The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-28
IN A SPIRIT OF EXCITEMENT
OVER THE NEW ORLEANS RIOT
NEGRO ABUSES a WHITE MAN
the slayer, Victor Brown the We
tim--Tbe Inquest.

About o'clock yesterday afternoon on
Milan street, between Walker and Rusk
avenues. Victor Brown, colored man
about "a years of age, was shot and
killed by John A. Wagner, a white man.
who lives in that locality. the shooting
occurring on the sidewalk in front of Mr..
Wagoners gate.
Mounted officers Anderson and Alhers
arrested Wagner Immediately after the
shooting. He was in his house at the
time with his wife, who had tainted over
the occurrence and who for the past sew
eral days has been quite sick.
Mr. Sagoner admitted to the otficers
OF having done the shooting and in sur
rendering to them turned over he weapon
that he had used, short barrel 45-caliber.
He was taken to the police station. where
he was locked UP.
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| In the meantime the patrol wagon was
also dispatched for the man who had been
\ shot and who was lying upon the side
walk where the shooting occurred. He
was hit too hard to make any statement
and Just as the patrol wagon drove into
the station house yard he expired An
examination of his wound showed that
Z the pail ndu enteItu Just UeluN Tue lcpt
! shoulderbiade and from its range Dr.
Massie, who had been summoned. stated
that the bullet very likely cut one of the
main arteries near the heart.
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Justice Malsch commenced the inquest
soon after Nhe shooting
j. 7. Nunley testified that he and A..
j. Roberts were peddling watermelons in
a wagon and were near the scene of the
shooting. They saw white man pull
his pistol and point it at the deceased.
AS witness and his wagon were in the
range of the fire he drove up about
thiity feet and Stopped to see what was
going TO happen. The white man said
something to the eolored man the de-
ceased) which the witness could not I'M
derstand. The deceased was also talking,
but so low that witness could not hear
what he was saying. The deceased had
his left hand on the fence. a little white
boy came out of the gate and taking the
white man by the arm told him to 60
into the house. The boy then went back
The white man said to deceased 'You
will" and then shot him. When the de-
ceased, after he had fallen, tried 10 gel
up, the white man drew the pistol on hin
again and told him not TO get up, saying
you threatened 10 knock my head of
and told you L,yould kill you"
! An elderly white man, who came along
, attempted to lift the deceased up, blu
the man who did the shooting said; Don
touch him or I'll shoot you, pointing tbs
lpistol at the old man. who then turnet
the deceased loose and shook hands with
: the man with the gun. When the whit,
man first drew his pistol the deceased
? made gesture with his right hand al
4 -sus..
fist was closed.
Roberts. who was with Nanley. cor
roboated the above testimony.
John A. Wagner was seen later in th,
evening at his cell in the station hous
n and made the following statement to
a representative Of The Post
a 'My wife has been sick for the pas
s several days and l was on my way HON
/ about o'clock in the afternoon TO Sc
d her. I live on Milan street. betwee
i Rusk and walker. As | was passing III
5 Bristol hotel | heard some one mutter n
about the New Orleans riot and the KILN
of negroes there by white livered =
looked around and saw a negro whom
IF never remeber having seen before. AS n
:, one else was in the neighborhood I sa
u that his offensive remarks were intendc
q for my bearing | went on. however, turn
h ine into Rusk avenue at Ross g. Wright
n corner and thence to Milan, this n sgr
: following me all the way muttering sbou
n the riot AS / got TO my gate and entere
O. stopped and asked him what he mean
a. He called me a ~ and made mo
lion as though 10 draw gun when ! shf
him. l never saw the negro before tbs
IL know Il and had never had any Pre-
10 vious trouble with him
49,
q II is expected The preliminary trial WI
+ be held this morning in Justice Malsch
10 court 80
j. M. wagner has son with the Hou'
ton Cavalry at the La Porte eneampmen
who has been notified 20 come home Q
account OF the trouble
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