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Mosty Family History
FROM KANSAS TO TEXAS
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... big round up was going on. Never thought of anyone stealing the money. In 1916 Mother took a clipping from the San Antonio Express stating 35 years ago news items. It said “LA Mosty the cattle king of Texas had married miss Elizabeth Bean in Lampasas.” [Clipping below is from the August 8, 1931 Kerrville Mtn. Sun Newspaper.]
When he moved to Kansas City & working for Swift & Co he made many trips back to Texas buying cattle. On one of those trips to Ft. Worth he was slugged & robbed & ...
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... left for dead. He was found in a dark alley & taken to a hospital where he recovered. The police found an expensive watch that he was wearing in a saloon keepers safe. The money was never found. The saloon keeper said some one had left the watch with him for safe keeping. He did not know the man who had left it. It is the watch that LA now has. Several thugs were arrested but never convicted ...
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