The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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CROSBYTON, CROSBY COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21,1909.
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At Emma, H. jL Long Kfllt C, J.
ry, Then Takes
OWn Life " :
. put out ray
hid turned him loose he stood
ground and talked a fes* minutes,
and agaijtask^Brub if he was
tired of living and he replied yes,
j^yisfi^ tong shot
then, and the lighl which was
sitting by Brub's he*d went out;
The. most shocking affair in the] ! Jumped back and Kid behind
history ?&T^SSSm some trunks. I had not seen either
County, took place at Emms last of them drinking during'-the,
evening, 4>r while I was in the
store. I sat still in the dark- for
a minute or two after Long fell,
then I got up and tried to get
out of the front door, it was lock-
ed, and I felt over the counter
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17th when H. L.
killed Brub Montgomery
ana then sent a bullet through
"*h1g"dpfi .
,VH U Long has been for some-
time Cashier of the First National
Bank and ^^aih in every wayr a for-th Jceyr-tha^[Long hod had,
highly refpected and honorable
young man. people Jiwr^in
Okli. and enjoy the distinction
of being, a model family with a
reeoird becond to none. The re-
mains of Long wigre sent to Plain-
view to await a hearing from
relatives.
& J. -(Brub) Montgomery*, son
of thepopular dty goods man off "Testimony df Marvin Walls.
Emma, W. F. Montgomery.
6rub was a native Texan and
no youiig man in the West "had
a cleaner record or was held in
higher esteeni than he. He has
many friends in all parts .of the
South Plains, all of whom speak!
"A g9od boy is gone." Gon^ we
hope, to a peaceful > slumber, for
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lovyed the body to4ts last resting
place in the Emraa Cemetery
Monday. I ■ . I1
So far as we ctfn leaita the two
young men were devoted friends,
never having a" feeling of any
kind other than/friendship for
'each other. { M f*', ^ ■ • jf;.' v L' •.
Following is the testimohy
Marvin Wall£ th^ only witness
to the affair;
Testimony of" Marvin Walls,
had before John W. Murray,.Sr.,
Justice ; of the Peace, " Precinct
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SfeSSHH Ranch
Go On Market
Mr. Harry T. McQeef of Am^
arillo, "prominently" connected
with the Santa Fe System until
about4#ear ago, was in Crosby-
ton Monday and Tuesday of this
week and in company with UK
Julian M.1 Bassett was looking
over a portion of the twenty-two
sections of plains lands in Half
then not finding it I ran around
behind the counter and kicked
out a window and gave the alarm.
Long, H. L. had shot Brub Mont-
gomery. He shot him only once,
ft was the first shot that killed
Montgomery. This occured- in
Crosby County, Texas, January
h.; 1909.
had before John W. Mutfay« Stf..
Jtteticerof .the Peace Precenct
No. 1, Crosby County, Texas.
Mtting as a court of Inquest over
the body of H. L. Xoiig, deceas-
ed. —-.
, Marvin Walls first being duly
sworn by the court, deposed aa L
foilows:
My name is Marvin Waifs,
fftn 18 years of age, will be 19 on
April the 12th 1909. 1 came into
the store, (Montgomery's) about
half past eight; 1 came in by my-
self; Mr. Long was standing at
the front window, inside of
Montgomery'8 Store, I knocked
xra the window, -and he; (Long)
said hello Marvin, and I rsaid
hello. He asked who else was
out there; I; told him that no one,
I Was by myself, that no one was
with me. and he opened the door
and I camefn. He locked the door
For and Most
Important UM
rf'
$irclet S pasture purchased by
Mr. MdGree and his associates
from |Ls;lfc Hudson.
The teri|U9 Of thh purchase are
for the present confidential, but
the rohtracts are sighed and de-
livered and the deed will be ex-
ecuted as early as practicable,
and then as soon as 'necessary
preparations can be made' the
land Will cofme onto the market^
and probably in 160 acre tracts
to actual settlerB.
As all who are acquainted with
this locality know this is a body
taction with thrKN~ lands no
controlled by Ihem and Wit loin
this property.on the North.
This addition to land co sale in
Leatherwood Wins
Crosby County benefits all prop-
erty owners in the County.
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To avoid any misunderstanding
nre wish to add to our announce-
toient of the sale of twenty two
sections out of Half Circle
S Pasture that this is OftTy the
plains , lands, comprising the
north east corner of that range
that are sold. A. W. Hudson
retains the balance of his 75000
acres, lying in the breaks of
Blanco Canon and comprising one
of the fifleat stock ranges in j the
West; the. home" of the well
Circle S.
Cattle,
and
A' h
known
noted for1
growth.
We hope Mr. Hudson will
remain With us and we should be
sorrjt indeed to have his interest
in this country cease.
Watch Crosbyton, Texas and — N—
Lands, near center of Croaby county,-
Read its' Newspaper The Crosbyton
Review. S | • - • . . 4t'
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such a character as he possessed
would deserve only the peaceful
rest, that only the good inay
reap. "T -•
Mr. W. F. Montgomery, father
of Brub, was so; shocked and
grief stricken that^he became al-
most paralixed on hearing the
last reports was confined to his
bed under the watchful care of
his physician.
The funeral services over the
remains of Brub were conducted
by Rev. J.? R. Bolinger of the
Presbyterin Gharch.—A larjref.fier l c«nw-m, wid we^aH,
crowd of sorrowing friends fol-
Lor«gt Brud Montgomery,—and
myself got to talking, and Long
pulled out his gun, and asked
Brub if he was tired of living,
Brub was lying on the Counter,
just as he is now, and Brub said
to Long that he was tired of liv-
ing and to blow his light Out, and
he asked me if I was tired of
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sitting «i a
the body of E.
deceased:
ty, ^Texaa,
nquest over
:ontgomery
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Marvin Walls first being duly
sworn by the court testifies as
follows " / .>■■*?" ;
I was in Montgomery's ' store
on thi evening of January the
17th, m it «Wut half p at ^e «hooting; the light, • taMi
- . aKttnif h«f Rmih'a hand and «h*f
o'clock, naa been the
some fifteen or twenty rain
I saw fib L. Long shoot E. jJ.
[ontgoin-:
jthe counter,
. on t he left as you
go into the store frwn *he front
ery was 1
way. Long reach
t me one
1 close to
time, and had the
.Montgomery's head:
it andltek him if he would put it
in his pocket if I would turn it
' He said he would. and 1
he was
iving, and I just made the re*
mark, you are a fool aren't you,
and grabbed the gun, that was
before the shooting, "! asked him
if he would put it in his pocket
and h^Said be would, andl turn-
ed him loose. He talked to us a
little bit about one thing and
another, and pulled out the gun
again, and again asked Brub if
he was tired o^ living, and Brub
told him to just, blow them out, prise of one of the most
I , grabbed the .guh. and he
(Long) just jerked it oyer by me
said shot Brub. -Mr. Long did
sitting by Brum's bead, and when
the pwtol waa^redst went out
i^fter the shot I stepped -back,
Long stood there about half a
the celing, then he shot himself
"and fell. Neither of them had
any whiskey or liquor while I
was in the store; Neither one
acted like he was drupk m bit,
Long did[ not stagger- or any-
thing. ; I Was hiding behitid the
shot# the
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Silver Falls ajt — N— Ranch headquarters, fed by springs.
This scene "is four and one-half miles from Crosbyton. 13,000^000 that Mr. Leatherwood was safe*.
gaitlons of pure water flow over these falls every day. This is
to be developed into power that will furnish us electric lights, and
pull the machinery for the. various other enterprises.;
of the finest agricultural land on
the famous South Plains of Texas
andis all available for cultiva-
tion. Steam plows can break its
entire surface without
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nary
yield a sod crop Of grain or cot-
ton that will nearly pay the first,
year the cost of the land upon
which jt is planted.)
This land is netirest the center
of Crosby County-of any large
The'Organization and manage-
ment of the Stamford & North-
s' suriace witnoui preiimi- i>- . . i , ,
held their firet meeting. The
following where elected; - V -
L. M. Buie, Staniford, presi-
dent; RP V. Colbert, Stamford,
vice president; L, B. Priton,
bodv on' & M-
three and one half miles South
from Crosbyton, thus coming im-
mediately under the influence of
the improvehienta and enter-
mis-
ing and rapidly developing towns
on the plains, v ,
It is expected that when placed
on sale the Bassett Land Com-
pany, of Crosbyton, wilt htfndte
this land for Mr. McCtee, in con*
i.u—w -u^ twenty minutes. lined to get
twenty minutes. I/tried to get
Long to go homf and he saidi
Marvin I have been drunk all the
y and 1 told that Mr.Roy,
would not do anything to him,,
Not a word waa sajd and he did 8°n, of Colo;
not move eftor the third shot
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Elccted Officers
Hudson, Fort Worth, treasurer.
The following appointments
were made effective this date:
P. G. Burns, chief engineer,
with headquaaters at Stamford;
Spoonts, Thompson & BarwilMH
general attorneys, with head
quarteWit Ft Worth.—Lueders
Vanguard
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MrT and Mrs. D. H. Benton,
living five miles south-west of
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in town
and called at the Review office
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City; Bob Myere,
of Ama^illo; F. Simmons, Plain-liiaan and says some
happened &Hew and E,
CrosbyCounty^««%
tta lTth,T90#r
\ of New
if'
ovir hight fit the Inn.
Hot Contest Many
Vot«.Lsatherwood 16
£££&&>: Smttlilf
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ition was
19th,
being
As a result of the tie
S: C. Hickman and
Smith for comi
Precinct No. 2. Jn th
election, & special el
held on Tuesday, Jan
1909. Mr. Hickman
desirous of holding the office,
withdrew. Mr. Smith after sev-
ei^l d^ys indecision, concluded
to remain in the race. Owing
to th^insistent solicitation of the
southern part Of, the precinct,
Mr. J. V. Leatherwood consented
to qualify fbr the office, r if
elected by the people. 1
llTiiere wwe two polling places,
in Precinct No. 2—one -at Mt-
Blanco and ene at Wake.' :
Altho the offiial count has, not
yet been reached, it is known
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that; there were some ten votes
cast for Mr. Smith and some six-
teen for Mr. Leatherwood;
The officers at lilt Bianco
were Messrs. Chas. Hawes,
Hames, George Smith- aud Jno.
McDermett; and at Wake were
Messrs. John Wooten, Bud Woot-
en, Andy Wooten. Campbell and
S. T. McDonald. M. G. Leather-
wood, -one of the judges appoint-
ed by the Commissioners'. Court >
was arbitrarily refused bis seat
in the organization. Everything
ran smoothly at Mt. Blanco, al-
though several citizens were re-
fused AJUite. wbo- were , clearly -
entitled thereto. —
This was also the case at Wake.
Older was very well maintained
by deputy sheriff J. A. Hall«.and„
when the polls closed at six O'-
clock, it was clear to eVery one
V
ly elected.: .■'
Mr. Leatherwood is a mat ol
mature years, whose judgement
of public questions is based upon
sincere convictioits. He ir one
SUmford Texas, Jan. it- f ** «T
ty, a large land holder on the
East Plains and a man who ad-
vocates low tax, public roads and
the development of our county;
and the citizens of our precinct
all seem very well satisfied with
hir election. With his hand at
the:wKeel for the 0ming two
years we anticipate s conserva-
tive but steady development of
our precinct and; a preservation
of its interests. 1 a-
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The Crosbyton Review w has
Come ^ to our desk and we wr ' *
say that it excels our ever;
pectation^ Jt is a nice
sheet, well printed, well
and in every particular
to exceed the Standard o;
try weeklies. We feo
Mr. White onitsarrangemen
> «vertfC *
-f
Iir-speaking of his trip to
Emma last week, he
good word for every busine
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cor
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mentory thing of
i ig Groebyton Tue*. yhieh we thank fcim.
" • ' New.. ' '-i
our city for
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White, F. E. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1909, newspaper, January 21, 1909; Crosbyton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth242120/m1/1/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.