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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF BRANN THE ICONOCLAST

VOLUME XII

CONTENTS

A CHAPTER WRITTEN IN THE LIFE BLOOD OF W. C. BRANN AND THOS. E. DAVISOTHER STATEMENTSBRANN'S DEATHDAVIS FOLLOWS BRANNW. H. WARDTHE OBSEQUIESTHE LATEST TRAGEDYBRANN AND BAYLORTERRIFIC DEADLY CONFLICTTHE LATE TRAGEDYTHE PASSING OF WILLIAM COWPER BRANNREST—REST IN PEACEA MEMORIAL TO W. C. BRANNDEATH OF W. C. BRANNA PEN PICTURE OF BRANNSEMPER VIVATIM MEMORIAMBRANN'S BRAVE BATTLEBRANN IS NO MOREBRAVE AND BRAINY BRANNBRANN, OF THE ICONOCLASTA MARTYR TO FREE SPEECHEDITORIAL ETCHINGSSIMPLE STATEMENT OF FACTSLET THE PLAIN TRUTH BE TOLDTHE LAST LESSONSALMAGUNDITHE DEATH OF BRANNPRIVATE VENGEANCEBRANN, THE FOOLWILLIAM COWPER BRANNSPEAKING OF GALLBLUE AND GRAYHUMBUGS AND HUMBUGGERYBEAUTY AND THE BEASTBRANN'S REPLY TO SLATTERYTHE LOCAL OPTION LUNACYOLD GLORYTHE LONE STARSLAVE OR SOVEREIGNRAINBOW CHASERS

Extracts from The Waco "Weekly Tribune," Issue of
Saturday, April 2, 1898.

A CHAPTER WRITTEN IN THE LIFEBLOOD OF W. C. BRANN ANDTHOS. E. DAVIS.

THE STREET DUEL TO THE DEATHIN WACO STREETS.THERE ARE TWO MORE WIDOWSAND EIGHT MORE ORPHANS.

   The Full Recital of the Double Tragedy, the Deaths, the
       Burials and Subsequent Events—Will This End It?
             In God's Name Let Us Hope It Will.

Died—At 1.55 o'clock A.M., April 2nd, W. C. BRANN.
Died—At 2.30 o'clock P.M., T. E. DAVIS.

Friday afternoon, November 19, 1897, marked astreet duel and tragedy in which two men were killed,one lost an arm, and an innocent by-stander was injured.Friday afternoon, April 1st, 1898, within an hour ofthe time of the first tragedy, and within a half block ofthe locality of the other, W. C. Brann and Tom E.Davis engaged in a street duel in which each of them wasmortally wounded, and three others received slightwounds. Four fatalities within five months of each otherare bloody records in the history of the city of Waco,all of which can be traced to the same source, all of whichwere born of the same cause. The publication lastyear in the ICONOCLAST and the incidents following thepublication are well known. They have been publishedfar and wide, the kidnaping of Brann, the assault uponhim by the Scarboroughs, the Gerald-Harris affair, andthe hurried departure of Brann on one occasion. Duringall these incidents Tom E. Davis was an outspoken citizenof Waco. He denounced the author of the ICONOCLASTarticles and said he should be run out of townand had continued throughout it all to condemn the"Apostle." This caused bad blood between them, andalthough Davis had remained in the city all the time,and Brann had been on the street constantly, there hadbeen no outbreak or conflict. Each knew the feeling ofthe other in the matter. Such are incidents precedingthe shooting and leading up to it.

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To trace the movements of the two men during Fridayafternoon appears easy at first, but as the investigatorproceeds in his search for information he meets conflictingstatements. Tom Davis left his office on SouthFourth Street, No. 111, about 5 o'clock or a fewminutes later. Brann, accompanied by W. H. Ward, hisbusiness manager, is alleged to have been standing atthe corner of Fourth a

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