San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-05-25
BROWN Is DEAD.
HE FACED DEATH VERY BRAVELY.
Died In The Faith of the Catholic
Church Which Supported Him.
He Merely Said Goodbye Everybody
and Then Broke Down. Death
Came Quickly, His Neck
Being Evidently
Broken.

Law and order has been observed
once more in the Alamo city and
justice though stern, is trium-
plant over the lawless element
Austin Brown, the gigantic negro
murderer, has paid the penalty for
his redhanded crime, and by the
hands of the unwilling executors
of the law has expiated with his
life for the life which he so wanton-
ly and so mercilessly deprived a
fellow being Of.
The blood of Anderson Harris
will no moro cry out for appease-
ment.
The brief chapter Of Browns
career is closed.
Mrs. Brown is a widow, her chill
dren are fatherless.
But she is rid of a brutal hus-
band, one so lustful and cruel that
her indignities were we'll nigh I'M
bearable.
Friday was not cloudy or rainy
as is usual for hangman's day,
though light clouds were visible in
the heavens all morning.
At the Jail as early as 6 o'clock
the crowds began to besiege the
stout doors of the jail on Cameron
street. Nearly everybody was pos
sessed of a pass, but all were re-
fused admission until after nine
o'clock.
A LIGHT reporter entered the
Jail at $3.50 o'clock and talked to
Brown. He slept well, he said,
when he at last got to sleep, though
he wrote several letters during the
night. He was awake early this
morning, but would eat nothing
until his priest, Rev. Father En-
cry, came about 6 o'clock. Then
he drank a quart of black
coffee and ate two slices of
bread and butter. That is all the
breakfast he ate. The remainder
of the morning was spent in prayer
and conversation with the priest.
The guard, Jose Montez, Jailers
Vidal, Martinez, Stahl and Burns,
he said, had all treated him we'll,
and so had Sheriff Campbell.
Guard MonteZ said that Mrs.
Brown had called at 3 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, by herself,
and remained two hours.
Brown gave her good advice
about rearing their two
children and expressed repentance.
When she was about to leave he
wanted to kiss her. She at first re-
fused, then hearing that he had
been baptized and was truly re.
pentant, she kissed him through
the bars and left.
Monies says Brown did not cry
once when alone, during all
his confinement, except when
some of his white friends called
and talked to him. He spent so
much Of his time in prayer that he
complained of having cOrns on his
knees and asked for mat to kneel
upon.
Brown said to the reporter that
he felt better since he was baptised
and was not afraid to die. He
sade everybody goodbye.
At 9 o'clock small groups OF wit
nesses began arriving, among them
Justices of the Peace Trainer, Mo-
reau and Adam, and four physi-
clans, Withers, Bennett, Apple
white and A. Herff were soon in
the jail. Other doctors present
were Nowierski, Oldham and
ClaVin.
The suit of black for Brown was
given him at 10 o'clock and he
dressed himself. He was attIred
all in black, even to cravat and
socks.
The death warrant was read to
Brown in his cell and the way to
the scaffold was led at IL 30 O'Clock.
Three policemen led the way, fol-
lowed by Jailer Martinez. Then
came Father Emery in white and
black robes. Then came Brown.
supported on the arm OF Sheriff