Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-27
CROSS Held
IN LIPS BY
DYING MAN
Life of Worker Is
Closely Linked
With City

Death by drowning was the YER
dict OF Judge J. "A. Brown. Point
Isabel coroner. following the find
ing OF the body OF Father Jean 3.
Frigon on the beach yesterday ar
ternOon.
Death Of this church worker.
prominent in South Texas Catholic
circles for the past IS years. IS Of
which he was pastor or the Sacred
Heart church, came as a distinct
shock To Brownsville and the en-
tire Valley.
His body clothed III q bathing
suit was found Oh the beach about
a mile north or the Gulf Side Ca
sino hotel. where he went Tuesday
Tor q few days reCuperati0l.
Missed yesterday az noon when
he was called at the hotel for
luncheon, the alarm was given about
l.20 o'clock and after about one
half hours search the body vas dis
covered. III was found on the beach
with the crucifix clenched between
the teeth.
No intimation that anything
might have happened was felt ever
al the hour Of noon yesterday. be-
cause he often went 90 the hotel
to spend a few days swimming and
resting. and liz was his custom TO
sleep, sometimes, until late III the
day. He was last seen alive by those
at the hotel when he had dinner
Wednesday evening. following the
finding or his body his bath robe
and cap were found on the beach
near the hotel, showing where lie
had entered the water.
Body Lies In State
Captain wv. II. Reed of the W. ~.
Coast guard, who was notified, az
ter II was found at noon yesterday
that Father Frigon's bed had not
been disturbed the night before. said
IL could not be definitely determin-
ed how he met his fate. aS there
was no sea, and the undertow was
said 10 be very slight.
Immediately upon receiving the
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him Captain Reed and his men
spread out along the waters and
searched both the gulf and the
beach. In about hall an hour the
body was found and carried 70 Point
Isabel where the inquest was held
The body has been brought 10
Brownsville and today N was an
nounced that IL will llc ~ state az
the Sacred Heart church from y
o'clock today until . o'clock tom0r-
row. Funeral services Will imme-
diately follow.
Father Frigon was 50 years Old
and had been pastor Of the church
where his body lies for the past six
teen years.
Born I'm Canada
Father Frigon was born July q,
1871, In TrOis Rivieres, Three RiT-
ers) Canada. and began his plans
for priesthood during bis early uni
versity career.
From Canada. after joining The
priesthood, he arrived tn Browns
Vile In 1891 and became q teacher at
st. Joseph'S college. taking the place
Of Father ParisotI founder OF the
local college.
After serving In this capacity adj
mirably for three years. he Travelled
to Laredo. where he was ordained
III 1894. He made the trip partly by
horse, and partly hy stage. ne SAID
during hts %sacerdotal jubilee, ceie-
brated here tn 1920.
III the year 1895, after being or
dained. he returned TO mis- native
country. Canada. where he became
a missionary. Records kept In Cath
Ole church show that ne remained
several years. and was "a missionary
III Montreal in 1899.
Year later, in 1907. he was moved
10 Duluth, MINI, still acting al
missionary Of the Catholic church
The next mention or Father FrIE0r
in church records shows him In Bal
linger. Texas. IN 1909. in charge %.
the mission at that town.
In 1912 the Sacred Heart churcr
was built In Brownsville. and
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