When I google "old town of bladesville" at the bottom of page one there is an article that mentions Bladesville, Illinois. On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Ken Jackson <[email protected]>wrote: > Gang, > > Here's a good one to figure out. Who was this "Mr. Palmertree"??? > > Ken > > --------------------------------------- > The Chicago Tribune > Chicago, Illinois > 1885 > > > Mrs. Douglas' Hero. > > Bladesville (Miss.) Blade. > > One day last week, in the eastern portion of this county, one Mr. Douglas > was shot to death by one Parmertree. > > Douglas and Parmertree had a law-suit which resulted in the latter's favor. > Douglas' wife, who was present, told her husband that he had been imposed > upon, that she would rather be the widow of a dead hero than the wife of a > living coward, and that he must kill lParmertree. > > Afterward Parmertree went down to Douglas' house, and not finding him was > returning when Douglas shot at him from behind a tree and came out. > > Parmertree leveled his piece and snot and instantly killed Douglas. > Parmertree surrendered himself to the officer of the law. > > ------------------------------- > Visit the Palmertree Family History website at > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Donna Kay Cross Griffin
Hope Buckoo gets into this town & even found out who the P'tree man was. ________________________________ From: Donna Griffin <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 9:30 AM Subject: Re: [PTREE] Palmertree mystery When I google "old town of bladesville" at the bottom of page one there is an article that mentions Bladesville, Illinois. On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Ken Jackson <[email protected]>wrote: > Gang, > > Here's a good one to figure out. Who was this "Mr. Palmertree"??? > > Ken > > --------------------------------------- > The Chicago Tribune > Chicago, Illinois > 1885 > > > Mrs. Douglas' Hero. > > Bladesville (Miss.) Blade. > > One day last week, in the eastern portion of this county, one Mr. Douglas > was shot to death by one Parmertree. > > Douglas and Parmertree had a law-suit which resulted in the latter's favor. > Douglas' wife, who was present, told her husband that he had been imposed > upon, that she would rather be the widow of a dead hero than the wife of a > living coward, and that he must kill lParmertree. > > Afterward Parmertree went down to Douglas' house, and not finding him was > returning when Douglas shot at him from behind a tree and came out. > > Parmertree leveled his piece and snot and instantly killed Douglas. > Parmertree surrendered himself to the officer of the law. > > ------------------------------- > Visit the Palmertree Family History website at > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Donna Kay Cross Griffin ------------------------------- Visit the Palmertree Family History website at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message