Telegrams to family of Charlie Rudd
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1007)
(Document ID #650)
WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM
RECEIVED AT Temple Texas
38DAKX88 GOVT 1 EXTRA RUSH
WR MATHERFIELD SACREMENTO CALIF 9 AM NOV 13-19
MRS JAMES C RUDD 916 SOUTH 1ST
TEMPLE TEXAS
REGRET EXCEEDINGLY TO REPORT THE DEATH OF YOUR SON LIEUT CHARLES M RUDD AT BOUT SEVEN TWENTY FIVE PM NOV TWELFTH PERIOD LIEUT RUDD LEFT SAN-FRANCISCO IN DEHAVILAND APPROXIMATELY FOUR PM COMMA APPARENTLY GOT LOST NEAR STOCKTON AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AFTER DARK CRASHED INTO A TREE PERIOD FULL DETAILS WILL BE WRITTEN YOU PERIOD PLEASE WIRE YOUR WISHES REGARDING THE REMAINS OF YOUR SON AND DISPOSITION OF HIS PERSONAL EFFECTS
ROBERTSON COMMANDING
1145 AM
[Handwritten on reverse side - addresses of three sisters and one aunt]
Mrs. C. D. Chiles
1325 32 st Norwood
Birmingham Ala
Miss Madge Rudd
Alvin Tex
Miss Hilda Rudd
125 Capps Hall C.I.A.
Denton Tex
Mrs. J. Thos. Hall
Nacogdoches Tex
WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM
RECEIVED AT Temple Texas
68DAOM 64 GOVT
WR MATHERFIELD SACREMENTO CALIF 958AM NOV 15 19
MRS JAMES C RUDD 916 SOUTH FIRST ST
TEMPLE TEXAS
REMAINS OF YOUR SON IN CHARGE OF FIRST LIEUT TOBIN SCURTIS AIR SERVICE ARE LEAVING STOCKTON THIS AFTERNOON FOR TEMPLE TEXAS PERIOD LIEUT CURTIS HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO WIRE YOU THE TIME OF ARRIVAL OF HIS TRAIN IN TEMPLE PERIOD YOU SHOULD HAVE TELEGRAM FROM HIM THIS AFTERNOON REFERENCE THIS
ROBERTSON
1230PM