Roby, Texas, Jan 16, 1904 -- R.W. Millsap, a prominent cattleman living twelve miles north of here, was killed here Wednesday night about 10 o'clock. He was standing in the dining room of the Dyer Hotel when some person shot him from the outside of the house. One pane of glass in a window was shot out, and the window sash badly powder burned, showing that the muzzle of the gun was close to the window when the shot was fired. Fourteen large size shot penetrated the center of his breast and death was instantaneous. A shotgun evidently was used.
An inquest was held and the verdict of the jury was the deceased, R.W. Millsap, came to his death by a gun shot wound by some person to the jury unknown. This is the first killing that ever occurred in this town. There is no clue to the perpetrator of the deed. Deceased owned a large ranch in this county, and had lived in this section of country over twenty years.
An inquest was held and the verdict of the jury was the deceased, R.W. Millsap, came to his death by a gun shot wound by some person to the jury unknown. This is the first killing that ever occurred in this town. There is no clue to the perpetrator of the deed. Deceased owned a large ranch in this county, and had lived in this section of country over twenty years.
Roby, Texas, Jan 16, 1904 -- R.W. Millsap, a prominent cattleman living twelve miles north of here, was killed here Wednesday night about 10 o'clock. He was standing in the dining room of the Dyer Hotel when some person shot him from the outside of the house. One pane of glass in a window was shot out, and the window sash badly powder burned, showing that the muzzle of the gun was close to the window when the shot was fired. Fourteen large size shot penetrated the center of his breast and death was instantaneous. A shotgun evidently was used.
An inquest was held and the verdict of the jury was the deceased, R.W. Millsap, came to his death by a gun shot wound by some person to the jury unknown. This is the first killing that ever occurred in this town. There is no clue to the perpetrator of the deed. Deceased owned a large ranch in this county, and had lived in this section of country over twenty years.
An inquest was held and the verdict of the jury was the deceased, R.W. Millsap, came to his death by a gun shot wound by some person to the jury unknown. This is the first killing that ever occurred in this town. There is no clue to the perpetrator of the deed. Deceased owned a large ranch in this county, and had lived in this section of country over twenty years.
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