The Galveston Daily News
Tuesday, February 3, 1874
pg. 2
The Sherman Courier of the 29th
ultimo says:
"On yesterday
morning, Mr. O. Bounds, who lives 13 miles
north of Sherman in the Chiles neighborhood,
shot and killed one Charles Martin, for an
attempt to outrage his 2 daughters,
aged 10 and 12 years. In the evening
Mr. Bounds came in and gave himself up to
Justice Cockrell, who placed him under
arrest, and as soon as an inquest is held
over the body of the deceased, will proceed
to trial, probably to-day. Martin was
a Missourian, but had been living with and
working for Mr. Bounds for some time, and
was thought very well of by Mr. B. up to the
time of this dastardly act which has justly
cost him his life."
The Dallas Weekly Herald
Saturday, February 7, 1874
pg. 1
A Father's
Revenge
Mr. O. Bounds
shot and killed Chas. Martin about 13 miles
north of Sherman yesterday morning.
Mr. Bounds discovered that this demon in
human shape had outraged his 2 little
daughters, one aged 10 and the other 12
years, and in his exasperation killed him.
Martin had been living with Mr. Bounds for
some time and had the confidence of the
family until
this villainous act was perpetrated.
If the facts are as we have heard them, he
richly deserved his fate. - - - Sherman
Register, January 29
Denison Daily News
Tuesday, February 3 , 1874
pg. 2
THE MARTIN HOMICIDE
A New Apsect of
the Case - - - Was it a Murder!
We see by the Sherman
Courier, that Mr. O. Bounds who
killed Martin, was on Friday, bound over in
a bond of $10,000 to appear at the
next term of the Criminal Court. Mr.
Bounds waived an examination.
This case has
assumed a different aspect, since the first
news of the killing was published, and there
is a strong feeling that young Martin was
innocent of the charges preferred against
him by Bounds. We have been told that
the girl whom he is said to have attempted
to outrage is only 6 or 7 years old, while
Martin has always borne an excellent
reputation in the community, being a moral,
modest, and gallant young man, and
universally liked. Many living in the
neighborhood of the sad affair, express
their opinion freely that he could not have
been guilty of such outrageous conduct as
charged upon him. The fact that almost
100 persons attended his funeral indicates
pretty clearly the feeling and sympathy of
the neighborhood. It is said,
moreover, that Bounds is in the habit of
having trouble with his hired help.
There is a
mystery connected with this homicide which
it is to be hoped an investigation before
the court may clear up.
A school teacher
was the only witness to the killing, as we
understand. He says Bounds met Martin
on horseback, near the house, and ordered
him to leave the State inside of 4
days. This Martin refused to do, when
Bounds drew a six shooter and shot him
through the body. The horse was
frightened by the report, and ran some
distance up the lane with Martin, until he
fell off, and soon after expired.
North Texas
Enterprise
Friday, February
6, 1874
pg. 1
A man named
Chas. Martin, a new-comer from
Missouri, was last week shot and killed by
O. Bounds in Grayson county for attempting
to outrage Bounds' 2 daughters.
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