San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-02-10
BRADDocKs FATAL:RocK.
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1t.was.the Cause of.Four. Murders
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| It. was. the cause OF. -Four. murders
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Harry F. Anderson, chief dis
patcher of the Houston division of
the Southern Pacific, has in his
possession a missile that was in
strumental in the death of four
| persons.
1t is the rock thrown into Ray
mond-Whitcomb excursion by Dee
| Braddock at Borden, a small sta
ton on the Southern Pacific be-
tween Weimar and Columbus.
Braddock was stealing ride on
the train and was put off. When
the train pulled out he threw rock
into "a window of the train. Luckily
no one was at the window at the
time and no damage was done be-
yOnd smashing pane. Braddock
was arrested and placed in prison
at Weimar. On the evening of the
same day he stabbed and killed A.
M. Townsend, a constable, who
was serving the prisoners sup
per.
Braddock made his escape and
Sheriff Townsend, brother of the
murdered constable, in company
with posse of deputies and citi-
zens of Weimar Immediately went
in pursuit of the fleeing murderer.
He was not located, however, I'M
til last Wednesday, when it was
learned 4 that he. was hi'-
ing ats'a place owned by
H. H. Moore, near Wharton. Sher-
if Townsend, in company with
Hamilton Dickson, sheriff of Whar-
ton county, and one or two others,
went in search of the murderer.
Braddock was evidently suspecting
an early chase and had arranged
a dummy, attired as man, in an
other direction from where he was
hiding. Sheriff Dickson, on seeing
what he believed to be a man, APP
preached it, and as he did so was
shot from another direction, and
died soon afterwards. That was
the second life eXtinguished, caus-
ed by the rock.
Sheriff Townsend then killed
Braddock and Moore and the quar-
tette Of deaths caused by one throw
was completed.
Mr.. Anderson will preserve the
rock, which is an ordinary flint
and weighs several pounds. An
inscription on it reads: This rock
is the cause of four murders"
Braddock, who threw the rock,
was only nineteen years Of age at
the time of his death and Sheriff
Dickson was the fourth man that
he had killed.
POPULAR RAILROAD MAN.
Captain John NJ. Knight, one OF
the most popular and efficient rail-
road men of the state and a resi-
dent of San Antonio, has returned
from a trip to New Orleans. He
expects to accept position in the
passenger department Of leading
eastern line, with headquarters in
San Antonio. Mr.. Knight is a
gentleman who makes friends
wherever he goes and the road
that has secured his services will
find that it has a jewel in the
genial captain. He has been
in the railroad business for years,
and was formerly in New Orleans,
where he held a position that his
son, Milton, is now occupying, and
singular as it may seem, Mr..
Knight, Jr., is now using the same
desk that his father used when he
was chief clerk in the Crescent
city years ago.
OPEN SWITCHES AND SIDE TRACKS,.
Through cars from San Antonio
to the City o. Mexico and vice
versa are expected to be put on tn"
International road at the end Of
March, which will be of great con-
venience to the travelling public
and will do away with The tedious
change at Laredo.
The Baltimore express No. A.,
consisting Of three Pullman pas
senger cars, was wrecked at Whit
ing, Ind, yesterday morning, by
running into a load of brick which
was on the track. The engineer and
fireman were injured.
P. II. Coombs, general agent for
the Cotton Belt, with headquarters
at Houston, and w. ii. Quigg, as
sistant general freight agent for
the same road, with headquarters
at Fort Worth, are visiting in San
Antonio.
| Thomas Garvin, yard clerk for
the Southern Pacific, has returned
from New Orleans, where he at.
tended Mardi Gras.