This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Norton Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5432 Message Board Post: Rockdale Messenger, Thur., 20 Jun 1889 Attempted Murder - Sammy Norton, age 12, of Brenham, read yellow-backed and dime novels until he became a small desperado and tried to kill his mother with a hatchet.