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Bandera hanging remembered
By Julie Domel : Thursday, August 8, 2013
I'm a little behind on this one, but last month, staff writer Zeke MacCormack wrote a story about a gathering of descendents and history buffs in Bandera to remember "eight travelers killed by Confederate soldiers 150 years ago under an oak tree — seven hanged one by one with a horsehair rope and the other shot."
The actual event occurred on July 25, 1863, over two years before the Express was founded, so no clips. However, the Express did remember the hangings in 1922 (but it wasn't an anniversary):
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Were the men German immigrants escaping to Mexico to avoid Confederate service, or were they simply travelers from Williamson County headed to the border to buy livestock? A battalion of soldiers from Camp Verde thought the former, and promised a trial when they apprehended the men. However, a few soldiers decided to hang the men and their commanding officer did not object. Also, $900 (about $12,500 in today's dollars) was missing from the travelers. Was that the true motive?
For the rest: http://blog.mysanantonio.com/vault/2013/08/bandera-hanging-remembered/
By Julie Domel : Thursday, August 8, 2013
I'm a little behind on this one, but last month, staff writer Zeke MacCormack wrote a story about a gathering of descendents and history buffs in Bandera to remember "eight travelers killed by Confederate soldiers 150 years ago under an oak tree — seven hanged one by one with a horsehair rope and the other shot."
The actual event occurred on July 25, 1863, over two years before the Express was founded, so no clips. However, the Express did remember the hangings in 1922 (but it wasn't an anniversary):
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Were the men German immigrants escaping to Mexico to avoid Confederate service, or were they simply travelers from Williamson County headed to the border to buy livestock? A battalion of soldiers from Camp Verde thought the former, and promised a trial when they apprehended the men. However, a few soldiers decided to hang the men and their commanding officer did not object. Also, $900 (about $12,500 in today's dollars) was missing from the travelers. Was that the true motive?
For the rest: http://blog.mysanantonio.com/vault/2013/08/bandera-hanging-remembered/
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