Jack McDade and Dick Springsteen are on trial at Houston for the murder of Steve Allchin on the streets of Hempstead.
Joe Blassingame, Jr., who is charged with the assassination of ex-Sheriff McDade at Hempstead, has been granted bail in the sum of $5,000.
"Jack McDade and Dick Springsteen are on trial at Houston.", Laredo Times (Laredo, TX), Friday, Dec 14, 1888, p. 1, col. 3