The Woodville Republican., 1850-09-17
SAD OCCURRENCE

Tie following set5uni ofa mos dsir's''
ing occurrence has been handed 10 us, With
a reques, to publish lt. Mr Williams. the
deceased, was long mot respectable eiu-
zen Of our county and has hefs many re'a-
tiyes and friends 20 mourn f0r him, and 90
sympathize with hls heart stricken family
CLEAR LAKE. Texas, Aug Is. 1850.
Deqr Sir Il has become my I5t 10 re-
cord the most melancholy and d.sires-
sing affair that could have beaiIen US. Ny
dear father is dead' fallen by the hands OF
villain. You are perhaps aware that he
had rented a place from a Mrs. Boone this
year. About the first Of April, the family
moved 10 Houston, and Mrs. Boone went
with them, leaving her house and yard in
charge Of a boy, nineteen or twenty years
Old, that she had living with her He was
a t,oof .agabond fellow. that had run away
from his parents, and lived kind Of dogs
life until he came to live with her. This
fellow bad yexed my father great deal and
at last threw a stone on negro boy that
was lying with his thigh broken, for which
my father scoIdea him This but made the
fellow mad, and he tried every way to vex
my father that he could, and at last my fa-
ther ordered him off the place. But Mrs.
Boone put up a pitiful mouth, and said she
could not do without him. Then my father
said she could keep him, provided she would
not let him interfere with him or his busi-
ness. This happened about the middle Of
June.
On the evening Of the 9th Of August my
mother being ont the farm my father told
her what fine crop he had, and asked her
TO go and look at it, They got upon their
horses and rode down there. Altersdeking
over the crop my father proposed going to
Mrs. I}oone's. They did so: As they were
about leaving, my mother and Mrs Boone
'NI''S SHS"Stu w COLNSlNdlOlp 4IIS. DOOue
said she had heard that my mother had said
that my father did not get any thing to eat
down there where she was in Houston, my
father said that it was true. This boy Bill
then spoke up: "Nothing but bacon and
eggs" my mother then tod him to shut his
mouth, that she had nothing to say to him
she knew who he was, he came to her house
without clothes to his back He then said
you are damned liar" My father was
sitting in chair, in the passage opposite
the door, in which this boy was standing.
He got up and raised the chair to strike
him, but the chair struck above the door
and this villain rushed out with his
knife drawn, and plunged it into his belly
lie turned around to strike, but Mrs Boone
caught hold OF the chair and Bill struck him
again i'll the back and run out of the door
lie then let 90 of the chair, and Mrs. Boone
sat 1t down. He then spoke to her about
these words: Mrs. Boone, it is you tha,
have done this, you have deprived my fam
y of me-" He addressed her for some
minutes and then tried to putshis bowels
back, but could not do so he sat down 9
while. There was no one there but my
mother Mrs. Boone, an old lady staying
with Mrs Boone, negro girl, and my lit
tie brother Edwin, six years old. Mrs
Boo G would not let her girl go off of the
place nor would she herself My little
brother was the only chance he got on 8
horse and rode up home four miles. was
IN Houston: they sent for me and doctor
but it was twelve O'Clock next day before
we got there. The doctor placed the en-
trails back, and dressed the wounds, bat il
was no use. He died that night, the 10th
OF August, about haIf-past eleven. | have
no doubt but that Mrs. Boone was at the
bottom Oft all she it was that did it all.
Yours, sincerely,