The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-07
ANOTHER TRAGEDY
ON MOBILE STREET

his gun and fired twice at the woman,
neither shot taking effect, the woman
all the while retreating slowly back
ward behind piano box which was
sitting parallel with the street, with
one end against the wall of the build
ing. When she had gotten into the
corner Brown advanced toward her
and fired the third time, the bullet
piercing the heart and causing instan-
taneous death.
Witnesses say that when the woman
fell Brown went to her and catch
ing hold of her arm, shook her and
asked her If she was dead and upon
finding that he had indeed committef
murder begun to race in manner pc
culiar to one under the Influence nf
a powerful drug, asking those who hal
gathered at the scene Of the killing
why they had permitted him to COM
NIT the deed.
He then turned and walked up the
street about half a block, turned
around and came back to where the
woman was lying, and catching holn
of the body dragged the lifeless form
a distance of ten feet into the open,
and began to search the body, taking
off the shoes and stockings, 1t Is
said, supposedly for. the purpose OF
securing roll of bank xbtes which
the woman was said to have had
earlier in the night. After this had
been done Brown went back up the
street, and was lost sight of in the
excitement which followed.
When the body was removed a $lu
| bank note and ten cent piece were
picked up from the ground where
the woman had been lying. The wo
man was supposed to have had about
! $40 secreted in her stocking, and Il
is supposed that Brown knew where
the money was concealed.
The murdered remained at large
the remainder of the night, and
was feared that he had made goot
his escape, although every precautioi
was taken to prevent his departure
from the city.
Officers were on the alert, and wer'
4 hopeful of finding a clue which woul'
lead to the capture Of Brown, whel
the unexpected happened. Vile
Thigpen, in passing down Whitne
street in the vicinity of Browns HON
about 9 o'clock this morning, wa
surprised to see the man who wa
so muchly wanted standing by tn
fence in front of his house and feaI
ing to approach the supposed despe
ate criminal went for help. He e'
|, countered a negro youth by the nam
of Ollie Moore and after telling hii
that he had found Brown the tw
went together and succeeded in pc
suading Brown to accompany them
town telling him that was the be;
| thing for him to do as the peop
, thought he (Brown) was crazy. The
, were on their way to the court hous
/ to deliver the man to the sheriff whe
| they were overtaken by Mr.. A. CIR
I ham who was in a buggy, and at NJ
/ Graham's suggestion the prison'
. was put into the buggy and the pari
, again started for the court house. h
route there, Officer Benns was m
: and the negro turned over to him, al
, was afterwards delivered to Depu
. Sheriff McGilvray and locked up
. the county jail.
; The murdered woman was said
have been a peaceable negress al
well thought of by those who kne
her, while her slayer is a well know
negro man about thirty years of ae
and until recently had been employ
as ,drayman by Mr.. Joe Shelby
Robbery is the only motive whi
has been assigned as a, cause for t
tragedy, and the fact that "a part
the money was found on the grou'
adds strength to this suppositfon.