The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-09-13
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attend tho second weeks court. After
they left Columbia, nothing is known
of their movements, or OF what terrors
awaited them, except from the condi-
tion in which they were found by Thos.
J. Hough, Esq, who followed them
from Columbia, after two or three
hours interval. When Mr.. Hough
reached the high land, going to Winns-
borough, bordering Beuff river swamp
on the east, he found the dead bodies
of Judge Crawford and Mr.. Harris, and
the dead horse of Mr.. Harris, all lying
in the road at the 14-mile board ON the
road from Columbia to Winnsborough.
Mr.. Hough Immediately returned to
Columbia, and, collecting posse, led
them to the scene of tho MURDERS
Judge Buie, and other citizens of
franklin, had been drawn to the scene,
and an inquest was held on the romans
by the authorities of franklin.
The body of Judge Crawford lay as
he doubtless fell from the first murder
ous fire. He was shot so often as to
leave no distinct marks of the number
of shots he received. His head was
literally torn to pieces, the parts being
gathered up In a handkerchief for in
torment. His horse was shot in the
neck, but not killed.
Mr.. Harris appears not to have been
shot at the first fire, but his horse was,
and was killed in his tracks. Mr..
Harris seems to have disengaged HIM
self from his dying horse, and to have
made an attempt to save his life by
flight. His body exhibited wounds in
tho knee, thigh, side and head, from
which 1t is believed he was killed in
flight, and oven shot while down and
several PAGES from his horse. The
character of the wounds leads to tho
belief that the fro was delivered from
both sides OF the road, and that after
having shot tho two men down, they
were shot while down, and Judge
Crawford even after no was dead. His
chest received n number of bullets, and
underneath his head a large hole in the
ground was seen, while tho upper por-
ton OF his head was entirely blown
asunder.
Tho bodies wcrc carefully takcn up
by the posse from Columbia, ana AIS
ported to that place. Judge Cl 4DrtPs
remains woro buried in ColunfBfh, and
those of Mr.. Harris were brought to
tho old family burial lot in Monroe,
where the last of poor HARRIS
was inferred with Masonic rites, and
with tho sympathetic tears of numbers
of his old friends and companions OF
this city where he had lived beloved
for II number of years before he rcmov-
cd to Caldwell.
In our cndcavors to solve the mystic
ry of this unparalleled decd of atrocity,
we have been greatly puzzled. Judge
Crawford had several. personal enemies,
and was Indifferent rs to his fate. 1t
would not have Surprised his most in
innate friends If he had been killed
long ago, and, indeed, he appears, from
his own statements, one of them sworn
to, to have made several narrow escapes
from assassination. At first, one sup
position was that he was killed because
no assumed to be Judge of Il district
when he was VIGOROUSLY defeated for
tho office. Mr.. Harris, it was supposed,
WIS killed because he was in company
with Crawford, and it was found neces-
sary to leave no witness living.
But the reports from Caldwell tend
to the belief that tho killing was done
from different motives. 1t seems that
both Crawford and Harris had fallen
under tho threats of man named VIM
living in Caldwell, who was charged
with murder, and that this man Winn
was fugitive and n desperado. He is
not distinctly charged with the crime
of disseminating Crawford and Harris,
but from his manner of living, his we'll
known disregard of human lifo, his
threats, &C., there results strong sus-
picion that he with his friends, were
the assassins. Such at least, seems to
DO the prevailing opinion among the
friends and neighbors Of both the muir