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:

A picture of Aley Jane Pruitt Lackey

Thanks to Christie Ammirati for this, the only known picture of Aley Jane Pruitt Lackey(1844-1911), taken in about 1907 in Oklahoma or Kansas. Seated to her right is Annie Lackey Houser, the youngest daughter of her and Albert Lackey. Annie would only have been 8 years old at the time of the murders.
(BTW, if anyone knows the identities of the other children, Christie would greatly appreciate it.)

1880 Census of Blanco County

The 1880 census offers a good snapshot of Blanco County just prior to the murders. The proximity of all involved is illustrated in that (almost) every person involved can be found on pages 345 and 346 of the Blanco County Census from 1880. There is Al Lackey and his family, Greenberry and his, as well as John Nicholson and Charles Bundick. What is interesting, is that the Stokes' are not in this area, they were substantially further south on Sandy Creek. Which means Al must have had some particular complaint (in his mind) with the Stokes'.

Read this doc on Scribd: BlancoCountyTexas1880

Follow up on some of the children

As part of my research, I have been attempting to find out the whereabouts of the children of Albert and Aley in the wake of the tragedy.

Harriet married a James M. Franklin in 1892. The census shows her brothers Nathanial, Greenberry and Sampson (Samp) Living with her in Ellis County (SE of Dallas).

Read this doc on Scribd: Lackeychildren1900

Info on Aley Jane Pruitt Lackey

This week I was finally able to track down information on the widow of Al Lackey. It appears that sometime in the mid to late 1890's she moved to Kansas with her daughter Annie and her husband James M. Houser.

Read this doc on Scribd: Lawrence KS, 1900 Census

What is interesting about this census is aparently she did not even acknowledge her other children. In the columns marked "Number of Children born to this woman" and "Number of Children still living", she answered "one" in both columns, only acknowledging her daughter Annie (1877-1910), this is interesting for a woman who gave birth to at least 12-15 children. She does give her marital status as widowed, however.