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The Daily Dispatch: December 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 6 (search)
Terrible tragedy in Mississippi--two men killed and several Wounded. The Starkville (Miss.) Advocate, publishes a letter from a gentleman living in Greensboro, Miss., to his son in Starkville, giving the particulars of a recent bloody tragedy which occurred in Choctaw county, brief mention of which has been made in the Dispatch. The letter bears date November 25th.--We extract the following: "I have just witnessed the closing scene of the most terrible tragedy I ever witnessed, or ever read, or heard of, and I sincerely hope I may never witness a similar one. It seems that a difficulty had been brewing for some time between the Edwards and Gray families about some property. I do not know who was in fault about the matter. The children of the two families had intermarried with each other; and some time since, one of the Mr. Edwards, who married a Miss Gray, died. Mr. Robert Gray administered upon his estate, and was trying to get the property claimed by his sister. On l