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peareaThe Cedar Creek Killing.Bastrop, Tex., June 17.—The evidence of both blacks and whites who were present at the recent trouble in the Cedar creek neighborhood 6how that the whites acted on the defensive, the colored people being the aggressors. The shooting of Ad Litton by the negro constable is said to have been without provocation and cold-blooded in the extreme, as he was a prisoner unarmed and under trial. The shot from the-negro constable’s gun seems to have been the signal for the negroes to open tire, which they did, many shots being fired before the whites got in a shot, they being taken by surprise, the firing coming from both the courtroom and a log hut near by. From all indications the affair wa* planned and premeditated on the partof the negroes.Wounded Man Married.
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Decatur Wise County Messenger
Decatur, Texas, US
Sat, Jun 29, 1889
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