Entry #44

I have three historic newspaper subscriptions, and I try to search for ancestors and their offspring in the appropriate collections. Sometimes the news is disturbing. In the case of 15-year-old James Burton Evans, who was the son of Abner James Evans and Mary E. Brown Evans, it was fatal. The family tragedy of the Evans family (my mother-in-law’s side) is recounted in this news article from the Philadelphia Inquirer of Tuesday, January 4, 1881.

Case. A Lad of Fourteen Stabs a Young Acquaintance. Death of the Victim Date: Tuesday, January 4, 1881 Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) Volume: CIV Page: 1

This is the follow -up on the inquest.

Inquest in the Case of the Boy, James Burton Evans Date: Thursday, January 6, 1881 Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) Volume: CIV Page: 2