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FOB MUROERTHIRTY-ONE YEARSJim Flowers, Charged With Killing aMr. ftfyant at Grand Saline,3rc5thate*in Jail.mmmm ■. --' *'■ Canton, April 27.-CommiaS!iii|l!ll^e^;-!n'C^l^'8098ion''ye8ter.f schooltrusteesneaiherthe;rowheld over at Burnett Chapel, where v: the lii^uste®8 tied ,1and in©ction was declared | void, having been illegally held,Regular May term -of/court will® sebohd - Monday,laelt;Deputy Sheriff Jno, R, KellisFlowers from^Frederick, Okla., and;ttim;;fginl7:;;iail:.:; here:j;rt*r-vi V : « •;•••;.. - « -Flowers is charged with killing a section foreman, a Mr. Bryant, at Grand Saline in 1878, he being at that time only about 19 years old. Flowers it is alleged hasled a very wild life, having killedseveral men in his career, and served two or more terms in thequiproof tJotj.oitDa’tralt;friewitlare a fifro■ He has gone un*der various names and contended with Mr. Kellis till they reaoh-ed Wills Point that his name wass “Now he owns up apd says he was the first man locked up in the ol(d jail, a portion, of which still stands. Sheriff Gentry and Mr. Kellis have beentraiiing and getting evidence forthe past two years, aDd * were sure they had the right man be-ore they had him locked up in rederiok, Okla. There are sevof ] herMaIasihotat ’da;netoral eye witnesses to the killing still living. Though 31 yea i have passed, he is now behind the bars, awaiting justice for a crime of the worst kind.onanjnotSheriff Gentry last night lockn
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Wills Point Chronicle
Wills Point, Texas, US
Thu, Apr 29, 1909
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