The final days of William Seymour Douglass

Newspaper editor-turned-deputy sheriff spends last years in West Virginia penitentiary

  • West Virginia’s Moundsville Penitentiary is pictured here. It was described in the 1880s as a cruel place to do time. courtesy photo | Jeff Jackson collection
    West Virginia’s Moundsville Penitentiary is pictured here. It was described in the 1880s as a cruel place to do time. courtesy photo | Jeff Jackson collection

    editor’s note: Lampasas historian Jeff Jackson has researched a number of local history topics. The following is the final part of a series on the legacy of William Seymour Douglass, an early-day Lampasas Dispatch editor. Part 1 ran on Nov. 18, and Part 2 was featured Nov. 29.

    William Seymour Douglass – a former editor of the Lampasas Dispatch, proprietor of the Gem Saloon and a one-time deputy she…