The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-06-16
ArATHER's vENGEAEcE.
He Shoots the Man who had F1oped
with His Daughter.

He Shoots the Man who had Flopec
f with His Daughter
A Msdisonvilie, Texae, cnrrespou
dent of the Galveston News. I'd inst,
save: On tie 10Th of December last
a man aud woman, both young, ar
rived in the Midway neighborhood,
in that county, on horseback They
had but little baggage, and we're
strangers to every one They stop,
ped at Mr.. X. A. Rhodes, aud ,he
man contracted with him 10 make a
crop on his farm the ensuing yesr
lie had some money, and bought
furniture and set up housekeeping
The man was young gnod lockiog,
and intelligent, and the woman "a
mere girl) was quite refined and at
tractive. hey seemed very devo
ted, He prepared for aud planted
his coop, and was esteemed = good
worker, and had q bright prospsc'
for fair Weld. and all went smooth
iy with the young couple, who seem
ed to have bat ,eceptly been mar
lied, and the strangeness of their ar
rival had been forgotten during the
half year that had elapsed since their
advent in our midst
Two days ago a solid, middle aged
man, o stranger, came into Madi
sonviIle. stopped an hour Or two at
noon, talked with the citizens quiet
~ and iptelligently, ard then mount
ing his horse, inquired the way to
r. A. Rhodes. and rode on, passed
through Midway. twelve miles dis
taot, and stopped for the right
within few miles of Mr. Rhodes
house, and after breakfast yesterday
morning proceeded in that direction
Arriving at the fence near where the
young couple known as Mr.. and
Mrs b o. Musgrove lived, he die,
mounted, tied his horse, and vent
into the field where Musgrove was
at work alone, though but short
dist Aoca from his own house and
from Mr. Rhodes What the meet
log was is left to surmise. We
kno what was the parting A cool
determined man walked back to
ward Musgrove's house, and Mus
grove lay dying across the row
which he was hoeing when his slay,
er approached him, with two bullets
in his head. Thus ended the career
Of a man that had forsaken a devo~
led wife aud innocent babe, and
guitily fed to ruin with the only
daughter of fond mother and do.-
ing father His wife heard the pis-
tolls, aud rushing to the field, met
her husbaud's slayer-her father
coming toward her house But little
was said. He told her he had kills
ed Musgrove, and, mounting his
horse, rode leisurely off The slay~
or of Musgrove, Mr.. Hol'zclaw,
from near Rockdgle, in Milan coun.
ty. q weIl-to.do farmer of that vicin
ity, rumor says quite wealthy, rode
on in moderate gait, and when he
had proceeded about twelve miles,
was overtaken by on officer and
posse
HoItzcIaw was taken before Coun
ty Judge T. A. Mcdonald on writ
Of habess corpus After hearing
testimony showing that Musgrove
had wife and child living in Milan
county, the court said that in bis
opinion the case could not be more
than manslsughter, the provocation
considered, and fixed the bail at
So, O00 His decision met with uni-
versal approval, and though james
HoItzcIaw was perfect stranger, his
bond was made within halt hour,
Mr. Allphin, Westmoreland, Major |
Visco, and others of the beat citi
zens of the county going upon bis
bond. sa H