|
Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Texas
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865 - 1869
National Archives Microfilm Publication M821, Roll 32
"Miscellaneous Records Relating to Murders and Other Criminal Offenses Committed in Texas 1865 - 1868"
Registered Reports of Murders and Outrages - Travis County, Texas
No. 518 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Aaron Boyce. Race: white. Name of party injured: Edmund Parsons. Nature of offense: homicide. Race: black. By whom reported & when: Byron Porter, Feby. 8th, 1868. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: (blank).
No. 519 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Matlock & Alexander. Race: white. Name of party injured: Matt Heulen. Nature of offense: homicide. Race: black. By whom reported & when: Byron Porter, February 8th, 1867. Action of Bureau: arrested them and turned them over to civil authorities. Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: (blank).
No. 520 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Dick Miller. Race: black. Name of party injured: George Hill. Nature of offense: homicide. Race: black. By whom reported & when: Byron Porter, February 8th, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: was killed in a dispute gambling.
No. 547 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Billings. Race: white. Name of party injured: (blank). Nature of offense: assault & battery. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, February 1867. Action of Bureau: brought to the attention of the Civil Authorities. Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: (blank).
No. 585 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: James Moore. Race: white. Name of party injured: Gilbert Blair. Nature of offense: assault & battery with intent to kill. Race: black. By whom reported & when: J. P. Richardson, March 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: the assault was entirely unprovoked and wanton.
No. 617 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Dick Miller. Race: Black. Name of party injured: Geo. Hill. Nature of offense: homicide. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, March 26th, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: 10 years in penitentiary.
No. 618 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Charles McLaughlin. Race: white. Name of party injured: A. T. Boyce. Nature of offense: assault with intent to kill. Race: white. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, March 26th, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: bound over on $500. Statement of circumstances: shot at with pistol.
No. 619 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Charles Denny. Race: white. Name of party injured: Soldier. Nature of offense: homicide. Race: white. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, March 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: bond to appear on $1000. Statement of circumstances: (blank).
No. 620. Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: (blank). Race: (blank). Name of party injured: Fox. Nature of offense: homicide. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, March 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: no arrest. Statement of circumstances: was found dead in a barroom.
N. 621 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Thomas K. Miller. Race: white. Name of party injured: Thomas T. Glascock. Nature of offense: homicide. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, March 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: bound over on $5000. Statement of circumstances: (blank).
No. 622 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Tennehill, Policeman. Race: white. Name of party injured: (blank). Nature of offense: shooting at. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, March 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: No witnesses. Policeman stated freedman wanted to escape from arrest. F. M. States he didn't - was in custody of policeman.
No. 742 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Mr. Perry. Race: white. Name of party injured: Freedwoman. Nature of offense: beating with a rope. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, June 29th, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: fined $1000. Statement of circumstances: (blank).
No. 743 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Mrs. Campbell. Race: white. Name of party injured: Freedwoman. Nature of offense: assaulting. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, June 29th, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: fined $6.00. Statement of circumstances: (blank).
No. 744 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Townshend. Race: white. Name of party injured: Maggie Williamson. Nature of offense: knocked down & kicked. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, June 29th, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: fined $8.50. Statement of circumstances: because she tried to prevent the f.m. from working for him.
No. 788 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Wilcox. Race: white. Name of party injured: Soldier, H. Frayer. Nature of offense: homicide. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, July 10th, 1867. Action of Bureau: held in arrest by the military. Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: was shot because he was a U. S. Soldier, no provocation.
No. 789 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Ernest Garrington. Race: white. Name of party injured: Henry Brown. Nature of offense: assault & battery. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, July 10th, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: (blank).
No. 790 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Edward Gray. Race: white. Name of party injured: Abram Turner. Nature of offense: threatening to shoot. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, July 10th, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: (blank).
No. 791 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Rutledge. Race: white. Name of party injured: Dave Rucker. Nature of offense: drawing a pistol and threatening to shoot. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, July 10th, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: fined $5.00. Statement of circumstances: (blank).
No. 1078 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Brooks, Stewart, Skeggs. Race: white. Name of party injured: Amos. Nature of offense: assault & battery with intent to kill. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, August 31st, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: no action. Statement of circumstances: (blank).
No. 1080 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: McFarland. Race: white. Name of party injured: O'Neil. Nature of offense: homicide. Race: white. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, August 31st, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: bound over for trial in Dist. Court. Statement of circumstances: (blank).
No. 1081 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Kennison. Race: white. Name of party injured: Hedrick. Nature of offense: homicide. Race: white. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, August 31st, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: Hedrick was an important witness against members of the secret order of soldiers friends. Kennison was sent to the insane hospital and discharged in a short time.
No. 1082 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Rowlly. Race: white. Name of party injured: Trumble. Nature of offense: assault & battery. Race: white. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, August 31st, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: (blank).
No. 1083 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Olivia Johnson. Race: white. Name of party injured: Kate. Nature of offense: assault & battery. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, August 31st, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: (blank).
No. 1084 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: M. Caddle. Race: white. Name of party injured: Robert Smith. Nature of offense: assault & battery. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, August 31st, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: (blank).
No. 1085 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Wm. M. Scott. Race: white. Name of party injured: E. C. Powell. Nature of offense: assault & battery. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, August 31st, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: (blank).
No. 1086 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: David Donivan. Race: white. Name of party injured: Mary Holliday. Nature of offense: assault & battery. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, August 31st, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: (blank).
No. 1288 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Day Eares. Race: white. Name of party injured: Mat Lee. Nature of offense: shooting with intent to kill. Race: white. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, October 31st, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: result of gambling, criminal escaped.
No. 1289 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Thomas G. Wilson. Race: white. Name of party injured: M. Hunatz. Nature of offense: assault with a dangerous weapon. Race: white. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, October 31st, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: (blank).
No. 1316 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Dan Reeves. Race: black. Name of party injured: Ed Wilkinson. Nature of offense: assault with intent to kill. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, November 30th, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: assault with intent to kill - no evidence but Wilkinson - bound over to Dist. Court in the sum of $100.
No. 1317 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Wilson and Jackson. Race: black. Name of party injured: Jackson. Nature of offense: assault and drawing revolvers. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, November 30th, 1867. Action of Bureau: fined $5.00. Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: (blank).
No. 1318 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Jackson. Race: black. Name of party injured: Wilson. Nature of offense: assault & drawing revolvers. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, November 30th, 1867. Action of Bureau: fined $5.00. Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: (blank).
No. 1319 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Saul. Race: black. Name of party injured: Sloan. Nature of offense: threatening to kill and drawing revolvers. Race: white. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, November 30th, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: fined $10.00. Statement of circumstances: threatened the life of Sloan drawing his revolver on him.
No. 1320 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Sloan. Race: white. Name of party injured: Saul. Nature of offense: threatening to kill and drawing revolvers. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, November 30th, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: fined $10.00. Statement of circumstances: same as above - Sloan threatened the life of Saul &c.
No. 1321 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: George W. Movus. Race: white. Name of party injured: Mrs. Movus. Nature of offense: assault with knife. Race: white. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, November 30th, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: bound to Dist. Court in the sum of $300. Statement of circumstances: (blank).
No. 1322 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Henry Hudson & P. and Y. Burdett. Race: white (Hudson), black (Burdetts). Name of party injured: Different parties. Nature of offense: robbery of houses. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, November 30, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: ran off with a large drove of cattle belonging to different parties living in Travis Co. - not been arrested.
No. 1323 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Peter Hearford. Race: black. Name of party injured: Miles Doyle. Nature of offense: attempt to kill with an axe. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, November 30th, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: made attempt to kill Doyle with an axe, evidence rather in favor of accused.
No. 1324 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Miles Doyle. Race: black. Name of party injured: Peter Hearford. Nature of offense: assault. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, November 30th, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: assault - to be heard in county court on Monday, December 2nd, 1867.
No. 1434 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Sam Harris. Race: white. Name of party injured: Charles Stewart. Nature of offense: shooting & hunting with intent to kill. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, December 31st, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: Harris chased Stewart out of Webbersville into the country - hunted him round a field with a revolver in his hand which Stewart says he fired at him - Stewart returned the fired and hit Harris who has since
died.
No. 1435 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Charles Stewart. Race: black. Name of party injured: Sam Harris. Nature of offense: homicide. Race: white. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, December 31st, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: Harris shot at Stewart who returned the fire wounding Harris of which he died.
No. 1436 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Buckannon. Race: white. Name of party injured: Ally Gradington. Nature of offense: shooting at. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, December 31st, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: Buckannon shot at Ally - no reason assigned - B. had been drinking - made his escape.
No. 1437 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Mussete. Race: white. Name of party injured: Jim Thackston. Nature of offense: homicide. Race: white. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, December 31st, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: Thackston and Mussete were accused of horse stealing and it supposed that Mussete murdered Thackston to prevent him turning states evidence with regard to the horse stealing - Thackston was
shot.
No. 1438 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Elizabeth Rapp. Race: white. Name of party injured: Mrs. Wilcox. Nature of offense: assault with an axe. Race: white. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, December 31st, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: fined $6.75. Statement of circumstances:
(blank).
No. 1439 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Wm. M. Walton. Race: white. Name of party injured: Andrew Hoan. Nature of offense: assault with an axe. Race: white. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, December 31st, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: fiend $8.75. Statement of circumstances:
(blank).
No. 1484 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: W. F. Sherwood. Race: white. Name of party injured: U. S. Soldier. Nature of offense: assault & battery with intent to kill. Race: white. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, January 31st, 1868. Action of Bureau: turned over to C. Authorities, bond for $1000 given for appearance at trial. Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances:
(blank).
No. 1485 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: O. Wilcox. Race: white. Name of party injured: U. S. Soldier. Nature of offense: homicide. Race: white. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, January 31st, 1867. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: held on trial for $10,000 bond. Statement of circumstances: a deliberate and cold blooded murder - no provocation - shot the man because he said he wanted to kill a yankee
anyhow.
No. 1486 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Wash Hammitt. Race: white. Name of party injured: (blank). Nature of offense: threatening to shoot. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, January 31st, 1868. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances:
(blank).
No. 1546 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: John Hemphill. Race: black. Name of party injured: Alick Ross. Nature of offense: aggravated assault. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, February 29th, 1868. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: fined $100. Statement of circumstances: drunken affray Christmas day on Race course, fined $100, 85 of which is remitted by the Governor, leaving a balance of fine
$15.00.
No. 1547 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Alick Ross. Race: black. Name of party injured: John Hemphill. Nature of offense: aggravated assault. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, February 29th, 1868. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: fined $10. Statement of circumstances: same as above, drunken
affray.
No. 1548 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Jack Connor, W. Thompson, F. Bennett. Race: white. Name of party injured: Colored boy. Nature of offense: aggravated assault. Race: black. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, February 29th, 1868. Action of Bureau: Connor fined $25 he being 19 years old, the others were small, and were only fined $5.00 each. Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: shamefully ill
treated a colored boy placing turpentine on his fundament &c.
No. 1549 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: James Moore. Race: white. Name of party injured: A. Lynch. Nature of offense: attempted to poison. Race: white. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, February 29th, 1868. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: bailed in $200. Statement of circumstances: attempt to poison, bailed in $200, bond
forfeited.
No. 1592 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Charles Thompson, Thomas Ake, David Williams, E. Oats. Race: black. Name of party injured: name not known. Nature of offense: homicide. Race: white. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, March 31st, 1868. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: two white men had killed a beef that
did not belong to them and were skinning it when the injured parties who were out coon hunting came upon them - this was in the night. The two white men were found murdered in the morning. Charles Thompson sent to the penitentiary for 99 years. Thos. Ake sentenced to 20 years in penitentiary, appld. To S. Court - Williams since died - Oats sentenced to 20 years in penitentiary.
No. 1593 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Charles Thompson, Thomas Ake, David Williams, E. Oats. Race: black. Name of party injured: name not known. Nature of offense: homicide. Race: white. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, March 31st, 1868. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: two white
men had killed a beef that did not belong to them and were skinning it when the injured parties who were out coon hunting came upon them - this was in the night. The two white men were found murdered in the morning. Charles Thompson sent to the penitentiary for 99 years. Thos. Ake sentenced to 20 years in penitentiary, appld. To S. Court - Williams since died - Oats sentenced to 20 years in penitentiary.
No. 1594 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: William Thompson. Race: white. Name of party injured: William Burke. Nature of offense: homicide. Race: white. By whom reported & when: James Oaks, March 31st, 1868. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: Burke was a U. S.
Soldier and was shot without any provocation so for as known. Thompson escaped of course.
No. 1635 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Sam McGhee. Race: black. Name of party injured: (blank). Nature of offense: assault & battery. Race: black. By whom reported & when: Clarence Mauck, April 30th, 1868. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of
circumstances: (blank).
No. 1636 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Robert High. Race: black. Name of party injured: (blank). Nature of offense: assault & battery. Race: black. By whom reported & when: Clarence Mauck, April 30th, 1868. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities:
(blank). Statement of circumstances: (blank).
No. 1637 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Robert Harris. Race: black. Name of party injured: (blank). Nature of offense: assault & battery. Race: black. By whom reported & when: Clarence Mauck, April 30th, 1868. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action
of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: (blank).
No. 1826 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: J. H. Thomas. Race: white. Name of party injured: Margaret Hillburn. Nature of offense: assault & battery. Race: black. By whom reported & when: W. H. Horton, June 30th, 1868. Action
of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: fined $13.50. Statement of circumstances: assault and battery perpetrated by J. H. Thomas on Margaret Hillburn.
No. 1827 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Unknown. Race: (blank). Name of party injured: Freed people. Nature of offense: burning a school house. Race: black. By whom reported & when: W. H. Horton, June
30th, 1868. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: the Freedmen's school house at Circleville was burnt; it is believed it was done maliciously by some party or parties unknown. This house has never had any fire in it since its being used as a school-house.
No. 1994 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Aleck Cole and Oliver Sparling. Race: white. Name of party injured: Henry Clay. Nature of offense: homicide. Race: black. By whom reported &
when: C. Mauck, August 31st, 1868. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: a deliberate murder - no provocation given - no cause or reason unless it be for the purpose of robbin him (Clay) of his six shooter.
No. 1995 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Aleck Cole and Oliver Sparling. Race: white. Name of party injured: Anderson Hill. Nature of offense: assault with intent to murder.
Race: black. By whom reported & when: C. Mauck, August 31st, 1868. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: was shot and wounded - no cause known; was wounded at the time the freedman clay was murdered and it is supposed for his six shooter.
No. 1996 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Rube Goings, Bill ?Ruart, Sam Gibson, Jim McKinney, Jim Gibson and Short. Race: white. Name of party injured:
Elijah Stuart. Nature of offense: homicide. Race: black. By whom reported & when: C. Mauck, August 31st, 1868. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: murder - shot for wearing six shooter - no other offence given - Gibson, McKinney and Short arrested by the Military.
No. 2061 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: John A. Carpenter and Asa Carpenter. Race: white. Name of party injured: Asa Brown.
Nature of offense: homicide. Race: white. By whom reported & when: C. Mauck, September 30th, 1868. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: murder. At inquest the body was unburied, the stomach was found full of dirt with no nutriments in it. The arm was fractured some days before death. The jury brought in a verdict that deceased came to his death from the effects of starvation and abuse at the hands of Asa Carpenter. Both the "Carpenters" in jail.
No. 2062 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Ben Thompson. Race: white. Name of party injured: Jim
Moore. Nature of offense: shooting at with intent to kill. Race: white. By whom reported & when: C. Mauck, September 30th, 1868. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: Moore insulted Thompson's wife. Thompson shot at him with intent to kill. Both are bad characters.
No. 2063 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: Ben Thompson. Race: white. Name
of party injured: Mr. Scott, J. P. Nature of offense: breaking up the court of Justice Scott. Race: white. By whom reported & when: C. Mauck, September 30th, 1868. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: Thompson broke up the Justice of the Peace court, Justice Scott presiding, and dispersed the witnesses. Thompson tried by a military commission.
No. 2142 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of criminal: not known.
Race: white. Name of party injured: Mason. Nature of offense: homicide. Race: Scotchman. By whom reported & when: E. Gay, October 31st, 1868. Action of Bureau: (blank). Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: this murder was perpetrated at Webbersville in Travis County. No circumstances reported.
No. 2202 Reported from: Austin. County offense committed: Travis. Name of
criminal: J. P. Brown, Jim Brown and others. Race: white. Name of party injured: Tom Benson. Nature of offense: homicide. Race: black. By whom reported & when: Clarence Mauck, November 30th, 1868. Action of Bureau: tried to arrest the parties but failed. Action of Civil Authorities: (blank). Statement of circumstances: the freedman Tom Benson was employed by the four mentioned desperadoes to cook for them and some difficulty occurring they shot and murdered him, throwing his body into the Colorado river where it was found, 2 bullet holes in it.
|
