Original sentence: On Friday, October 12, 1906, a murder occurred just outside Houston which would become part of Houston's history and a piece of local folklore.On Monday, November 12, Hamilton was tried for murder.Parsons and Hamilton had an argument resulting in Parsons heading on toward Miller County.Parsons offered to trade Hamilton twenty-five dollars cash and a single-barreled shotgun for the saddle.Parsons then loaded up his family in a wagon and headed for Miller County where he had purchased some farmland.The scuffle which would end in the death of Parsons, his wife, and children began with a trade agreement over a stolen saddle
Edited sentence: On Friday, 12 October 1906, a grisly murder occurred just outside Houston which would become an important part of Houston's history and an interesting piece of local folklore.On Monday, 12 November, Hamilton was tried for murder.Parsons and Hamilton had an argument resulting in Parsons heading on toward Miller Country.Parsons offered to trade Hamilton twenty-five dollars cash and a single-barrelled shotgun for the saddle.Parsons then loaded up his family in a wagon and headed for Miller County where he had purchased some farm land.The scuffle which would end in the death of Parsons,his wife and children began with a trade agreement over a stolen saddle