Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1898 — A DUEL IN TEXAS. [ARTICLE]

A DUEL IN TEXAS.

Editor Braun and Capt. Davis Plghl at Waco—Both of Them Alortally Wounded. Waco, Tex., April 2.—Friday evening W. C. Brann, editor of the Iconoclast, and Capt. M. T. Davis met and fought a revolver duel. The combatants met just at six o’clock Friday afternoon on South Fourth street, in front of the Cotton Beit ticket office and after exchanging a few words both began emptying their revolvers into each other’s body. When the battle was over Brann was found to be perforated in the left lung, the left leg and the right foot; Davis was shot through the right lung and through both of his arms. The surgeons say both men are likely to die. About ten seconds were occupied in the shooting, at the end of which Brann and Davis lay bleeding and W. 11. Ward, Brann’s business partner, was shot through the right hand, the bones being shattered. A wild bullet hit Motorman Kennedy in the knee. Another wild bullet hit Eugene Kepler in the foot.” The wild bullet wounds are not serious. Kepler and his partner, Prince, . are touring the world on a wager and had just reached Waco. The difficulty between the two men grew out of the Brann-Baylor feud of last year. Capt. Davis* daughters are pupils of Baylor university and the ref- * crences made in the Iconoclast to Baylor, which were generally construed to mean reflections on the mornl character cf the pupils and faculty, brought forth froip Capt. Davis a denunciation of Brann, delivered in language forcible and direct. In the city campaign now in progress Capt. Davis is the chairman of one of the committees and was active all day in the duties that position entailed. Election day is close at hand and excitement was high. The apostle, Brann, was an advocate of the candidate Capt. Davis was seeking to defeat and that state of affairs contributed to no small extent to the meeting.