Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-08-24
AMERICAN COURAGE.
How G. x Brownings Remains
We're Recovered
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grit stops q nothing When Charlton
h browning confidential agent 20 the
big arm - > o. Camor, a Co.. - this
city. met death oH the part ~ BbcaS
iAel rarto aud IVES intsrtcl Ia talnn.
ban soil permission was denied the
Representatives 80 hi, family to eN-
hums the rymains. The Colombian
gvs~fuFss - printei to it. aw pro-
hihiting the disint,rring ~ bs.iie> until
a rcriod - eighteen ruou'h> had
elapsed, and ,toed pat ia the face Il all
the arguments v hich could hr brought
is bear in favur - relaxing the laws
! he ofieial> 20 that country had uo,
rsckousd upvn the rrrsr, rran,- which
ts part ~ the American character
u was On june 2 that naphtha
launch IA which w Brow ming was a
passenger exploited, lie died on June
u ard wss buried On june - Thirty
oue dat agu two men sailed fr,,m New
Orleans Ia secure the toiv. They had
the direct backing % the knights -
~ thias. and behind tbcm sto.si the
"'f HfAf w. h'fH AHNNAkff &FtHA
ru'dtcal organizations. Yesterday
vhsn the st~am.hip I t,trin landed al
Notiie these two men were pa.srug-r~.
and thcF had with them cn~ket con
tanning the rvmains which they hah
trvn -cnt a. recover. This msrning
the rrmains rvsched New Orleans. To
recover the remains Joseph a. n~rbv>.
. New orie1u> attorney AMI , D. Iolet.
a travelling man 10 the employ of
Chicago hrm. braVrd all manners of
danger. narrowly cssap.d death hv
shirv rvck. spent money like water.
and with their own han,l> op.u-d th..
grave into t hich the rcu,ins had b..cn
placed two months 40
When the two Americans reached
iioeas they applied 90 Consui Hands.
'sh" told thrm their ai>sipa uas hope
less. tic4l,ic Esavo ~ E,--a, refused
- allow them - op~u Erowuing's 5
grave They hifcl a crart tur aud >et
81 for 1aiou. The drunken pilut Ia..f
hi. reckoning q Storm camr Mp. thsv
w~e blown .iNtt miles fram their
eocF aad fpF bile death c-me,l
CERTAIN FINALLY at lat th. &, ind went
down aud talon va made after many
har,ish,ps therv ths prsfert. Iss-.s
de obaisiia. lt.teuei a. " hat they hasl
ta say aud finally granted them an or.
der upeu the alealde az t.41eas instruct
ing that oi,icial 10 allow them 10 iisin-
ter srovniaE rvnains Nh~u theY
rsachest Ess.ss again. astia ~ "a ith th..
ar'ler. thsg tb"aEht that ths.r trs,ahis-s
were evrr. ftrF bad iust heran- N
ers rault D.. f.'und sh1 soald op~u
The grave. tius a=au offered - have
g dome eu the Ia s. uss= nf sl,..s % - a thsis-
saud dollar. but th.. Offer hhd a sa~-
pieiau. la.sk and the Americans ~ sfsl>.,sl
Il There vas uothiux left Tor them
bat - open the grave themselves. I.s.~t
further obstacle. shaaili De-. thrown ia
their way DcrAe and Iolst waited
until midnight and lugFvd the ca,i.et
whleh had been sent for the reception
Of the b. i a usoufh before. u the sps
" here BROW niu.s had been buried
Then they went - work ani uncovered
the remaiu>. Their hands. unu,e,l to
manual tod were ht,.s,ilus bcfur.. III,
tax uas finished. After four hours OF
hard work however. the task wa, ae-
eumpii>he'i and the rvmains. placed in
the waiting eassrt. bad been carried t.
the steamship fl,tein. which vas in
waiting.
I.Fhe> and Joliet wrrv given an ova
tion by the pythian> 81 New Orleans
,oday y hen the Louisville i Nashville
train pulled in. AM they stepped off.
in charge Of Erovniugi> remains The
burial of the bady 81 Brow ming on
American >ail ~ III take place tomorrow.
The dead man was master Mason. the
grand chancellor of the Knights af
| fythia, and the president 90 the Past
Grand ehaneellor's Association. lie
vas aisn a member of the Ancient or.
der % p-uid>, the E,>yuic knights and
the American Legion Of Honor. beside
belonging to many locaI associations.
| All the expenses attendant upon the
| trip made bv Dsrhes and let were
borne by the knights Of Fythias.