Boerne, Tex…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

Boerne, Tex., September 25 — Maj. Eckles, an ex-officer of the United States army and a son-in-law of Gen. Mason, was mortally shot today by J. C. Saggs ,a neighboring ranchman, on Balcone’s Creek, near Balcone. Saggs has thus far eluded arrest.