Hi Listers. Posted this obit today to the Caldwell Message board.. thought it might interest some.. Ken G. ********************************************************************** Bowling Green Kentucky February 17th 1915 Colonel Murray Is Murdered-Founder Of Guthrie, Ky.,Dead In New Mexico Bowling Green, Ky. February 17-- Mesdames Joe D. Smith and Thomas W. Stone received a message yesterday stating that their brother-in-law, Colonel S R Murray, who fought in the Southern army and founded Guthrie, Ky, was killed at his home at Rangel Lake, New Mexico, where he had been spending several months for his health. His body was found in a chair with his throat cut and a knife on the floor by his side. The person or persons, after committing the crime, robbed Colonel Murray of a large sum of money. He was a Mason and a Masons Pin was found on his coat. His children were notified of the crime and they came to Midland, New Mexico by rail and rode over two hundred miles in an automobile to Rangel Lake. He was born in Michigan and while attending college ran away and joined the Southern army. He was 78 years old and married Miss Tommie Hines, of this city, who died 20 years ago. He owned what is now Dawson Springs where he conducted a large sawmill. He is survived by two daughters and one son. Colonel Murray was a former Caldwell Countian, living at the Humphries place three miles south of the city. ************* \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo----McGillekehr ********************************************************************** *****Your kygenweb homepages are***** CALDWELL http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/caldwell.html LYON http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/lyon.html TRIGG http://www.kyseeker.com/trigg/index.html **********************************************************************