Charles E. Abbe Murder Telegram. University of South Florida Tampa Library still image eng A telegraph sent from Nellie Whitaker to her uncle reporting the death of Charles Abbe, Postmaster of Sarasota. The telegram states: "Father was shot and killed this...December twenty-seventh...don't allow Carrie to come." It is telegraph number 248C. On the check line, it says: "Paid via Jacksonville." It is addressed from Tampa, Florida and was sent to Jn Adams. The telegraph was generated by the The Western Union Telegraph Company, which is prominently displayed on the top of the telegraph.The Abbe murder was committed by a gang known as the Sarasota Vigilantes. Abbe, the postmaster and an immigrant to Sarasota from the North, was gunned down in the street by local "Crackers" who believed he was in league with the Disston Railroad interests and planned to displace them from their land and homesteads. A telegraph sent from Nellie Whitaker to her uncle reporting the death of Charles Abbe, Postmaster of Sarasota. The telegram states: "Father was shot and killed this...December twenty-seventh...don't allow Carrie to come." It is telegraph number 248C. On the check line, it says: "Paid via Jacksonville." It is addressed from Tampa, Florida and was sent to Jn Adams. The telegraph was generated by the The Western Union Telegraph Company, which is prominently displayed on the top of the telegraph.The Abbe murder was committed by a gang known as the Sarasota Vigilantes. Abbe, the postmaster and an immigrant to Sarasota from the North, was gunned down in the street by local "Crackers" who believed he was in league with the Disston Railroad interests and planned to displace them from their land and homesteads. Abbe, Charles E. United States Whitaker Family Whitaker, Carrie Stu Whitaker, Nellie Florida--Hillsborough County--Tampa Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection
Charles E. Abbe Murder Telegram.
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A telegraph sent from Nellie Whitaker to her uncle reporting the death of Charles Abbe, Postmaster of Sarasota. The telegram states: "Father was shot and killed this...December twenty-seventh...don't allow Carrie to come." It is telegraph number 248C. On the check line, it says: "Paid via Jacksonville." It is addressed from Tampa, Florida and was sent to Jn Adams. The telegraph was generated by the The Western Union Telegraph Company, which is prominently displayed on the top of the telegraph.The Abbe murder was committed by a gang known as the Sarasota Vigilantes. Abbe, the postmaster and an immigrant to Sarasota from the North, was gunned down in the street by local "Crackers" who believed he was in league with the Disston Railroad interests and planned to displace them from their land and homesteads.
A telegraph sent from Nellie Whitaker to her uncle reporting the death of Charles Abbe, Postmaster of Sarasota. The telegram states: "Father was shot and killed this...December twenty-seventh...don't allow Carrie to come." It is telegraph number 248C. On the check line, it says: "Paid via Jacksonville." It is addressed from Tampa, Florida and was sent to Jn Adams. The telegraph was generated by the The Western Union Telegraph Company, which is prominently displayed on the top of the telegraph.The Abbe murder was committed by a gang known as the Sarasota Vigilantes. Abbe, the postmaster and an immigrant to Sarasota from the North, was gunned down in the street by local "Crackers" who believed he was in league with the Disston Railroad interests and planned to displace them from their land and homesteads.
Abbe, Charles E.
United States
Whitaker Family
Whitaker, Carrie Stu Whitaker, Nellie
Florida--Hillsborough County--Tampa
Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection