Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-12-15

A nv old place. Want ca visit Mother sOOr
we pst able, Have wTols TO old lady John,
son 10 take her cattle. hu, have not heard from
her. Eipecl to move away this fall, II | ge
rid Of these cattle, Don't know where ! shall
20 still think Of Southern Kansas, believe
Mexico one of the bes, countries that could be
found, though would no, like to take my fam
ily there. Mus, close ill hear from YOU
again, RILEY DuNAGAN'
p, S.-James Guest is going to Missouri
soon, All well, says his letter,
UyALDs, UyILDE CouSTV, TESAs, !
AHggt l0h 1858,
Che Justice or Comfy Ci,rk Of Ellis County
DEAR Sms;-O the 18th inst, there was a
man hung in this county in whose possession
the above and foregoing letter was found, az.
ter he was found dead. q inquest is now be
ing held on his body, aud It appears that he
had stolen aud traded fine, large mule in this
county but MS vet there has been no witness
found TO prove who done the net, THAT is hung
him.) lie WAS oyerlaken on Sunday morning
! 9Th, by two citizens and two soldiers. The
mule be stole belonged TO the United States ;
and he had traded il 10 one Of the citizens who
followed Niln' iHtN caught h"H N'"' w wv
Nueces, aud carried HIM back ia Fort lnge,
where, il appears from the evidence, they
turned him loose, and on the evening of the
same day, he was found hanging dead in half
mile OF Fort lnge. | said the above and
foregoing letter was found ION the reverse
hereof) but that is only a correct copy OF the
letter found in his possession.
GENTLEMEN 81 have been requested, by
many, 10 write TO you, TO find out il you know
the persons mentioned in said letter. II was
10 Joseph Dunagan, ut Fredrick,-
burg, Texas, and was post marked, Tor mailed)
At Chambers' Creek, Ellis county Texas.
You will therefore, confer favor on me,
and on this community, to let me hear from
and also, to let me know all you possibly can
about the persons whose names are mentioned
in said letter, il you know anything OF them.
Hoping may hear from you soon, | am your
OFT. Sew.
]. NJ. MCCORMICK,
c. C. C. U. Co.
P. S.--My address, Is, Uvade, Uvnlde
county, Texas. J. NJ. MCCORMICK.
No. 2.
UvALpE, Sept 9th, 1858.
BENZ. F. HAWKINS:
Dear Sir :--You: letter of the 9th uIti-
no. came to hand the Sd inst, and was cordi-
,Iv greeted by myself, and many Of our citi.
.ens. II put an end to suspicion generally re-
ported that the letter found upon the man
ound hung, had been forged. In compliance
With your request, will now give you des-
.ripion of the person hung. ! take the des.
.rption frsm the report Of the Coroner's Jury,
ZONE of whom had seen the man, and convers-
ID with him before he was hung:
Between twenty and twenty-five years old;
weighs sbout one numbered and sixty pounds !;
,bout FIVE feet ten inches high OF rather
swaihy complexion; very light beard hair
nearly black dark grey eyes.
The above is the description given by the
Jury of inquest He is described 10 me now,
by gentleman who saw and conversej with
MIN on the morning before he was hung. This
gentleman says his hair was OF a beautiful
ark, suburn color, and very thin and fine, II
was trimmed of even aF1found, Of moderate
eng,h, nearly entire y covering his ears, when
properly combed out. His eyes were dark, no!
black, nor grey, some might call them grey or
,lack.. He had round face, and a down look
when talking to this gentleman, who gave me
his description.
All that is known of the man in this section
S, thai on the 18th of August, he came into
,ur county, riding large, fine mule, and lead
. pony; that on the night of the 18th, he
;topped with citizen of our county, and
want the mule he had for pony, getting some
money to boot About IL o'clock on the l1th it
vas found out that the mule he swapt had been
stolen from Company |, of the I'd Cavalry,
commanded by Capt Brackett, which company
was then on its march from Fort Belknap ts
Camp Hudson, and about one days march be.
hind he man found hung. When it was prop
erly understood that the mule haffbeen stolen,
two of our citizens and three soldiers, who be.
'onged to Captain Brackett's company, went
in pursuit of--caueht and brought him back to
Fort lnge, where they met Capt. Brackets
company. They got to Fort lnge in the fore
noon of the 18th, where he Che man bung,)
gave back to the man to whom he had swapt
the mule to, the horse and some of the money
he got for the mule, telling the man who ne
had swapt with, that he had spent some OF the
money. He done this as soon as ne got to Et
Inge, whereupon he was allowed to 90 foot
loose, Tor pretendedy SOY about the Post. In
tine evening we had dreadful storm OF wind,
rain and thunder. He was at the Suffers
Store, as the storm was coming up, and report
ed to have run of, about that time. That
evening 1t was ascertained that he was dead,
hanging by the neck to livs-oak tree, about
six hundred yards north Of Fort lnge. From
all appearances and accounts, he must have
been hung IN the time of the storm. The SOL
diers said they saw him and knew him at Fort
his name was Donahco, or some-
hing like that.
The letter found with him was post marked
# Chambers Creek, Postoffice, and directed to
fredericksburg It was sealed up, but appear
ID to have been opened and sealed over again
He had Government six shooter. good pair of
,addle.bags, saddle and horse. The Coroner's
Jury gave as their verdict that he was hung
h,, sone unknown persohs &c There has