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Boerne, Tex…

📅 1891newspaper📜 public-domainid: s_boerne-tex_15db2d📄 TEI

Entities extracted from this source (2)

Major Ecklesperson

4 claims cited from this source

a.k.a. Maj. Eckles, Eckles, the major

J. C. Saggsperson

1 claim cited from this source

a.k.a. Saggs

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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.

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