New article on the "highway ghost"

I know I have not posted in a while. But I am always on the lookout for new information and stories. Today 101highlandlakes posted a new article on the murders. Mostly factual, with some information I had never heard. I will be looking into some of it, meanwhile, enjoy another highway ghost story.

I get a mention!

On October 28, the Hill Country Times-News ran an article on the Lackey Murders, and mentioned my little blog here. Thanks to them, and thanks to all of you for reading and providing info to this little known tragedy.

Always looking....

I know it has been a while...

But I am always searching.

In the meantime, I have added a page at Find a Grave for Albert:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSmid=46935019&GRid=36376860&

Also, I have had a chance to correspond with Ross McSwain a author from San Angelo who wrote a book on mob violence in post-Civil War central Texas. I have not had a chance to read it yet, but he included a chapter on the Lackey lynching.

Whatever happened to Tom Bundick?

After my last post, I did some digging into the life of Tom Bundick. Although he disappears from Census records, he appears to pass away peacefully in Kerr County Texas in 1935 of Old age. It appears that he is another that moved away from Blanco County in the aftermath of this tragedy, of course his is quite understandable.

All I can say is WOW!

I recently found this article in the May 8, 1892 Dallas Morning News. Needless to say, I was floored. It appears the bad blood that started the spree in the first place, lived on. Albert's son, Greenberry (1872-1901), apparently took it upon himself on April 26, 1892 to avenge the death of his father. It appears he went after one of the survivors Tom Bundick first. Here is the full article:

Mr. Bundick appears to have survived this second attempt on his life as well.

Another clipping...

I know I haven't posted in a while, but I recently turned up this article from the "Deseret News" in Utah:


Not really that much new information, but much better than many of the sensationalist articles written.

A ghost story...

Like every good murder mystery, there appears to be a ghost story that sprang from this event. The facts are way off, but it makes for an interesting story nonetheless: