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NEWS ARTICLES Sebastian County, Arkansas Genealogy Trails Little Rock Daily Republican, Sept. 2, 1873--On Tuesday last, says the Fort Smith Independent, a few miles beyond Boggy depot, the bodies of two white men were found lying side by side, with bullet holes in the top of their heads; one was also shot in the temple. One of them was about thirty-five years of age, the other about seventeen. No one knew them or anything concerning their death. Wagon tracks were found leading to where the bodies were found. It was supposed that they had a wagon with them, and had stopped to camp, and were killed while lying asleep, and that the murderers had taken the wagon off. Their bodies were disfigured when found by the buzzards and hogs. The bodies were buried by the people in the neighborhood. These murders took place four or five weeks ago. --Charles Smith, an old resident of Fort Smith, was murdered not far from String Town, Choctaw Nation, last week, for his money. Two colored mean were arrested for the crime. --Deputy Marshall Porter, who returned to Fort Smith from the Indian Country, last week, says that between Fort Smith and Fort Sill twenty-seven murders have been committed in as many days. --Contributed by Frances Cooley. Fort Smith, Ark - Aug. 7th, 1886--Kit Ross, a quarter breed Cherokee, was hanged here yesterday for the murder of Jonathan Davis, a white man at De Choteau L.T. --Source: Daily Review, Decatur, IL, Sunday Aug. 8th, 1886, pg.1, contributed by Candi Horton. Return to Sebastian County Index |