The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-10

Is OF wAGGoNBR
p,p REPUTATION IN
LOUISIANA
-, Mon Attributed to
~. Against Him As'H'-
Y shooting Of Holland and
E.r,ars a, s'o'sdo'A'''
4 ,,,,cn .. --ProccedInss here
=. i, ma case Of Link wassOnsr
y ' Ing opened at an early
mo, n Esasan, chief Deputy
nss' ara District Attorney Mnrn
~ ~ s,a the prisoner and his
ac 's,s',,,n,ld, present. The PEN
a S'lo ~ e not hanging. but PEN
4 , ssrs labor or Otherwise but
ss guilty no VIII be more l,,,,s, tnan
y ~ mi penalty for Whatever
/, Us o',Il us' q by the jury.
~ ga are not SO many as there
.s Y case, nor is there near
.,Ias for and against the priss-
e'. .,.s, case, though the case
\, .Ar contested by 10th sides.
4. ~ , : is very convinc-
n. ~ being held in order
sFiohs !, he gotten through with
ae n n,ssht. When this term OF
waesoner history ante-dat-
"A MAR case Is not essen tial-
~ The present trial, u ~,
u .,,swhat public properly m
"A mo criminal records OF
AIAt ais state. TO VIII, Wen
es ~ s,norne and Lincoln, anu,
Z Newspaper line IT IS rich
for the poncil. - nc 49,.
Il 1ohn Waggoner, now - e 81 , :
many years even oettore me
d ,,ss a resident OF webster
= A only n the last Few years,
\ rfnoycd 70 Nsco2docnes
~ and this movement was
y. 80 2 cofnproinise of a criminal
NJ ,Sts parish Of Link Wag-
assanaaui, now on trail. Mr.
"a az eons--Afat, the Oldest,
w. poie,e. Spark and Link.
w. Gryder settled in Clhi-
4 nsrane its first blacksmith.
immediate desceidants, Iud
q he nelghDor of the Wag.
IN ihe year 1881. and married
ia Old mans, and in a per
: ,ri,v that year, possibly while
\ ~ Nero drinking heavily, killed
INA. his cousin. and for which
lvszied By j. w. Reagan, Their
81 Wrnster parish. but, on pre-
.lnination for the same, was
the grounds OF self-defeuse
4 ,Iry Of Webster never founc
trshi against Giyder for this
M removed TO Bossier parish
irsd until about 1888, when hi
rIously assassinated one day
finz IN his field.
N Wss91ner boys had spent sew
II Nth him fishing ana hunting
10 he killing. For this crime
IA Alkeny, Polete aud Sell
tisi nd tried in Bossier parish
n Nas convicted and sent u
dizzy for life. They were de
3 Ino. 4. and 5. *. Wat
ictntr now @ Judge. The other
& ltlsi Spark Waggoner wa
n gffst storm IN Baton Roug
tars 10, when the pcnitcntiar,
aaA almased and the wall
y. On To ronvicts.
@5snt hiE Link was charged b,
b viii Noting M. $. Newson
M VII b Claiborne parish. an
iise ssnrtd Il change of venu
b Ffss where he had tw
sBaallly acquitted. He wa
r. " Watkins Bros.
" tlse Of being charged wit
= stopting and the trial o
Apomiieid, a colored w1tnes
fAzzpsler, was also killc
& and for this crime Lin
y nut before 1t was Gale
\ ssley Worthham, a colore
sAlst Waggoncr Tor KILN
FAs also asassinated. ht
Eyer Indicted for this killini
aa to be a mystery to tn
ne trial for the Bloomfiel
nalled y noiie prosequi va
,ne district attorney, who W.
ia L2wiy, Of Bossier, which,
s2a, was the result or a con
ftNeel all the Wageoners al
Y webster parish to the Q
Ms entire Waggoner fami
r. v me parish and forever I
# Followed by the removal
H lslnlly to Nacogdoches count
lete they settled, With the q
IA ~ occasional return here
s9lne little property left lie
70 ar. Holland, and they a
" nave stayed out of this Sc
wv iesa present trouble arose
perty or the Wageoners
arssh Is said to be mortgaa
n y worth to people Of Ii
,rsors uonbtisss Incurred
~ s. Holland removed fro
/ 4 I'M s3Snly Ark, and settled in I
''gH Of webster parish. in [
~ Where he hough
XIV, ~, Tour miles from the wa
'1ich he cultivated for sevei
eatn sold, and in 1891 rent
~ WaeRoner's place and Al
|| iand from old man We
het INC settlement OF which sol
was had, and in 1893
=. ;s,.,u ~ from old man WI
r. f,sapnE about thirty acres.
wy pal9 s5hbp. 1t was on thle ~.
living when he was shot
8 II, 1902 - -" sfS
tnese three yearE he was a
laye accumulated aevarni m
shu was supposed 20 hs
xsn ~ his home and whoe'
'yoting Is supposed to have q,
t2r had been negotiating "
i \ Aggoner 10 purchase fie pi
ne lived and had rented for [
y The price fixed by Waggo
pnally informed old man w
ne had decided not ID buy
vas going TO trade for anot
loss the bayou in the See
+ ,en suited him better, This
se caused old man Waggoncl
which alarmed Holland and
Y Ms later, to-wit: on Noycni
"! about dark, while Mrs. /
nlepped into the back yard
flea, a llttle dog on the ii
y began 10 bark. which HolI
cause Of alarm. The /.
slancinE open. Mr.. Holland
sesnF the fire place with
rs door, having his baby IN
! becoming alarmed AT tho /
w llfHfd aside IN rloaa aha .