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wounded with pistol shots.  No action taken by the Civil Authoritys

On the 11th day of Feb. 1868 a difficulty occured at Navasota in which H.C. Searcey a lawyer, was shot in the head by one _ Mc Kinney a notorious desperado.  The substance is as follows.

Mc Kinney - beeing intoxicated had threatened several citizens during the day in fact had become a terror to the community.  Meeting _ Searcey he publicly insulted him threatening to shoot him using his revolver in a very careless manner.  Searcey armed himself and while passing into a store was fired upon by Mc Kinney the ball taking affect in the left temple inflicting a very dangerous wound.  His recovery is doubtfull.  Mc Kinney was immediately arrested and taken to the Co Jail at Anderson.  Subsequently while in hands of a Special [[strikethrough]] deepty [[/strikethrough]] deputy Sherriff who was conducting the prisoner to Navasota for trial, Mc Kinney was taken from the deputy by force by about 40 or 50 men, and hung the