Tarrant County - Obituaries - Alfred Ward

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Fort Worth Daily Democrat
Fort Worth
August 4, 1876
No. 27


Palo Pinto Correspondence
Palo Pinto, Texas
2 August 1876
Ed. Democrat:
Everything passed off pleasantly at the Centennial barbecue here on the 25th
ult., except the killing of a man by the name of Alfred Ward. Ward was followed
from Wise County, and found here by a young man by the name of Applewhite, who
charged him with various thefts from himself and others in that county.
Applewhite attempted to arrest him but with no assistance. Applewhite seized
him, but Ward being the stronger of the two broke loose, when Applewhite fired,
inflicting a dangerous wound. This attracted the Sheriff which soon arrested
both parties. On their way, a short distance from the public square, Ward
snatched the sheriff’s pistol from his belt, and broke, firing upon the crowd as
he ran. He was pursued and killed near the edge of town. A man by the name of
Brown, probably an accomplice of Ward’s left his horse hitched to the rack and
ran off as the time and has not yet put in an appearance.

Applewhite is under arrest  and will undergo an examination.