LYNCHING AN INNOCENTMAN.
A horrible crime . has been . committed in Basque country, Texas. A young man of good standing l "by fie name of Dixon, from Johnson country,.. was paying his devotions to^aryqung lady, and became jealous of the attenL; tious of another young' min. "The 1 latter circulated the report that Dixon had spoken evil of the giil, and Dixon left. father gathered up * number of men and followed him. They came up with him in country, arrested him on a liotitUat' charge, and started back with him, took him as far as Hill creek and hanged him. They then camehbme and reported that he had been drowned, A few days after his body was founds fearfully decomposed, hanging to a limb in a thicket. The murdererahave been arrested, and the"" excitement was high against-them. ■. . , Ti - ■ {For continuation qf V&u Fourth JPdge.|
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Evening Star, Issue 4282, 16 November 1876, Page 1
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143LYNCHING AN INNOCENTMAN. Evening Star, Issue 4282, 16 November 1876, Page 1
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