Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-16
ENTIRE FAMILY ARE
KILLED FOR MONEY
AMOUNT ESTIMATED TO BE BE-
TWEEN $4,000 AND $4,000.
Was One OF the sest cOlOred Families
in the County and Liked BY
All Glasses.

/ @NNWe NANe ANNNAhNN ~ NAeAARNNAAAN
on Friday Of most horrible murder
and robbery in Columbia county, near
Fort White, and only short distance
between the dividing lme OF this and
the former county.
From parties who arrived from
Fort White II was learned that an
entire family were killed, supposedly
all of the eye-witnesses TO the affair,
and the money taken from the home
Of the murdered people after the deed
was committed.
The killing occurred on what IL
known In that section as the old Her
long place. but what is now called the
Myers plantation. and as near as pos.
sible the facts are abodt as follows;
During late In the evening on Tuesday
a white man whose name was Cox
called in front OF the place and en-
gagged In conversation with Sailor, the
son-ln-law OF the murdered man, aud
the two men walked up the road and
disappeared from sight. when the re-
port of a gun was heard, and the next
day the man, Sailor, was found lying
In the road, dead from the effects OF
ia pistol shot
Following this shot the same man.
Cox, so Witnesses stated was seen
70 go back to the house aud when
within a few feet OF Calvin Banks,
who was on bis porch, he hred upon
him, afterwards killing hls vile. who
was IN the kitchen Just about fifteen
feet from where the husband lay, and
who had previously saw the occur
renee but was too frightened to move
or give alarm.
After killing al three Of the parties
Cox walked into the home Of the ne
gro and took his satchel which was
allied with money. Il being yariously
estlmated that The amount was any.
where from $4,000 to $1,000.
A ccroner's Jury was impaneied
and held an investigation Of the mat
ter. and the man Cox was taken 20
lake City, where he was rcieaecd en-
der a bond Of $500 and ls now at llb-
erty
Banks was an aged darkey Of the
anie-bellum days and Rad been q real
dent Of that section Cor a large num.
Der OF years. being universally Ike
by the white and black people alike
len over the county Re had By BE-
nard work managed % accumulate.
considerable gum ~ MONEY. farming.
which always paid hlm sell. sud b.
managed 20 sell large number Of
bcef cattle Cach year tbia alEays
bringing him 500 o. over The gen
.sal Inirlfs,cn g. ttEt the negro aiual
have haa nor less tsan 5000 or ffer
J,a az tho sine % bis murder
| Al ths trial zoe cyidcnrc Eas in fub.
stance related ~ above b. two ~ tae
lrdclli1rcn vs3 tlalued % hafs
witnessed the entire Occurrences, ard
Il has caused great excltemeri 10 ne
town o. Port White. where the no
groea we're best known The Waite
people seen 10 take a great iutcfcsi
IN the matter and they are more thor
onxhiy aroused over u thar the eUlof-
"a people. Cor this crime happened
ius, about one year from the time
shen The Toien brothers we're muF-
drred and robbed On ths rAme piacs
Ths Toiens ueFs weiif0do vhlts 30
pls and among tbs~UBsst settlers q
mas eOun,y. and bad amassed eeuaid
ifnble money, which Was kele 10 ihe
hone ne sane a. ths 90 DARKER kept
hla
Wien ths aegfa. asllsr. va ippa1
ne nsrt eaY ~ hogs had aetoafee
nsrt q BE heaa. Vhsrs y hae heea
bostsn ~ q knoi afier tks shooiinr.
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