The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-20
SHOT DOWN.
Joe Williams Of Beaumont Seriously
Wounded by One Of The Bullets.
NEITHER PRINCIPAL WAS BADLY HURT
Stated that the Shooting Was Expected
and that tire Police Were Cognizant
OF the Probability,

Beaumont, Texas January 10. Beaumont
was thrown intc state " excitement this
mornlng at II 30 by another shooting anair
IN which two men were wounded, one per.
huns fatauy-n hystander-and another
slightly. There were perhaps 20O0 people
within block Of the scene OF The trAg
cdy and In two minutes after It happened
there were that many ne the corner block
Ing the passage Of both pedestrians and We
hicles until the officers could get them 10
move on
Frank Battle about 80 years Of age. is
Joe Williams, man OF middle age, a
hookkeCper and well known IN this CITY, Is
now III his home OF Milan street IN crit
Jim Robinson. well.known Bcaumonter
OF several years residence, has slight
wound over the shoulder and around the
back,
mo shooting occurred on the busiest cor
ner ia the city and It is rather IN IN
nature OF miracle that moro people We're
nor wounded or killed At THIS point there
prc always more people than can be found
at any similar location In Texas ana tnc
two shots that were irrd were on almost a
level making all the peopio within range
q mark.
Il seems that the trouble had been OK.
pcctcd by the parties concerned, ana alsl
l by the Officers since saturday nigAt, There
as can be learned authenticity.
Battle was standing az the corner tsh
/ ing 20 someone. Robinson came VI qua ~
/ shooting began without amy WORDS passlnH
passed lust over Robinson's shoulder an.
by his back aud entered the groin OF WI
Hams who was hChiud hin At that mo
ment Robinson struck the pistol ~ B'ttle
hand with his cane. Then Battle steppc.
back and raised his pistol to hrc tho scco u
shot when Mir. Ed Ogden caught ~
weapon. turned II In tho MIR ns u was aus
charged and at the same moment onlS
Hodges rushed in and covered Battle WIN
his pistol and made him surrender th'
weapon 3nd himself
Battle madc uo resistance after this an,
went ON to the jail with the officers WI
Hams in the meantime WAS cared for b.
some Of the hystanders and laid on an I'm
proyiscd bed pending the arrival OF ihf NJ,
hulaucc II came about noon ana NJ WI
,iams was taken on board MT Robins d
was taken to his home aud is reported q
Trnnk Battle has been living In Roaumon
for fnur or Hvc years and has boruc q goo
. reputatiou nR a hard working. industiou
Young man, He is a married man ~
worked around the Duke market ann No
been employed Ia other stores since h'
Jim Robinson Is an elderly mnn who ha
mndc Rcaumuu, hts home Dor number
wears re is perhapt hctter known 17 - ~
, house mover though his brother, Tom 10
, insou w. doing that work now. Mr. koh!i
SON Inc man who Was shot, owns rpnSi'
, crahlc amount of property mere, some
IS hich w. most valuable.
Nir Williams runs q boarding house d
7 NlNnm street and was simply one OF mos
Z Innocent byStgnders who arr sometimes VI
fortunate cnnurh TO- eaten stray hnhol@
4 reporter called nu Mr.. Battle AT u
IA inO and he stated that he did the eho>Nl
n hccauec his life had been threatened. Wv
liner than that nothing couid he z 'tn
Il from him He spok" I'M an cNaHlNe mann
.u5 evIdautty aid moi care Ia mako az