The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-27
TOM PiNCKNEY DEAD.
One More Name Has Been Added to
.he Hempstead Death List.

the Hampstead Death List.
Hampstead, Tex, April 27.-Tom
Pinckney. who was shot twice in the
affair at the court house Monday night,
died al O'Clock Tuesday morning.
Congressman Pinckney was shot -FOUR
times. Captain Browne was shot In
the back. He leaves two sons and four
daughters.
After Mills was shot he said: II
didn't do anything wrong. l don't see
why they shot me-" He then expired.
Adjutant General Hulen, Sheriff
Matthews and ex-Policeman Busher
came down from AUSTIN at a. m.
Tuesday. Genera! Hulen was notified
by telephone of the tragedy.
A special train from Houston
brought Sheriff Anderson and State
Rangers Timberake. Smith. Ransom
and Randall. They were under orders
from General Hulen. They visited the
court room 1t presented an upheaved
appears nee. Chairs were overturned
seats and enches were broken, blood
splotches here and there on the floor
and the walls were marked with bullet
holes.
Citizens congregated and talked over
the affair. 1t is hard to get any two of
them to tell the same story. Each has
his own version. 1t is said that young
Browne was in the rage Of tiger
| during the shooting. and that when 1t
was over he did not use very choice
| language in expressing himself
The rangers fear no further trouble,
bllt will remain few DAYS.
1t was impossible to see more than
| thu smallest part Of the ARRAY at one
| time, as the smoke was SO dense. Aft
err the firing had ceased and the smoke
| had cleared, it was found that John
| NJ Plnckney was lying in the throes of
death at a point on the opposite side
! Of the room from where he had been
sitting during the progress of the meet
| ing
Captain Browne had advanced to a
| position very near the place where
| Pinckney had formerly sat- and was
| lying dead on one Of the benches.
T. D. Pinckney had moved In some
| thing of a semi circle. and was found
| MORALLY wounded at a point behind
| the one occupied by him when the at
| fray began.
r. f. Tompkins had about recovered
| from the effects of the blow on the
side of the head. and was suffering
slightly from a very light flesh wound
in the left ,eek.
| Young Browne after the shooting was
being held in the aisle by several men.
1t seems that he had emptied his re-
volver and had gone out to secure an
other and was returning to the ARRAY.
1t was found that he had been shot In
the abdomen. the ball only ploughed
| along just beneath the skin and his
| wound is not serious.
| J. E. Mills had been fatally shot, but
had been assisted down stairs and was
| hall.
| 1t was found that Congressman John
M. Pinckney had not been armed. He
walked to the spot where he died and
was asked if he was hurt. He answer
ed: "Pshaw. they've killed me-" He
began to sink then and was supported
by one of the gentlemen standing near
and eased to the floor, where he soon
! expired. He had been shot four times.
three balls Il tering the breast and one
| breaking the left arm One Of the balls
in the breast struck the heart. He
|
| Captain Browne was dead when
reached. He received only one wound.
ball of small caliber having entered
below the left shoulder blade from be-
hind. The ball did not pass through
the body and hardly a drop Of blood
was shed from the wound.
| Mr.. Mills was found to have been
wounded from in front by a ball which
struck him in the left shoulder and
ranged downward, passing through the
left lung and out of the body. He was
removed to his home. where he expired
after three hours of suffering An in
ternal hemorrhage was the in,m ,di:, te
cause of the end.
| T. D. Pinckney had been shot twice
in the small Of the back, both balls
ranging through the intestines. Hope
was at no time held out for his recov-
cry, though he survived Mr.. Mills by
three hours.
| 1t has been a very trying ordeal for
the sister who survivs the Pinckney
brothers, and it is indeed sad sight
to see her 81 ting weeping between the
corpses of her idols.
| John M. Pinckney had never married,
but lived ife of perfect devotion to
this maiden sister, Miss Sue Pinckney
| Young Browne and r. E. Tompkins
have been placed under arrest.
|