Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-10-16
ADOUBLE TRAGEDY.
! One Negro Murdered and His Murderer
Killed by South Bound Train.

About II o. C. Tuesday night ne
gro came in at the back door of the
Santa Fe saloon with the blood squirt
ing from his breast in stream that
was self evident of the fatality of
his wound. He started, accompanied
by another negro, to DR.. Lockett's
residence near by, and fell at the
gate expiring in few minutes.
He was brought to Lusk & Parks
undertaking establishment and pre-
pared for burial, where it was seen
that he had died from stab that
reached to the hollow in the right
breast. On the way to the Doctors
he told the negro that was with him
that Harry Marshal cut him. He
was also cut on the arm and across
the nose.
He was identified Wednesday
morning as Sam Sharp, by negro
who said he had been working with
him in the Brazos bottom on the
plantation of Mr.. John Morris below
Bellville, and came here with him
Sunday. He and Harry Marshal, who
also came here with him, were both
gamblers on small scale and part
ners. They were seen together
Tuesday night at 9 O'Clock.
He had on a gold watch and two
rings, one gold, the other silver.
While his remains were being viewed
by curious crowd at the stable
Wednesday morning news was re-
ceived that a man had been found
dead on the Santa Fe track north
of the city, and reporter repaired
to the scene. Two miles above here
the reporter found the mangled re-
mains of negro scattered for $50
feet along the track. Where the
train, which was coming south,
struck him was scattered lot of
jewellery, mershaum pipes, pocket
knives, ETC., and a mashed basket in
which they seemed to have been car
ried. There was not a piece of the
negroes head larger than a mans
fist; hands, feet, legs and arms were
broken all to pieces. He was disem-
boweled and entrails protruding.
His brains were in two separate
piles mixed up with the sand, and
bits of flesh, here a toe, there a fin
ger, piece of liver and his eye balls
scattered along the track. His
clothes were very nearly all torn off
and scattered along the track for a
hundred yards or more. Soon after
the arrival of the reporter Justice
Curry arrived, accompanied by team
from L. j. Lockett's stable and his
remains were scooped up, dumped
into. a coffin box and brought to
town.
Upon his arrival here a number
of negroes identified him by pieces
of his clothes and the jewelrY, pipes,
ETC., as Harry Marshal, partner of
Sam Sharp who was murdered Tues
day night, and the supposed MUIR
derer, as he was the last man seen
with Sam Sharp about 8 o'clock
Tuesday night, two hours prior to
the time when he came into the
back door of the Santa Fe saloon.
One theory which is the most gen
orally accepted is that after he MUIR
dered his partner Tuesday night he
fed up the railroad track and got
down drunk when on the track, as
be was pretty full when seen with :
Sam Sharp about 8 o'clock.
There was also a report current
that Sam had considerable money
on his person Tuesday evening, and
as there was none found on either
Of the dead negroes some reasons
that they were both probably muir
dered by an unknown third party
and the body of Harry Marshal,
placed on the track, and in substan-
tiation of this theory there was very
little blood visible along the track
where was found his mangled re-
mans, though there was some in
several places, and sand along on
The track that could have absorbed
It.
A card was received here yester-
day from the Sheriff of Austin coun-
~ offering $50 reward for the ap-
prehension of a negro who had
robbed a iewelry store at Bellville
Of several watches, merchaum pipes,
etc. The jewelry found with Harry
Marshal on the railroad track We'd
nesday morning fills the description,
except all the best of it described in
The card was not found at all He
mad probably disposed of it, or it
nay he that he was murdered,
and placed on the track
With the most worthless portion of
his stolen booty for a blind. At
my rate this development and the
lnaccountable disappearance of the
greater portion of the jewelry stolen
rom Bellville, taken in connection
With the fact that no money was
ound on either of them, when it