BLASSINGAME, under arrest for the assassination of ex-Sheriff McDade at Hempstead, is now generally believed to be innocent.  The officers are all at sea and appear to have no clew whatever to the perpetrator of the horrible crime.

"BLASSINGAME, under arrest for the assassination of ex-Sheriff McDade", Evening Tribune. (Galveston, TX), Vol. 9, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, November 30, 1888, p. 2, col. 1

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