In regard to the outrage we reported last week as occurring near Buckhorn, five negroes were arrested and brought to Hempstead, and one has since confessed that two negroes, one of whom has since escaped, and one is now in custody, killed old Adam, and hid his body in a thicket.  The negroes have been taken to Bellville for trial.  The man who was killed has not since been found.

"Old Adam Killed", The Texas Countryman (Hempstead, TX), Wednesday, July 8, 1868, p. 3, col. 2.

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