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nuuia ui pcmciui uav«Eilzev Easterwood, the young man now on trial in the district court, who with Sam Hamblen, stands charged with talcing the life of John Baker at Merkel, on the night of December 26, 1892, was born in Pontotoc county, Mississippi in 1870. His father, T. D. Easterwood, was a respectable far-mtr, and his mother was the daughter of Dr. James Ellzey, a well known Baptist preacher. The mother died when Ellzey Easterwood was but three years of age, after which his faihei with his four sons removed to Texas, and located in Milam county, where ! he has ever since resided, and in 1882 again married. Ellzey lived at home until he was 16 years old, when he went to Merkel and has since been employed most of the time by his uncles, who are ranching in that section. In 1890 he married Georgia Coggin, and about three months ago moved to Merkel where his family consisting of a wife and child now reside. His father says that Ellzey was always a good boy and never made him any trouble.John Baker, the young man who was so foully murdered at Merkel, was born in Hill county, Texas, October 17th, 1873, and was but 19 years old at the time of his death. His father moved into Taylor county in 1880, locating eight miles west of Merkel, where he has been ranching ever since. His mother died in 1883, when John was but ten years of age. Every-
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Abilene Reporter
Abilene, Texas, US
Fri, Jul 07, 1893
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