Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-02

In the death Saturday night Of Marshall Ygnacio
Dominguez, Brownsville lost an old and beloved citi-
gen, one whose heroism had won him fame throughout
the nation.
Among the "old-timers" Of the city many an eye
was suffused with tears when they received the It'd
ings that "Joe," Dominguez had passed to his reward.
Their childhood recollections included Joe" Domin-
guez, the personal friend of every man, woman and
child in Brownsville during those days"when the city
was young. They remembered him not only as a
friend but as a peace officer whose heroism had been
proved on numerouskoccasions whose devotion to
duty has never been surpassed.
AS q child Of ten he had acted as sentry for the
Brownsville civilian "army," hastily gathered to man
tho trenches when the bandit Cortina threatened to
pillage the city. OF those stirring days of his child
hood Immediately preceding and following the civil
war, days in which Brownsville figured large in the
nations history, Mr.. Dominguez retained a vivid recol-
lection. OF his participation in those events he sell
dom spoke, but from others has been CLEANED the his
tory Of his deeds, his willingness to make any sacri-
flee in the defense Of the city Of his nativity and his
friends, q trait he frequently exhibited during the
later years Of his life.
II was during the negro soldier mutiny on August
IL. 1906, that "Joe" D~ominguez performed a deed Of
caIor which echoed throughout the nation. As q
peace officer of the city of Brownsville he rode down
tflizabeth street among a storm of bullets and ordered
Che mob Of negro ~soldiery to disperse. Their reply was
TO direct a point blank fire upon him. Shot through
the right arm he reeled in his saddle and his horse
went down riddled with bullets. Awed by their deed
the mutinous soldiers desisted for a few minutes in
continuing their raid upon the city, and these were
moments of valuable time for those citizens who were
organizing to repel the raiders and the officers at the
post who were endeayoring to maintain discipline
among the negro troops.
That Joeis sacrifice prevented the Staying of
scores and possibly hundreds of Brownsville citizens
Il generally conceded. 1t was a deed demanding the
greatest heroism, a deed which not only proved his
absolute fearlessness and his devotion to duty, but
which won for him q place in the heart Of Brownsville
that will endure as long ss the city exists. The hero
ism Of Joe" Dominguez will be told to future genera
tions; his devotion to his country, his city, his friends,
Ia an inspiration, an exemplification Of the greatest
things within the soul of mankind. ~Joe" Dominguez
never possessed great material wealth; but he was
rich in the friendship of his friends, the conscious
ness of q life devoted to mankind, and in these things
no man could be richer.
All Brownsville will mourn the passing OF Joe
Dor;npuez. and it can be t~ruthfully said that no man
If anv city or nation was more deserving of the re-
sheet and friendship which the citizenship Of Browns
Vile had from the earliest days Of the city's history
attended to this heroic figure who so faithfully per-
formed his duty during the NEST turbulent days in the
annals Of the border country.