articles and said he should be run out of town
and had continued throughout it all to condemn the
"Apostle." This caused bad blood between them, and
although Davis had remained in the city all the time,
and Brann had been on the street constantly, there had
been no outbreak or conflict. Each knew the feeling of
the other in the matter. Such are incidents preceding
the shooting and leading up to it.

. . .


To trace the movements of the two men during Friday
afternoon appears easy at first, but as the investigator
proceeds in his search for information he meets conflicting
statements. Tom Davis left his office on South
Fourth Street, No. 111, about 5 o'clock or a few
minutes later. Brann, accompanied by W. H. Ward, his
business manager, is alleged to have been standing at
the corner of Fourth and Franklin Streets as Davis
passed to the postoffice corner, en route to the transfer
stables. In his ante mortem statement Davis says that
he heard Brann remark, "There is the s----of a b----
who caused my trouble." Davis didn't stop or resent the
insult, but passed on. Soon after he called on James I.
Moore at his office in the Pacific Hotel building and
together they were discussing the city campaign. According
to Mr. Moore's statement, he was standing with his
back to the south facing the door and was looking toward
Austin Avenue. Davis was facing him, his back to the