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BROWN COUNTY, TEXAS

Crime News Articles


PEARL MURDER CASE
Brownwood, Tex., Jan. 21 - The case of the State of Texas vs. John Pearl, charged with the killing of Ed Tucker, was called this morning and out of a venue of eighty jurymen only five were selected.
(Dallas Morning News, January 22, 1901, page 5, transcribed by Peggy Thompson)

John Pearl, a white farmer of Brown County, Texas, was hanged at Coleman for the murder of Edward Tucker. (Jackson Citizen Patriot, October 23, 1901, page 4, transcribed by Peggy Thompson)


NAPOLEON McDANIELS & SONS

LA RUE MURDER

Habeas corpus proceedings in the McDaniels case are on before Judge J. M. Talbott here. Napoleon McDaniels and his son are charged with the killing of J. C. LaRue on Broad street here, three weeks ago, during a street fair. (Fort Worth Star Telegram, June 3, 1903, page 1, transcribed by Peggy Thompson)



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