The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-02
W. c. BRANN DEAD
He Mas Killed ID i Street Dsslsxi I
7. G. Davis. tai
2 SAID 10 BE DylxC:
Davis Is Said 10 Have Fired Tic
First Shot, After lroyocasion.
3, /.
.BkAXx kEpT SHOOTING DAVIS
After He Hal Fallen 10 the Ground
NOrtaik svcundetl.
THE HARRIS BROTHERS WERE KILLED
Within Hair n Biack Of Nhcrc Yca-
trruaS's Fight Occurrcd--Cr~wO ut
az lconocinst Publications.
Il
After He Hal Fallen 10 the Ground
Narrative Wcundeil.
lie HARRIS BROTHERS WERE KILLED

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Wacoi Texas. April 2,--t2 a. NIB Bgann
seliad at rs O'Clock after lingering several
hours. He wes nover conscious dusins the
night His wife aud children ware With
nini when he died ~ . Il. nj. Davis Is vcgy
low, but there Is chance for life: he u
conscious when he awakcs Mt times AMI
convtrscs with those nj his bsdsIds.
Waco, Texas, April Nv. 9, Brann H.
mortally wounded at his homo In this city;
his business manager, W, IL. Ward, carries
u wounded hand aud r, l.. Davis. member
al the real estate firm OF Williams 4
Davis. is dying. These are the result, OF
an enpountes in The streets this eve lag
n Hide before o'elocs.
BrGnn and Ward were walking slo side
b. eide on South Fourth street, just a hail
block from the spot whsic tbs Gs.al
Harris tragcdy occurred, vixen Mr.. Div Il,
lie is said, stepped from his Office and With
an cath fired AT Brann. Ward sprang a.
Davis and gynhb:d his plsto', Who PAM
turned TO face his antagopist and Oasis
fired Il second shot, the ball pitrstsg
Wards hand. Ward, OF course, rlesssltss
pistol and Drann by this tins had drawa
bis own,
Branii and Davis thsp bean Hrng a..
each other, standing not nerc 4taan IDs,
lcet apart, Davis coon fell to tbs iidswsik,
end brann continued 10 E,f al Il m nj
otlisers arriyfS md 4 stsd him &.
lie was conveyed 10 the city mar. lie
stood up until he walked hfty feet atte. n
was asrcsieG, lhrn had o'bc ea-risd TO to
ball. where he wos placed GA cot nj
"a physician sent for lie was shoi u lie
back The BAH entering between The shyul-
lcr9 piercing the left lung and coming olt
5etNecn tho left nipple ard tn a-rpli.
Another SHOT took effect N The lat thsh
upd another in tho right foot. Tho l.te,
wolnds arc not considered serious, but tie
rho; through the lung is though. 7, b,
fatal
Tcn Davis was shot five or Elk tirci
through the body. one shot entering tn
centc: or the breast. aro,hsr Ia The IL .
and one in the region OF the Kidneys. ITO
other wounds are not serious. lie was cirad
for at his Office and physicians arc at thii
writing doing their utmost to hold tn.
threads OF life together.
There are conflicting statements as TO
how the shooting began. Mr.. Davis made
d statement to Assistant County Attorney
sludcr, but Mr.. Slider would not Elyc
oui tho full statement. II was,in substance
that he (Dayis) had several months ago
said to a friend Of Branns that Rrann
was scoundrcl and ought 10 be made TO
leave town; that such remarks were COM
municated to Brann and that Brann and
Ward had dogged his footsteps today; that
they had applied insulting words, 10 him
ut the Pacific hotel only few minutes
before the shooting; that he had refused
70 resent the Insult and went to his Of
fee that they deliberately waiksd across
the street 10 his office, and as 'hey PASSED
the door Brann said: There is the sco;in-
treI and coward and he can not he induced
q fight" tina; he lDayiL) walked out o.
the office toward them, and as he stepped