Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-07


of cheeks and | signed the two. The
they tied me- up 10 the tree.
About 4 O'Clock the next afternoon
they came back and abused me- for not
having the money IN the hanks. They
STAYED till about Il O'Clock and then they
united me and left.
eli YOU tell 4 Scui well kill yoe.' they
cautioned me. Ten or fifteen minutes If.
ter they Icft me. | followed in their dir
%eciion. ! didn't see or hear an autoino
bile The second time they were there. but
suppose they had one.
n walked till . O'Clock. I was almost
dead from thirst and from lack of food,
Tor ! hadn't had a bite since The day
before. About . O'Clock III the evening |
stopped. 4 man who was passing along.
since learned that he was Deputy Con
stable Patterson Of Houston Heights.
Here j. u nickel he said and ! took
that. | can.ht The first ear | could and
Ven home
At this point Mr.. O'connor's wife took
up the story with the night that her hus
band was missing. She told Of the WORRY
and of how She finally was persuaded 10
20 home from her husbands office Sat
urday afternoon in the hope that he
would turn up that evening.
II had promised to call Judge j. q
Williams. a relative. aud tell him if my
husband didn't come in az Q o'clock. If
ha .Is1nrt a..n. -. ... a. ,a.sf.r IL.
police and start a search. Al . o'clock
Mr.. Oconnor didn't come and while M
a nciehbor's telephone l called Mr.. Vii
liamS. Tie said that the officers were ri
his Office ready. and about that time my
daughter called 10 me from my home. Il
short distance AWAY. that Mr.. O'Connor
had come in. So. I told Mr.. Williams
that he had come and the officers left
When | cot home and saw what a state
his clothes were in | Immediately called
Mr.. Williams again and he called the
detectives
The next night. Sunday night. Mr.. Viii
liams had occasion 10 90 out of doors
several times. Mrs. Oronnor accom-
/ panied him several times. About .
o'clock h. arose and stepped out of the
house again.
Both he and his wife had fears n to
what might come from the two men
whose description he had given Ia the
police. and this fear was emphasized by
a neighbor seeing two men in an auto
pass the house Sunday afternoon and
s~crutiniZc unusually close.
"IIc described The men To me and they
fit the description of the men who took
me into the country" said Mr.. OConnor.
$50 WI were afraid that they might come
ba"k 10 take out the spite on me. When
| stepped out | didn't notice any one.
When ! started back Ia the house. only
a few feet AWAY. a man suddenly jumped
out If the darkness at me. | felt the
sting az the knife ~ il struck me in the
neck. | saw him jump the fence and
thought ! saw another man. Then | was
blinded hy the loss of blood
A nciuhbor woman. who heard Mr..
OConnor scream. MY God. they've
stabbed me-" looked out the window and
saw two men running away from the
place.
The knife was found in the yard Of a
ncighbor. and fits the description Mr..
OConn"r gave Of his knife. However.
the knife bore evidences Of being recently
whcttrl. whereas Mr.. OCOnnor SAYS
that his knife was dull when he saw il
last.
The police are Investigating the affair
and are looking for two men who iii the
description given by Mr. OConnor.