Blackshear v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

Viola Brimberry, deceased, and her husband, George Brim-berry, lived in a log cabin of two rooms in the East Texas oil fields. On March 21, 1932, deceased was found lying on the floor in a pool of blood. In her left hand was a magazine, and in right hand was a pencil. Written on the magazine were the words “A negro kill me.” Near the body was a smoothing iron. George Brimberry was found dead 35 or 40 feet from the house. There were some tracks about 100 feet from his body. These tracks showed to have been made by badly worn shoes…