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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1907
Page
5
In Hartford vicinity a Negro tried to seize the daughter of farmer John Mosely as she returned home. Her screams drew Mosely’s attention. the assailant fled, the sheriff and dogs were summoned, but the suspect had already been surrounded and no further action was reported.
Robert Simmons of Vicksburg was fired upon by an unnamed negro highwayman in Hattiesburg Mississippi after Simmons, riding a Gulf Port bound freight train, was demanded for money at Maxie and shot four times as he fled. The assailant escaped.
Patrolmen Edward Williams and Edward Pickering arrested Ed Shingleton in Parkersburg West Virginia on a Texas murder charge. Shingleton had evaded Texas authorities since August 1906 after an earlier arrest, and was found driving with a young woman near the Little Kabawha river. A large Texas reward is offered for his capture.
In Columbus Mississippi on March 27 Hiram Patterson was shot and killed by his twelve year old brother who mistook him for a burglar. The mother ordered the younger son to fetch a shotgun and shoot after the late arrival refused to identify himself. Authorities suggest the victim was attempting a prank.
A private cablegram reported Trujillo, Honduras, recaptured by Niemracs. This marked the first Caribbean seaport retaken in Honduras.
Prof F R Marshall of the Agricultural and Mechanical College previews an article on finishing beef cattle in Texas for the Texas Stockman Journal now transitioning to a monthly livestock magazine. He outlines feed options including corn substitutes and the role of mile maize and kaffir corn, with case studies from XIT ranch, Clarendon, and College Station. He notes Texas as a growing feeding region and emphasizes three keys: feeders, affordable feeds, and feeding skill.
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