Morgan County IL Archives News.....Probably Fatal Shooting [Beech] August 28, 1877
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The Inter Ocean [Chicago IL] August 28, 1877
Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean

Jacksonville, Ill., Aug. 27.-A farm hand named Beech, working for Charles 
Savage, near Virginia, Cass County, was shot and dangerously wounded yesterday 
by a neighbor farmer named Robert Thompson. The difficulty grew out of the 
losing of 25 or 30 hogs by Savage. It was reported that Thompson took them 
when Savage was away from home, and sold them. Thompson claimed that Beech 
started the report, and demanded a retraction of Beech, and Beech 
refused. Thompson drew a revolver and shot him in the back, the ball running 
downward, and lodging in the stomach. Beech is in critical condition, and is 
not expected to live. Thompson fled the county immediately. Both men had good 
reputations before.

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