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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Wednesday, March 10, 1915
p. 7

Two found Slain Sitting in buggy
Sadler, Texas, March 10.-- Uncertainty still exists as to the reasons leading up to the killing near here yesterday of John M. Fowler and his step-daughter, Mrs. Ida Knight.
The bodies of the two were found sitting in natural positions in a buggy, Fowler's finger still resting upon the trigger of a revolver. Mrs. Knight was shot in the right temple and Fowler about the right ear.
Fowler had been a deputy sheriff for several months. He was a Woodman of the world. He leaves a wife, seven children and four step-children.

The Whitewright Sun
Friday, March 12, 1915
pg.6

DOUBLE TRAGEDY NEAR SADLER
Sadler, Grayson Co., Texas, March 9 - John H. Fowler, a farmer living five and a half miles northeast of Sadler, and his step daughter, Mrs. Ida Knight, who made her home with the Fowler family, were found dead seated in a buggy one-half mile north of Sadler about 11 o'clock this morning by Dr. J.H. Carraway, who was returning from a call. Seeing the horse standing in the road, Dr. Carraway honked his automobile horn for them to move out of the road. As he got opposit the buggy, a puddle of blood was senn in the road. Stopping to see what the trouble was he found that both were dead seated in an upright position in the buggy. Fowler's finger still clutched the trigger of a revolver. There did not appear to have been the least struggle. The laprobe was smooth and tucked comfortably about them.
Mrs. Ida Knight was shot in the right ear. Neither seemed to have moved after the fatal shots. The cause of the killing has not been ascertained at this time.
Justice of the Peace Anderson was called to hold an inquest.
Two shots were heard by people living about a quarter of a mile from where the tragedy occurred. Fowler had been Deputy Sheriff under Lee Simmons for several months. The buggy in which they were found was headed west. The horse had remained standing, presumably from the time the shots were fired.
Fowler was a member of the Woodman of the World, Basin Springs Camp and carried $1,000 insurance. He leaves a wife and 7 of his own children and 4 step-children.