Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1919 — BAD WRITING TRAGEDY CAUSE [ARTICLE]

BAD WRITING TRAGEDY CAUSE

Letter of Texas Judge to Former Wife Is Delivered to Another Person. Decatur, Tex.—A letter wrongly delivered led to the tragic death of Judge H. D. Spencer of Decatur, one of the leading lawyers of This part of the state. He was shot down while passing along the street here by W. M. Bolger, a well known and highly respected retired merchant of Waco. Judge Spencer was "divorced from his wife several months hgo. She moved to Waco, where recently she was married to a man by the name of W. M. Bolinger. Spencer wrote his former wife a day or two before lie was killed in regard to certain insurance policies which she had in her possession. The letter showed that there had been a close intimacy between the two. This letter was delivered by the postman to Bolger instead of Mrs. Bolinger. He read it and then laid it before his wife. Mrs. Bolger declared she had never heard of Spencer before, and did not know what the letter was all about. Bolger became infuriated and declared he was going to kill Spencer. He met Spencer and fired four shots, causing his- death. -