THE  FRACAS  AT  DAILEYVILLE,  1886,  five died.

The Butler-Elder feud.   Shooting starts.  Testimony tells the story.

The Aftermath.   The Effect on the Railroad.   The Indictments.

Who's Who in town on that fateful day, 36 of whom testified.

The bodies lay in the road in Daileyville, in an old drawing.       
       Print this sketch in full detail.

Map       Print this sketch in full detail.

Newspaper reports on the Fracas at Daileyville.
      The San Antonio Daily Express reports on the findings of the Jury of Inquest.

Newspaper article in 2002.
      From the "Kansas Cowboy" bi-monthly newspaper.

The Testimony at the Inquest      Transcribed by Theda Hummel Semrod from the original old ink pages.



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