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; | DANNY HARRIS ~A b- WAS KILLED.baanbtotblaforterlogirdidsleea'1tie21cd10hekeSboilo Death by Alien Danaono. Wlo Wai Guarding Coavkls.DETAILS NOT OBTAINABLE.Fram ThurW*y*« Oaity.Thla afteroooo between one «nd two o'clock, Albert Baaaa non, wbo baa teen employed aa a convict guard by tbe county mad wbo had charge of a aquad of men wbo are at worn on the county road Id West Orange, ■tot and killed Danny fiarria.Tbe flrat new* of tbe killing that came to tbe officers waa when Uazzanno walked Into tbe sheriff's office, announced thatey he bad killed Danny Harris aodoonsurrendered. He waa Immediately locked up and Juatice of tbe Peace J. B. Bialand repaired to tbe scene ol tbe shooting and viewed tbe remains of tbe dead man. wbicb were tbeo re moved to tbe home of Li* ■other, Mrs. Albert Dunlap.Details ot tbe shooting have been unobtainable. Tbe aquad ol convicts woo wltneaaed tbe shooting were returned to tbe jail aod admittance to the jail was refused tbe reporters.Harris waa abot in the lelt aide and in tbe back of tbe oeck just between tbe shoulders the weapon used being a double barreled shot gun.Harris waa but a youtb, being a little more than sixteen yearn of age. No definite details ol the shooting have been obtained, though it la rumored tbit be waa engaged in an ef • fort to aid in tbe escape of one of the county convicts, and bad borrowed tbs borne of Charlie Parker for this purpose. Tbese are rumors only, however, and are not given aa facts.No statement has been given oat by Bazanoo and be wilt make none until his examining trial, tbe date for which haa not yej been set.Latku:—Rumor baa It that Harris and a companion bad started to tbe home ol George Foreman on an errand, going horseback; had stopped and were talktng to tbe convicts, when tbe companion moved on a llttie and soon beard a shot, aod then be harried to town, not knowing wbat tbe trouble might be. flcwever this ntcry a very Incomplete.
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Orange Leader
Orange, Texas, US
Fri, Jan 18, 1907
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