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Live Oak County TXGenWeb Project 
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Live Oak County TXGenWeb Project
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A. Reid Stephens' Body Found
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Corpus Christi Gazette on January 28, 1877
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"Oakville Tribune, Jan. 18: the body of A. Reid STEPHENS was found on the 11th inst., in the neighborhood of Cook's store, by his brother and party, who commenced the search several days since. The brother of the deceased came to Oakville Sunday night, who informed us that though the murder had been committed three weeks, the body was easily identified, and that every circumstance went to prove that he was brutally murdered while asleep at his camp, which was only a short distance from the San Antonio road. A bullet hole was found in one side of his head and the skull crushed with the butt of a gun. The body had been divested of its clothing and dragged a short distance from the camp, evidently for the purpose of concealment, in a bunch of small bushes. The remains were buried in Smith's graveyard, in the neighborhood of where the deed was committed. Mr. Wm. BENTON, of San Diego, Texas, offers $500 reward for the arrest and conviction of the murderer or murderers." |
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