was something that he rarely had. He was tried, convicted and sen-
tenced to hang. ‘The execution was publicly carried out on July 2k
25, 1862. Prior to being hanged, the slave confessedhis guilte
The jury found in their verdict that he was the slave of Mr. Lount
and placed his value at $1,000, According to the law, this enabled
Lount to be compensated one-half the estimated value of his slave.
ANNALS OF TRAVIS COUNTY AND OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN by Frank Brown
Ch XXII (1862); pages 23-2 6
was something that he rarely had. He was tried, convicted and sen=-
tenced to hang. The execution was publicly carried out on July 2h
25, 1862. Prior to being hanged, the slave confessedhis guilte
The jury found in their verdict that he was the slave of Mr. Llount
and placed his value at $1,000, According to the law, thts enabled
Lount to be compensated one-half the estimated value of his slave.
ANNALS OF TRAVIS COUNTY AND OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN by Frank Brown
Ch XXII (1862); pages 23-2 6
was something that he rarely had. He was tried, convicted and sen-
The execution was publicly carried out on July 2
Lount to be compensated one-half the estimated value of his slave.
ANNALS OF TRAVIS COUNTY AND OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN by Frank Brown
Ch XXII (1862); pages 23-2 6
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LOUNT
Lount, a slave whose first name is not known, was the property of
William Re Lount who lived at the Averme Hotel in Austin, ‘Tex, The
slave served as a body servant for his master and ran errands. On
occasion, he had been sent to a German produce grower who lived in a
shack and cultivated a garden wast of where the tenth ward school
building is now located and he had noticed that the German had accu-
mulated a considerable sum of money when he made change. On the
evening of April 19, 1862, the Black freedman who chopped wood at
the hotel left his axe with the slave while he delivered some wood
to an upstairs room. When he returned the slave was gone as was his
axe, A black woman who cooked for a physician waw Lount walk past
with the axe slung over his shoulder as did other people. He was
headed towards the little produce farm of the German, The next
morning, the gardener's body, mutilated by an axe and with a split
skull was found in his doorway. The axaxwamctks bloody axe was
discoweped under an old frame pate oe was identifed by the
hotel wood chopper as being the one that haddi sappeared with the
Slave, Other witnesses reported that on the night o the marc ay h
he went into various business establishments spending money wc
LOUNT
Lount, a slave whose first name is not known, was the property of
William Re Lount who lived at the Averme Hotel in Austin, Tex, The
slave served as a body servant for his master and ran errands. On
occasion, he had been sent to a German produce grower who lived in a
shack and cultivated a garden wast of where the tenth ward school
building is now located and he had noticed that the German had accu-
mulated a considerable sum of money when he made change. On the
evening of April 19, 1862, the Black freedman who chopped wood at
the hotel left his axe with the slave while he delivered some wood
to an upstairs room. When he returned the slave was gone as was his
axe. A black woman who cooked for a physician paw Lount walk past
with the axe slung over his shoulder as did other people. He was
headed towards the little produce farm of the German. The next
morning, the gardener's body, mutilated by an axe and with a split
skull was found in his doorway. The axaxwasxutia bloody axe was
discoweped under an old frame fet dein was identifed by the
hotel wood chopper as being the one that haddisaj eared with nine
slave, Other witnesses reported that on the ni ° e murder
he went into various business establishments spending money which
IOUNT
Tount, a slave whose first nane is not know, was the property of
Wi1lan R, Lount who lived at the Aveme Hotel in Austin, ‘lex, The
slave served as a body servant for his master and ran errands. On
occasion, he had been sent to a German produce grower who lived in a
shack and cultivated a garden whst of where the tenth ward school
building is now located and he had noticed that the German had accu~
mulated a considerable sun of money when he made change. On the
evening of April 19, 1862, the Black freedman who chopped wood at
the hotel left his axe with the slave while he delivered some wood
he returned the slave was gone as was his
with the axe slung over his shoulder as did other people.
headed tovards the Little produce fam of the Geman
morning, te igantenar!n/body mntllated/by an ave anil with = pang
eearite conden ns doorway. The sxunanunatix bloody axe was
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