The Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday,
November 15, 1885
pg.4
Monday night a
difficulty occurred between W.B. Moran, a
conductor on the north end of the Mo.
Pac., and J.H. Evans, a former brakeman on
Moran's train, about some train matter.
Evans cursed Moran, and, stepping back,
drew a six-shooter and fired, the ball striking Moran
in the head, making a scalp wound.
Evans was captured and placed under
a $500 bond by
Recorder Nevins.
The
Galveston Daily News
Friday,
November 13, 1885
pg. 2
SHERMAN
CRIMINAL NOTES
Special to The News
Sherman,
November 12 - In the District Court
today...John H. Evans, charged with
assault with intent to kill, at Denison,
was also incarcerated in
default of $1000 bond.
The Sunday
Gazetteer
Sunday, October
3, 1886
pg. 4
Railroad
Rumblings
Conductor Will
Moran, of the Missouri Pacific, Mineola
branch, was laid up with the dengue the
fore part of the week.
The Sunday
Gazetteer
Sunday,
November 21, 1886
pg. 5
Railroad
Rumblings
Jos.
W. Carter, passenger conductor on the
Mineola division of the Missouri
Pacific, went over to Sherman Tuesday as a
State witness in the J.H.
Evans and Wm. Moran shooting case.
J.H. Evans, who
shot at Wm. Moran
in Geo. Braun's saloon, in this city, on
the 9th of November, 1883, was
given two years by the jury at Sherman,
Tuesday last. Evans and
Moran had been freight conductors, but
were breaking extra for Joseph
W. Garter, on the Missouri Pacific at the
time the shooting occurred.
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