 Samuel Taylor Atkins 23 March 1904 - 19 May 1927
Murder Charge Filed
Against Ollie O'Neal Ollie O'Neal, farmer, living near Howe, is charged with murder in a complaint filed in Justice of the peace W. M. Blalock's court Thursday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff L. B. Shipp. The charge is made in connection with the death Thursday morning of Taylor Adkins, alleged to have been fatally hurt when struck by O'Neal with a piece of timber during an altercation which took place last Saturday at Howe. No date has as yet been set for an examining trial for O'Neal.  LaCinda Russell - contributor Samuel hit in the head during a confrontation with a with a 2x4 in Sherman; he was later taken to St. Vincents Hospital in Sherman where he later died of a fractured skull. I started contacting still living older Atkins who might have knew something. I found a daughter of one of Sam's older brothers on Facebook. She recalled visiting Van Alstyne Cemetery as a kid with her mother. She told me he might be by his brother, James Bedford Atkins, who died of Tuberculosis in 1926. L and behold he was - one grave over from his brother. I also went by a crazy theory: Sam's brother, George, made a lot of homemade concrete stones for the family. He made one for his father, one for his daughter, Rose E. and one for Sam. I knew Sam had to have some kind of something. I also dowsed his grave and got the reading of "male". The writing on Sam's stone is hard to read but it's him. It paid off in the end.  Samuel Taylor Atkins, age 17, with sisters, Lottis Mavis "Jane" Atkins & Sally Lillian Atkins   Samuel Taylor Atkins 1904 - 1927 Taylor Adkins Dies
From Fractured Skull Taylor Adkins, young farmer living near Howe, died at St. Vincent's sanitarium in Sherman Thursday morning. He was brought here last Saturday suffering from a fractured skull, said to have been sustained when he was struck over the head with a piece of timber earlier in the day. Ollie O'Neal, also living near Howe, who has been in jail since Adkins sustained the injuries, was still in jail Thursday. Adkins is 23 years old. contributed by LaCinda Russell, ggdaughter  Van Alstyne Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any links inoperable, please send me a message. |
