No author, "Laredo Sequel to the Late Tragedythe Corners Inquestthe
FuneralRetrospective," The Galveston Daily News, Houston,
TX, Tuesday, July 18, 1882; Issue 101; col G.
No author, "The District Attorney Shot and Killed -- Jury Discharged,"
The Galveston Daily News, Houston, TX, Sunday, July 16, 1882; Issue 100;
col F.
Leonard Haynes, the son of Col. John Haynes, collector of the port of Brownsville, shot William in the heart in revenge for William's alleged seduction of his sister, a girl of about 14.