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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1890
Page
2
A report from Dallas June 19 notes many applicants have been assigned space for the State Fair and Dallas Exposition. Dallas exhibitors lead, with counties Denton Ellis and Raine. interest grows, and the county exhibit appears stronger than last year.
Two major incidents unfold as a fatal shooting occurs in Nevatola when W R Collier kills Dr E G Tines after a dispute over an account. In a separate crash near Nacoma a special train rear car crashes into a passenger car, injuring several and causing one potential death, with freight and passenger trains moved for care.
A tramp along the Southern Pacific line between Spofford Junction and Anacho uncovered two men who loosened a rail and wired it to trip an eastbound passenger train. Foreman reported a broken tool box and stolen wrench and crowbar. The men hoped for robbery as trains approach at high speed.
June notices detail a fatal train accident near Drakeman with John Adair killed after being struck by a wagon car and his remains sent to Tyler. A Longview Junction mishap injures a worker when a baggage car trigger breaks his leg above the knee. In Sax Apoc orna a grim murder near Macane ends with Aunt Hugh Garrett found decapitated and a family arrested in connection with the crime.
News from Texas and nearby states reports rail freight congestion between Fort Worth and Clarendon with passenger trains sidelined by fog and heavy loads. Texas state notes include crops, weather, new hospitals, banks, and infrastructure projects across numerous counties.
A detailed instructional piece describes methods for teaching women to mount ride and dismount bicycles. It covers grip, balance, the leather teaching belt, and step by step actions, emphasizing careful progress, posture, and control. It also includes a brief aside on alfalfa as a western crops topic and a humorous Philadelphia Times exchange about a student's college meal.
C W Iclaey, a Pearsall youth, was killed around 3 AM after a confrontation involving a dog and a man named Dobbs. Collins and Dobbs rode to the scene, Dobbs allegedly urged shooting, and Wilkins fired, Collins returning a shot before dying. A large knife was found on Collins. no pistol. Dobbs was arrested. the Baptist preacher father of the slain youth learned of the tragedy during services in Pearsall.
A June lightning bolt struck wires on Mr Moncrief's cross fence a mile below Ennis, injuring about half the pests and tearing wires. The bolt traveled across the field to the outer fence, then along a fence line, pulling wires loose. A ground connection along posts every hundred yards is suggested to prevent such calamities.
A band of Indians assaults a cow camp in New Mexico as conflict spreads. Reports describe outraged bands, signaling an outbreak with Indian lookouts, blanket code signaling, and possible allied joins from Standing Rock, Sioux, and Pine Ridge Cheyennes. Major Carroll commands three cavalry troops at Rosebud.
A large crowd gathered at Bayley Park when a man jumped from a cable across an artificial lake. The nearby rusted foot bridge collapsed, injuring twenty five and hospitalizing eight people, as timber and footpaths collapsed into the crash site.
A severe thunderstorm struck northern Pant s county near Berry Bedford pond. Two youths Joseph Speaks age 18 and Lish Wilson age 15 were killed under a cattle troughs shelter as lightning struck while the party headed home. Banton Speaks suffered severe facial burns. Edward Kennedy was stunned but walked two miles home.
Sheriff Crammer died after being shot by prisoner William West in Booxeville county jail. A mob of enraged farmers gathered to lynch West, but, at the sheriff’s dying request to let the law take its course, the crowd dispersed. The jail remains heavily guarded.
In Kentucky William Walton killed Ben Kerrick after a quarrel in Louisville area. Kerrick died a few hours later from injuries. The Asheville native of North Carolina is said to be Walton, now sought. In Pennsylvania Privas, Pa two pistol shots were heard on Sycamore Street. William Collins and Charles Deermeer were found dead. Collins shot Deermeer then killed himself.
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