Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-09-04
The ,lelI Count, rreahIe.

Several siiitrus iain ia giEius The. par
iisuiars u iLs killing " Msiiss, ia hsl
Fsasiy, which ,eak Place sa 'hs so'h July
a. IlaFFis'A Holt, lei L. dih L, ;, caFal
y, Military Commissioner foT He'll soaniy
approves ihs slaisnsni,
] EIior Bsli0E JogrHal.-The pub
10 will feel. an intefes, IN knowing
the particulars Ia The killing OF J
Molsea, | propose in as short com
munieali0n as possible TO give all
the facts. As Tor tho character Ol
the unfortunate man il is too well
known throughout the Stale TO re-
auiro a i,otiee. Sufilee 10 say his
record in this county has been q
record OF crime, Some few weeks
since lac made threats against the
lives of several Of the most worthy
citizens of tho country, and his hav-
ing married in tho Griffin family q
large family with good property
Tho family Is considered us good
people with one exception.
As Mcssrs, Farley, q. q. Clark
aud others that had been threatened
by McRea aud David Griffin (his
brother,in-law) the neighborhood
was notified that tho Moliea band
was securing tho country supposed
10 be in search of tho above men
when a meeting took place aud il
possible 10 prevent tho ciiusion Of
blood. But on tho eth Ilt. Mcliea
in company with eight or ten ofhis
band got in about two or three han
drol yards Of tho house Of the elder
Mr.. Farley and fired over tho cor.
ner of his gallery supposed at a
young man by the name OF Morrii
son, tho ball cutting above the head
of Morrison. Mclica went out on
the prairie and boasted of the cX-
plot with threats against every man
that had signed the following petit
tibn and particularly DIR. o. g. Po-
well the writer Of IL.
The citizens were notified Of all
the above facts but with tho follow
ing exceptions not q citizen showed
himselfto apprchcnd the party after
Mr.. Earlcy's house had been fired
in, DIR. o. Z. FJwcll, Amos Morri.
son, Robert Mcdaniel and J. c. Bal
lard. On the morning of 9th ult.
the Federal troops under command
of 1t. Holt, 9th cavalry made q
drive after the party but failed in
getting any Of the party as far MS
known, but wounded McRca twice
and his horse once.
On the 30th Farley and his force,
seven in all, (by authority of Lieut..
Holt 9th cavalry and military COM
missioner for Bell county, to cap
tufe if possible and to kill if ncces-
sary tho leading men of this. band
of outlaws) started to see if they
could find the other patty having
learned that they would be BUSH
whackcd Until the last man was
killed by McRca and his band of
outlaws, it was resolved to play the
same game bold. The party of Ear
ley started aboat 6 o'clock in the
morning found the party at the
house of Mrs. Griffin eating MELONS
in the yard but in. consequence of
the women and children in the yard
they declined fircing on them-with-
drew undiscovered and formed near
Ii pasttfo Of Mrs. Griffin feelinE con-
fidcnt that some of the party Would
reconnoiter that eveRihg. They
had to wait several hours for the
hoped for moment when McRca and
one other supposed to be David
Griffin rode in the direction of tho
patty of Farley.
McRea and his comrade had i
pistol each in the right hand swear
ing vengeance against their enemies,
when n voliey froih the 6itbsing
force dropped McRea from his horse
His friend fired four shots from his
pistol, but The contents of four
double -barreled shotguns fred at
him reminded him of important bus
incss at some other place.
McRea had on his person three
sixshobtefs and fired them all out
after he fell from his horse, wound
ing young McDaniclsj as tbblc boy
as ever lived. He is shot about %
inches below the joint of the right
knee, the ball passing between the
leg bones slightly fracturing tho
bone. The balance of McRca's band
fred from cane patch. The wo-.
men lowered over the Body Of Me
Rea, and as McDaniel's wound was
bleeding it was thought best not to
charge them. McRea lived Until
o O'Clock that night-7&as shot about
4, living about five hours. He was
one of the most daring men that
ever lived or died, and made friends
from fear. ~ " '-
Indianola was visited by severe
storm on the 10th. Several dwell
ings were blown from their founda-
ti6ns, and the Episcopal church was
almost demolished. The tide was
very high and the water on some of
the back strects was over d foot
deep. The Bulletin gives the fol-