Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Thirteenth Year - Number 14
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, June 5, 1902
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NEGRO KILLED AT TEMPLE.
Walter Childs, a negro about 23 years old, was shot to death at Temple Wednesday
afternoon by a posse of citizens who were trying to effect his capture.
The negro had been arrested by an officer
on some misdemeanor and had asked permission to go to his house for some
purpose.
When near his house he snatched the
officer's pistol and ran in to the house where he secured his own pistol and
stook the officer off.
In trying to arrest him the posse killed
him.
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by The Democrat, Marlin, Falls Co., Texas