Rose Elker vangofrapoj al Masher
Rozo aŭ Rose Elker naskiĝis en St. Louis sur Februaro 5, 1890. Onklino Rose estis mia praavino, Magdalena Elker la, plej juna fratino. Sabate, septembra 22, 1906, la 16-jaraĝa Rose promenis al sia tasko ĉe la Plugas Candy Factory en St. Louis.
Onklino Rose piediris 8 Estas matene, when she started to cross the 18th Street Bridge. La St. Louis Poŝto-Senda reported that Aunt Rose was a pretty blonde. As she crossed the bridge, a young man threw his arms around her waist and hugged her. “Halo, Mielo. You look good to me.” The unknown man continued to squeeze her more tightly to him.
Eduard, Magdalena kaj 12 de ilia 14 infanoj de la julio 5, 1934 Eldono de la St. Louis Stelo-Tempoj
Aunt Rose told him “I’m not the kind of girl you think I am!” She punctuated her remarks with a hard slap to his cheek. The young man let go of her and walked off the south side of the bridge.
Aunt Rose was shaken up by experience but saw St. Louis Police Officer Murphy as she was exiting the north side of the bridge. She told Officer Murphy about what happened. Officer Murphy, aroused with a chivalrous spirit, escorted Aunt Rose back across the bridge with the intent of apprehending the miscreant. Tamen, the masher was smart enough to flee the area as quickly as possible. Aunt Rose described the young man as about 5’02” with a slender build and blonde hair.
Besides dealing with this disturbing incident, Aunt Rose lost both her parents in this same year. August Elker died in February 1906. Bertha Elker nee Lipke died on October 19, 1906 after a six month battle with cancer.
I don’t have very much information about Aunt Rose. She married a man named Marshall Tharp in St. Louis dum 1910. They moved to Iowa prior to 1925. #?E iu punkto, it looks like they settled in California. If I gather more information about her, I will add it here.
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Fontoj: St. Louis Poŝto-Senda, septembra 22, 1906, P. 7 and September 23, 1906, P. 40
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