Dallas, Tex. - June 14. Two negroes, Henson Williams and his son William, were shot dead from ambush in Brazos County, while they were plowing in a field. Officers are searching for a white man who is believed to have shot them. The elder Williams fought through the Civil War as a Confederate soldier and made such a good record that he was made a full member of the Confederate Veteran's camp at Milliken. The old white Confederate soldiers are enraged at the assassination and threaten vengeance on the assassin when captured. New York Times issue dated 6/15/1900
*A man named John Greer was captured the next day for the killing of Henson "Hence" Williams and his son.
*Note: A search for military records indicates that Henson Williams enlisted in the Union Army at Camp Dick Robinson 24 July 1861.
*A man named John Greer was captured the next day for the killing of Henson "Hence" Williams and his son.
*Note: A search for military records indicates that Henson Williams enlisted in the Union Army at Camp Dick Robinson 24 July 1861.
Dallas, Tex. - June 14. Two negroes, Henson Williams and his son William, were shot dead from ambush in Brazos County, while they were plowing in a field. Officers are searching for a white man who is believed to have shot them. The elder Williams fought through the Civil War as a Confederate soldier and made such a good record that he was made a full member of the Confederate Veteran's camp at Milliken. The old white Confederate soldiers are enraged at the assassination and threaten vengeance on the assassin when captured. New York Times issue dated 6/15/1900
*A man named John Greer was captured the next day for the killing of Henson "Hence" Williams and his son.
*Note: A search for military records indicates that Henson Williams enlisted in the Union Army at Camp Dick Robinson 24 July 1861.
*A man named John Greer was captured the next day for the killing of Henson "Hence" Williams and his son.
*Note: A search for military records indicates that Henson Williams enlisted in the Union Army at Camp Dick Robinson 24 July 1861.
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