This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hefley, Hineman, Ellis Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5321 Message Board Post: Galveston Daily News – Wed., 17 Nov. 1875, p. 1, c. 4 Shooting - Rockdale, Nov. 16 - This morning John Hefley, an auctioneer and John Hineman a livery stable keeper, became involved in a difficulty, during which Hineman was shot through the body, the ball entering just below the left lung and passing out at the small of the back. The fight was cause by Hefley striking, Boyd Ellis, an employee of Hineman, Ellis, using a billiard cue, knocked Hefly off the gallery, several feet high, which broke Hefley’s leg. Hefley then began shooting at Ellis, who returned fire with a revolver, but the shots from neither took effect. No one fatally injured.