This Week in Texas Prison History

May 1: 

1918: Arlington Area - G. W. Massie was shot at the convict camp just north of Arlington. He was a guard at the camp. Massie would die on May 6 at a local sanitarium. Fellow guard Sam McMichiel was arrested, charged with assault, and released. Following the death of Massie, McMichiel was rearrested and charged with murder. He waived examining trial and was released on $1,000 bond set by Justice King of Arlington. G. W. Massie was 43 years old and a widower. Funeral serviced were held in the chapel of the Fort Worth Undertaking Company. Interment was in Mount Ovlivet. (Special to The News. Dallas Morning News, May 7, 1918)