Murder and Cotton Steal Tangle

Dallas Morning News
Friday, 4 January 1889, Page 5

JEFFERSON, Tex., Jan. 3 – In the district court, Bob Hines, charged with theft of cotton belonging to Ike Bailey, was found guilty by the jury. This case attracts much attention, from the fact that Bob Hines is now under conviction with the death penalty assessed for the murder of Ike Bailey, the killing arising out of the theft of Bailey’s cotton, and Henry Davenport, the main witness for the state in the murder trial, was himself the guilty party, according to the evidence as construed by the jury.

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Not Guilty of Theft

Dallas Morning News
Friday, 6 January 1889, Page 6

JEFFERSON, Tex., Jan. 4 – I notice in a special from Jefferson of Jan. 3 that Bob Hines was convicted of the theft of Ike Bailey’s cotton, etc. This is error. The fact is, Hines was found “not guilty” of th theft charge. In the trial for theft it was conclusively shown by proof that another man stole the very cotton that he swore Bob Hines had stolen. Place the word “not” before guilty in your item, and you will but do justice to a poor negro now under conviction, with the death penalty assessed. Yours truly,

W.T. ARMSTEAD.

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Baily Murder

Forney Tribune
Tuesday Morning, July 2, 1889, Page 2

Bob Hines of Jefferson, who is charged with the murder of Ike Baily in March 1885, has been convicted of murder in the first degree and penalty assessed at death.