Dec 17, 1886
I wrote Letters to Jaques, Asahel, Owen
Blanch and Phebe A Snow. We received Letters
from Jaques Clara and Blanch I received a [letter]
from Oliver Shelby Covington Fountain Co Ind [and]
containing a present of a splendid crimson
silk Hankerchief A telegram informed us
that Marshal Thompson shot Edward Dalton
at Parawan Dead while sitting upon his horse
He was arested & the Grand Jury & 50 Men
at Beaver went to Parawan to take him
out of the hands of the sheriff on a Habus Corpus
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