Jack County, TX - Obituary - John T. Elmo ********************************************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorman Holub Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ********************************************************************************** A man giving his name as John T. Elmo, stole a horse from J.M. Crandall of Gordonville, Grayson county, and traveled west. Sheriff Newman was notified to be on the lookout, and in a few hours he located the horse. The man had traded the horse to J.A. McCoy near Senate. After tradiing with McCoy - Elmo left for Young county. Sheriff Newman at once notified Sheriff Wallace of Young County to look out. The word soon came back to Newman that McCoy's horse was there in the hands of Sheriff Wallace. A horse and saddle was found on the bank of Salt Creek which showed to have been in the water. The people in the vicinity made search for a man whom they supposed might have been drowned and found a man in Salt Creek. Papers on his person indicated that his name was John T. Elmo. J.M. Crandall and J.M. Shires of Gordonville identified the horse and took him away yesterday morning. McCoy's horse is in the hands of Sheriff Wallace of Young county awaiting for his owner to claim him. Surely the way of the transgressor is hard. Yet the drowned man may have been an idle loafing boy with a fairly good parentage, but was left to the mercies of the world for his training like thousands of boys today. Jacksboro Gazette Jacksboro, Texas Thursday, June 1, 1905