Menard County Texas

1918 Killings In Or Around The Area

The Menard Messenger
Vol XII, No 6
Thursday, December 26, 1918
(page 1)

Arthur Wilson Murdered
Arthur Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Wilson of this county was shot and killed at Van Horn, Thursday, September 19th and the remains brought to Menard arriving Wednesday for burial. Johnson, a wealthy stockman, who was living in the same house with Wilson, did the killing with a double barreled shot gun in Wilson’s own apartments. Wilson was unarmed at the time and in his shirt sleeves.
The killing came up over Wilson reprimanding Johnson's son for bothering some cattle. Johnson was remanded to jail for trial without bond. Arthur Wilson was a Menard boy well known and liked. He was a partner of W. P. Bevans and was looking after some cattle on the Van Horn ranch which Johnson had bought but was still in possession of Mr. Bevans.
The funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon and burial in Menard cemetery.
The deceased leaves a wife and small baby boy to mourn his loss.

1919 Killings In Or Around The Area

The Commerce Journal (Commerce, Texas)
November 21, 1919

San Angelo, Texas Nov 13-James Callan, a widely known Menard County ranchman, and for several years president of the Texas Cattle Raisers Association, was in the county jail at Menard today awaiting an examining trial in connection with the death of T. R. Billings, a young stockman of DeWitt County who was shot and killed near the Callan ranch Wednesday. Callan telephoned for the Sheriff, cornoner and undertaker immediately after the shooting but refused to discuss the affair. Before the trial neither would Callan's son discuss the shooting which he is said to have witnessed.

It was learned today from other sources that Billings, who was about 21 years old, was taking some horses passing through Callan's ranch. This account had it that Callan overtook Billings and told him that he had left a number of gates open and a quarrel followed.

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