On September 3 1933, Sunday morning at 11 a.m., Henry Morgan Black, 80, was shot and killed by John Taylor after a dispute over a strand of barbed wire. According to reports made by Brazos Co. officers, a year or so previously Taylor had loaned some barbed wire to a tenant on the farm owned by Henry Black. Taylor sought the return of this wire and the tenant, on instuctions from Black, was to permit Taylor to take one strand.
Shortly before September 3rd, Taylor appeared at the farm, demanding two strands. The tenant told him that Mr. Black had said he was to take only one, but Taylor took two. The tenant reported this to Black, who went to Normangee and filed a charge of petty theft against Taylor. Sunday morning Taylor left his home, riding his horse and carrying a shotgun. About 11:00 a.m. he reached the Black store and started to enter, carrying the gun. Mr. Black saw him come in, noted the gun, and reached for his six shooter. Taylor, according to Mrs. Black who was an eye witness to the shooting, then raised his gun and fired one shot. The charge struck Mr. Black in the chest just above the heart, killing him instantly. Taylor then returned to his home where he was later arrested. He made no statement regarding the shooting to Brazos Co. officers upon arrest.
Henry Morgan Black was survived by his wife and several children, according to the Bryan Daily Eagle Newspaper, which gave coverage to the trial in October and November of 1933. He was buried on Tuesday, September 5th, 1933 in Franklin Cemetery in Robertson Co.
John Taylor was tried in October and sent to prison in Huntsville for five years in November 1933.
Story from the Bryan Daily Eagle.
Note from Yale St.Clair. Henry & Elizabeth Black had no natural children. I belive the article states he was survived by several children because Elizabeth's brother and sister-in-law died young and many of their children went to live with the Blacks.
Shortly before September 3rd, Taylor appeared at the farm, demanding two strands. The tenant told him that Mr. Black had said he was to take only one, but Taylor took two. The tenant reported this to Black, who went to Normangee and filed a charge of petty theft against Taylor. Sunday morning Taylor left his home, riding his horse and carrying a shotgun. About 11:00 a.m. he reached the Black store and started to enter, carrying the gun. Mr. Black saw him come in, noted the gun, and reached for his six shooter. Taylor, according to Mrs. Black who was an eye witness to the shooting, then raised his gun and fired one shot. The charge struck Mr. Black in the chest just above the heart, killing him instantly. Taylor then returned to his home where he was later arrested. He made no statement regarding the shooting to Brazos Co. officers upon arrest.
Henry Morgan Black was survived by his wife and several children, according to the Bryan Daily Eagle Newspaper, which gave coverage to the trial in October and November of 1933. He was buried on Tuesday, September 5th, 1933 in Franklin Cemetery in Robertson Co.
John Taylor was tried in October and sent to prison in Huntsville for five years in November 1933.
Story from the Bryan Daily Eagle.
Note from Yale St.Clair. Henry & Elizabeth Black had no natural children. I belive the article states he was survived by several children because Elizabeth's brother and sister-in-law died young and many of their children went to live with the Blacks.
On September 3 1933, Sunday morning at 11 a.m., Henry Morgan Black, 80, was shot and killed by John Taylor after a dispute over a strand of barbed wire. According to reports made by Brazos Co. officers, a year or so previously Taylor had loaned some barbed wire to a tenant on the farm owned by Henry Black. Taylor sought the return of this wire and the tenant, on instuctions from Black, was to permit Taylor to take one strand.
Shortly before September 3rd, Taylor appeared at the farm, demanding two strands. The tenant told him that Mr. Black had said he was to take only one, but Taylor took two. The tenant reported this to Black, who went to Normangee and filed a charge of petty theft against Taylor. Sunday morning Taylor left his home, riding his horse and carrying a shotgun. About 11:00 a.m. he reached the Black store and started to enter, carrying the gun. Mr. Black saw him come in, noted the gun, and reached for his six shooter. Taylor, according to Mrs. Black who was an eye witness to the shooting, then raised his gun and fired one shot. The charge struck Mr. Black in the chest just above the heart, killing him instantly. Taylor then returned to his home where he was later arrested. He made no statement regarding the shooting to Brazos Co. officers upon arrest.
Henry Morgan Black was survived by his wife and several children, according to the Bryan Daily Eagle Newspaper, which gave coverage to the trial in October and November of 1933. He was buried on Tuesday, September 5th, 1933 in Franklin Cemetery in Robertson Co.
John Taylor was tried in October and sent to prison in Huntsville for five years in November 1933.
Story from the Bryan Daily Eagle.
Note from Yale St.Clair. Henry & Elizabeth Black had no natural children. I belive the article states he was survived by several children because Elizabeth's brother and sister-in-law died young and many of their children went to live with the Blacks.
Shortly before September 3rd, Taylor appeared at the farm, demanding two strands. The tenant told him that Mr. Black had said he was to take only one, but Taylor took two. The tenant reported this to Black, who went to Normangee and filed a charge of petty theft against Taylor. Sunday morning Taylor left his home, riding his horse and carrying a shotgun. About 11:00 a.m. he reached the Black store and started to enter, carrying the gun. Mr. Black saw him come in, noted the gun, and reached for his six shooter. Taylor, according to Mrs. Black who was an eye witness to the shooting, then raised his gun and fired one shot. The charge struck Mr. Black in the chest just above the heart, killing him instantly. Taylor then returned to his home where he was later arrested. He made no statement regarding the shooting to Brazos Co. officers upon arrest.
Henry Morgan Black was survived by his wife and several children, according to the Bryan Daily Eagle Newspaper, which gave coverage to the trial in October and November of 1933. He was buried on Tuesday, September 5th, 1933 in Franklin Cemetery in Robertson Co.
John Taylor was tried in October and sent to prison in Huntsville for five years in November 1933.
Story from the Bryan Daily Eagle.
Note from Yale St.Clair. Henry & Elizabeth Black had no natural children. I belive the article states he was survived by several children because Elizabeth's brother and sister-in-law died young and many of their children went to live with the Blacks.
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