Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-09-01
From the Quitmau Herald.
Dead Body Found.
CANTON, Van ZANDr, Co. Texas.
f ~ nnI 1910

July. Both 1858.
MgssRs. JARVIS Il SPARES;
Our neighborhood was thrown into the
highest state OF excitement ON Tuesday last by
the discovery of n dead body, or rather the
skeleton of a man near the residence of Mr..
Riley of this county, living on the road lead
ing from Canton to Athens. The body was
found about one hundred yards west OF the
road. An inquest was held to day, and the
Jury gave the following verdict: Deceased
came to his death by being shot with two balls,
ore in the back part of the head and the other
in the top of his head, by an unknown person,
while lying or sitting, done about the LIST of
June
The deceased had on q purple velvet vest
with mettle buttons with sets, fine calf boots,
No. 6 or 7, gray striped satinet pants, aud near
by him was a low.crowned gray hat and a
black coat. There was no bullet hole in the
hat. Judging from the bones, of the deceased
Mas rather hhtet medium size. His hair was
darK and some Of his teeth plugged. From
letters found near the body it appears that the
name of the deceased was JAMES HENRY, oil
Blount county Alabama, bat late Of Polk coun-
" Missouri, that Ire was on a trip trading, but
what he was trading his letters does not dis.
close, but says to his father Jake Henry that
he would return home this summer.
Some twenty or thirty yards from where
the body was found, a horse had been tied with
a grass rope; which was Gu. from the neck OF
the horse. Judging from the bride found near
by, the horse was large: A small (northern)
saddle was also neaf by. The horn of tn
saddle was broken and the covering seems to
have been made foy indifferent saddle. A pair
OF saddle bags was found some forty yards
from the body containing clothing and three
ambrotype pictures, two in one fine case and
represents the features Of Din old gentleman
and lady, the other is in a small case aud APP
pears to be the picture, Of a beautiful ycang la
DIV. A small bowie kniIe was also near by but
the greatest mystery Of all is that in the sad
die bags on the top of clothing &C., was a belt
containing several hundred dollars in money:
We did not find any purse; pocket.book, pock-
ct knife or any small change in money. so
the murderer may have got some money: tie
evidently got the horst and probably lost the
saddle bags In a sudden fright: The saddle'
bags has the name of ]. Henry ON them. The
body was on a blue blanket. The saddle
blanket was cut In the middle as for a sore
backed horse. A small black bottle was near,
half full Of whiskey..s
A deep mystery hangs over this horrible at
fair and the most intense anxiety pervades the
public mind. Some seventy-hve or a bundled
of our citizens were on the ground to-day,
and gloom was on every face. ! believe that
this is the first murder ever committed in our
county. {,
If any one who sees this knows anything OF
James Henry, his company, &C., please write
to me at Canton, Van Zandt county, Texas
Let us if possible, ferret out and bring to JUS
tice the perpetrator Of this dark and bloody
deed. Yours in haste,
J. o. COLLIER.
The following is a list of Staff officers and
officers on staff duty at the Headquarters Of
the Department of Texas:
Gen. David E. Twiggs, Commanding De.
partment.
LIST Lieut.. E. D. Blake sth Inf, Abide.
camp.
Bvt. Capt. John Withers Asst. Adj. Genl.
Mai. David n. Vinton, Chief Or. Mastr.
Capt. Eug. E. Mclean. Asst. /" "
Capt. r. Nj. Potter, Military storekecper.
Can't. VIM B. Blair, Chief Commiss.
Surg Wm. S. s. King, Med. Deprt.
Mai Lloyd J. Beall, Senior Paymaster.
Mai. F. A. Cunningham,
Mai. Robt. H. Chiffon,
Capt. r. n. X. Whrteley, Ord. Dept.
1st Lieut.. Thos. G.. Pitcher, Sth nfa.a.c. S.
gTHE CUMBERLAND PRssBYTERIANs are holding
a.protracted meeting four miles east from this