Show ell WI Known to Pet et Brown row Zion n M Meets S Tragic Fate a j Bro BroWn Wrestled wr Mike Mik m Yokel e MO Most Sensational on Ma Mat Battle Ever Seen in Salt Lake j I I DET ET BROWN BRO once claimant of the he wor worlds world's d s 's I 1 E in wrestling and one of the most popular wrestlers in the game met n a sudden and tragic death nea near nea Cisco Tex according to information received in in Salt Lak Laka today by friends of the man He was shot and killed by a po po- JI lice officer at his contracting cam near Cisco two weeks ago I Brown was a a. great favorite favorite- in Salt Lake while he was In the wrestling game He Ha Is rated a as aa th the most poplar pop popi lar outsider who ever came to Salt Lake to wrestle He has met om Mii Yokel former worlds world's middle weight champion several times once wrest I lug ling him for fot three hours and lort forty I five live minutes In the Salt Lake the thel I atre In a match promoted by Harr Han Heagren The The- police finally stopped stoPp d the match Brown and Yok were so exhausted they could no continue Brown made a host of friends here her here He was wae a a. great wrestler and had i pleasing personality that ins instant tan ni y 1 won over a large Jarge following no matter matter mat ter where he appeared H BROWN HAD MANY S. S L U FRIENDS Pet was eras the Idol of ot all Texas H H Hf did most of ot his wrestling at Houston but the whole state paid tribute to hi his hIs' prowess i Several years ago he quit th the wrestling game permanently permanent to all t l tend to the affairs of ot his contracting business He contracted for big Clment cf Cl ment mont Jobs and for paving projects 0 Oa On his latest job he had established a paving camp near Cisco Like a al all camps where men are congregated there was some gam gambling and an of fleer of Cisco went to the camp an anil started to take some of the players to 10 Cisco to put In Jail j KILLED HELPING HIS Brown attempted to smooth t tb the affair af at fair fait over and a discussion ensue According to Cisco reports Brown took the of officer ticer L. L J. J Starkey by th the arm and the officer drew his gun an shot him through the heart Death was instantaneous j His body was sent to Taylor Talor Texas Tens where hl his father and a number e 0 brothers reside He Is survived b his father brothers and a wife who wh resides in San Francisco i Thousands of ot messages of ot condo lence have reached the family hornat home horn at Taylor Texas a ats kl StarKey the arresting officer was placed under arrest for tot the murder and later released on ball fl |