The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-08-20

weller nao located the sill, which
house OF Brownell, and had secured asa
evidence to convict. The general uucie
should take hold of this matter ana e''e'nna
posse TO arrest the entire gang before oh.
men fall victims TO their desperate ana god
defence of their illegal business uest5
LATER.
News now comes from WesrvilIe Tho,
nell was not told who The ptr,;r. 0os.
house, and though' that il was -
murder him. He says hat WelIe, nFt
the shoulder and that he returned The tirs r aa
taking aim, in self defense l, is ,,.o .aa's
that the horn blowing part of S,u,a. aua
was canard, as we'll as the CATHERINE :. Sog
| men. "ae
Brownell has given himself I'm to,h.
of the law, and preliminary bea,;,.
waived until to day to avail, the -
Saunders.
United States Marshal M;zell has ,s
telegram from Washington from III. %
Encouragement, stating that the deu,r~4
would use every effort to punish Weller. ~
derer, and would pay a reward. ~1
Special Agent Chapman, of Atlanta .,,v
shall Mizell arrived in Tallahassee Sa,p,a.-
route for Westvile to make full invests
of the case.
| j. ". CAMPBELL INTERVIEWED
Mr.. J. w. Campbell. of Argyle, ei,. i
Pensacola Commercial an account of the Inn
the facts of which he obtained in conve,..s'
with Brownell, the Sheriff of Holmes cor,.
and several citizens of Westvile. The sn.9
ing is the Commercials report of the f.e,
obtained from Mr.. Campbell:
! Brownell has an enemy named Mathis.
has threatened TO kill Brownell, and has 80 ~
that BrOwnell would sometime be kilIsS IS +
body hidden away, and no one would eyeiss
who did the deed or what became of The -
On the night the officers made the raid. r.
ell and wife were sleeping with open doom ~
| the custom in that country during hot vesa.-
During the night Mrs. Brownel was av.h-1
by feeling of cold steel around her wrist \:
was caused by Saunders trying to put The h,,I 4
cuffs on BrOwnell while sleeping but instead = J;
| BrOwnell il was Mrs. Brownell he was ,rviu,s
| secure.
Her screams awoke her husband, who savtw
men, Saunders and Turyi in, in the room n
officers, finding they had been trying to bsudrf
the wrong party. stepped quickly out Of dom
and called to Brownell 10 come out Is tbr
wanted to see him. They gave no names Dor
did they mention their business.
Brownel thinking it W Is NJ ltthias and accom-.
pices, who intended TO carry out threats mae
against his life, reached up Tor his gun steonN
out of the bnck door. A. he did so Weller 6,a
at him. The ball struck his gun and splitiu
two ports, one portion entering deeply into
BrOwnelrs shoulder and the other Ddictinc
| slight wound in the abdomen.
BrOwn"ll fired one shot in return, and hasten
ed 10 cover without waiting 10 see The results Of
his SHOT. These TWO shots Were all that ver
| fired during the encounter
| BrOwnelrs wife seeing deal man near Tie
door through which her hush md had made a
exit, thought he had been killed aud whnA
saw three men pick up he body and slmh
carry it away, she thought Matthias hream
| being put INTO execution. She ceased Ia
screams long enough To seize horn ard bhsi
signal 10 summon BrOwnel's brother, Pure,
! who lived about lhFee-q llrters TT mile d.
| tant
! Porter Brownell speedily answered The al.
and knowing from the signal and the wild
screams of Mrs BrownelI that something's
wrong, brought his gun wI'h him. tHe~Shs
only man who answered the summonsl 0nm
way he came across the men who were loading
the body of Weller into the wagon and asked
who they were and wha' was the matter No
An wer The second time the question met With
no response, and rs he asked the question 3lhs
third timr he prepared to >loOt. when someone
said "NOihii e is The matter"
The screams ut Mrs BrowneIl at home caused
him to forego further questions and he hasteaec
! on To her aid Arriving AT The house she oa
him that some men had killed John and carnN
away his body. He started TO follow the mea
when Mrs. Brhwnell clung to him and besga
him not TO leave her. Porter remained unu
morning when John, VIII had been hiding
The woods. not daring 10 return 10 The houss &c
! ing the coast clear came i
The BrOwnells al this time dl not know WV
The parties were who had visited The house na
what they wanted, and john Brownen va
not aware he had killed "A man until int6FmaIn"
came from Westville during the N 'rnlng. luz
Sheriff gave the first reliable information Anu
him Brownell surrendered, declaring 'hs' ~,
thought he was acting in SEX defence anu 'a s
| he did not know the midnight visitors "eieo
GERS OF the law. =.
Brownell has HE reputation of being qu ..
peaceable and influential citizen, AMI lhs y n, ~
first lime he has been in very serious ifouu~
lie IL able to give bonds for any reasonSu'e '. Ia
When told that he had killed An oIce so WI
had a warrant fer his arrest he exclaimeo o; ;.,
| God, kill man because he had a Warrant assyTI
me for disabling little old whisky " ,sss
not have done it for anything. Why du W. ~
not say who they were and what they wap'. eho
1t is The testimony of nearly every one 9Th d'
knows BrOwnell that Il ten-year old o'Y Vi. Ii
proper warrant would have had no 'l''a Ia 10
| arresting him. All that was necessary
say what he was To do and he would 90"
All the reports sent out by wire tro" W. ~.
vile show q decided tendency to eA'n''-. j,
Brownell. and all The news that can be Ob's'De.
from there make ii appear that the a''e- III
arrest was bungling affair 1t is SAID INV su
can be accounted for in measure oy ~"
that the telegraph operator at thai pi'. -.
| brOther-in-law of RrOwnell. Whether In's >" "