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Galveston Daily News
Galveston, Texas
February 12, 1884
From the Northwest in Montague County: JIM SMITH and family, together with his father, EWELL SMITH, came to Montague County five months ago from Middle Tennessee, Grundy County. The father and son had purchased a farm 3 ½ miles from Montague and seemed to be tending their own business. Monday morning, Sheriff DRAKE and deputy sheriff MEEKS of Grundy Co., Tenn., arrived with papers for the arrest of Ewell and his son Jim, charged with burning the courthouse in Grundy Co. The facts, as gleaned from the sheriff are about as follows: Ewell Smith’s three youngest sons, CAL, POLETE, and JOHN, were arrested in Grundy county on a misdemeanor and placed under an $500 bond, with the father and son Jim as bondsmen. The three young men skipped their bond and to avoid further trouble in the matter, it seems the old man and son touched fire to the courthouse. Sheriff Drake and his deputy left with the prisoners Monday evening. While Sheriff Drake was walking out with the prisoners at Bowie Monday night, he was shot at by some unknown party, the ball entering the back of his neck. No clew as to who did the shooting.
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