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MATURA Obituary
Obituary to John Matura
Weimar Mercury 19.December 1898
Defending His Mother and a Young Man Kills His Brother
"Schulenburg, Tex., Dec. 16. - The Farm of Andrew Huebner, located five miles northeast of Schulenburg, was the scene of a tragedy in which two men, Vincent Krobot and John Matura, met death at 10 o`clock last night.
Mrs. Matura, widow, was a tenant on the Huebner farm, and with her lived her two sons, John Matura, aged agout 28 years, and Clemens Matura, aged about 26 years.
John Matura and Vincent Krobot had rented some farming land a few miles west of Schulenburg and were preparing to cultivate it next year. Together they went fo Mrs. Matura´s household effects belonging to John Matura. A dispute arose between Mrs. Matura and her son John in regard to the ownership of some of the effects, which culminated in the killing.
Clemens Matura came to town to notify the officers of the killing. To the justice of the peace he said that when the dispute arose between his mother and brother, Krobot took the part of the son and struck his mother, that he, Clemens, then interfered to protect his mother. Krobot and John Matura both attacked him, the former with a pitchfork and the latter with an ax, when he shot and killed both of them with a pistol. Krobot was shot through the heart and John Matura through the heat, the ball entering the left lobe of the brain.
Clemens Matura came to town this morning for coffins for the dead men. During the day a warrant was issued for his arrest.
The Matura´s are Moravians and came here from their
mother country about three years ago.
Vincent Krobot was also a Moravian and came to this country
three or four years ago. He was about 30 years old, a laborer, and had a wife and four or five children in the old country, whom he expected to join him here next year.
John Matura, deceased, and his brother Clemens Matura, the slayer, were unmarried. "
Weimar Mercury 19.December 1898
Defending His Mother and a Young Man Kills His Brother
"Schulenburg, Tex., Dec. 16. - The Farm of Andrew Huebner, located five miles northeast of Schulenburg, was the scene of a tragedy in which two men, Vincent Krobot and John Matura, met death at 10 o`clock last night.
Mrs. Matura, widow, was a tenant on the Huebner farm, and with her lived her two sons, John Matura, aged agout 28 years, and Clemens Matura, aged about 26 years.
John Matura and Vincent Krobot had rented some farming land a few miles west of Schulenburg and were preparing to cultivate it next year. Together they went fo Mrs. Matura´s household effects belonging to John Matura. A dispute arose between Mrs. Matura and her son John in regard to the ownership of some of the effects, which culminated in the killing.
Clemens Matura came to town to notify the officers of the killing. To the justice of the peace he said that when the dispute arose between his mother and brother, Krobot took the part of the son and struck his mother, that he, Clemens, then interfered to protect his mother. Krobot and John Matura both attacked him, the former with a pitchfork and the latter with an ax, when he shot and killed both of them with a pistol. Krobot was shot through the heart and John Matura through the heat, the ball entering the left lobe of the brain.
Clemens Matura came to town this morning for coffins for the dead men. During the day a warrant was issued for his arrest.
The Matura´s are Moravians and came here from their
mother country about three years ago.
Vincent Krobot was also a Moravian and came to this country
three or four years ago. He was about 30 years old, a laborer, and had a wife and four or five children in the old country, whom he expected to join him here next year.
John Matura, deceased, and his brother Clemens Matura, the slayer, were unmarried. "