effects of his wounds and but little hope was entertained
for his recovery. Mr. Davis has wonderful vitality and
his great strength may yet pull him through, though
there is but the faintest hope that it will. Dr. King is
still at his bedside doing all that is possible for him to do.

Later.--At 1.55 o'clock this morning W. C. Brann, the
noted editor of Brann's ICONOCLAST, breathed his last.
Just before the end came his family and intimate friends
were gathered about him. His lungs were filled from the
internal hemorrhage and he passed peacefully away.

3 A.M.--At this hour Mr. Tom E. Davis is rapidly
sinking and it is thought that the end is near at hand.
It may be possible for the wounded man to live as long as
two hours; but all hope has fled and the end is watched
for which may come at any minute. His physicians say
he is dying.

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(Editorial)

THE LATE TRAGEDY.

The details of the awful tragedy of Friday evening are
yet fresh in the minds of the people of Waco, and it is
bootless to recount them. Two of the principals thereto
have passed to the beyond and a third is in the hands of
the outraged law. And with him let the law deal. In
life Captain Davis was our friend. His assailant was