Major Eckles — Ex-army officer killed by J. C. Saggs on Balcone’s Creek
Saggs on Balcone’s Creek near Boerne, Texas, on September 25, 1891 [3]. The first and only information of the shooting reached his brother, Samuel Eckles, of Silver City, by telegram [1]. Saggs, a neighboring ranchman, eluded arrest [3]. Should the major die of his wounds, it would be the third death in the Eckles family that year [2].
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- The following meagre telegram was the… (1891)The following meagre telegram was the first and so far the only information of the shooting of Major Eckles, which his brother, Samuel Eckles, of this city, has received of the tragedy :
- Should the major die of his wounds this… (1891)Should the major die of his wounds this would be the third death in the Eckles family this year.
- Boerne, Tex… (1891)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.…