Uvalde Co., TX: News - Colson Boys Murdered In Texas, 1878 This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Don Brownlee Upload date: 01/06/2005 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm **************************************************** 7 June 1878 New York Times, p. 8 A BOY MURDERED IN TEXAS June 6. - A special from Uvalde says: "Two Colson boys, aged 10 and 12 years respectively, have been found, the younger one dead, with bullet-holes through the head and breast, the other in a pool of water, shot through the shoulder and arm, but still alive."