Do you have any idea what part of Dallas that the murder took place? Was it is the city of Dallas or in Dallas county somewhere? I also have a possible murder that may have taken place possibly in Dallas county but on the Trinty River bottoms near Wilmer and Ferris which is in Ellis county and it would have taken place sometime possibly between 1875 and 1880 and maybe closer to 1880. My great grandmothers parents disappeared after having a fight where the children's Dad had been drinking and had been hitting their Mother with a big pillow off of the bed. The two children, a boy and a girl were found wandering around on the river bottoms starving and the last time they saw their parents was when their father chased their Mother out of the log cabin that they were living in. We do not know who the parents were except that the kids last names were Anderson and the boy was born in Feb. of 1870 and the girl in July of 1872. I have searched since the 1970's for news of what may have happened to the parents. I don't know if there would have been an article in the Dallas newspaper or not. There was nothing in Ferris at that time. They did not have a newspaper at that time and I don't think that Wilmer would have had one. I think they pretty much read the Dallas newspaper back then. -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of alaskaicebaby@aol.com Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 11:06 AM To: TXDALLAS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXDALLAS] UNSOLVED MURDER This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dallas County Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZkB.2ACI/3014 Message Board Post: UNSOLVED MURDER ... looking for info on a murder that supposedly took place around 1880. Two men cutting wood got into an argument & one killed the other with his hatchett. This story was told to us by my gr-grandmother. If anybody is familiar with a hatchett / axe murder that occurred around 1880 please email me at ... alaskaicebaby@aol.com Thanks, Melanie ==== TXDALLAS Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx