Richard S. Barnum Murder Submitted by Peggy Horton From: THE ATHENS POST (Athens, Limestone Co, AL) - January 8, 1875 Printed in the LATE NEWS SUMMARY column: SOUTH. "On the night
of the 2d inst., RICHARD S. BARNUM, of Lee county, Miss., his wife and
two children and a little negro boy were murdered and their bodies consumed
with the building. Such of the remains as could be found were taken to
West Point for interment. Intense excitement prevails there, but no clue
to the murderers." |