HICKS, Caswell – (d. 1869)
Fatal Shooting
A Mr. DIVINE having been deputized, and a warrant placed in his hands, to arrest one Enos HUNT for horse stealing, summonsed a Mr. WHITE and Caswell HICKS to assist him. The three repaired to the house of Enos’ father, and called for him. Enos being up stairs, his father told him to come down, saying, these men are after you, let us kill them, and immediately commenced firing on DIVINE and his assistants, who returned the fire. Caswell HICKS was killed outright, and both of the HUNT‘s wounded, after which, they were arrested and lodged in jail.
Source: The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.), 25 Nov. 1869. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89058302/1869-11-25/ed-1/seq-3/>
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