Jim Leeper and Ed Powell were hanged Sept. 29, 1891, for a robbery and murder they had committed on Dec. 17, 1889.  "In the latter part of 1889, while returning to Gatesville with a wagon train of supplies, John T. Mathes and W.H.H. Harvey were held up and robbed on the Lampasas Road twelve miles southwest of Gatesville...."

Read more on this in this article from The Gatesville Messenger

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