Nathaniel Osborne Gandy - Stabbed in the Heart

A BOY SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT
That was the headline in the 29 March 1889 Galveston Daily News. 

This story made the papers not only in Texas but, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and many others.  Harry was 11 at the time of the stabbing and Nathaniel was 16. 

The story of Nathaniel's death was told in detail by three different witnesses in The Philadelphia Inquirer including details like,"stabbed through the heart", "plunged it into Gandy's left breast", and "I saw blood spurting out." 

The stories vary and according to some there was a confrontation and a fight broke out, another says that Harry just pulled out a knife and stabbed Nathaniel. The only thing that was common was that Nathaniel was stabbed with a knife by Harry and was dead.  

Nathaniel Osborne Gandy II was born 18 July 1872 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Nathaniel Osborne Gandy and his wife Sarah Ann (Mick) Gandy.  He had 6 siblings and 4 step sisters. He was my Very Great Uncle.