Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-02-25


this man only had about - due him ami
owed 81 Of that 10 the foreman for gro
ccrics for which he had stood good al the
store. So he did not run away from "A
months wages.
The two section men were known IL he
very poor. not even owning bedding suf
ficient 10 cover them. and one Of them
had a wife and three wear old girl. and
slept on the ground in u shack without
a floor:
Some az the men arrested are under mr..
ret for something in 10 way connected
with the Rowcll case. but may know
something Of il.
| think Mr.. Rowcll was struck on the
head III his store and probably when
standing AT the safe. and rendered I'M
conscious. The safe was robbed. then he
was carried by three or four men out Of
the rear door and 10 the place where his
body was found. but on the way there H..
began 10 recover and show signs Of life
and thea was checked till h. was again
unconscious and when the, finally laid
him down they fired one shot into his
head and one into his body a. he lay
there from a = calihrc pistol. and that
the shot heard up town earlier in the
evening had nothing 10 do with his death.
One Of the men under arrest bought
IN cents worth Of - short pistol cart
ridges the day Of the murder. and gave
me a few different stories of what he
did with them finally finishing up with
the statement that he gave them 10 a to
tai stranger who no one but he had seen.
though h. claimed III first that the man
had worked for him one or two days.
Mr.. Rowcll undoubtcdlv had nearly
500 in his safe. because a reliable citi-
zen states that h. bad hclpcd Rowcll
count his silver = couple If days before
and that h. Jaw him count the currency.
RowcllS pockets were not robbed. nor
was a glass nickel slot machine that
stood on The counter.
The citizens IF the ncighhorhaod are
VERY much worked mp over the ease. and
think. more alarmed for their safety
than IT, necessary. because when a man
lives alone. no one living within Il block
If him. h. partly crippled. known a. keep
what To some people seem 4 fortune III
his safe and known 10 open ii IN the
presence Of people wanting checks caSh"d
or to change a large bill. when under
those circumstances >uch a crime il com
mittcd. il does not follow that everyone
= in danger.
Everything will hc done 10 clear this
up. and the sheriff was heard to offer
me hundred dollars for the conviction
Of the guilty ones. and men in ScbaStian
and lNfurd have offered 10 raise 4 like
amount if the, thought il would do any
good.
We have McNiclnS around AMI among
n that are ~ anxious 10 stop such things
- ~ any American. "a il does not follow
that because the ones suspected If this
are McNicanS. that there j. any reason to
fear them.
\ man could not run a store ~ that
was handled. il ii were IN any large city.
without being held mp long before.
DO not put tuo much temptation IN
%lnr0nr'S way and remember that what
seems temptation for one class Of pconlc
may seem great 10 another class Don't
hc alarmed.
And 10 the women and girls Of Scbas
ton YOU are safer here than any part
Of the south. for Mcxicans are not like
nIggcrs.
" II. MEAD
Justice Of the Peace Of Precinct No. y
~l;aymondvillc. Texas. February -.