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Alexander Hamilton “Alex” Reed
30 Sep 1824 – 14 Aug 1871
| Birth | 30 Sep 1824 |
| Death | 14 Aug 1871 |
| Cemetery | Evergreen Cemetery Beeville , Bee County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Barbara Gail Helt on 01 Jun 2016 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119983538 |
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Son of James Bailey Reed, b. 29 Nov 1796 NC - d. 20 Oct 1851, Rusk co., TX. and Rebecca George, b. 24 Jan 1800 Jefferson Co, Tennessee - d.12 Oct 1891, TX. m. Nancy M. Phillips 1831-1913 ````````````````````````````````````` In August 1871, Alec Reed, a stockman, was out with his hands working cattle and was in camp on the Sulphur creek in the northern part of the county, when he missed some money he had left in camp in a morral while he hunted cattle in the afternoon. He accused a Mexican cook of stealing it and told him that if he did not return the money he would kill him. While Mr. Reed and party were eating supper, the Mexican got a pistol and shot Mr. Reed in the back, killing him instantly. The Mexican was arrested, brought to Beeville and given a habeas corpus trial before Squire Atkins and committed to jail to await the action of the grand jury. There being no jail in Beeville the Mexican was taken to Victoria and put in jail there. When the grand jury met it indicted the Mexican, he was tried, convicted and given the death sentence, paying the penalty for his deed by hanging, Dec. 23, 1871. The execution was done by Sheriff T.H. Marsden, and the scaffold stood just in front of where the Commercial National Bank now stands. Mr. Reed and the Mexican both were buried in the old cemetery. ````````````````````````````````````` There have been two hangings in Beeville, Texas, since the town became an organized community. In 1871, a Mexican named Bartola Guerra took the life of Alexander H. Reed, a ranchman from Goliad County. According to the "History of Bee County," written by Mrs. I.C. Madray, the crime was committed "over the loss of a twenty-dollar gold piece." On Dec. 22, 1871, it became the duty of T.H. Marsden, county sheriff, to make arrangements for carrying out the edict decided by a jury of 12 men. Guerra was sentenced to be hanged from a gallows "until he is dead, dead, dead." The scaffold from which he was hung was erected in the middle of Washington Street.
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