This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Banks, Smotherman Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5440 Message Board Post: Rockdale Messenger, Thur., 20 Jun 1889 Murder - Last week, John Banks, a bad negro, murdered his wife in Marlin by shooting her and cutting her throat with a razor. He also severely cut Lizzie Smotherman, at whose cabin Bank’s wife was stopping.