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CRIMINAL OFFENSES [[strikethrough]] PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. [[/strikethrough]].

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| DATE. | NAME AND RACE OF CRIMINAL. | NAME AND RACE OF PERSON INJURED. | Action taken by Courts and Bureau, &c., since previous report. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

|   |   |   | prisoner Sharpe a few miles beyond Lockhart. |
| Mar 25. |   | Lange Jos. | Lange happened to be close by when the gang from [[strikethrough]] Guadalupe [[/strikethrough]] De Witt Co. killed Taylor, and received two balls inflicting mortal wounds from which he will die in a day or two. His father Franz Lange was also slightly wounded in the abdomen by a buckshot. His party showed the most criminal recklessness and should be punished. | 

| Mar. 28 | Bell, W.J.A. Connor, Jack. (White) | Priestly, Lucius colored. | Bell assaulted Priestly without any provocation, Priestly took refuge in a store where Bell followed and tried to kill him but was prevented. Priestly then ran out and three or four shots were fired at him by Bell and Conner which luckily struck no one although the streets were full of people. Bell then rode up and down the Main street with his revolved cocked in hand, leveling it at any one who approached him, swearing |

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