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Submitted: 11/30/09 • Approved: 12/4/09 • Last Updated: 8/3/12 • R263575-G0-S3
Dallas F. Sissom born 29 November 1880 died 31 July 1904; son of Calvin & Martha Emeline TODD Sissom.
The Springdale News, 9 Aug 1904, from The Huntsville Democrat
At an ice cream supper at the home of George Culwell, four miles east of Hindsville, last Friday, Dallas Sissom, a young man about 23 years old, received a blow on the head from which he died. The particulars of the sad affair as we have learned them are about as follows: A few days before the trouble Ben Bohannon had ridden through Sissom’s corn field and had left the fencing down. When the young men met at the supper they had a quarrel but it was thought that the matter was satisfactorily settled between them, Bohannon admitting that he had done wrong and promising not to do so again. At about the time the supper was over and all present were leaving for their homes, Bohannon called Sissom off behind the house, telling him that he wanted to talk to him. Soon afterwards Sissom was found in an unconscious condition with an ugly wound on his heave just above the ear. A physician was summoned but no relief could be given the unfortunate young man and he died Sunday morning. He never regained consciousness nor could he even speak. A post mortem examination ordered by the coroners jury revealed the fact that his skull was bursted, the wound being about three inches long and almost as wide. We understand the jury returned a verdict of murder in the first degree and held from all the circumstances that Ben Bohannon has never been seen since he called Sissom behind the house, notwithstanding Sheriff Hamilton and a force of deputies have made a diligent search for him. Sissom was a stone cutter and it will be remembered that he worked a few days at this place on the bank building. Bohannon is the young man who was committed to jail at the last September term of circuit court upon his failure to pay a fine for carrying concealed weapons and afterwards sold to the highest bidder by order of the county judge.
Contributed on 11/30/09 by jrussell44
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