Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-11
ADVERTISEMENT
Is CAUSE OF
EXCITEMENT
Police and Sherif's Department. as Well
as Newspaper Office, Are Forced TO
Quiet Nerves OF Numerous Brownsville
Residents.

IN apparently innocent advertisement III
the columns WI The Herald Saturday after
noon brought trouble. truuhl, IN huge and
unwicldy quantities. trouble ior The -hcr-
Ifr~ department. truubl, tur th, police dr
partmcnt. uut tu mention W -0udly portion
of n that filtered nate fa, -yurtum same
forum 81 The Herald itself. And al hc-
cause an editor han Sailed wv proof read"
M picr - advertising plate natter. Even
The heading ~ the advertisement had pro-
claimed aloud. ~"Iirwarrl'
The cause m n aIl Wa purely au adycr-
ti-emcut tor v moving picture. tie name ut
which has already been advertised IN thr
columns 81 The Herald.
The trouble began early wv thc rvruin.
and Wa in the torn ot telephone call tu
thc home ut thIrt WI Police M. II. Linton
tor a West Brownsville woman. She in-
former him thar "Ihc CIulchmg Hand
wa~ luu-r. and that l- -hr had once lived
~ q place where there wa- ID Jack. the
Ripper -hr know thr terror nt such w
liir. The chief was properly a-fnuuird.
IT. knew nothing w such Y thing orcurrm.
IN Brownsville. The woman demanded rn-
mediaL police protection Tor the citizens
w West Brownsville. Stating That -hr wa-
greatly surprised that such d plainly dam
gcr"u- criminal WY nv, newspaper -articl,"
described was at large without thr police
department being aware II II.
The rHiri ui ruIiru soon .ut uul hi- rur,
ui The Herald and Icrn-rd u- columns
Tor thc -ha-tly Story WI NhIrh thr woman
had informed hmm. Finding IN tu y, dul,
exciting hc Telephone ORDER 70 to- puhr,
department iu-tnrtiH- inuriiHtri, th, ur-
ret ut a mcuhcr nf The Herald staff on
" char- WITT disturbing thr uracr-uud latter
hr informed that mrmhrr uf fnr stain CHAR
the order wa~ uo Joke. either.
About $50 u'rIurk Saturday ni.ht thr
long looked Tor member oi The Herald -taff
was located WI EIzHh,th Street hl Police
man All=nui and Policeman All.uud ir-
formed him w th, urdrj TAR hi- arrest. Az
rarrntIy muurrni auL %-urrr-rd thar h-
good conduct should bc questioned. thr
aforesaid member WY Thr Herald STAN
offered Oar prove to thr -uti-fartinn ui th,
policeman tUJt nothing had appeared IVY
Ih, Herald whIrh -huH'd have excited fhr
a. II tho rhicf oi pairp. The two Then
repaired tu " newsstand when, tI, looked
over The Herald Together. IN vain. The,
found uu cause tur alarm. Thc policeman
promptly released The Herald nan. and
apollsizcd sincerely TOR any Inconvenience
hr might have rau-rI hiu.
shortly thereafter two member of IN,
Herald -tal mrt .r Thr Herald office. AMI
thr member Nin bad h,rn arrested was NM.
pri-cd ~ thr commutiou that hsd beer
r.iu-rd throughout th, ri-,. I'M, ur-
charged with hcIu- ikr iu-ti.atur of fhr
trouble. hut denied ttr urrr~r'iuu. uh,r
upon hc immediately dler-frd fho urr.iu
TIE trouble. and decided tor himself y
there Wu- indeed cau-a tur alarm. a-
wa~ nothing about The piece uf adv,r1 -r.
plate TN Indicate that w vu- au uIve rI-
mrnt. Only iho-, familiar with the 49,.
tIou 1T newspapers would have bccuk.ui-
N.Y. the thing.
Beside thc woman who ''onc, 80 m
" town that lad v -Iark. thc Rtrrr
there were several other more tr @
Iauchablc incidents Saturday uiaIt. Tii-
woman unfortunately vu- brought a'mu
into hN~tcric~ through her alurm. Tbs,
wife NJ y prominent lawyer. residing IVY
West Brownsville. after reading tho artirl.
~ question, repaired w her room for tbr
night with y hig axe. She was determined
not g. lct The Clutchiue Hand" ect 80 Der
throat. Another woman tcIcgrulh,d tu hcr
husband. Wh" WI- away. in return imre-
diatclv. wy all tho ritil,u- ~ Wet Brown
vile were AZ grave Danger. n vcral Num
81 are known to have insisted that their
husbands. upor leaving home for uptown