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ABILENE DAILY REPORTER
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CRYSTAL
VOLUME XIV.
A1ULENE TEXAS THtKtlAYt NOVEMBER 8S MOD.
NUMBER 77.
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1J. Fl GIRAND
YIELDS TO DEATH
VENERABLE CITIZEN. SUCCUMBS
' TCFINAL SUMMONS AFTER A
DESPERATE STRUGGLE.
WILL BE BURIED XT TERRELL
From Homoof Daughter Mrs. T. B.
Griffith; Sons Lome to attend tlio
Funeral; Comments on Long
nnd Useful Life.
The death of Major F. W. Glrand
eomes as a distinct source of grief if
it was not totally unexpected to his
host of friends in Abilene. ' Major Ql-'
rand died last night at nine o'clock at
Terrell at the home of his daughter
Mrs. T. D. Griffith whom he had been
viBlting for six weeks.
The message announcing his death
'was received hero last night at elevn
en o'clock. V. D. John and Andrew
Glrand his sons left on the noon train
for Terrell. .The funeral services will
be held at Mrs. Griffith's home and
the body will be Interred at Terrell.
Immediately prior to his "death Ma-
jor Glrand was in an unconscious
state. During the greater part of the
week since .Friday in fact when ho
was given up by the doctors he waa
unconscious the greater portion of tlio
time.
Death resulted from a general break
kdown due to old age and to a bowel
trouble which for some months had
Kept him In- ill health. At the time of
lil death Major Girand was seventy-
slxVyears of age. Ho would have been
Seventy seven in January.
For thirteen years Major Girand had
been a citizen of Abilene. He came
here from Graham whero he had mov-
ed from Christian county Kentucky
the place of his birth. He was a
government employe being United
States commissioner and Clerk from
1880 to 190G when ho was succeeded
by his son W. D. Girand who now oc-
" cuples that position with tlio govern-
ment. Major Girand was deeply reli-
gious for many -years being a member
of the vestry of the Episcopal church.
Major GIrand's wife died a number
of years ago. He is survived by five
sons and one daughter. His oldest
son F. W. Glrand Jr. resides aV Spo-
kane Washington.. James B. Terrell
resides at Phoenix Arizona "W. D.
John and Andrew Glrand all reside in
Abilene.
The Reporter joins the hosts of Ma-
y" jor GIrand's friends and the friends
' of his children in grieving sincerely
for the death of this nobly good man.
TESTIMONY IN ELLIS CASE N
ON TODAY AT LITTLE KOGK
By Associated Press.
LITTLE ROCK ARK. Nov. 24. Af-
ter brief statements by the opposing
attorneys hearing of tho testimony in
-the case of W. Y. Ellis a prominent
lumber man charged with tho killing
of N. H. Ellis a business man of In-i
dianapolis began today
The case is attracting considerable
attention and the court room was
-crowded to its limit when the sessions
began. Tlio defendant through his
lawyers will plead temporary insani-
ty 'it Is expected that tho case will
take up several days session of tho
;ourt
CRUISER
PRAIRIE
EMERGE
CY
PHILADELPHIA Nov. 25 Stored
with provisions and ammunition tho
chusler Prairie UeB in tho Philadel-
phia Navy Yard today ready to sail at
any tlmo for Nlcaraguan br Panama
with four hundred marines on board.
Tho cruiser will probably leave hero
Saturday morning. Secretary of tho
Uavy Myor will rovlow tho sallorB nnd
marines at tho Navy Yard tomorrow.
No Confirmation Yet.
WASHINGTON Nov. 25. Tho state
department had this afternoon xccolv-
"""" ed no official confirmation pf tho re-
port that President Zolaya had thrown
' Americans In Nlcaraguan Into jail be-
cause they had refused 'to contrlbuto
to tho support of his army Fol-
t lowing tho execution Of ITroy Cannon
- and Louis Groco by Zolnya'B orders
many private advices have been re-
ceived that othor than Americans aro
being prosecuted by tho government
trpops In Nicaragua. Tho department
s waiting for tho official reports and
4 In tho meantime vessels are being
- mobilized for decisive action against
tho Nlcaraguan government should
that become necessary when tho re-
ports aro received
ExtortlQH of Visitors
NEW ORLEAN8 Nov 25. A cable-
gram recolved hero yeqtorday after-
noon Into fron Panaiha states that
visitors through the Nlcaraguan prov-
ince are being forced to give money
U 1). JEFFRIES AI1LE TO HIDE
OUT TO HIS OLD HOME.
R. D. Joffrles.ono of. our pioneer cit-
rons who was stricken With heart
trotiblo and norvouB prostration bov-
cral months ago has sufficiently orcov
erod as to bo able to go out to his old'
homo near Contorllno. His physician
Dr. G VV. Sherblno accompanied him
on th ctrlp out and when ho left him
Tuesday evening tho doctor says tho
old war veteran was In good Bplrlta
and Hopeful of his utllmato recovery.
DOCTOR F. KIEFER DIES
AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS
When tho news rapidly Bpreod over
Abilene this morning thnt Doctor F
Klcfer was dead It brought Borrow to
hundreds of his old friends and friends
of Ills family. Ho died at five o'clock
today at tho Hollla Sanitarium from a
bladder complaint. Tho body was con-
veyed to Roby homo of tho deceased
whero tho burial will take place this
afternoon. Accompanying the remains
were a son E. II. Klefer daughter
Mrs. Geo. S. Anderson Mr Anderson
Rev. C. C. Coleman George L. Paxton
A. H. Herring John and Will Spauld-
ing. Doctor Klefer had been a resident
of Roby for twenty years and as a phy
slclan and minister of tho iGospel In
tho Missionary Baptist denomination
was not only well and favorably
known throughout thiB Western coun-
try but loved by all who knew him.
Last Sunday he was in his usual
health and filled his appointment in
a German settlement some distance
from Roby. At tho conclusion of this
service ho wound up his work upon
earth by taking up a collection of
twenty-six dollars for tho Buckner
Orphan home. Returning to his home
that evening he complained of sick-
ness and from that time grew rapidly
worse. His condition soon becamo bo
serious that his son E. H. Klefer
daughter Mrs. Geo. S. Anderson nnd
Mr. Andersonrworc called to IiIb bed-
side. They deemed it wise to bring
him to Abilene and" ho was accord-
ingly placed in the Hollis sanltnrlum
whore his death occurred.
At the time of his death Doctor Kle-
fer was seventy-six years of age. Ho
came to Texas directly from Germany
his native land landing at Galveston
without acquaintances or money but
went to work with that Indomitable
will that characterized his nature. He
graduated from Baylor University in
the earli days of that institution and
.while still a young man earned IiIb
diploma from the Galveston Medical
College. Through that historic awful
yellow fever epidemic he labored en-
dangering his life for that of his fel-
low man. During his fife work in the-
ministry he madeslx trips to Germa-
ny England and Russia.as a mission-
ary." He is survived by a wife his Ablleno
children nnd a son R. B. Klefer at
Somqrville. The Reporter friends of
tho late Doctor Klefer and people ev-
erywhere who admire a good and use-
ful life will grieve over his death.
Light Rain Is Falling.
' AUSTIN Nov. 25. A light rain fell
here this morning and was still falling
at noon. It will not Interfere with the
game and will proveof little hindrance
to the players.
A. & M. has already been conceded
the state championship but should
Texas beaf tho Farmers the two
schools would bo tied for tho place
J( C Henson of Roscoe Is among
tho business visitors in tho cityto-
day. - "TUl'TO
ES
anil lend others aid to the tho troops
of Zolaya or being thrown In jail on
thoir lefusa lto dp this. Tho ropOrt
states that Edgar Harris tiavellug
salesman for an American exporting
house who had boon touring Nica-
ragua and Central America in Pan-
ama yesterday morning fiom Corinto
Nicaragua and had been forced to
leave thoro on account of tho treat-
ment he had received nt the hands of
Zelaya's men nnd governmental sym-
pathizers. According to the Btato-
mont of Harris a number of Ameri-
cans aro In jail nt Managua having
boert arrested on orders from Zolaya
following their refusal to help thQ
Nlcaraguan government by giving
funds to tho nrmy and housing Zo-
laya's Boldlers. Every American who
is in busInqBS in Nicaragua who re-
fused to contrlbuto to the war fund
levied by Zolaya was promptly ar-
rested and thrown into prison. A
fow of tho Americans who wero Im-
prisoned bought their woy put of jail
by paying tho prico demanded and
bribing the officials but the greater
part of them are still being held. Har
ris bujb mm it m miBuio jur an 4111111-
Ican to appear in tho section of Nica-
ragua controlled by Zelayavand states
that ho himself was subjected to jibes
and Insults at Corinto and left that
place op tho first available steamer
for Panama.
PRE R
FOR
R
NICARAGUA
L HOUSE IS
WELL UNDER WAY
JFIRE WALLS FINISHED AND THE
URICKMYOllK NEING PUSHED
TO COMPLETION.
BE FINISHED IN JANUARY
Forcmnn of Construction Powell Stat-
es That WltirNo Unforeseen Delay
Ho Will bo Able to Hand Oicr
Building by Feb. 1.
With the" flro walls finished and tho.
brick work nearlng completion tho
work on Ablleno's now High School
building is progressing rapidly.- Tho
bulldors aBsert that between tho twen-
tieth of next January and tho first of
February tho building will bo ready
for the use of tho High School. More
than n score of carpenters and me-
chanics are now at work on thd build
ing and are doing all in thoir power'
to bring the work to a speedy and ar-
tistic completion.
Tho plans of the building were
drawn by Waller Shaw and Field Fort
Worth architects and tho work Is be-
ing done under tho directlon"of G. W
Brllhart an Ablleno contractor. The
building will cost $31000 will contain
fourteen class rooms not including
tho principal's and other officers or
other auxiliary rooms necesary to tho
up-to-date school building that this
Is to be.
There will bo an auditorium G2
ft. by 02 ft. with gallery and stage.
Tho basement will not be finished at
present but Is so built that at any fu-
ture time It may be arranged for class-
es for manual training nnd cooUlng.
when the schools arc ready for it.
SMALLPOX FLESH SKNT IN '
MAIL TO JUSTICE OF PEACE
COLORADO SPRINGS Col"Nov. 23.
Justice of the Peace A. P Toombs yes-
terday' received two pieces of human
flesh through tho malls.
Accompanying the flesh w;as a noto
explaining that they1 had been taken
from tho smnyypox patient the writer'
expressing a wish that tho justice
might catch the disease and die.
tiia rnnntv nhvsicinn and city chem
ist examined the grewsome contents
of the letter but In no way they declare
nnn thpv toll whether the flesh con
tains contagion until some anljnal haB
been inoculated This will bo done in
the meantime the federal authorities
and city detectives are workng on tho
mystery.
. News From Gunboat
WASHINGTON Nov. 25 News from
the gunboat Dea Moines sent to tho
State and Navy departments today
show that tho east coast of Nicaragua
is entirely possessed by tho insurgont
forces with tho exception of .Groytown
proper where General Toledo of Zel-
aya'B army is hemmed In by land and
sea by the revolutionists. It can bo
safely predicted that an explanation
will bo made by tho Nlcaraguan gov-'
eminent of tho conditions nndor which
Groce and Cannon wore executed but
that they will prove unsatisfactory to
the otate dopartment. Tho official view
is that tho men aro free from tho
chaige of being Bpies and that they
were entitled to be regarded as prison-
ers of war.
The guns of tho Philadelphia wero
gone pver thoroughly this afternoon
and It Is haw1 believed that slio will
sail for Nicaragua tomorrow morning.
Owcar Wilson came in this morning
frpm San Angolo to visit frlonds and
be with his wife this afternoon who
1b In tho IIolllB Sanitarium for surgi-
cal treatment.
scoo
PROTESTANT CHURCRES OF THIS
CITY HELD UNION SERVICES AT
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH TOOAY
Practically every church of tho Pro-
testant denomination In Abilene par-
ticipated today in tho Union Thanks-
giving services which Were held from
ton to twelvo o'clock in tho First Moth
odlst church building corner of South
Second and Butternut streets.
At the hour of opening the church
was comfortably filled the attendance
being estimated at between five and six
hundred peoplo. Rev M .F Drury
paBtor of tho Oak street Baptist church
presided over tho services.
The choir numbering somo twonty-
flva voices was oxcellont. It number-
ed such singers as R. B Curry E. II.
Boone P S. Kauffman Cort Donnell
and others. Miss Nettle Tillett a pop-
ular Ablleno musician presided at tho
organ.
VARSITY VERSUS
A. 6 1 TODAY
OLD RIVALS BATTLE ON CLARK
FIELD TOR SUPREMACY OF
ALL TEXAS.
EVEN MONEY GETTING BRISK
Two Squads Are Eicnly Matched kind
If Is Difficult to Pick Winner
Great Crowd Expected to .
Witness Warm Game. .
Special tp Tho Reporter.
AUSTIN Nov. 25-iLosBohs aro jirac-
tlcajly forgotten at tho Stnto Untver-
cltyA today and football is tho only
topte In tho nlr. Incoming trains both
yesterday Inst night arid today depos-
ited their loads of alumni nnd other
visitors who will witness on CInrk
field tho annual football gamo botween
tho squad of tho State University and
tho elevon of Agricultural and Mo-
chanlca.1 college.
Tho A. & M. squad in chnrgo of
coach Charllo Mornh arrived In the
Capital city early today. They wero
met at tue tram by n reception com-
mittee from tho University nnd by hun-
dreds' of A. & M. students and alumni
who have flocked to Austin from all
parity of tho state
AH& M. went to Claik field Una
morning for a light working out. Tho
visitors' are heavy faster apparently
than ever before nnd wprk like a
mnchlne. Thoy are confident of de-
feating the University eleven nnd say
thoy arc In condition to play tho gamo
of their life.
Betting on the outcome Is unusual-
ly brisk. A. & M. money fs jo bo found
in great quantities and Texas bettors
aio having their hnndB full In cover-
ing vls'tlng money. Betting Is even
though in same Instances Stato ad-
mirers aro laying slight odds not be-
cause they cannot find dven money
but for the renson that thoy. desire
to show their confidence In Varsity's
prowess
' Itjs genernlly conceded that A &
M'c fiances of winning nro brighter
thaiTthey liavp been since 1002 when
tho college took varsity Into camp.
'I ha game will likely be closely con-
tested but It Is not a cinch )y any
means that the University will win.
Vnrslty's recent remarkable showing
against Oklahoma stands It In good
Btead when ono remembers how nar-
rowly A. & M defeated tho Sopners
at Dallas.
A. &.M. onthtiBlnsts point signifi-
cantly to tho Houston gamo or recont
dat6 In which Varsity was overwhelm-
ed and 'defeated by a scoro of 23 to 0.
Since then Varsity has como forward
with great bounds and under tho faith-
ful tutelago of coach Draper has
rounded into what Is believed to bo
championship form.
Both oleveiiB will present their rog--
ular lineups. It is understood that
the Indian half back will bo In tho
gamo. Tt 1
A. & M. pins Its hopes on Its speedy
backfleld nblllty to handle tho for-
ward doss tho fleet running of Kolly
and Balentl and punting of Hamilton
fullbaqk. Texas relies on Its lino to
hold A. & M rushes and its onds who
nro fast In tackling to break up for-
ward passes. Klrkpatrlck tho Texas
star quartorback will likely run the
team while Captain Dyer may piny an
end. Officials hnvo not been named.
It is rumored that coach Arbucklo of
Southwestern will leforeo nnd John
Craig of Terrell training School will
umpire Craig Is tho former Vnntler-
bllt halfbnck and made tho All-South
6rn olovon for four years.
Austin will be turned over to tho
victors tonight. If Tcxub wins tho
students Wll eugngo In the time hon-
ored custom tho night shirt parade.
Piactlcally every person of whatso-
ever denomination that attended these
union aorylces stated thoy wero tho
best over held here anil tho Idea lookB
to bo a permanency hero.
Rov James A. Gray tho nowly chos-
en pastor of tho First Presbyterian
church who enmo to Ablleno from
Richmond Virginia succeeding Rev.
James M. ghlvc resigned preached
the sermon.
At the Episcopal Church
The church of Ilenveitly Rerit (Epis-
copal) held Its usual Thanksgiving
services. Rev. Ernest Rudd' Allmnu
rector held Holy communion at seven
thirty morning prayer nnd Bormou nt
toil The offerings wero devoted to
the aged and Infirm clergy fund
TALKS ON OSTEOPATHY
By Dlt. FlTTS. Osteopath
NO. 10 PARALYSIS
Thoro aro many forma of nftfnly
bIb sonio cases cub bo cured somo
helped and Bomo nro beyond human
aid. Osteopnthy la especially service-
nblo In hemiplegia or partlnl imraly-
bIs. Hemiplegia In mfttnlly tfi' result
of a clot forming. Inlthe lnmln mid
recovery Is slow llncl tho!clot must
bo absorbed. It ilay fcoijj' Impossible
for a treatment tJ htulURny effect on
such n condition lut tW regulation of
muscles and thoflcsilnlni of norvn
tension la fnvornloJitf tlul nbsorptl
and Is moroeffcMnv thin UfOhafily
any other nnfthodir iifnulAy4u0nyslB
is a form l wjffch wno vrWF legs
and 8omctlwc9ho ariid raPirnlyzed
Wholly cjnpaufTy. Th usiy follows
nu attojcit OTevor fltli Smiting and
sometime ifconvtilsUftiB. Tho sooner
trcntmonfWlns nftpr tho nttack tho
bettor thjf rcslta aro likely to bo. In
mnnr jfeo recovery ib complete.
His Is n dlsoaBo usu-
icoplo of mlddlo ago.
In llio loss of tho ilso of
mcJTo or Icbb completely
muBjHos draw bo tho logs seem
together and are subject to
contractions. The first np-
nco or tnose communis miuuiu
receive Immediate attention. While it
is a very serious condition Ospeopalhy
Is more successful than any Other
treatment. Tlio trouble originates in
tho snlno. Tho relief must.bo obtain
cd rrom treatment there and tho suc-
cess of Osteopathy in such caBes Is
duo to tho careful study of tho-spine
PENN. UNIVERSITY DEFEATS
CORNELL AT PHILADELPHIA
By Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA Nov. 25 Cornell
nnd tho University of Pennsylvania
football elevens meet on Frnnkll'n field
this afternoon In thejr annual contest.
A heavy rain has tnndo tho field a
quagmire and tho mud in many places
Is unklo doop. At tho end of tho llrst
half tho scoio stood Pennsylvania six;
Cornell six. Flim'l scoro 17 to C for
Pennsylvania.
WIFE SPURNED HIM SO HE
SWALLOWED CARBOLIC ACID
Special to The. Hopoitor.
FORT WORTH Npv. 2&.-.D('Hpond-ent
on Tluuiksglvlng day because h)s
divorced wlfo refused to romarry him
11. M. Wolls a cigar manufacturer of
Childress this morning swallowed car-
bolic acid and ended his llfo In tho
house o"f his formeilniou(o MrsIH.'.
Pettlgrpo. Wells nnd Mis. Pottlgroo
Wore mnrried nnd divorced twlqo pre-
vious and thiB Would haVo been tho
thlid mairingo between thorn. Pettl-
groe's marriage to Mrs. Pottlgroo was
annulled BOVoral niotnhs ago and
Wells returned urging fier to marry
him again.
MATTRESS .MAKER CHARGED
WITH ASSAULT TO MURDER.
Special to T)io Reporter.
AUSTIN Nov. 25. J. E. Moffitt a
mattress makor or Fort Worth Is un-
der arrest horo today on a charge of
assaulting to murdor Fred Clay a
brick maBon at Grocsbcck last night.
Clay was shot following a quart el ovor
a small debt
ABILENE DELEGATION MAV
. TRAVEL IN SPECIAL CAR
E.r-P. Huddleston General PnoBCn-
gor nnd Frloght ngont of the Ablleno
nnd Southern Rnllway Company 13
working on a plan to furnish tho Abl-
leno delegates to the San Angcjo n eat-
ing Dec. Cth with n special pullman
for tho' occasion
Ai On. recent confetolie held in
Ablleno by representative biidlnesa nnd
piofesslonnl men of Central VuHt Tox-
aa .urcllmlnnry to tho organisation
or tho West Texas Development Con-
3reBB Sun Angola demonstrated that
she waa nl'vo and full of get-up-and-get
by bringing to Abllono a special
car load of Sun Angolo hUBlutss men
It IB hoped tho movoment for a Bpee-
lal car to 8an Angolo from Abllono
will prove a success. If enough hand
In their names to secure tho required
number tho oaf will be fccured and
tho Ablleno delegation con luuvo In
a body the morning of Dec Cth spend
tho rtlght and a day In San Angolo and
only lose ono day from buBlnosH.
TIiobo who deslro to do so however
can remain through the entire acaalDn
A COURT OF INQUIRY TO PROBE INTO
THE SHOOTING UP OF BROWNSVILLE
HOUSTON Nov. 25. Gonornl 8. M
B. Young of tho United States Army
nccornpnulpd by other mombers of tho
court of Inquiry composed of United
Statea Army officers arrived horo this
morning onroutn to Brownsville- whore
they will Investigate the clrcumslan?
ces Hiirroundlng tho shooting up of
that town three years ago following
which a company of negro troops wore
discharged. Upon tho return pf the
army officers to Washington tho court
will consider tho evidence In tho enso
and decide whether or not uny of the
discharged soldiers shall be reinstat
ed.
1 General Young declared this morn
26 POUND POSSUM
ON TAFT'S TARLE
PRESIDENT WILL FEAST ON THE
NEGRO'S FAVORITE DELICACY
TflllAV.
V
if T AND CABINET ATTENDED
Thnnksghhiff Senrlccs at St Pat-
rick's Catholic Church This .Mom.
Infr. All Tnft Family nt Homo
Except Son. -
By AsBoclntod Proas.
WASHINGTON Nov 25. In addi-
tion to tITo mammonth turkuy and th
fifty pound mlnco plo thoro will bo
n twenty-six pound 'possum on tho
Whlto House dining tnblo this nftor-
rtoon wlien Piesldent Tnft nnd tho
mombors of tils rnnilty sit down to
thoir TlmilkRGlvlnir illnnnr. All nf
tho fnmny of tllt) reBiont excont
R0ucr Tnft who. Is In school nt Now
Haven nro nt homo and will bo pros-
ent at tho dlnnor.
This morning President Tnft Vlco
President Sherman and all tho mom-
bors of tho cabinet attended tho Pan
American Thanksgiving services at St.
Patrick's Catholic church at which
Managor Fulcoiilo and Cardinal Gib-
bons woro present.
Tho big president as is his custom
rose enrly this morning and long bo-
foio time had made soveral Inquiries
Into tho wolfnro of his Thanksgiving
posBuni for It Is a well known fnct
that It Is ono pt his firvrtrlto dishes do-
siilto tho many jokes ho suffers 011 thnt
account Tnft learned to Uko this dish
while In tho south and It Ih most prob-
ablo that tho lfttlo smooth tailed nnl-
nml will flguro largoly In tho Whlto
House larder Buppyl -as long as tho
season lasts Besides tho president
nnd family thoro will bo vory Tow oth-
ers to partako of the Whlto Houbo din-
ner this afternoon as tho chlof exe-
cutive believes thnt this of all lays la
tho ono to be entirely alono with his
family.
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o .17. intiLLiiART Leaves to
SUPERINTEND BUILDINd JOR
G. W. Brlllhnrt an Ablleno con
tractor loft yestenlay afternoon on
the 4:27 west bound train for- CrowoII
Foard county to rntlfy his oontrnct
with tho Orowoll peoplo for tho erec
tion of a courthouse of which Mr.
Brlllhnrt will bo In chnrgo.
This building will coat sixty thous
and dollars and will boa credit In
every way to Foard county. E. G.
Withers nn architect of tamford drow
the plans. Work will bogln at onco.
NEGRO MURDERER GETS
LITE TERM IN THE PEN
Milton (ioldeii Coiutcted of the" Mur-
der of Constable Conger of
Vnxulmchlc.
Special to tho Uorortor
WAJvAHACHIE Nov. 2C Milton
Golden tho' negro who was accused
of tho minder of CoiiBtnulo Cougar
was found gu'lty by tho Jury In tho
dlBtrlct court Into lust 'night and tho
verdict returned Bontopeea Golden to
a llfo term In tho stnto pdpltcntlary
Tho jury deliberated six hours be-
fore ranching nn agreement.
Tho killing occurred near Roil Oak
when Conger attempted to nrreBt Gol-
den and tho negro was captured in
Oklahoma n year Inter Yestorday af-
ternoon tho negro when on the wIUiobs
stand mado n full confession to (ha
Idling stntlng that ho wronched tho
pistol from Conger's hnnd and shot
him when tho latter nttompted to plncu
handcuffs on lilui.
ing that poa lively the courts doels km
in this matter will bo final and that
With It the Brownsville affair will be-
come a closed Incident Although
Itoosevolt discharged the negro sol-
diers whom ho bollovml responsible
for tho shooting up of DrowuBVllIe
during tho trouble tkoro throe yoara
afr'O when a part of tl.o United States
army had been mobilised there yet
the citizens and others not residuals
of tho Brownsville country would not
let tho matter rest and hayo kept
.bringing new evidence to the authorl-
jtles until tho Investigation by moni-
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Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 77, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 25, 1909, newspaper, November 25, 1909; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth315651/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Public Library.