The Daily Dispatch: November 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], Horrible murder.

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Horrible murder.

--On Monday last a Mrs. Harris, living six miles from Paris, was found dead in her house, with her throat cut. The perpetrator of the deed was a Choctaw Indian, which the lady's husband had employed on his farm. On Monday morning Mr. Harris-left home, leaving the Indian doing some work about the house. When he returned be found his wife lying dead on the floor of his house, with her throat cut, and the Indian gone. A posse of men started in pursuit of the Indian, and overhauled him on this side of Red River, in the act of crossing. He was brought back, acknowledged the crime, and on Wednesday was hung by the citizens in the neighborhood of Mr. Harris. He acknowledged having killed a Choctaw woman in the Nation previous to the murder of Mrs. Harris. Paris (Texas) Advocate, 2d inst.

The Daily Dispatch: November 20, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. November 20, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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