The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-10-23
BODY IDENTIFIED AS EARL DOCKRAY---
BODY BURIED AT 500 O'CLOCK FRIDAY
Father OF Murdered Young Man Lhsp THURSDAY Evening And mmsah Went
Eak Mog@ Where No Viewed The Remains OF His SOn-BoV Wrote
Latter fpmHssbn October Fourth Saying He Was Coming Home

tFrom fridays Daily Panhandle
AT last the mystory'of tho idcntit'
Of the murdered boy has been cleared
away and In the home OF tho boy
uncle on Fillmore street sits tho hear
broken father OF a'son who was q
good boy, a hard working, faithful
son. and he was coming home L
me-"
sllas Dockray, in response 10
message and letter from his brother
w. II. Dockray OF this city, arriveC
on tho Rock Island train yesterda,
evening from Asherville, o. 7, III
went at once with his brother to tbs
morguo aud saw the body. The
identification by the picture and LET
tiers had been correct and the fathel
could only look upon the cruelty
manned face and still form OF the
son for whom he had been so fondly
waiting.
Taken 10 His Unclc's Home
Arrangements were quickly made
MS soon as tho Identification was
complete, for tho removal OF the
body 90 the home OF bis uncle. And
today IN the pretty home on Fillmore
street 10 a handsome black and silver
caskot lies tho body OF Foster Earl
Dockray. Every tribute which the
sorrow of loving klnsfolk,. made
poignant by the pltiful death Of the
lad, can suggest Is now being be-
slowed upon the body which came so
near going 10 an unnamed grave.
Story OF the Identification
w. II. Dockray, the uncle OF the
hoy Was among the first to see the
body but not until the clothes were
found and placed on the body did he
have any definite idea that the boy
might be bis nephew Even then,
since be had not seen Earl Dookray
for many years, Mr. Dockray was
not struck by bis memory Of the boy
but by tho striking resemblance to
the boys father. his own brother,
silas Dockray. he Immediately set
about making inquiries lie sent
pictures and descriptions to the
former home OF sllas Dockray in
Blanco county Here Mr.. aud Mrs.
william Green, Earl Dockray's grand
parents, Immediately recognized the
description and sent the communi-
tons as soon as possible to the faith
or. Silas Dockray had recently
moved TO Asherville, @. = and was
making home in the new country.
DELAYED messages kept him from re-
cciwng the Information at once but
ss soon as he heard the report he
started for Amarillo. lie had been
expecting Earl home for nearly two
weeks and the half-formed fears for
the boys safety now became realI-
ties.
Earl Dockray's Good Record
The facts OF Earl Dockray's life
make tho crime stand out blacker
and more foul than before--if In
decd that is possible. He grew upI
on the farm used to hard work. tenn
perate habits, and clean life. He
was born in Blanco county near
johnson City and would have been
eighteen years old Oct. IS. In 1900
his mother died and since that time
no had boon living with his grand
parents Mr.. and Mrs, William Green.
lIo attended school in Johnson City
and had good reputation through
out tho entire community.
Was Saving His Money
Last May the boy took his work
away from home and went to I'll
paso with a construction company.
He became Immediately trusted en-
ploye in high favor with all the men
and was given the best positions
open to boy Of his age. He was
saving his money and expected to
help his father develop the new farm
over IN oklahoma. In letter dated
at Hereford Oct. 8, he told his faith
crithat no wax coming with his mon
~, about s12O. He said that he had
bought some new clothes ana that
ho would send the old clothes home
by express. The father received the ,
letter and the clothes and nothing ,
more, for on Oct. 4 the boy was ,
found robbed and butrhered to death ,
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