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Gerald-Harris Shootings |
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Waco,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
31° 30' 53.99340999984",
-97° 5' 16.42815999996"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
James W. Harris (1863-1897), editor of Waco's Time -Herald and Judge George Bruce Gerald (1836-1914) argued over an article the Judge wrote. It supported William Cowper Brann's controversial magazine, The Iconoclast, which denounced, among other things, Baptists and Baylor University. After a fist fight which Harris won, the Judge distributed a handbill branding Harris a liar, coward and cur and challenged him to a duel. Harris and his brother met Judge Gerald near this intersection in a pistol battle. The Harrises were killed and the Judge wounded. Judge Gerald won reelection in 1900.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Gerald-Harris Shootings Historical Marker Location Map, Waco, Texas
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