NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS
MENARD COUNTY, TEXAS
March 22, 1870
The Galveston Daily News
Seven hundred and fifty dollars reward in gold is offered
by P Field for
the safe delivery at any point in the United States fo
Mrs. Dorothy Field,
abducted by Indians from Menard county, on the San Saba
river, four
miles below Fort Kavitt, Texas, on February 27th.
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Aug. 27, 1870
The Galveston Daily News
A DISTRESSED HUSBAND. -- Mr. P. Field, of Menard county,
writes to
the San Antonio Herald, that he will give $1200 in specie
for the return of
his wife, Dorothy Field, who was stolen by Indians some
time ago.
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Jan. 4, 1871
The Galveston Daily News
POSTAL MATTERS
The following changes of postmasters in Texas have been
made:
Fort McKavett, Menard county, George Paschal in place of
James
Larson, resigned.
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April 15, 1871
The Galveston Daily News
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
STATE OF TEXAS,
Report of Indian depredations committed
in Menard county, from January 1, 1866,
to March 31, 1871:
No. of persons killed .................................3
No. of person wounded.............................2
No. of person carried into captivity.........2
No. horses and mules stolen....................619
No. of cattle killed and stolen....................6,660
No. of housed burned.................................1
Total value of property destroyed..........$101,430
These outrages were commited by the
Kickapoo and Comanche tribes of Indians.
Official: JAMES DAVIDSON,
Adjutant General of Texas
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Dec. 3, 1874
The Austin Weekly Statesman
Another Ranger - Indian Fight. -- Five Indians Killed
and one Captured.
On Saturday morning, last, a portion of Major Jones's
escort
and a detachment of Capt. Perry's company, encamped on
Elm
creek, in Menard county, and about one hundred and sixty
miles
west of this city, encountered a party of nine Indians,
with the
above result. The Indians came down Elm within a few
miles
of camp, and, running in on a beef detail of two men,
Scott
Cooley and Billy Trawic, opened fire upon them, when they
fled to camp in hot haste, prusued by the Indians, who
fired
several shots, Cooley returning the fire. The Indians
were
immediately pursued, and overtaken after a gallop of
about
twelve miles, when a running fight took place, the
Indians
being at a disadvantage because of the superior numbers
of
the rangers. The Indians would occasionally halt to make
a
standing fight, but the showering bullets would soon put
them to flight at break-neck speed, rought rocky places
having no terrors for them. Five Indians were killed and
one captured, together with their horses, arms, bows, and
arrows, shields, etc. The captured Indian, a Comanche,
was brought to the city yesterday by a detail of five or
six
rangers, and as he passed up the Avenue in wild Indian
costume, strapped to a mule, all eyes were turned to him,
and large crowds of people followed him to the Capitol
grounds, where the red warrior was gazed upon by hundreds
of curious eyes. The captured Indian ran about two miles
after his horse was shot from under him, but seeing he
would be caught, he turned back to the men, fell upon his
knees
and throwing up his hands, shouted "bueno
amigo," which is "the
good friend." The Indian who is now in jail, will,
we understand,
be sent back to camp, and perhaps then tried by a court
martial.
If so, we wouldn't give much for his chance. The boys
brought some
fresh scalps with them, and they report that Scott
Cooley, who was
fired at and run into camp, not only cut a wounded
Indian's throat,
but stripped a large piece of skin from his back, saying
that he would
make a quirt out of it.
The following is the official report of Major John B.
Jones regarding the
the fight:
HEADQUARTERS FRONTIER BATTALION,
AUSTIN, TEXAS, November 24, 1874.
Gen. W. Steele, Adjutant General:
Sir -- I have the honor to report that on the
twenty-first instant, Lieut.
Roberts, with a detachment from Capt. Perry's company,
and Lieut.
Beavert, with a detachment from my escort, came upon a
party
of nine Indians in the southern part of Menard county,
having followed
their trail for several miles, going in the direction of
Mason. They
immediately gave the Indians chase, and in a running
fight of several
miles, killed five and captured one, together with their
horses, arms and
equipments. Three of Lieut. Robert's hourses being
wounded and all
of them broken down he was forced to abandon the chase,
but at last
accounts, Lieut. Beavert, with a few men well mounted
were in close
pursuit of the other three, with fair prospects of coming
up with them, as
they had an open country to run over.
No men were killed or wounded on our side.
The Indians were Comanches.
The prisoner will arrive in this city tomorrow to be
disposed of as the
Governor may direct.
JOHN B JONES,
Major Commanding Frontier Battalion.
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Jan. 17, 1875
The Dallas Daily Herald
On the morning of the 15th of December Captain Ingraham,
G W
Tatum, W R Stafford and ten men, attacked a band of
twenty-five
Indians at Sand Flat, Menard county, and after a
desperate fight killed
seven Indians, recaptured a boy and girl, children of R P
Jones of that
county, forty horses and ten mules. John Clark, an
employe of
Stafford's was killed, and Tatum hurt by his horse
falling on him.
Another ranger received a slight wound. This is business.
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July 17, 1875
The Dallas Weekly Herald
THE HERALD COMPRESS.
Mr. Felix Mann and Miss Fannie Speer were married in
Menard
county, last week.
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May 24, 1877
The Austin Weekly Statesman
The grand jury of Menard county has found ninety
inditements,
forty of which are for felony.
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June 7, 1877
The Austin Weekly Statesman
Mr. Carlin, a Frenchman, has bought 30,000 acres of land
in Menard
county, upon which he will locate 9000 head of Merino
sheep.
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September 26, 1878
The Austin Weekly Statesman
Sheriff Comstock, of Menard county, in returnig from Hunt
county with
two prisoners, was set upon by ten well armed men who
demanded the
release of the prisoners. Comstock told the spokesman he
would give
them up only after being shot down, and that he would get
one man at
least himself, who should be the spokesman. The mob,
after a second
demand, held a parley and retired. The mob wanted to
murder the
prisoners. As they left, Comstock called to them and told
them not to
tell to the people of Hunt county that one man had
"toed off" ten well
armed men, and they promised they wouldn't.
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Nov. 14, 1878
The Austin Weekly Statesman
The following county officers are elected in Menard
county:
County judges, A B Wyatt
county district clerk, R P Beddow
sheriff J H Comstock
surveyor Sam H Wade
assessor J W Mears and Joseph Layton
tie vote, no election. Sam Wade above named, is the son
of our
excellent fellow-townsman Col. Wade. Same beat his
formost
competitor three to one.
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Jan. 3, 1879
Brenham Weekly Banner
Green Johnson, colored, formerly a soldier, was leagally
hanged at
Menardville, Menard county, on Friday last, for the
murder of his wife.
He met his fate bravely and died in the hope of entering
a beter world.
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March 7, 1879
Brenham Weekly Banner
Ed Brown, one of the parties charged with rescuing Scott
Cooley from
the Lampasas jail in 1876. was arrested in Menard county
and taken to
Lampasas, where he is now in durance vile.
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May 23, 1879
The Galveston Daily News
MENARD
On Postoak creek, Menard county, last week, the body of a
welll-dressed man, with his skull crushed in and
evidently murdered, was found by a herder. The skeleton
was 5 feet 8 inches high, and on the little finger of his
left hand was a heavy silver ring, with the initials F.M.
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June 12, 1879
The Austin Weekly Statesman
Stockmen, appreciating a good officer, presented Sheriff
Comstock, of
Menard county, with a Centennial rifle.
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July 18, 1879
Brenham Weekly Banner
Henry Carson, a school teacher, has been arrested in
Menard county,
charged with being implicated in the "road
agency" business, or in
other words, stage robbing.
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