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Associated names Yaws, Tom , Watson
JOE COPELAND KILLED
WELL KNOWN MAN LOSES HIS LIFE IN AN AFFRAY AT PARIS.
JOE COPELAND, A DALLAS MAN, ENGAGED IN A SHOOTING AFFRAY AT PARIS
TUESDAY NIGHT, AND WAS WOUNDED IN THE BODY. HE DIED YESTERDAY
MORNING. THE BODY WAS SHIPPED HERE FOR BURIAL.
MR. COPELAND WAS ABOUT 42 YEARS OF AGE. A WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN
SURVIVE HIM. THEY LIVE IN THIS CITY, AS DOES DR. ADAMS, OF EAST DALLAS,
THE FATHER-IN-LAW OF THE DECEASED. MR. COPELAND’S FATHER ALSO
RESIDES HERE. THE DECEASED WAS A MEMBER OF THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF
EAGLES AT PARIS.HE WAS BORN IN GONZALAS.
FEW MEN IN THE SOUTHWEST HAVE HELD A LARGER ACQUAINTANCE THAN JOE
COPELAND. ON THE
BORDER HE WAS KNOWN A “SMILING JOE,” FOR THE REASON THAT THERE WAS
ALWAYS A SMILE ON HIS LIPS IN TIMES OF DANGER. IN EL PASO, JUST PRIOR TO
THE FIGHT BETWEEN MEHER AND FITZSIMMONS, COPELAND WAS ASSAULTED
BY A GANG OF ROUGHS ONE NIGHT AND KNOCKED DOWN. WHEN HE REGAINED
HIS FEET HE HAD A SIX-SHOOTER IN EACH HAND AND THE MANNER IN WHICH
HE USED THEM IS STILL THE SUBJECT FOR WONDERING COMMENT IN THAT
COUNTRY. THE ROUGHS MADE A REPLY IN KIND, BUT HE ESCAPED UNHURT.
THE NEXT MORNING FOURTEEN BULLET HOLES WERE FOUND IN A PLATE OF
GLASS WINDOW JUST BEHIND THE PLACE WHERE HE HAD STOOD.-DALLAS
NEWS.Soldier was killed in Tom Green County
Some family members moved from Runnels county to Sutton county.
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