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Milt M. Sanders was shot while returning to his home near Branch from McKinney Friday afternoon and died a few hours later. The scene of the tragedy is only a short distance from Club Lake, and about sixteen miles south of McKinney. The shooting is said to have been purely accidental.
Mr. Sanders came to Texas twenty-three years ago and settled at the home where he lived at the time of his death. He was the second settler to take up his residence at that place. He would have been sixty years of age on the 22nd inst. On Friday he paid his poll tax for the ensuring year, remarking to Deputy Collector Henry E. Morgan that this would be his last time. He is survived by his wife and one son, who lives at Madill, Okla.
The Weekly Democrat-Gazette, McKinney, Collin County, Texas; 17 Dec 1914, p. 9
Return to the topGabe Crowder, who lives about sixteen miles south of McKinney, was arrested Saturday night, charged with killing Milt Sanders on the Friday afternoon preceding. Mr. Crowder was given a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace Houston Beverly Monday, and his bond fixed at $2,000, which he made and was released.
The Weekly Democrat-Gazette, McKinney, Collin County, Texas; 17 Dec 1914, p. 10
Return to the topThe case of the State vs. Gabe Crowder charger [sic] with the murder of Milt Sanders near Branch in December of last year, was called Thursday morning. A special venire of 100 men was summoned from which to select a jury. The defendant's plea in the case will be that the killing was accidental.
The Courier-Gazette, McKinney, Collin County, Texas; 17 Jun 1915, p. 8
Return to the topMcKINNEY, June 22 - Gabe Crowder, indicted on a charge of killing Milt Sanders near here last December, was given one year in jail in district court here today. The jury had been out since Saturday.
Fort Worth Record, Fort Worth, Texas; 23 Jun 1915, p. 3
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