Judge Scarborough, R. H. Hamilton and George Scarborough
on Mr. Brann has occurred. Judge Scarborough
has a daughter, George Scarborough a sister, who has
recently been a student and is now a member of the faculty
at Baylor. It will thus be understood how Brann's article
could aggrieve the father and brother. If either one had
taken a shotgun and killed Brann on sight, public opinion
would have held such a course far more commendable than
the policy adopted. If either one had challenged him,
given him a show for his life, and in the duel killed him,
public sentiment would have condoned such a step and no
jury in this county would award any penalty for the
slaying. But the overpowering attack by three men was
itself a mob attack--three may constitute a mob as well
as ten or twenty. Of course there will be some to defend
the trio of assaulters, but the consensus of public opinion
will be against it and by the greater part of our people
it will be regarded as essentially unfair. It has not served,
so far as we can see, any good purpose, but to the
contrary has intensified the bitter feeling existing here.
Brann's friends never indorsed his article on Baylor, but
this assault justified their indignation. As for Judge
Scarborough, we must regret his act and express surprise
that he got his consent to such a course. As for Hamilton,
his participation is altogether indefensible.

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The following is the account of the shooting of Brann
from the Waco "Times-Herald." See the editorial for the
attitude of this paper. The ante-mortem statement of