Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-10
MARSHALL CR|XELL
SHOT TO DEATH BY
DEPUTY SHERIFF
DIES ALMOST INSTANTLY FROM
EFFECT OF WOUNDS
SLAY-R Paul k'ALISTER
Shooting Occurred or Elizabeth
Street at 9:45 O'clock Last Night
in Vicinity Of Many People.

Chief of Police Joe l.. crixell was
shot and killed almost instantly, on
Elizabeth street, between 18th and
18th, last night a, a quarter Of ten,
by Deputy Sheriff Paul McAllister
The deputy was arrested at once by
Ranger Captain J. NJ Fox and taken
to jail
The chief had just ridden il from
his usual nightly round of the town,
dismounting in front o. T. Crixell's
saloon. McAllister was seated
short distance away in front Of the
Club saloon, just outside the curb
and facing the saloon. CriXell
walked towards the Club saloon
shortly after dismounting When
he was within about five feet Of Nc
Alister the shooting occurred An
automatic forty-five calibre pistol
was used. Six sho.s were fired, each
of them striking Crixell He fell
just outside the curb Immediately
and died within ten minutes with
out speaking.
| Assistance reached the chief al
most Immediately, but he expired be-
lfore he could be moved from the
Ilground.
1t was found on examination that
one shot had entered the right side
Of the neck, one the right side Of the
\ ches-, one the left side Of the chest,
one went into the abdomen, first
passing through the mans right
hand, one in the right shoulder, and
one in the right side, near the waist
line The wound through the hand
was made apparently by the bullet
which entered the abdomen, which
is explained by the fact that it was
Mr.. Crixell's habit to stand with his
thumb inserted in his belt, allowing
hand to hang over his abdomen.
The street was very quiet at the
time and there were few pedestrians
on the side Of the street where the
shooting occurred. Less than a
block away, however, a crowd of
perhaps two hundred was gathered,
listening to a band which was play
ing on the roof Of he Miller hotel.
When the shots rang out with such
suddenness and rapidity, all began
running in an opposite direction.
4 Justice Of the Peace Phil P. Bar
bour and Dr. w. y. Sphon reached
the spot among the very first. Mr..
Barbour together with Deputy Mar
shall ]. NJ Dwyer extracted Mr..
Crixells pistol from the holster and
examined it, Every chamber was
filled. So far as learned no words
preceded he shooting.
An ambulance was called and the
body removed to the undertaking es-
tablishment Of Burt r. Hinkley
where it remained last night.
Surviving Mr.. Crixeu are wife
and four children. He also leave:
three brothers, Teofilo. Vicente ant
Louis Crixell, all we'll known citi-
zens of Brownsville, and also hi:
mother and one sister. Mrs. Cruz
Gutierrez, who reside in Corpus
Christi
John t. Huddleston, restaurant
= propristor who was sitting in from
: of his place. adjoining the Gu!
: saloon, was struck in the hip BY
/, bullet and received flesh wound.
The wife and children Of the cit.
: marshal were out of the city at tn
time, visiting at the ranch of JUS,
t Cortez. twenty-five miles from town
An auto was sent for them las
night
/ J. M. Dwyer Made Mar7hal.
q Deputy Marshal J. NJ. Dwyer wa
s appointed by Mayor Cole as city mar
C shall lat night after the shooting
and was given the liberty of appoint
i ing as many special policemen as h
p though necessary. He at once al
pointed six.
Capt. Fox's Statement.
CAPTAIN ]. NJ Fox, OF the ranger
I. who arrested Paul McAllister, tol
the following 10 a Herald man:
/ q was sitting in chair on q
r sidewalk in front Of the Bank saloo
le talking to some friends. We r.
N marked as to the quietness Of =
Ia street and the general stiffness
ie everything. While sitting ther
le Mr.. Crixell rode by on his horse an
q spoke to himl He was with al
& G aer rider. whom ! did not know.
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