Newspaper Articles
The Dallas Daily Herald (Dallas, Texas), 12 Mar 1880, Fri, pg 3
Texas Topics
Mr. Homer Constable, of Seymour precinct, Baylor county, had a personal difficulty at Seymour with Friday Wilson, a
stock man, a few days ago, and Wilson shot him in the arm, breaking it in two places. Some cow boys being in town they
assisted Wilson to escape, defying the Sheriff.
Austin American-Statesman (Austin, Texas), 31 Mar 1880, Wed, pg 3
Texas-Facts and Fancies
Cow boys have taken charge of Seymour, in Baylor county, and the editor of the Cresset and the county attorney have
been run out of the county. The assistance of the State has been asked.
The Galveston Daily News (Galveston, Texas), 12 Jun 1880, Sat, pg 1
County Judge of Baylor County Killed - Bad State of Society
(Special Telegram to the News)
GRAHAM, June 11. - E. R. Morris, county judge of Baylor county, was shot and instantly killed in the courthouse in
Seymour, Baylor county, yesterday, by W. A. Taylor, a saloon-keeper in the town. Commissioners court was in session and
judge Morris was presiding and engaged in discussing plans for a jail when the bloody deed was committed. Taylor came in
to the court-house and passed into the clerks, office, where he remained a few minutes, and as he passed out of the
house fired the fatal shot, without saying a word. He then mounted his horse and rode leisurely out of town. No attempt
was made to capture him.
The rangers left Seymour on the 8th, since which time the town has announced it's former condition - drunken men
riding and firing pistols all over the town. The people are much divided, and will not as a body support any officer in
the discharge of his duty. Hence it is that the rangers alone can maintain order.
The Dallas Daily Herald (Dallas, Texas), 11 Mar 1884, Tue, pg 4
Personals
Messes. J. J. Graham, H. G. Bedford, H. M. Childress and J. B. Steward, of Seymour, Baylor county, and Mr. H. H.
Campbell of Teepee City, all members of the cattlemen's association, visited the HERALD office yesterday afternoon. The
HERALD was glad to greet them and hopes they will have a pleasant times in our city.
Fort Worth Daily Gazette (Fort Worth, Texas), 15 Dec 1885, Tue, pg 4
Jan Byrd
Jan Byrd, arrested at Dallas for complicity in the burglary of Tally Bros.' store at Seymour, Baylor county, Inst
month. Is a son of ex-Mayor A.J. Byrd, now deceased, of this city. Friends of the family here hope this young man may be
able to prove his innocence.
The Galveston Daily News (Galveston, Texas), 29 May 1895, Wed, pg 2
A Sheriff Shot
Seymour, Baylor Co., Tex. May 28, - As Sheriff Cook of Motley county stepped off the train to-day he was shot
through the arm, bowls and near the left nipple. He is dying. The shootist jumped on his horse, hitched near by, and
fled to the brakes in the Wichita. Officers have telegraphed to the officers along the Denver to arrest him and several
posses are in hot pursuit.
Fort Worth Daily Gazette (Fort Worth, Texas), 25 Jul 1886, Sun, pg 5
Deputy United States Marshall Hackney
Deputy United States Marshall Hackney today captured a man at Colbert, I.T. (Indian Territory) after an eight mile
chase, who is wanted in Seymour, Baylor county, for murder.
Austin American-Statesman (Austin, Texas), 13 Jun 1897, Sun, pg 1
Met a Frightful Death
Seymour, Baylor County. Tex. June 12. --(Special)-- Mathews Ferrier, the 10 year old son of Dave Ferrier, was run
over by a traction engine in Seymour this afternoon and instantly killed. One wheel of the engine passed over the entire
length of his body, crushing it in a frightful manner.