The telegraph made it possible for news to travel all over the country very quickly, within days, the entire country was following the chain of events in Blanco County.
EIGHT PERSONS MURDERED
ALL KILLED BY ONE MAN WHO THEN
TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF
Austin, Texas, Aug. 26 - A gentleman from Johnson City, Blanco County, gives the details of a terrible tragedy which occurred at that place on Tuesday (August 25). Al Lockie (Lackey), an old citizen of extensive connection, had a stepdaughter living with him, whom, it is alleged, he seduced several years ago. Lately his own daughter seemed to be in trouble, and this had been disturbing his mind, as his relatives attributed to him the crime of seducing her. On Tuesday afternoon Lockie left home, intending, he said, to go to John Green's place to borrow some money. Mr. Green and his family were away. Lockie entered the house, took Green's Winchester rifle, and returned to the residence of his brother, Berry Lockie (Nathaniel Greenberry Lackey). He shot and killed Berry and Berry's wife (Isabelle Adeline "Addie" Jackson).
A neighbor named John Nicholson rode up just then. Lockie forced Nicholson to go with him to Mr. Stokes's (James C "Jim" Stokes) house, where he shot and killed Mr. Stokes. There Nicholson was lost sight of. His horse was tied there when found, and it is supposed he was also killed. From there Lockied went to his own house and shot and cut the throat of Mrs. Henry(Fannie Stokes, actually the wife of Charles Lackey) Locke of Llano County, wife of his stepson, who was on a visit to him. He also shot and killed Mrs. Stokes, wife of the Stokes he had killed just previous to the killing of Mrs. Henry Lockie. Then he killed his daughter (Martha Lackey, age 17) and then tried to kill his wife (Aley Jane Pruitt), but his cartridges being exhausted, he could not fire another shot, and she escaped.
Having failed to catch and kill his wife, Lockie cut his own throat, mounted his horse, and started off in the direction of Johnson City. After riding a few yards he met Thomas Brunswick, whom he attacked and into whom he plunged a knife, inflicting fatal wounds. The murderer then rode toward Johnson City, but was arrested within two miles of that place. He was still alive at 8 o'clock this morning (August 26).
When the exception of the murder and cremation of the Lynch family near Hempstead, some years ago, this is the most horrible set of crimes ever committed in this State. By it about 20 children are left orphans.
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