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Double murder still mystery at DublinBy WILMA HALL K-T Staff WriterDUblJN - Two tombstones, weathered from almost a century under Krath County’s hot summer suns and cold winter blasts, lie side by side in the Old Dublin Memorial Park.Inscriptions on the tombstones indicate that two men were buried in the twin graves on March 29. 1879. After considerable research, only part of the mystery of their deaths was solved.In the early 1800’s a Methodist minister, a Kcv. Holloway, was conducting prayer meeting at his home in the Cow Creek community. The Kev. Holloway had three sons, two of which married sisters.It was a custom of the pioneers to carry guns; however, a law had been passed forbidding the carrying of firearms. Since some disturbances had been occurring at church sevices, several law enforcement officials, including two deputies, a Mr. Koss and a Mr. Robinson, were sent from Dublin to handle the situation.On the way to the Holloway home, the officers stopped by a neighbor's home and the neighbor begged them not to go on, as he feared trouble.As the officers entered the Holloway home, Ross and Roberson were shot. The twoHolloway men, who were married to sisters, escaped and were never apprehended. The third son was wounded, arrested, and tried, but never convicted.About 1935. one of the Holloway men came to Dublin to surrender to law officials. They spent the night with a local family and confessed their part in the murder and begged the man of the house to go withthem to the courthouse in Stephenville to surrender. When they went before the judge they were told since there were no living witnesses, no charges would be made, and he was a free man.Holloway was an old man and very relieved to free his conscience. He told officials his brother had been sent to prison for another offense but had escaped. He had searched in every state for his brother but could not find him. Holloway said he and his brother really knew which one killed the two officers or whether both of them fired the fatal shots. Holloway left Dublin and was never heard from again.In the meantime, the tombstones keep ttieir silent vigil over twin graves. Perhaps it will be another century or maybe never, before the fate of the Holloway men is known.
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Stephenville Empire Tribune
Stephenville, Texas, US
Mon, Sep 25, 1978
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