Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-07
KIDNAPPED
ROBBED AND
STABBED
Houston Attorney Claims That He Was
Relieved Of $50 and Tied TO Tree for
Day and Night Until deceased by the
Supposed Ki%cnappers.
AFTER REACHING HOME de WAS
STABBED BY SOME unknown
Former State Legislator cId City Alder
man of San Antonio is Victim of Series
of Mysterious Grimes in hgIston-Men
Attracted to Him in City.
Houston. Texas. Oct. THAT he was

Houston. Texas. oct. THAT he was
lnrcd several miles into the country IN
an auto. robbed of 500 and other yalna
blcS. tied To u tree from I O'Clock last
Friday morning till 1 o'clock the next az
t%crnoon. and that the night after he did
reach home he was stabbed in the neck,
almost on his own threshold. is the story
If John a. Otonnor. a Houston attor
nev, who has served two terms in the
State legislature and four wears a. alder
0Connor was found. covered with blood.
Monday morning, about = o'clock. near
his back door. when his wife rushed out
after hearing him call for help. lie was
taken in WcSthcimcr's ambulance Ia 81.
.Ioseph'S iniirmary. where hc H. living
Although il was thought at first that he
was bleeding inwardly. ii j. now he
licvcd that the wound is not serious.
II think III know the men who tied
me Ia the tree. said Mr.. OConnor. "One
Of them has sandy hair and isn't very
large. The other one was larger and his
hair was darker. | believe that | recog.
nizcd the man who stabbed me Monday
morning iS the man who helped tie me 10
the tree"
Mr.. O'Connor believes that robbery
was the motive for his kidnapping and
declares that il is his belief that the mer
knew that he had caShcd a draft for SLOT
the morning before he was lurcd into the
.un 49,. .AAl tluf fL..~ th.ttuhf la. naipIt
have the money ON him.
Last Thursday Mr.. OConnor caShcd q
draft for 500 for a friend and when he
left the bank with the money in his hand
he noticed two men standing near the
door.
That's a lot Of money YOU have. Can't
YOU give NJ 4 dollar" one of them said
to me- declared Mr.. OiConnor. Il told
them that il wasn't my money and Wa
cd On Mr. 0Connor continued. II he
lievc that they followed me down 10 the
krcSs building. but I'll not bc positive
of that.
II had charge of a ease for a man here
in town aud Friday morning two men
came Ia me- and said that they could tell
me where | could Get two witnesses in
the ease. l:ut they said that they could
not get Ia see them ill that night about
o'clock i'm the morning when they up
preached me. | told them that | didn't
like 10 stay out Ill night. hut I'll like
Ia see the witnesses.
III they'll swear what vou say they
will swear Ill 20 ont and see them
told the men. They said all right and
left me. I intended sending my daughter
to school in Sln Antonio and | wanted
the money. Before the men lerr We agreed
a. meet al the Seaman building.
$50 that evening. FRIDAY. | went Ia the
nrncr and met them there about 2
o'clock. They said that il was too early
a. 20 out a. the place where the wit
ncSScs were. 81 | went into a moving pie
turc show don't know whether il was
up or down the street from the place
where | met them.
after | camc out of the show | went
back up 10 the corner and met them
there. They were in an auto-Said that
iNt litff Ma> hNff q Mlit dNdN anu Autt
We would - IN the automobile. ! got
in. One Of the men drove the ear. The
other sat on the back with me. We went
on out into the country. | don't know
much about the city. ~ ! haven't been
here very long. II must nave been about
six miles out that | ho.ame sure that
they weren't taking me- where they said
they intended e..
Where are We going?' | asked them.
"TOh. we're taking u little JOY ride
the one on the seat answered. | told
Them that | didn't want To- take a joy
ride. that | ought 10 be al home.
"'You fellows turn around aud 60
back or I'll Get ont | told them. but the
one who was with me suddenly caught
hold of my arm. | told him a. turn ms
loose aud struck him. lie began cutting
me with a knife. My clothes were cut
almost into shrclS. Then the man ON the
front seat pulled a pistol and said that
he would Kill me IL | didn't keep still
Naturally | kept still.
~They took me out Of the ear Ia a
thicket. They must have had the whole
thing planned. They went through my
pockets. Ny watch. the Sl50 in money
which | still had on me and other arti-
cles were taken ont OF nv pocket. ]
don't know whether or not they got my
knife. They did the searching them
selves and they might have gotten that
too.
.They then made me sign two checks