Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Walker” in article pos=61 of The Daily Dispatch: March 31, 1862., [Electronic resource]:
...time of his death, one of the few surviving members of the Senate of the Republic of Texas.
He made a fortune out of army contracts during the Mexican war, and was for a while connected with one of Walker 's expeditions to Central America.
He was killed by a ball which passed through a loop-hole in the fortifications, and took affect in his head.
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