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J. La Tarter, 75 living at U.G.U. Hotel,
Fort _:orth9 TIMIS, was born Aloft 249 1862, in
Pulaski 00.94y. Alas Tarter, his fatherlowned
and lived an a farm located nier Somerset, Ay.
whichyns 40 miles from a railroad. Silas
-carter accepted employment as Immigrant agent
for the ublo and Miss, Railroad in 1876, and
novo- hit. family to Texas, where his duties
demanded his ixesences. Tarter located his
an a tract of land in 4.1liamoma Co.,
where they cultivated some land anv; engaged
inruiching. J. LA Tarter entered he caLLle
basiness in the early 80ts9 locating his
much aix =Elea N. Ea of r.heylor, ilhiaon
Co., TOMAS* Pie lost a large nuate of his herd
in ISM, aue to 10 days of rain u1.14.: sleet
which left the ranee covered with ice. Aith
Lhe return of zild weather, heelllies appeared
in la,rce numbers .111ch causfd an additional
loos. tie haned hundreds of cattle, under
with the 1.O.. Railroad, which arrived
in Taylor unfit for farther ohlOment. Re anw
many shooting affairs in Taylor and sew the
:7,un fiLht which took place in 1:ichland, in 18P
,Luriag the Jay 3ird war. After terminating
hi a range career he entered the printiae assin:a
and is now C1930 connected with the Glove Print.
eort Aarth.
His story of range life follows&
ft/ vac 3:orn 75 years ago, Nev. 249,1862, at qv father's 44
iarter, farm locau1,2 in Pulaaki, Co. Xy. The feirmv:s located
nenr the little town of Somerset, 40 miles from a railroad.
"Father ar:led hs early life and while in X. he
raise practicular cveryUhing the family consumed um wore.
:here were in -,.te family. :here were six of we children,
three boys an _irla.
"ao Lila', one :Jay know how we maAt our living, I shall amo
plain what acd how us did, which was typical of country the* Sit
that section of Ay.
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"Fathr had very little money,blit wh!,t he hFtd vine in excess
of his family mods,
"t4e raised and sold a fot onttle,mules,hoge,shoop,uhickens,
goose and ponce feathers. e Fret nopl's and sold a little of
those b th preen and dried. Also,we raised and sold some Oleet
and oats.
"other and sisters knitted woolen socks and mittens,from
yarn rroval truoi spun by them,and sold hundreds of pairs.
";re lived on the suopltoof food -roduced on te farm and
thn clothes to v. re wau made form cloth thot was spun and 1-eaved
from materi41 produced on the form.
"o•ther and th oldest boys trapped and huntedomi re made
inter caps from th o animals hides,also, coon riel other c;Ans
v.eA, sold.
-Judpini7 mrom what 1 have mentioned as c(Ad by the family,
one may think Vlore was a large income,bA the contary is the
f4ct. or inut:tuce,epps sold for five 4nd ten contc n dozen. I
pair of hand knitted t °len n-cks sold for 2Elf end all other
atticlec nccordinely. lowever„ as I have stated,te did 'IA need
mw.h money,becauso w'. .t zps bou,,.ht did not cost much and abut
thi; on y thine money war snont for .:ere supr,cof oe,thre-d rind
buttons,and bees furnished the mojo portion of the clets.
'Orr WIlitor vias rlAe from a)ol cardod,opin and
toven into cloth,67 my mother and sistors. ur Summer c) thee
made from flax.thich *.rov,n on tho farm. Tho fla 7.as
p.cer)aired by millinp it'at'the :1-oper time and crL-ed on the
'.round to cure. he process ich te termed curing ws to let
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the husk deterioate. After the curing process was completedethe
flax was placid in a breaker and by fmailing tho hueke were
pounded' loose. 4611e fruiting loft the flax free from the husk
a/'; readfng for the spinning and weaving process.
"Our shoes viire m -Ale from the hider: of cattle raised on our
farm and tanned by the neighborhnod tanner. .The neighborhood shoe-
maker nrde the shoes. Our hats were,likewise, made bythe local
hatter. All of them eraftmen were paid cornoheat and other
produce of the farm.
"The whet'and other small prain was harvested zith a cradle
and reaphodk. The thraeing ens done by frallinf the grain on a
canvass. To separate the chaff from the kernele,thc grain was
poured from palls.vhile held in the alroletting the wind blew
the chaff away.
"The anus= nts,for the most pnrt, vas huskinp-bess;logrolls.
inge for. the men and quilting for the eomenoand once a year regular.
ly the revival meeting for all.
'The first school i attended was in a log buildingoof one'
room, *he teacher was paid 418.per month and board. The teacher
received board by going home each evening with a dif erent pupil
of one of the familias until he had made the rounds and then
.ould start at the first again. hat system the teacher followed
throughout the three month term.
"here wefe rimy vriiskog stilts. Of course.there was no
law rc-utating -;,hickej making nor nng tax flna murky gallons cere
mnd and drank cy the good people 4.
"1 have often heerd people speak. of the Rood folks of the
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early days* 1.8114, inieur section of 34,th- foils *rank a greet
other
many gallons of 1106r shot sac when the disagreed'. The language
them folks us44-epas ft41 of chasing.emIkvulgarity. ly the time,
I tas eight years old -1 had heard everything that tho hu an mind
could think of o taining;to cuseing and vulgar ords, T have
rad nothing new since.
"she only 44e advantage a. still operator had tc,contend with
was his inability to be accepted into the church. All other folks
were saved regularly each year. Occasionally a still operator
4404 decide to quit making hialget and join the church* :hen
Peet rejoicing would take place among the brethren and sisters.
the still operator would have al his woalth in whiskey and
the still and he could not be. expected to destroy the produce
and love himself 844titute. Aerefore the brethren viotAd gather
at toe con7ertv house tn arrange for distillers livellhoodeafter
the liquor lies cistroyed* until the party could renrrange his
affairs*
"I accompaWed father to a couple of the meetings when the
brethren were upposed to drIstroy the whiskey and oro7ided
the distiller with goods in the place of the product** The broth'.
ren would discuss the converts chna-e of heart and express their
pleasure ov r the happy event and then ta;'.e up thl matter of
disposing of th whiskey* :rre of the brethren would state that
their wife needed some gond whiskey to make bitters ueed for
stomach disorersoome noodled whiskey to make rock-end-rey which
was used for coughs and there would various -ther remedies men-
tioned for which whiskey was needed* 24bn
non tho act of tasting
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the zoiv.,c,:,7 vtrod i. the va,leur or v.cv. the newt Procedve.
the brothlen ouldtWixv!
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awl le drInV of t ther ia uach
harp mreat t tleverni 1e tn ho stre ich 1,epds
eibJciToy v.az th tto tine the hretliten h!,.d
the or4m-,111nr orocesc,everyone wov in the mood •:E•fr a -ood revival,
TheInthron Ot1ii bt.gan fo- tho dieti7lertb vihioey to be 7sed
for medicinal mrnoeo ox y.becatwo 11,11e of them had nny other use
,Ier it,:uut the anrunl bought for ma;,!ng bitters and othor medic an,
-indicated that there wel!: a rrent arrwunt ol oieness in tho country.
Somo tflle had to e-ch jetr,t th- brethren did mi.
seem t r)bloct.
"Lhon irrivld In :OXIB thnro ffo Tienl shootingmaffairs,
but tve viera nothim7 no to me. T hn.d becamo two to shooting
scrAps in 4yA Areuoments v‘ore Bottlod according to vJio war, e
Ibect shot in tAb 3onervet eoetion 1,g,to swan an t11090 were
In .4)xac darin to early dajne
"I recall one play,1;.1'ic'h I shall relateoni a typical
illustrtion cLt: the nee -lo, domeenour,
"'.21-;o mon,All Coo or anl alton,hfvt eomn disagreoment and
itrarh i;n1ten decided to eottle thr, ruo-lent a r1rc chrreh
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liotenir to the nre'101er
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n v;no hoard at the ontranee
Sejing,2A1 Jeror,i've Or7141to eO.' Of couren,4pckgenerloekod
Oround an t1;i1,y oa. huh '-niton 1t hP ',up leveled on C opera
Corper nicked up a child wnorn he hrIld before him,tus sheilding
himsolf. Valtori ordered bo opor to put ti,e child down or be re-
sponsiblo th childs dtrIth,becat4so he,:ialtcm,was p:oinp. to
*Loot. l!owever, othar o onto became active and disarmed Lalton.
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The church members incisted•thz,A ivalton and °per settle their
arguement at some other nlace„because they did not want their
children to witness a shooting*
"2y father accepted a. Tvsition with the Ohio& Missorailread
in 18U at the company's. -immigrant agent. 4e vas sent to Texas
and I went Iith him* iather,meved his family to A. limison cc,
in 1877. limamr !ocated te famil;/ on a tract of land six miles
8 E. of Taylors V4 fenced a small tract for Lultivation and,
also, entered the cattle businesevueing the free and open r7nge
for grazing our animals. We run vaA.ous amounts of cattle* Some
timey we had 30•0 and then mlpht drop to 1000 hend,because we
bought and sold at all times* In 1880 I operated as an individual
owner and vent into the business more, extensive. y first fore'
men wee Alther ilynn and then C;eorge 2oGee became my fere-An
after 1,1ynn quit to go west.
"I spent qy t me trading and 1 ft the rw,ge work in the hands
of my foreman. I boupht whenever I could find a satisfactory bay
and sent csttle to the market often as I could*
"George Pierce was an extensive drover these days and I out
ma crittle in with his herd,whenever he vas driving north. I would
ch c1 In my cattle, and receive j pry after dolievery.,
"1, w maKinp money frld buildinp my cuttle business constantly
•,until 1883 at uhich time I had a set -back. D rine the month of.
'eb,ve hid a 10 ,cla;: •etriod of rainosnoz -,nd sleet* hen the weather
cleared there vas- aroudf four inches of snik an, sleet cruet on
the Fround„which cut the cattle fens the grass. :he weaker cenimala
died from the ex!esure-and the lack of grass end 'b 'he time the
cruet had thawed I had a a percent lose. When mild weather retu sot
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Clore appeared an unusel large number of hell-flys,which caused
an additional lose and reduced mw herd to 50 po.-cent of tho
number 1 had.
"The heel -fly is death csf. stock. The fly will attack the
animal on the heel muld when the fl hits the animal becomes
c _sod from bein47 worried by the fly. The animal will start
running for a water hole or bogviu fact, anything where it
may submer,e its heels. 1.'ollowin:: the thaw, after the enow,„
there mere a grwIt numzer of water h-los and bogs into ,which
the cattle could run. Be n etk followi;.g the iced rangeo
large nu lber of cattle became bogged and died befcre me could
rescue the animals.
"Alile on the subject of meek cettle,I shall relate another
experience 1 had h weak cattle. I think it was in 1883,
taat the r.rass became exhausted in the -Jo ;rand* valley end
thous Ms of c-ttle were shipped cut of there. The I.G.c 11.
railroad hauled a great na.ber of to eattle into Taylor and there
the. animals mere trancfered to the 4istty railroad, gow,ver,the
“etty '1 icals refused to accept any cattle which ere -eak and
liable get down durinr- shipment. fr
"1 too*,, a contract ith the I.G. N. to take all the
crit4ers refused Jg the .r...tty. There were a la:-oe num"aer uhieh
arrived at Taylor to weak for f,rther shipmont. I re(eived my bay
from the hides. Those aniial I skinned and diseosed of the car-
cl,oses by throminp thoe,Ln a trench.
"During that period Jack fa:aylor, a resident of Taylor who
had about 200 hogs on a fart net;r the town,eame to me it=1 a
proposition to delieved the carcasses at his hog farm. Ho wanted
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the carcassoe for hog feed.aylor
was very close with his money and u n rule would
not deal unless he received two for one. ifts* =Alecjdorable
dickering i ?fty.lor sian a cont -act agrr7eing tf tti all
the carcarees at E(O each. that 1 did wne to drive the animals
to the hog pasture an there do the skinning. The .5()J I r-•ceived
clear profit. Well* Net nhout tho time I entered into the
contract with Taylorothe rall:oaa started to tnrn over to me
on an average 26 herql trAcl! day. 1)1%1.1m:the firat 101 operated
nnder the Vaylor contract,1 placee PlO carcerces in aylorfs
hop porters. Of Coursetthe h pc voulfi not ma a iint in the
beef by their comownption. Th,-_resultt were a very offensive
order.which cpme from decomposin7 neat.and hundreds of
Ontiverds began to flock into the pasture. Tim pasture WRS a
mees for sore eyes,hut 1had a signAl contract and c-ntIned to
do ever carcasses according to tho agreemont. Trtylor began to
.bep for a release form the contract,bat I had him hooked as he
had kopked many other -percons and I would not aAcw tho contract
to be vitiatetoexcept nccordine to mg terms. I made him pn:;' rio
00. for 8 ritilense.
"I ow:tinned ie cnttle breinerc 7n'll 193. ahen the
panic e t in and I Tat before I become submerged Ir debt. The
prices begn1 to drop -1,nd continued to dr so itntil the animals
would not peal for enon:.h the markets to rag for tranapertetion.
There were more cattle on tho. range than the market could use
and the 4nyers mead not bit
-*The panic caused the financial ruin o nyeattlemen,
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especially tim .hioh- had :Jo:owed money. 1,he money lenders beean
to onll in tneir loansewhich action caused a rush of cattle to
the markets an -J tria depression of irlees to such extent that
cattle did not bring OLW,h to pay tha loan vnlue.
"After flAting the o%ttle business 4 -engage in various
hi;Als of enterrines,but finally entered to printing business
in which I am still engapseil.
"Low, I shall reminiscently talk of people and happenings
in and around AlliamIzon,coo for the rpose of conveying some
idea of t cuetomsan6 the nature of peoole living there during
those early d!,ya.
"I recall Print Clive.whe dolt in houses extensively, lie
drove horses to 4anetaAl. lieb,where he sold the animals.- llrint
had a brother rale did ivine for him and while on one of the
t:Ips -,%-int's brother was killed Uring a gun fight. Print went
o;. a hunt for the killer,eponding a year or more andloit WINE estimat..
ad,more than 0.0,000. Le finally *ought the man and burned the
fellow while tied to a stake. Print rile arrected,tried.convicted
and pardoned.
"A typic 1 ity ,olonal came to e:aylor. de wore the usual
Kyoboard and carried himself as an arictocrat. de had brains and
intelligenaetalso had corese aad was 'the kind of a man needed
in Taylor as its easporoto handle the rough and rovidy we of the
people. The manes name was Dan .400dy snd he was elected ;Aver
of 2ayler. ae handled the ofAce.well and had some very ticklish
matters to deal with.
Dan Aoody was unmarried when he came to Taylor,although in
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he in mi6dle-life. Dan joined a ch-noh after comin,7 te
aylor
and married a woman with red hair and about his own nge. She was
a relative of 41.obinson,fermer law -nertnor of Xx &warner non.
There wns u male child born to the union, in due timeond the -nrelts
named him Den. Ile was red headed and while he grew ur is young
ftiende called him "Red" Joody. "Aed" studied law and we admit'ed
to the bar. He we elected ta the office of fifty 4tiorney: 40
laterowne elected and served as County AttorneyoBistriet Attorney,
attorney Senora' of the State of iexee and served as its Governor
two tome.
"Dow to return where ,we left Dun U-ody Sr. After he became
.or of Tegior,he sponsored th. election of Torn Smith to the
office of city larshal. Smith bad the'renutation of being able
to handle bad situtations. me had.several.notobes on his run
and had hnndled himself in exoe'lent style during on of the
OfIttlee of the Jay 3Ird any ,which was few7ht at Aohland. ha
the Richland battle Smith stood up in free of he'vy A.ring end
did elegant execution with his gunoeven after ho had reeeiv,Id a
couple wooed, and was v-Iven credit, for winning the battle.
"The sheriff wee john livelowt1 was &mere the mist rrerwinent
sheriffs in th- tate and the time. Se had ostablishad his rep.
utation when two men cornered him on t ie highwey and drew their
guns suddenly. Olive bent -them to the dral. and killed (molt of Ile
men. The. -anstable wPs •••••001. 13rwise and also a man who wouU nnt
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bac- away from a fight if it was 1 -As duty to stand to the
fight.
"Therefore, Zoody had himself surrounded with rood officers.
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"Un of to rat roal test the city officalo had to ffme
in a mat er with Bd hosoun„who come to Taylor from Beetrop
co•. Le opened a cal on in Taylor and was building .up e pond
business. :vsous would not allow anyone to take -a pare= out of
his saloon if the person cons drunk. As wee a native of 4proand
COW to rJ:gitor A.th a reputation of being toughs 4e —had killed
e couple men in Bastrop O. However. he was an elepant looking
nem and c!Irried along with his fighting.ebility„intelligenee and
_peolfished manners.
here came a time Wlen the officers ianted a man against
v-,hom there wrfe eerie misdraesuel,x charge. Denpty ‘,onstqble
;Iqrris VrAi handed the warrant to ex•NAlkee The party wanted
was drunk and in :Aoseues saloon: Deputy Uorris entered the
s-loen Aild led the men out of the door before :4soux happened.
to notice what vac takinc niece. ahen gousoux realised whet
the deputy wo doing„he steped to the door quickly nnd (1,-?manded
that the person be turned loose. Joiris refused to chmnly with
the &mend and Beou,without further words, hit the deputy on
the jew,knooking the MO into the,ditchs Rosoux then took the
drunk beck into the saloons
'Then ;.iesoues eat was rep rted to the -*poi he ineued a
ac ant 'A -inaptly for the :r-est of iosoux. -.i=olm Smith served
the warrant on smithebut let him go on osouses On recognisance.
The triel was called in 1.eyoraoady's court. ;he city att-rney
Presented the city's evldenee and then the riayor celled the
defendant to present hie Ividences r.:hen :Amoux Preen to his f -et
and made a short speech to -the court Aitch VW- as fellers:
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"'So fa: as this totngsroo 8 urt is concerned „it can go to hell".
jollowing his speach,,osoux ‘alked out of the court and returned
to his saloon.
":4,sona° motion tovard the kiiayor'e court tightwad the
position considerable and things became tense. There was a
citation issued for Rosana to appear- Instolter and answers to
a.charge of contempt of court.
With a chavjetion on a charm, of assult nnd battery and
interfering with an officer stnnding against cosaux a in
addition the com$empt citation,the officers were compel/4Mo'
take charge of the men. 2om Smith vies given flops -pore to .serve
and tlike.osoux in custody.
"Uith :Zosoux holrng the Venutation f7r beim one of the
best shots in the stateond there was no boubt /OW his courage,
and J:om Smith Lith an equal repotntion,the oeople were all set to
soe a high class ;:11!1 fight.
'hen '4,om Smith started for Aosoues saloon to arrest him,
mlth had nn.andisnoe of citizens who wanted to see bow good
their marshal was with the pun and the amount of his courage.
Smith entered the saloon paid found. Aovoux playing. ge walked
up to 4ssona and said:
"Rosona,I've vow to talk w•th :7ou a bit"
"'That you mey do to your own satisfaction. Start talking"'
ho invited.
"%ell, you hnvede bad matters worse. by walking out on
the court. I have come here to sug-est that you and I r.o.to the:
court an see if the sitTlation can be flied up".
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"%imithei at not F:Chi7 with y -u or any other man to entitfy
th%t bunch of kangerpo jobs ,aouzis
T aiince you to do so lioeux/:„mith peeaded. Bocaure
it's things like VAL, that loll t, Fun play".
"'Man I get ready to ,:sop gm shall know it and if you don't
stop molesting mo It.A.11 not be long", 20soux stated while he
laid the rool cue down*
"'I am refidy nos; Smith. replied and at tho same instante he
fired his ;7un at ocouic.
"The bullet entered 7,osevx's side,but he leaped over his ear,
qhick ac a flehipand drez. hie sun. He tired„but dropped to to
ftcor while shooting and died in a short time aftorulrds.
11000UX had a greut number f friends an,, the/ felt thrA
omith t-ok.nn us tdvantilge of the saLoon man. .4itit feeling was
the ea' for SMithis defeat at the-ioliominr election. 11111a
JAInson was elected and that defeat iAured. Smith's pride con.
sieiereble
"Smith and, I were liVing in.tha same house at the time _Ind
he would frequently talk to me lbout the 'tovagisgellou bellied
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ma:f.shal' He would harp on illie Johnson constAitly when he
had a few drinks. ':0!) livd tt the edge of tem and ono day,
hiloig,e were driving inehe said to motif Iw-ts shnt in the
heart f could still run a block to shoot Johnson°, e stayed in
tozn nost of the day and Snit id c7tns
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drank himself to the otege vitle:-s he col.) cothe his hat to one
side of his head ,,nd then to tbt.:. other. io kent min g die.
alond op4be streete•
di ?t,raging renailks about Johnsonr!4
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be,in factobooamo a nuisanoe„but Johnson was tramline trouble and
keoping auny from Smith* t6mith became more noisy are finally was
holloring,'Taylor has has now marshal. c.here is Villis.Johnsonl
Leant him to arrest me'.
"Smith's action arriv-4 at a point here Johnson could not
allow it to continue and he called on Mayor Ubody for a wa-rant
for Smith's arrest*, Abody'refused to ilsue.the warrant. lie took
th, 3.sition'thht if he did it would mean one or both of the. men
would be
"The rquare we crev,ded. with notaAe v:altinp for the firht
the,, thought would surely take plaosebut they Tioro disappointed.
Itsior Moody walked amone th pennle tilling them he had refused
to isene a warrant and had forbnde johnson to make. the arrest.
oody then wont to smith and told him the fnllowing. 'Johnson
has come to me and reported thnt bou are doing and I forbade him
to Grreet you. I did so.b -cause I wanted these flAks to see
how big a jackass you can make of yourself'. Woofty's .et-tement
to Smith cooed him immediately and he way toady to start fo-' home.
Vhe .4yor's good ludgemmt-savmd Johnson's renUttion and a killing.
Luring the late 70's nnd early SCis,a bunch of desperadoes
'.old frequently virit sow small town and close it up. 1.4hat is,
forca all tpe business houses to close the doors. The first and
only such visit Tay or received wno in 1879. The desperadoes had
forced all the places to close but one. ihen they c!l.me to Tom
inshope ho met the men at the door and sent three of them west,
but 442,n sent west also
"I shall toll of one more shootirw affair and let it be the
conclusion of sacht0661.
Authier.Oleldon
.angelore.
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"Ben Mammon wao elected marshal of Austin nn -4eck Ha:•ris
was tho manager of the the/stet. it the time. Prior to ion' s election
the to mem had trouble and ,41fre on ther mntch for onoh others
-One day Ben shot 46-rrie while he,Ben, 7.na p-zsia,- the
theater. He claimed thnt Harris vele et,indina in the foyer 7ith
a gun watching for him. Ben claimed he eaw Barri:- in tho mihrror.
Thommeon zris tried and ex nerated in another e-unty on ohemr of
venue.
"Own Thompson return -d home teem the trial he waa met at
the depot by a large number or citizens ho stf.ged a parade -of
wellborn*. aome time.afterlhe veleome parade Maroon and UN,
kiaher,a-cattlemen with extensive hol ins, vfO it'ing in the
that:Aar and a shnt from the gallery hit 3en Themp:, n in the
beck and killed him. Ole fired the shot war never 1,3aned.
he first fence emlosinr a fernery land,outside of the
clAtivated tract, caused great excitement in nylor. 7igtmays
thee* days ran on the line of the least reactance and not on the
section lino. f rmer 11'7inp a few miles from Taylor fenced
-his land accordinp to hi ¶ection line. 3y to doino ho fenced
in one of the principal ro.ds 1,mdirr to Taylor.
The busin es men of Taylor held a meetinp,herdoc ty the then
Mayorelohn 7iredwell, and discvesed the 1,oad situation. The men
decided to cut the fence and accordlnr to tho decision a terra
number of men,ermed with llers, rode out to the fence and cut
the wire se it was of no fvrther use. Then the farmer hired
a lawyer and filed suit for dameg..solso, filed a petition ark-
ingt*Alt tifarlean be enjoined from further molesting of his
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property. 1:ne f rmor on oqne nfter co-piderable letiF7etlon.
2110 c4eineee 4ere aeseet damagee and cost of the trikis
'the cattlemen began tA move their horde rest and plore
pagan to break the ground for cultivation. After the range
gave val, to the plowoom9 co'Ad see many of the old ilaeody en1k7...
pie e pulled by four to elm az teamm-brevklne tb l.d arri in a
few yearu cotton was growing v.he-..e the longhorn grazed,.