William Cowper Brann (1855–1898) was an Americanjournalist. Brann was born in Illinois and died in Waco, Texas. 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... State nickname: Land of Lincoln, The Prairie State Official languages English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) Senators Richard Durbin (D) Barack Obama (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 25th 149,998 km² 4. ... Waco is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas. ...
Brann was a highly opinionated, colorful writer. At the time of his death, Brann edited the Iconoclast in Waco, Texas.
He was also noted for his virulently racist views, writing approvingly of horrific murders of black citizens.
One of his targets was Baylor University, a prominent Baptist institution in Waco. Brann revealed that Baylor officials had been importing South American children recruited by missionaries and making house-servants out of them. Brann was shot in the back by Tom Davis, a Baylor supporter. Brann wheeled, drew his pistol, and killed Davis. Brann was helped home by his friends, and died there of his wounds. Baylor University is a private, Baptist-affiliated university located in Waco, Texas. ... A Baptist is a member of a Baptist church. ...
See also
Charles Carver. Brann the Iconoclast (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1957).
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast... (New York: The Brann Publishers, Inc., 1919).
Frank Luther Mott. A history of American magazines, 1741-1930 (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press c1958-1968). Page 442+ [Note: This book is available online from the History E-Book Project]
Brann meant only to lift the world up, and one of his queer conceptions was, that his own dragging down of things pure to the lowest levels of life and thought and feeling was calculated to make his multitudinous clientele look upward.
Brann wantonly attacked spotless reputation, that decency and purity were not sacred to him--an assumption, by the way, that is a rank injustice to Mr.
Brann were justly slain then the next person who may dislike an editorial in the Picayune may kill its editor on the ground that the editorial--no matter how trifling in its imputation--is "carrion journalism." This law of chivalric private vengeance would justify a saturnalia of murder in every large city where gossip circulates in society.
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