The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-29
A crave. sheriff PAGES Four Gum
and Is KILLED.

ana IL Afi1eo.
Cor OLA. TEX, December H.-Yes.
teid Ay at Twohig, q station twelve
mi Aes below here, man named White
attempted and accomplished the ruin
of an IL year old girl. She was child
OF neiehbor, aud she used to come
around his house. Yesterday Whites
wife and people were gone, and the
child's parents wers absent. She cams
over into Whites yard. and he coaxed
her into tho house. No one was near
the place, and her cries were un-
needed. She made known the fscts,
however, and telegraphic dispatch
was ssnt here asking for officere. O. b.
Mckinney, the Sheriff, and bis deputy
left instantly for Twohig. They
reached there late in the evening.
White is a man who has many
friends. The officers were cautioned,
and went about their work with due
care. They approached Whites house
quietly, and asked il he was in. The
doors were barred and they received
no answer. Approaching somewhat
closer they saw the muxses OF four
weapons protrude from the windows,
and simultaneously four jets OF fame
spraDg forth. Four men, Whites
friends, had hidden themselves in the
house. Mckinney had his weapon
out, but had no time to use it. He
YVES shot through the brain at the first
fire and fell from his horse q dead
man. His deputy kept up the fight
gamely, but could do nothing against
lis concealed foes. He went down
filed full Of lead and Wss finally
dragged away by citissDs of the viii
lsge. When the news OF the killing
came up Ootulla went wild. A large
force of men instantly volunteered for
service and Laredo ives asked for o
special engine. The force went on
horseback, and up to this hour no par
ticulars could be learned OF their visit.
They said when they left here that
they would rundown the murderers II
1t took them a week.
Ii BRAVE OFFICER
Sheriff G. B. Mckinney was one Of
the most remarkable characters in the
history OF Texas frontier defence. He
He was born come twenty-five years
ESQ in Washington county, this State.
His family is one of the most promi-
neat in Eastern Texas. He entered
the ranger service at the age Of eight
cen years, and remained in it some |
little time, rising from the grade of |
private TO that OF captain. He com.
msnded a company up to 1881, when |
he resigned, and was elected Sheriff of |
La Sale county. He has hsld the pc |
sition ever since, and from stats of !
lawlessness notable throughout Texas
has brought .his county down 10 |
comparative quietude. He WAS the |
bssu ideal OF the frontier officer. He
WIS OF medium hight, slender, with
keen blue eyes, slight blonde mus.
tache and features like woman. He |
was quiet 10 his manners, aud WIS |
liked by all who knew him. Amone
his comrades in the ranger service Re
hao the reputation Of a cool, desperate
man OF exceptional nerve and of ex-
ceptional intelligence. He was the |
hardest rider and the deadliest shot in |
the State. He vas a man of family |
and some wealth, and the most popu-
lar man in his county.
Thirsty FOR BLOOD.
observation-disclosures received here at |
late hour tonight says that the posse
which left here has not yet acc 5m-
plished its object. White and his
three friends have been corrsled in
their house and are held at bay. They
refuse to surrender, and citizens have
just left this town, the county seat
II White and his men do not come out
the house will be burned over their
heads. The people are wild and are
bound TO have blood. In any event
it is safe to say the murderers will be
either reduced to ashes or lynched.
The latest telligence from Twohig
says that White and his men will
hardly be dislodssd before daybreak.
Twelve men, who first went down to
the scene of the assassination, have
been reinforced by a party OF thirty
five, led by M. S. Williams, County
Attorney, and John Kerr, County
Treasurer. There is nobody here who
doubts that the morning will see q
quadruple lynching. Pete Hodges,
the deputy, states that the Sheriff had
no chance in the world to uss his
weapons. He did his best against
four men concealed behind the walls
OF house, but could not do much.
Hodges is not expected TO live. Only
those who understand the fear and
esteem in which the Sheriff was held
can appreciate the sensation which
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