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Fort Worth Gazette
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
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In Texas, saboteurs tore down telegraph wires on the Houston, East and West Texas railway near Shepherd, leaving a horse skull with a threat demanding payment for killed livestock or the tracks would be destroyed. The receiver-managed line will seek federal court intervention. (Publication: Nov. 25)
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You Have Killed or We'll Tear Up Your
Damned Railroad—Ominous Words
on a Horse's Skull.
Houston, Tex., Nov. 25.—(Special.)—Near Shepherd, on the Houston, East and West Texas railway last night, about 700 feet of telegraph wire was torn down and carried off. Ropes had been thrown over the tops of the poles and horses hitched to them. In this way a number of poles were pulled down and telegraph communication cut off. A glittering skull of a horse ornamented one of the poles with the ominous words written on its frontal bone: "Pay us for the stock you have killed or we'll tear your d—d railroad up." This road is in the hands of a receiver and the federal courts will be asked to take the matter up.
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Near Shepherd, On The Houston, East And West Texas Railway, Texas
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Last Night (Nov. 25)
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Near Shepherd, about 700 feet of telegraph wire was torn down and carried off using ropes and horses to pull down poles, cutting communication. A horse skull on a pole bore the message: 'Pay us for the stock you have killed or we'll tear your d—d railroad up.' The road is in receivership, and federal courts will address the matter.