The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-26
he KILLED HIS ASSlILANT.
jsdae Sam r. Perrymaa Shot A.
". 0vertoa At Liberty.
AFTER BEING SERIOUSLY STABBED.
ne rnssess Developed Self Defense
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brief Telegram was received from LIB
rty YESTERDAY murnlng about 1880 O'Clock
by A. c. Buliiti OF the firm o. PefrsIndi'.
Cillaspie & Buiiitt. announcing thai Judge
Sam r. Perryt.sn. q member 81 the Urn
In Liberty on legal business. had been cut
ana severely wounded by Archie ". over
Ton. who assaulted him with knife in the
county surveyors office ana who waA III
mos, Immediately shot and killed by At
turney rer1,yman- The few words N the
message caused considerable excitement IN
q very short tina, ana before HI hour had
passed the tragedy was he.ng discussed
throughout the public halls and business
houses OF course the names al persons
and plhces became mixed IN dissemination.
ana ruuor had all s1r.s o. results as to
who was killed.
One story haa i; that M Perrymsn had
been killed at overtpn hs man named
Archer and IL was some time before the
reporters got the straight Of H.
MIR. Built passed The information Of the
TRAGEDY 10 intimate friends Of Mr. Perry
man md hssnre iorr special train was
hnsierinr 10 liberty with the following
persons on board. Dr " A Knox ur C
" clarendon. james X = Gillaspde. 4. c
Bnllitt and 5. NJ perryuan. u, The -nn
was nude in less than an hour
Afte- examining and dressing the wound
Of MIR. Peruvian and learning the farts o,
the assault and defense the physicians aua
friends returned with Mr Perryman. who
wus taken to St Josephs iugrmary. where
he was resting al right at late hou,
last night
Mir rerrynsn was statbcd with two
and half inch biaoed Enl,o iu the epizas-
trio region the cash being ahsat thrive
quarters Of an inch he learth. the wauad|
indicating that the knife turned whom TIE
blow vas struck. In naryins tbs blow tie
knife touched and slightly cut oae OF his|
hands Mr. Fer'guar pulled O st-calIbs-I
pistol ana trc1 on his assauant. Archie
v. oreroH. th- bsn strkiu- him 10 the
tight side and passing through one OF n,e
kidneys. emerged frera TIE ieft side Tne
wounded man fell into The arms u one O.
rs irieuis and expired In about fifteen
minutes
There was az 81 feeding exciting between
The PARTIES. and esDsciau, e, tn. ...., ~,
Mr. Oycriob. an inques, was pe.l H., r..
tee Hardin Who Rendered 2 a,.ci.ion ,ha,
the shooilur was done ia seif. d,.far., NJ
Perm innu give uomiaal bond ,,r Ills s,.
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