| Cassville Democrat June 16, 1906, Saturday |
| Killed his father - Henry Scoggins Killed Thursday near Seligman |
| We learn through Conductor Bill Scoot, Frisco, while Henry Scoggins and his 14-year-old son of near Seligman were building fence, Thursday, they got into trouble: the father ordering the boy into the house with ___ knife, declaring he would ____ the boy and his mother. Once? in the house, the boy grabbed the shotgun and shot and killed his father. Dr. Newman, Corner, telegraphed to come and hold an inquest, and he went to Seligman Friday morning. [Research Note: The paper has big black marks on the article, which blocks some of the words, but from other items that were later published, it appears that the father threatened to kill the boy and was also calling his mother names.] Cassville Democrat June 23, 1906, Saturday Mark Scoggins Killed by his son Fayette Scoggins on June 16, 1906, Barry Co., MO Mrs. Hannah Scoggins of near Seligman, was in town Monday, and employed Jake Davis, and L. Beasley to defend her son, Fayette, for murdering his father. Cassville Democrat June 30, 1906, Saturday Freeman Scoggins attended the funeral of his brother, Mark, near Seligman, Saturday. Cassville Democrat August 11, 1906, Saturday Mrs. Polly Stiles of near Seligman, died Sunday, Aug 5, 1906, age 56 years, and the remains were laid to rest Monday. She was the grandmother of Lafayette Scoggins, who is confined in jail for killing his father, Mark Scoggins. Cassville Democrat June 8, 1907, Saturday Fayette Scroggins Did So At Eureka Springs The Eureka Springs, Ark., Flashlight, says Attorney Troy Pace of that place had secured a savings bank, and every time he deprived himself of a cigar, ice cream, or other luxuries, he would place the amount in his little savings bank, until he had between $30 or $40 saved up. One day last week, he had an occasion to look up his bank probably to make a deposit, when lo and behold the bank had disappeared and with it his savings. He searched the surroundings, but no trace could be had of his loss. He suspected Fate Scroggins, the son of the housekeeper at the Gables, and had him arrested. Fate declared that he knew nothing of the little bank; while Mr. Pace was questioning Fate Scroggins, he Fate, flared up, and said, "I'm getting mighty tired of people hounding me around. I'm the feller that killed pap." Attorney Pace said to Scroggins: "Well, old top, I didn't know that or I'd have passed you without a word." Fate Scroggins our readers, will remember, was arrested for killing his father Mark Scroggins near Seligman, last year, and was released from custody, because no indictment was filed against him. The evidence against Fate for taking the saving bank, was not sufficient to hold him; he was turned loose and told to come back at a certain date for trial but "skidoled", the Flashlight says, and when last heard from was making tracks for Missouri. |
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