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Milton M. Collins Shot Dead By A Texas Herder At His Own Home
A little after 12 o'clock to day a Texas herder shot and killed Milton M. Collins, living immediately south of this city. The circumstances are about as follows: Yesterday a party of twenty or thirty Texas herders in the employ of Mayberry and Millet, with a drove of sixty to seventy ponies, encamped south of this place. During the night several of the ponies got into the corn field of Milton M. Collins and destroyed a portion of the crop, and in accordance with the laws of Nebraska, he captured them and put them into his yard and demanded pay ($20) for the crop destroyed. Collins had been up to the place to secure the necessary papers from the office of the law and had just returned home when one of the herders by the name of Jordan P. Smith rode up to him, and shot him just as he was entering his house, he ran inside the door the herder shooting all the while, until he had emptied all the chambers in the revolver. Mr. Collins fell down on the floor and died almost immediately.
The shooting was witnessed by the wife (Anna Belle) and father (Asbury), of the murdered man and also Mr. and Mrs. Scholes, all of whom were a short distance away at the time.
Milton Collins was a young man, quiet, orderly, and strictly temperate and was a son of Judge Asbury Collins, formerly probate judge of Buffalo county, and was one of the first settlers in this section of the country, having lived here four or five years. He was formerly of Red Oak, Iowa. He leaves a wife (Belle) and one child (Roy Asbury Collins).
The funeral services will take place at the Methodist Episcopal church in this city tomorrow (Sunday) at 1 o'clock p.m. An invitation is extended to all all ministers of the gospel to be present and take part in the services. As many of the friends of the deceased as conveniently can do so are requested to assemble at the house at 12 o'clock and accompany the remains to the church. The body will be buried south of the Catholic church, which lot is the property of Mrs. Collins. The gentlemen selected to act as pall-bearers are Alfred Gay, George E Smith, Frank Reynolds, O. E. Hansen, Samuel L Savide and J. C. Farley. The funeral will be conducted by A. E. Aitken and S. W. Switzer. (Saturday's Daily)
The largest funeral procession ever behold in Kearney yesterday followed the remains of Milton M. Collins to their final resting place. By 1 o'clock every seat in the Methodist Episcopal church was packed full, and many were unable even to gain admission to the building. No regular funeral sermon was delivered, but four ministers of the gospel took part in the services - Reverend Morse, Rev. Fifield, Rev. Willard and Rev. Patterson. The body was buried, as announced in the programme published Saturday, on a lot south of the Catholic Church.
(Monday's Daily)
WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAMED, Nebraska Centennial 1867-1967, pp.161-166
Note: The remains of Milton M. Collins were reburied in the Kearney Cemetery in 1878 at the time of his sister Lou's death. (Kearney Cemetery records)
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Milton M. Collins Shot Dead By A Texas Herder At His Own Home
A little after 12 o'clock to day a Texas herder shot and killed Milton M. Collins, living immediately south of this city. The circumstances are about as follows: Yesterday a party of twenty or thirty Texas herders in the employ of Mayberry and Millet, with a drove of sixty to seventy ponies, encamped south of this place. During the night several of the ponies got into the corn field of Milton M. Collins and destroyed a portion of the crop, and in accordance with the laws of Nebraska, he captured them and put them into his yard and demanded pay ($20) for the crop destroyed. Collins had been up to the place to secure the necessary papers from the office of the law and had just returned home when one of the herders by the name of Jordan P. Smith rode up to him, and shot him just as he was entering his house, he ran inside the door the herder shooting all the while, until he had emptied all the chambers in the revolver. Mr. Collins fell down on the floor and died almost immediately.
The shooting was witnessed by the wife (Anna Belle) and father (Asbury), of the murdered man and also Mr. and Mrs. Scholes, all of whom were a short distance away at the time.
Milton Collins was a young man, quiet, orderly, and strictly temperate and was a son of Judge Asbury Collins, formerly probate judge of Buffalo county, and was one of the first settlers in this section of the country, having lived here four or five years. He was formerly of Red Oak, Iowa. He leaves a wife (Belle) and one child (Roy Asbury Collins).
The funeral services will take place at the Methodist Episcopal church in this city tomorrow (Sunday) at 1 o'clock p.m. An invitation is extended to all all ministers of the gospel to be present and take part in the services. As many of the friends of the deceased as conveniently can do so are requested to assemble at the house at 12 o'clock and accompany the remains to the church. The body will be buried south of the Catholic church, which lot is the property of Mrs. Collins. The gentlemen selected to act as pall-bearers are Alfred Gay, George E Smith, Frank Reynolds, O. E. Hansen, Samuel L Savide and J. C. Farley. The funeral will be conducted by A. E. Aitken and S. W. Switzer. (Saturday's Daily)
The largest funeral procession ever behold in Kearney yesterday followed the remains of Milton M. Collins to their final resting place. By 1 o'clock every seat in the Methodist Episcopal church was packed full, and many were unable even to gain admission to the building. No regular funeral sermon was delivered, but four ministers of the gospel took part in the services - Reverend Morse, Rev. Fifield, Rev. Willard and Rev. Patterson. The body was buried, as announced in the programme published Saturday, on a lot south of the Catholic Church.
(Monday's Daily)
WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAMED, Nebraska Centennial 1867-1967, pp.161-166
Note: The remains of Milton M. Collins were reburied in the Kearney Cemetery in 1878 at the time of his sister Lou's death. (Kearney Cemetery records)
killed by a cowboy in the early days age 24
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Milton M. Collins Shot Dead By A Texas Herder At His Own Home
A little after 12 o'clock to day a Texas herder shot and killed Milton M. Collins, living immediately south of this city. The circumstances are about as follows: Yesterday a party of twenty or thirty Texas herders in the employ of Mayberry and Millet, with a drove of sixty to seventy ponies, encamped south of this place. During the night several of the ponies got into the corn field of Milton M. Collins and destroyed a portion of the crop, and in accordance with the laws of Nebraska, he captured them and put them into his yard and demanded pay ($20) for the crop destroyed. Collins had been up to the place to secure the necessary papers from the office of the law and had just returned home when one of the herders by the name of Jordan P. Smith rode up to him, and shot him just as he was entering his house, he ran inside the door the herder shooting all the while, until he had emptied all the chambers in the revolver. Mr. Collins fell down on the floor and died almost immediately.
The shooting was witnessed by the wife (Anna Belle) and father (Asbury), of the murdered man and also Mr. and Mrs. Scholes, all of whom were a short distance away at the time.
Milton Collins was a young man, quiet, orderly, and strictly temperate and was a son of Judge Asbury Collins, formerly probate judge of Buffalo county, and was one of the first settlers in this section of the country, having lived here four or five years. He was formerly of Red Oak, Iowa. He leaves a wife (Belle) and one child (Roy Asbury Collins).
The funeral services will take place at the Methodist Episcopal church in this city tomorrow (Sunday) at 1 o'clock p.m. An invitation is extended to all all ministers of the gospel to be present and take part in the services. As many of the friends of the deceased as conveniently can do so are requested to assemble at the house at 12 o'clock and accompany the remains to the church. The body will be buried south of the Catholic church, which lot is the property of Mrs. Collins. The gentlemen selected to act as pall-bearers are Alfred Gay, George E Smith, Frank Reynolds, O. E. Hansen, Samuel L Savide and J. C. Farley. The funeral will be conducted by A. E. Aitken and S. W. Switzer. (Saturday's Daily)
The largest funeral procession ever behold in Kearney yesterday followed the remains of Milton M. Collins to their final resting place. By 1 o'clock every seat in the Methodist Episcopal church was packed full, and many were unable even to gain admission to the building. No regular funeral sermon was delivered, but four ministers of the gospel took part in the services - Reverend Morse, Rev. Fifield, Rev. Willard and Rev. Patterson. The body was buried, as announced in the programme published Saturday, on a lot south of the Catholic Church.
(Monday's Daily)
WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAMED, Nebraska Centennial 1867-1967, pp.161-166
Note: The remains of Milton M. Collins were reburied in the Kearney Cemetery in 1878 at the time of his sister Lou's death. (Kearney Cemetery records)
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Milton M. Collins Shot Dead By A Texas Herder At His Own Home
A little after 12 o'clock to day a Texas herder shot and killed Milton M. Collins, living immediately south of this city. The circumstances are about as follows: Yesterday a party of twenty or thirty Texas herders in the employ of Mayberry and Millet, with a drove of sixty to seventy ponies, encamped south of this place. During the night several of the ponies got into the corn field of Milton M. Collins and destroyed a portion of the crop, and in accordance with the laws of Nebraska, he captured them and put them into his yard and demanded pay ($20) for the crop destroyed. Collins had been up to the place to secure the necessary papers from the office of the law and had just returned home when one of the herders by the name of Jordan P. Smith rode up to him, and shot him just as he was entering his house, he ran inside the door the herder shooting all the while, until he had emptied all the chambers in the revolver. Mr. Collins fell down on the floor and died almost immediately.
The shooting was witnessed by the wife (Anna Belle) and father (Asbury), of the murdered man and also Mr. and Mrs. Scholes, all of whom were a short distance away at the time.
Milton Collins was a young man, quiet, orderly, and strictly temperate and was a son of Judge Asbury Collins, formerly probate judge of Buffalo county, and was one of the first settlers in this section of the country, having lived here four or five years. He was formerly of Red Oak, Iowa. He leaves a wife (Belle) and one child (Roy Asbury Collins).
The funeral services will take place at the Methodist Episcopal church in this city tomorrow (Sunday) at 1 o'clock p.m. An invitation is extended to all all ministers of the gospel to be present and take part in the services. As many of the friends of the deceased as conveniently can do so are requested to assemble at the house at 12 o'clock and accompany the remains to the church. The body will be buried south of the Catholic church, which lot is the property of Mrs. Collins. The gentlemen selected to act as pall-bearers are Alfred Gay, George E Smith, Frank Reynolds, O. E. Hansen, Samuel L Savide and J. C. Farley. The funeral will be conducted by A. E. Aitken and S. W. Switzer. (Saturday's Daily)
The largest funeral procession ever behold in Kearney yesterday followed the remains of Milton M. Collins to their final resting place. By 1 o'clock every seat in the Methodist Episcopal church was packed full, and many were unable even to gain admission to the building. No regular funeral sermon was delivered, but four ministers of the gospel took part in the services - Reverend Morse, Rev. Fifield, Rev. Willard and Rev. Patterson. The body was buried, as announced in the programme published Saturday, on a lot south of the Catholic Church.
(Monday's Daily)
WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAMED, Nebraska Centennial 1867-1967, pp.161-166
Note: The remains of Milton M. Collins were reburied in the Kearney Cemetery in 1878 at the time of his sister Lou's death. (Kearney Cemetery records)
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