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Inter Ocean, December 17, 1874
ANOTHER FATAL QUARREL Havana, Ill., Dec. 16-Last evening at a dance near Snicarte, Ill., nine miles southwest of Bath, a party named Johnson struck and killed a man named Lindsay. The crime was committed with a club, Johnson striking Lindsay on the head and crushing his skull. The cause of the quarrel is unknown, but it is supposed to be an old feud. Lindsay was about 27 years old, and leaves a wife and child. Johnson is 19 years old. He has been arrested. Inter Ocean, December 18, 1874
THE SNICARTE TRAGEDY Havana, Ill., Dec. 17-Further particulars have transpired in the Snicarte case reported yesterday. The two men, Douglas Johnson and James Pruitt, were lodged in jail here to-day. Another man named George Johnson, a brother to the one arrested, assisted in the tragedy and fled. He has not yet been found. When the struggle was going on a brother of the murdered Lindsay tried to help his brother, when he was struck with a club, and now lies very low, his life being despaired of. All three of the murderers are desperate characters, and much feared by the inhabitants in the vicinity. Much talk of lynch law was indulged in, but better counsel prevailed. Both of the arrested men are barely 21 years of age. This is the second murder in this county in six months. Inter Ocean, December 24, 1874
THE SNICARTE TRAGEDY Havana, Ill., Dec. 23-The beginning of the end of the Johnson-Lindsay tragedy is drawing near. Paul Lindsay, who was so badly injured when his brother was murdered at Snicarte, is dead. The escaped Johnson has not been heard from. Inter Ocean, January 24, 1875
THE SNICARTE MURDER Contributed by Kristin Vaughn
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