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Matt Charba

5 Jul 1863 – 3 Oct 1917

Birth5 Jul 1863
Death3 Oct 1917
CemeteryGrove Hill Memorial Park
Dallas , Dallas County , Texas , USA
Added byTom White on 13 Apr 2021
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53478143

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DAIRYMAN IS KILLED; ICEMAN HELD IN JAIL Matt Charba, dairyman, was shot and instantly killed Wednesday evening at 6:30 o'clock by W.G. Bowling , local ice dealer, during a quarrel over some cattle said to have been running on Bowling's property. Four shots were fired, two taking effect in Charba's head, one entering his stomach and the fourth going wild. The shooting took place in Charba's field, near the intersection of Collin street and the Texas and Pacific railroad. Bowling's wife, who was standing near him when he fired the shots, was the only eye-witness to the affair, whose name was secured by the police. A 38-caliber pistol was used. After the killing, Bowling telephoned to police headquarters, stating he had killed a man and was ready to surrender. Officers Preston and Plant were sent to his home and he was arrested on a charge of murder. He was lodged in the city jail. Trouble between the two men had been brewing for some time, according to the report made by the police. Bowling, who lives on Metropolitan street, near the T. & P. railroad, arrived home Wednesday evening to find fifteen or twenty of Charba's cows running on his property, he said. After securing a pistol, he started out to find Charba, who lives on Collins street, near the T. & P. railroad. The two men met near Charba's home, and it was here that the shooting took pace. Charba, who was fifty-four years old, was a native of Austria, and had lived in Texas about eighteen years. He had been a resident of Dallas for five years. His body has been turned over to the Smith Undertaking Company. Surviving are his wife and a son, V. J. Charba . - October 4, 1917, Dallas Daily Times Herald, p. 3, col. 4.

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