. CABLER's body apparently was lying on the highway beside the car. Early morning fog kept him from seeing distinctly, the truck driver asserted to officers.
The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, TX) - Tuesday, October 27, 1936
Bill CABLER Succumbs to Auto Injuries
Funeral services for Wm. CABLER, Jr., 26, who died at 12:25 p.m. Tuesday at Mercy hospital form injuries received at 4:10 a.m. Sunday when he was crushed beneath a truck a mile south of Olmito, had not been completed Tuesday afternoon at the First Baptist church.
The former athlete, who starred with Brownsville high school football teams in 1928 and 1929 and the Brownsville Junior college in 1930 and 1931, died as preparations were being made to give him a fifth blood transfusion.
He was one of the best known young men in this section through his activities as a football player, a boxer, and as a peace officer. Born at Meridian, Texas, he came here as a 12-year-old boy when his family made its home near Brownsville. He has lived here continuously since that time.
CABLER was the outstanding star of the strong high school and junior college football teams here, playing a halfback position. He started to attend Rice, but dropped out of school when a knee injury forced him to give up football. Later he fought as an amateur and as a professional in the Valley.
For several years he was Cameron county traffic officer for the southern portion of the county, and at the time of his death he was severing as an inspector for the State Liquor Control Board, working on the international bridges here.
Survivors include his wife, Aradath; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William CABLER, Sr.; three sisters, Mrs. Carrol CROWE, Mrs. Fred RUSTEBERG, Jr., and Frances, one uncle, Charles CABLER; eight aunts, Mrs. Henry STROMER, Mrs. O. T. WILLIAMS, Mrs. James LATIMER, Mrs. Paul WOMACK of El Paso, Mrs. J. F. ALLEN of Morgan, Tex., Mrs. Lucille CHRISTIAN, Miss Ida WOMACK and Mrs. W. B. NICHOLS of Tulsa; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. WOMACK; and numerous cousins including Bolivar CABLER, Charles CABLER, Jr., Kathleen SLAUGHTER, James CABLER, C. D. CABLER, Barbara WILLIAMS, Elizabeth SMITH, James LATIMER, Jesse Lou LATIMER, Womack STROMER, Janeth STROMER, David STROMER, Billy STROMER and John STROMER.
According to the attending physicians, his right kidney, liver, and other vital organs were crushed when the right wheels of the truck driven by Antonio GARCIA of Olmito ran over his abdomen. the blood transfusions served to partially offset loss of blood from internal hemorrhages.
Only once sine the accident, Sunday afternoon, did the athlete regain consciousness sufficiently to talk coherently. He was unable to relate details of the accident.
GARCIA, dairy operator, claims he did not see CABLER in the road and did not realize he had run over a man until stopped a short distance from the scene of the accident by Fort Brown soldiers who were traveling south in a car behind him. GARCIA said he felt the impact when his right wheels hit an object, but that he thought it was a "log" or something else.
CABLER's car, also occupied by Gerald "Stump" WIGGINGTON, young Brownsville man, was parked well off the highway with lights on and headed toward Brownsville, investigating officers say. CABLER's body apparently was lying on the highway beside the car. Early morning fog kept him from seeing distinctly, the truck driver asserted to officers.
The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, TX) - Tuesday, October 27, 1936
Funeral services for Wm. CABLER, Jr., 26, who died at 12:25 p.m. Tuesday at Mercy hospital form injuries received at 4:10 a.m. Sunday when he was crushed beneath a truck a mile south of Olmito, had not been completed Tuesday afternoon at the First Baptist church.
The former athlete, who starred with Brownsville high school football teams in 1928 and 1929 and the Brownsville Junior college in 1930 and 1931, died as preparations were being made to give him a fifth blood transfusion.
He was one of the best known young men in this section through his activities as a football player, a boxer, and as a peace officer. Born at Meridian, Texas, he came here as a 12-year-old boy when his family made its home near Brownsville. He has lived here continuously since that time.
CABLER was the outstanding star of the strong high school and junior college football teams here, playing a halfback position. He started to attend Rice, but dropped out of school when a knee injury forced him to give up football. Later he fought as an amateur and as a professional in the Valley.
For several years he was Cameron county traffic officer for the southern portion of the county, and at the time of his death he was severing as an inspector for the State Liquor Control Board, working on the international bridges here.
Survivors include his wife, Aradath; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William CABLER, Sr.; three sisters, Mrs. Carrol CROWE, Mrs. Fred RUSTEBERG, Jr., and Frances, one uncle, Charles CABLER; eight aunts, Mrs. Henry STROMER, Mrs. O. T. WILLIAMS, Mrs. James LATIMER, Mrs. Paul WOMACK of El Paso, Mrs. J. F. ALLEN of Morgan, Tex., Mrs. Lucille CHRISTIAN, Miss Ida WOMACK and Mrs. W. B. NICHOLS of Tulsa; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. WOMACK; and numerous cousins including Bolivar CABLER, Charles CABLER, Jr., Kathleen SLAUGHTER, James CABLER, C. D. CABLER, Barbara WILLIAMS, Elizabeth SMITH, James LATIMER, Jesse Lou LATIMER, Womack STROMER, Janeth STROMER, David STROMER, Billy STROMER and John STROMER.
According to the attending physicians, his right kidney, liver, and other vital organs were crushed when the right wheels of the truck driven by Antonio GARCIA of Olmito ran over his abdomen. the blood transfusions served to partially offset loss of blood from internal hemorrhages.
Only once sine the accident, Sunday afternoon, did the athlete regain consciousness sufficiently to talk coherently. He was unable to relate details of the accident.
GARCIA, dairy operator, claims he did not see CABLER in the road and did not realize he had run over a man until stopped a short distance from the scene of the accident by Fort Brown soldiers who were traveling south in a car behind him. GARCIA said he felt the impact when his right wheels hit an object, but that he thought it was a "log" or something else.
CABLER's car, also occupied by Gerald "Stump" WIGGINGTON, young Brownsville man, was parked well off the highway with lights on and headed toward Brownsville, investigating officers say. CABLER's body apparently was lying on the highway beside the car. Early morning fog kept him from seeing distinctly, the truck driver asserted to officers.
The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, TX) - Tuesday, October 27, 1936
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