The Houston Daily Post
July 18, 1900

George B. Canary Killed. Collinsville, Texas, July 17. – George B. Canary was shot and instantly killed near town. An inquest was begun, but has not been concluded. 

Sherman, Texas, July 17. – Sam Carrington, who surrendered to local officers shortly after the killing of George Canary, was this morning placed in jail here, having waived examination.
The dead man was a prominent farmer near Collinsville. Death resulted from three gunshot wounds from a double-barreled shotgun, all of which took effect.
Carrington is also well known in Northern Texas and the Indian Territory, and is an operator in the Katy yards at Denison. He has a widowed mother and a sister.