Mr. Springfield met Mr. Fort yesterday morning, and discharged both barrels of a shotgun and derringer pistol at him, killing him instantly. — [Houston Telegraph.

The above "unfortunate occurence" took place at Hempstead.  Some misunderstanding in money matters was the cause.  The Countryman says of Springfield: "He has been a law abiding gentleman; of Mr. Fort — nothing — in conformity, probably, with the maxim: "Nil mortuis, nisi bonum."  Deceased leaves a young family behind him, which Springfield ought to provide for, having killed the husband and father.

"Springfield kills Fort.", The Galveston Republican, June 1, 1868, p. 5, col. 1.

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(DeWitt Clinton Fort, born 1830 in Tennessee, and was killed May 25, 1868 in Hempstead, Texas.  He had been a Confederate Spy with a $5,000 reward for his capture. His foot crippled from birth, he carried an 8 gauge double-barrel shotgun loaded with buckshot. At the time of his death, he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives.)