Court Affairs — Railroad Traffic.

[Special Telegram to the News.]

Hempstead, Oct. 22. — Frank Hargraves, charged with killing W. B. Bulware (sic - Boulware), got a continuance this morning, through his attorneys Boone & Griffin, owing to the absence of his material witness, who would swear that Hargraves was running away from Bulware when the latter was shot.  The prosecution made no effort to force a trial and the case goes over.

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"Court Affairs — Railroad Traffic", The Galveston Daily News, Thursday, October 23, 1879, p. 1, col. 4.

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