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TEXAN WHO FOUGHT UNDER «: ' FLAGS DEADWilliam Henry Campbell died recently at Bryan, at the .advanced ace of 91 years. —,Mr. Campbell had the distinction of fighting under four flam.At the age of 15 Mr. Campbell participated in the capture of John Brown at Harpers Ferry. A year later he enlisted in the Confederate army under General Sterling Price.. After one year’s service he joined Quantrell's band and was commissioned a captain by Jefferson Davis. He served with Quantrell until the close of the war. bc-ing at one time seriously wounded.After the fall of the Confederacy Campbell went ;to Mexico and enlisted under the ill-fated Maximilian. He was present when Maxmillian was shot.Making his escape back to the United Slates, Campbell iolned the band of Ex-Confederate soldiers who took part in the Cuban revolution of 1876. Again ho was seriously wounded. Returning to New York, nejibandoned arms for the paint brush and became one of the noted artists of the time.vj/ me vjuvdi iii uir i.nucu voseek a dissolution of the marriage.tie. was granted a divorce* in San Antonio a few weeks ago. The. woman, who is 75; was granted a divorce from her former husband, who is 04. The couple lived together only three nays, .and .the woman was granted a divorce on the ground* that she had been subjected to cruel treatment.In her petition the woman alleged that her husband was a fortune teller and that lie jiersdsdcd her to marry him. She also alleged that the difference in their ages made them unsuited.NEWSPAPERS IN TEXAS Jn Texas wherhthc count was made last year, there were 722 daily and weekly newspapers. There were 116 dailies in 87 cities and towns. The dailies had n combined circulation of 1,327,839. There were 606 weeklies, which had a circulation ot-78591. The average circulation of the daily paper, was 11.117; the average circulation of the weekly papers was 1,301.The first newspaper to make it. appearance in Texas was published in Nacogdoches. The first issue of the turner made it. anneor-ine* !« lainConfederate cause, mo ot ms orotn-«ra died in army prisons.FIRST TRAIN ROBBERY IN TEXASThe first tram robbery in Texas was Bt Allen, in Collin county, about twenty-five milds from Dallas. In the ypar 1878. In the early spring of that year a Houston Texas Central southbound passenger train was held up by what was known-a. Sam Ban' gang. Bass had with him a band of three men. The Job was easily accomplished, for such a thing as a hold-up had never happened in Texas, hence thc.crew.and passengers alike were utterly surprised and de-fen‘eless. The gang immediately fled inlo Denton county, where Baas rendezvoused and added several members lo his gang.The next robbery was at Hutchins, on the same road, ten miles SPU.Ui of Dal-, las. and the third followed in a short time at Mesquite. At the last named place a newsboy shot and wounded one of thr robbers, and from him it: was learned who the other robbors were. Some month* later Bass-was killed at Round Rork. also a number of his band.LAWSUIT FOR NOTED PISTOL
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Colorado Citizen
Columbus, Texas, US
Thu, Mar 09, 1933
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