J. R. Cox Kills Tom Turk
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J. R. Cox Kills Tom Turk
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Posted: 10 Mar 2009 7:43PM GMT |
Classification: Death
Appears in The Terrell Times-Star, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas, 9 August 1890...
Forney, Texas, August 6 - This place was thrown into a fever of excitement this morning by the little son of J. T. Turk, who lives about 4 miles north of here, riding into town coatless and hatless after a doctor saying that his father had been shot. Drs. Stroud and Fowler left for the scene of the tragedy but found the victim dead on their arrival.
The circumstances of the killing as near as can be learned, are a follows: A Mr. J. R. Cox, engineer at Boardman & Short's gin, had started for Forney on a wagon with a Mr. Rogers. While passing Mr. Turk's farm and in front of his house Cox and Turk became involved in a quarrel when Cox shot twice at Turk, both shots taking effect in Turk's body. Turk succeeded in crawling through the fence toward home living only about twenty minutes. On their return to town Dr. Stroud and others overtook Cox coming toward town and brought him in and he is now in the hands of officers awaiting preliminary trial. Mr. Turk leaves a wife and several children.
His brother, Howard, was near Royse when all this happened but was telegraphed for and has arrived. The sheriff from Kaufman has also arrived. The inquest was held this afternoon by Justice I.S. Wood.
William Rogers testified that he and Mr. Cox started to Forney on a wagon, and as they passed Tom Turk's place, Turk called to them to stop and he went up to Cox and said that Mr. Haggood told him that he (Cox) said that he (Turk) was a liar. Mr. Cox told him that he (Cox) said that if anybody said that he (Cox) said that Mr. Hoggood was not any account was a liar. Mr. Turk pointed to his son Evert and said he was the one that said it. Soon I hear a pistol shot and looked and saw Cox shooting. I hallowed to him that it would not do and he stopped shooting and ran a few yards with me and then went into the brush.
The evidence of the other witnesses was about the same.
Forney, Texas, August 6 - This place was thrown into a fever of excitement this morning by the little son of J. T. Turk, who lives about 4 miles north of here, riding into town coatless and hatless after a doctor saying that his father had been shot. Drs. Stroud and Fowler left for the scene of the tragedy but found the victim dead on their arrival.
The circumstances of the killing as near as can be learned, are a follows: A Mr. J. R. Cox, engineer at Boardman & Short's gin, had started for Forney on a wagon with a Mr. Rogers. While passing Mr. Turk's farm and in front of his house Cox and Turk became involved in a quarrel when Cox shot twice at Turk, both shots taking effect in Turk's body. Turk succeeded in crawling through the fence toward home living only about twenty minutes. On their return to town Dr. Stroud and others overtook Cox coming toward town and brought him in and he is now in the hands of officers awaiting preliminary trial. Mr. Turk leaves a wife and several children.
His brother, Howard, was near Royse when all this happened but was telegraphed for and has arrived. The sheriff from Kaufman has also arrived. The inquest was held this afternoon by Justice I.S. Wood.
William Rogers testified that he and Mr. Cox started to Forney on a wagon, and as they passed Tom Turk's place, Turk called to them to stop and he went up to Cox and said that Mr. Haggood told him that he (Cox) said that he (Turk) was a liar. Mr. Cox told him that he (Cox) said that if anybody said that he (Cox) said that Mr. Hoggood was not any account was a liar. Mr. Turk pointed to his son Evert and said he was the one that said it. Soon I hear a pistol shot and looked and saw Cox shooting. I hallowed to him that it would not do and he stopped shooting and ran a few yards with me and then went into the brush.
The evidence of the other witnesses was about the same.