Black Jack Ketchem the outlaw meets his end in Clayton
The article recounts the 1880 execution of Ed Williams Ketchem known as Black Jack after a train robbery spree in New Mexico. Ketchem was wounded, captured, and hanged at Clayton with guards and officials present. He dictated a final letter to President McKinley confessing details of the raid and naming accomplices.
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Harrington
Ketchem
Pinard
Trinidad
Clayton
Salome Garcia
Black Jack
Territory of New Mexico
William J. Mills
Union County
Jeremiah Leahy
Raton
W. B. Bunker
Las Vegas
Garcia
Court
Law
Clark
L. C. Fort
President McKinley
Santa Fe
Stein’s Pass
Arizona
Leonard Albare
Dave Atkins
Edward Cullen
Will Carver
Sam Ketchem
Ti Bill
T. E. Ketchem
New Mexico
Banditti
Billy the Kid
Southwest
AIDED BY FOUNDATION LOAN FUND AT A&M COLLEGE
A Texas A and M College report shows over 170 students used the Sears Roebuck Agricultural Foundation loan fund of 25 000 during 1925 26 to continue studies. Harry Mugford of Fredericksburg is among beneficiaries. funds are managed by the Ex Students Association with Ike Ashburn as secretary. Students earn expenses by various part time jobs, with one man saving nearly 400 by working two oil field shifts in summer.
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Texas A. & M. College
Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation
A. K. Short
Dallas
Gillespie County
Harry Mugford
Fredericksburg
A. & M. College
Colonel Ashburn
Ashburn
Selection of Roosters from the Breeding Pen
J. W. Knight advises poultry growers to select breeding roosters early for vigor and breed characteristics. He stresses three factors: breed characteristics vitality and pedigree, recommending cocks with known pedigrees and energetic temperaments to improve flocks. Delays in ordering may let others claim the best birds.
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Rhode Island
J. W. Knight
Local history books fly off the shelves fast
Notice urges readers to visit the office and purchase Gillespie County History volumes before they sell out amid strong demand and limited supply.
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Gillespie County
Shooting Rampage Ends in Sheriff Fatality in Columbus
In Columbus Texas on April 25 Joe Medura 29 a former soldier and ex inmate shot his father 59 wounding him severely then shot his brother 24 non fatally. Sheriff Burchell and Deputy Wegen ordered him to drop his gun. He advanced. the sheriff shot him fatally wounding him in the breast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Texas
Joe Medura
San Antonio
Frank
Burchell
J. Wegen
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THE
Outlaw
Foundation Loan Fund
Roosters
Gold
A. J. Kroll
P. Hahn
Higaria
Sudan
Mebane
Poah
H. CG. Maier
Standard Motor Company Inc
Empire Music Store
Travelers Cafe
A. C. Jennings
Sala
E. E. Hahn
Ala
Rother
Empire
Micky Rathbone
Hugo A. Walter
Sinclair
Texaco
Martin's
City Flour & Grain CO
Fred. Hannemann
Elgin
Walter
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