Navarro Express [Corsicana, TX], October 12, 1860
(Note: the original article was a bad attempt at humor and really refered to a hung decision between officials, not an execution. — MpG)
We have been questioned by many persons with regard to a statement made in a recent issue of our paper that four members of our County Court were hung on the public square, and that the presence of the Chief Justice would have saved them from that horrible fate. We would state that death did not ensue from the hanging, and that all parties concerned are yet sound of “wind and limb.” The difficulty grew out of the question as to whether a friend of one of the candidates had the right to contest the Sheriff’s election. Two voting that he had the right and two nay created the hanging, and the Chief Justice not being present court adjourned to the 24th inst. when no doubt matters will be arranged without any more hanging.