Brenham Daily Press. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 199, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 9, 1913 Page: 4 of 8
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'HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 8.—After
making deliberate and far reaching
plans to end his life with a pistol
ball, Oscar A. Nation, a step-son of
the late Carrie Nation, tried his
hand at self-destruction in his room
Rt the Bristol Hote| Wednseday
morning, but failed.'
The single shot he fired entered his
left breast an inch above his heart,
lowed straight ahead through the
flesh for about an inch and a half
and then came out under his 1 eft
shoulder.
The physicians who attended Na-
tion after he had been removed in
an ambulance from the hotel to the
Houston Infirmary, declare that the
course taken by the bullet knows no
precedent. How a ball after moving
straight ahead could turn sharply and
take a course directly at right an-
gles to the original course is more
than they can understand.
Does Not Lose Consciousness
At no time did Nation lose his con.
sciousness. While the physicians
were dressing the wound he chatted
with them and asked that his effects
at the hotel be removed to the infir-
mary.
The plans that Nation made to end
his life were extensive. Just about
daylight he arose from his bed, wrote
three letters and then placel the pil-
lows upon the floor. After that he
removed the sheets and placed them
beside the pillows. When the clerk
entered Nation's room after the shot
had been fired he found Nation be-
neath the sheets and his head rest-
ing upon a pillow. The revolver lay
upon the floor several feet away.
Guest Hears The Shot
A guest in the room adjoining Na-
tion's heard the report of ..the pistol
and used the telephone to notify the
clerk who Hastened upstairs. The
guest who tod given the alarm met
the clerk a ad the two tried Nation's
door. Hi®y found it locked. Then
they tried the door leading to Na.
tion's. This was also locked.
A hurry-up call was sent to police
headquarters. Two officers answer-
ed and in company with the clerk and
the guest, the door was broken open.
Nation was groaning and seemed
to be suffering from a' sharp pain
when the men entered the room. He
He told them briefly that he had tried
to take his own life, but expressed
no regret at having failed.
WILL OBJECT TO
SCHOOLS DIVORCE
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 8.—That
there will be objection by the legisla.
ture on the submission of the pro-
posed constitutional amendment
looking to the segration of the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College from
the University of Texas is apparent.
There are members of the lgislature
who from what can be learned, are
opposed to the divorcing of the two
institutions, despite the actions of the
boards of these two institutions on
the subject of the meeting held at
Ft. Worth on last Monday.
Commissioner Kone, a member of
the board of maagers of the Agricul-
tural ad Mechanical College who, has
just returned from the Fort Worth
meeting did not care to express him-
self on the subject, except that the
two boards had agreed on the recom-
mendation to the governor for the
submission of the constitutional
amendment. The governor, howev-
er, is expected to make this recom-
mendation in his message to the leg-
iplature." '
SHOOTS GIRL
THEN HIMSELF
NO LONGEB LOVED HOUSTON
MAN IS DESPEBATE
LONG LETTER TELLS STORY
Fickle Maiden la Cause of Tragedy
—Sweetheart Dead; .She Will
Recover
JimMcDade, colored, an employe
of the Brenham Compress and Oil
Manufacturing company, in the Oil
Mill department had his hand caught
in the cake former at the mill Wed-
neslay night and badly mashed. He
was taken to the Brenham Sanitar-
ium, where his injury was attended
to by Drs. Pier and Tottenham.
HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 8.—Be-
cause Miss "Gussie" Matula, his 17-
year-old sweetheart had declared that
she no longer loved him, but preferr-
ed another, John Thomas Jones at-
tempted to end her life, and killed
himself Wednesday morning.
The tragedy took place in the
young woman's room at 419 La
Branch street, about 6 o'clock A. M.
Jones had qplled there to escort her
to work at the Union Station, but in-
stead of the usual "good morning"
he greeted her with an automatic 38
cal?'„*e pistol, fired three times in rap
id successon. Two shots were aimed
at his sweetheart and the third en-
tered his own brain.
Miss Matula suffered a serious
wound in the ehgek. The steel bul-
let went entirely through her' face
just above the jugular vein, coming
out at the opposite cheek; / It was
embedded in the wall. The second
shot, aimed at her hearty, siurck a
steel in her corset and bounded away,
rolling on the flbo*. But for 'the
corset she would probably have been
instantly killed. ^ '
Jones stepped back and placed the
muzzle of his gun to his forehead. A
bullet crashed* through hii brain and
he fell to the floor. An ambulance
was summoned and he was removed
to the Houston Infirmary. He died
before the operating table was reach-
ed. The body was taken to the
Westehimer parlors and prepared for
burial.
Jones was a machinist and the gi *1
a waitress at the Union Station.
Persons in the house heard the 3
shots, in rapid succession and heard
Miss Matula cry for help. They
ran to the room in time to see the
young woman step toward the bed
ad tywn as if in a faint. They
tto'ftfrendshe stood up again.
. ^ of Shooting
Btoittfcg the young woman told
than she was afcpt and to bring her
a night, dress. . She came prepared
for bed. At the same time she re.
iated briefly the incident of the tra-
gedy, in which she had a narrow es-
cape from death.
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iW deceased man was highly es-
teemed throughout the county and
has many friends who will regret to
learn : desft t>.
JUDGE FORCES
EPTING TRIAL
MEMPHIS, Texas, Jan. 8.—Mo-
tions to quash the indictment and the
special venire were overruled by Dis-
trict Judge Nabors in rapid fire or-
der this morning and B. B. Epting's
tial for complicity in the killing of
Albert Boyce Jr., was called.
State's attorneys last night ob-
tained a promise by long distance
that Mrs. Rogers who has been ill,
will appear here Monday to testify.
It was because of her absence that
the defense claimed a right to contin-
ue.
The indictmentwas attacked on the
grounds that it failed to charge an
offense and the venire was attacked
on the grounds that it was not drawn
from the wheel in accordance with
law. y
Will Boyce of Araarillo, brother of
A1 Boyce, Jr., arrived here last night
Other members of the Boyce family
are expected here today. Sneed and
others of his side are also here.
The Levy annual White Sale is
now on. Call and inspect the sam-
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former school teacher in one o ftho
negro schools of 'Washington * coun-
ty, asking for damage of $115. The
suit, which is a note, which was se-
cured by the realty, dates 1906.
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Tucker, William J. Brenham Daily Press. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 199, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 9, 1913, newspaper, January 9, 1913; Brenham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth232379/m1/4/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.