Of all the words ever written in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram — and there have been many — few were as poignant as those left behind by Louis J. Wortham, the original publisher and editor of the paper formed in 1909.
“So let it suffice to say in this moment of shock and sorrow, that a mighty oak has fallen this day in the forest of humanity, and that the living men of this generation will not look again upon so majestic, kindly, and noble a specimen.”
Those words were written in the aftermath of the death of Paul Waples, who was killed in November 1916 when the car he was riding in collided with an Interurban railcar near his home on the East Side…