Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-09-24

/ assistance. in the prosecution of the
party guilty of the murder of the
late Rev. B. G. Holloway n
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF
| STOCKDALE, TEXAS.
Committee on Resolutions.
c.. H. Woods
-sp Jim Henry Balm
Tom H. King.
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
COUNTY OF WILSON.
/, Leroy Smith Clerk of First
Baptist Church of Stockdale, Texas,
hereby certify that the above and fore
going is a true and correct copy OF
the original on file in my office.
To certify which witness my hand
at office this the 18th day of Sep
TENDER, A. D. 1888.
Leroy SMITH,
Clerk, First BAPTIST Church of Stock
dale, Texas.
Here is a letter written to j. II.
| Holloway, of Raleigh dated Septem-
Der IL, by J.. H. Hardy, editor OF the
| Sentinel -
In reply to your inquiry received
this morning, will try to give briefly
the facts relating to the death of your
brother. $50
Brother Holloway was shot to death
late in the afternoon of September 1st
in the back yard of his next. door
neighbor, Mrs. T.. j. Halbert. He was
shot by T. J. Halbert with 38 pistol
five shots entering the body, either
one of which might have killed him.
It was impossible to hold the body
long, hence the early burial.
Halbert is being tried for the Of
tense this week and according to his
own c.a'c..c.li, which was heard to-
day, it was a cold blooded murder.
deliberately planned since August IL.
The Halberts came here about two
and one half years ago and lived on
10 acre tract just outside the city
limits. They had chickens and cows,
and furnished Brother and Mrs. Hoi-
loway eggs and butter. Mrs. Halbert
was a member of the Baptist Church
and the Halloways and Halberts were
good friends and according to Hal
bert's testimony, they were friendly
up to the very afternoon of the killing.
Halbert drew a pension as a Span.
:sh War veteran and didn't have to
~ ork, but liked to fish. Early this
year he decided to move to better
& shing grounds. Mrs. Halbert would
not consent to go with, him, SO: they
decided to, separate. They sold the
farm house and bought small house
adjoining the Holloways and had II
decided to Mrs. Halbert as her part OF
the estate. Halbert got him a house
trailer and on July 10 left town, leav-
ing Mrs. Halbert very little to live
on.
Both families had chickens and
Holloway had bought Halbert's COW,
but the cow was kept in Halbert's lot.
Finally they got to feeding the chick
ems together, so all feed was left IN
the Halbert back yard.
Brother Holloway got sick around
July 1st and was in hospital six weeks
and Mrs. Holloway had been Ill for
year or more Her sister, Mrs. Adams
of Sabinol stayed with her. After Mr.
Halbert left Mrs. Holloway hired Mrs.
Halbert to stay with and to iced he
chickens and attend to the cow. This
seemed reasonable and logical ar
rangement for both women.
On August 18th Mr.. Halbert return
ed to Crystal City and wanted Mrs. !
IIalbert to come back and live with i
him. She refused. and he began, to &C
cuse the Holloways of influencing heT |
against him an dhe kept turning the /
idea over and over in his mind until /
he could imagine a1,y---3..--g he wanted I
to. And while on August 18th he filed /
{ lit for divorce from Mrs. Halbert, he
seemed to feel that if Holloways I
would discharge her she would have I
to come back to him. He told several +
that.
Late, in the afternoon of September I
1st Brother Holloway went into the +
Halbert yard, as he had been doing,
to get feed for the chickens and Hal
bert shot him as above stated.
The case will probably go to the
jury late Thursday and if they return |.
a verdict in time we will have it in
this weeks issue of the paper and I
will send copy, otherwise will write
or wire you.
Mrs. Holloway, of course, was COM
pletely broken up. and still is. We T
are trying to see that the murdered /
gets the proper punishment. It was
necessary to employ additional coun
Gil.
Your mother and Mrs. Ellington |
probably knew the Halberts and will |
remember them