J. Baltis Hinkle

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Husband J. Baltis Hinkle

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           Born: 1909 - Arkansas
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           Died: 19 Dec 1933 - Yoakum, DeWitt Co., Texas 1
         Buried:  - Pawnee Cem., Pawnee, Bee County, Texas

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         Father: Jefferson Breckenridge Hinkle (1881-1952)
         Mother: Ora Ann Ellliott (1884-1977) 2

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General Notes: Husband - J. Baltis Hinkle

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TEXAS DEATH CERTIFICATE 54719:

J. Baltis Hinkle, white, male, single
Died: December 19, 1933, aged 21 yrs
Place of death: Yoakum, DeWitt Co., Texas
Occupation: Truck Driver/Cream Route
Born: Arkansas
Father: Dr. J. B. Hinkle, born Arkansas
Mother: Ora Ann Elliott, born Arkansas
Informant: H. H. Elliott, address: Kennedy R. A.
Cause of death: Burned to Death in St. Charles Hotel; Fire at 2:45 am
Burial: Pawnee Cemetery, December 19, 1933
Undertaker: L. W. Buffington, Yoakum

DEATH:

The following article is from page 5 of the newspaper in Hallettsville, Texas. Hallettsville is the county seat of Lavaca County.

Two Burned to Death In Yoakum Hotel Fire Wednesday
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J. B. Hinkle and J. W. Haby Died As St. Charles Hotel Destroyed
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Hotel Discovered Mass Of Flames At About 2:45 A.M.

YOAKUM, Dec. 19. -- Death staked [sic] with one of the most disastrous fires in Yoakum in several years last nite and two visitors were burned to death in the flames that destroyed the St. Charles Hotel. The dead are J. B. Hinkle, 25, of Kenedy, truck driver for Swift & Co., and J. W. Haby, 22, of San Antonio, truck salesman for the Apache Packing Co. Both men were single.
The fire alarm was turned in at about 2:45 and when discovered the fire had almost enveloped the entire huge wooden structure and was beyond control by the time the fire department trucks arrived despite the fact that the hotel is only two blocks from the fire station and that a quick run was made.
Mrs. M. Dye, proprietress of the hotel, narrowly escaped from the flames and shortly after the fire boys arrived, was taken to the hospital suffering from a shock and nervousness. She told of two boys sleeping in upstairs rooms and asked whether they had gotten out safely. They could not be found and their bodies were discovered about an hour later on the upstairs front porch burned beyond recognition. They were later identified by a ring and a purse of money which had not been damaged except by water.
The origin of the fire was not determined but according to Cheif [sic] Charlie Kaiser, from all appearances the fire started in the downstairs dining room and quickly spread to the upstairs rooms and hall. The two men sleeping upstairs were figured to have less chance to escape the flames than those sleeping downstairs and it was figured they were trapped by the flames when awakened.
Herbert Spies suffered a painful injury to his foot when he stepped upon a big nail and the nail was driven almost through his right foot, necessitating the cutting of a hole completely through his foot to properly treat the wound. He was reported resting well at a late hour today.
The loss was partially insured according to information and the building and funiture [sic] will be a total loss it is said, although the amount involved was not estimated.
Services for Mr. Hinkle were held at Kenedy this afternoon and services for Mr. Haby will be held at San Antonio Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock.
Mr. Haby was a grand-nephew of Mrs. Mollie Schwab and F. O. Crawford of Yoakum. ---Herald.

1 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 173750149.

2 http://www.txgenweb7.org/txbee/Cemeteries/Pawnee.Cem.htm.