Daily Gazette & Comet [Baton Rouge, LA], June 19, 1860
An affray took place, a few days since, between Dalton, the wit of the Texas press, and Hepperla, both editors of the town of Crocket, Texas. Dalton received a bullet in his throat, making a wound probably mortal, and Hepperla was hit in the head, but not seriously injured.
Dalton is a native of this place. He left here about fifteen years ago and has been in the newspaper line, at Crocket, ever since.