| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Eighth Generation7468. Robert Crockett Brownlee was born on 21 July 1889 in Kentucky. Robert died by murder in Texline, Dallam Co., TX on 20 August 1914 and was buried at Greenwood Memorial Park in Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., TX in August 1914 .24139 From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Thursday, August 20, 1914, p. 1: Burglars Kill Fort Worth Man Crockett Brownlee Shot to Death at Texline. Crockett Brownlee, 25, of 1325 Alston avenue, was shot in a running pistol duel with two burglars at Texline on Wednesday and died a few hours later on a train which was rushing him to a hospital in Dalhart. The burglars were in a store. Details received here are meager, but it is said Brownlee tried to capture them single-handed. Several shots were exchanged. The fight was in the dark. The burglars jumped on their horses and escaped into Oklahoma. Officers have crossed the Oklahoma line on horseback and are in hot pursuit. Their capture is expected. Brownlee lay on the ground bleeding from a fatal wound as the bandits rode off. The fight occurred after midnight. Brownlee was put on a Fort Worth & Denver train for Dalhart, but he breathed his last as the train passed Matlock. Brownlee's body was taken to the home of Mrs. J. E. Stack, a relative, at Dalhart. Accompanied by his young wife and infant baby, the body will be placed on a Fort Worth & Denver train tonight and will arrive in Fort Worth at 6:45 o'clock tomorrow morning. Funeral arrangements have not been made. Brownlee was a clerk in the Fort Worth & Denver freight office. He retired from a place as express messenger on that road about six months ago to settle down at home with his family here. More than a year ago he was married to a Texline girl. The Brownlee family left Fort Worth last Friday to visit in Texline. It was Brownlee's vacation and he expected to spend two weeks there. A reward has been offered for the capture of the men who killed Brownlee. Posses are said to be in pursuit in addition to Texas and Oklahoma officers. Brownlee is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Brownlee, 506 West Magnolia avenue, two brothers, John and James Brownlee, and four sisters, Misses Flora, Mary and Ruth Brownlee, and Mrs. Schaeffer, all of Fort Worth.
The funeral of Crockett Brownlee, who was killed by burglars at Texline Wednesday night, was held from the residence, 1825 Alstone avenue, at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, under the auspices of Lone Star camp No. 2, Woodmen of the World, Rev. C. R. Wright, pastor of the Central Methodist church, officiating. Interment was in Greenwood.
Three men are under arrest at Texline in connectcion with the killing of Crockett Brownlee, a Fort Worth railroad man, by burglars in that place Wednesday night, according to a dispatch to The Star-Telegram Friday. The body of Brownlee, accompanied by his young wife and 2-months-old infant and her parents, arrived in Fort Worth early Friday. It was taken to the home of his aunt, Mrs. H. T. Harvey, 1825 Alston avenue. The funeral will be held from there Saturday at 10:30 a.m. The Brownlee family had gone to Texline for a two weeks' visit with Mrs. Brownlee's parents. One of the suspects being held at Texline had just finished a two-year sentence in the penitentiary. Brownlee and his brother-in-law, John Garvey, came home at midnight Wednesday from a hunting trip. Brownlee went to his bedroom and picked up his baby and began to fondle it. He heard a glass window smash at the hardware store across the street and suspected burglars. He got young Garvey and both took guns and went downstairs into the street. They stood in front of their house and watched the hardware store across the street. In a few minutes they saw two men emerge from the shadow at the side of the store. Brownlee called for them to halt. The men walked on and again Brownlee shouted an inquiry at them. Then Brownlee raised his gun to his shoulder. He was standing in front of a window, and the electric light from the inside shone through and made him a good target. One of the burglars wheeled around and fired, the bullet striking Brownlee in the right thigh. Brownlee returned the fire. Garvey dodged around to the shelter of the house and began firing. The burglars fired two or three shots back and then jumped on their horses and were lost in the dust and darkness as they sped away. Brownlee walked into the house and sat down. He said he was shot, but he did not seem to be in pain. A Texline physician made an examination and said that while the bullet had passed through the abdomen he did not think the wound serious. A Fort Worth & Denver train for Dalhart was about due, and the doctor suggested that Brownlee go to a Dalhart hospital and have the bullet extracted. Brownlee was accompanied by his wife and child and her mother. He died at Matlock, just a few miles from Dalhart. Brownlee was married May 12, 1913, at Texline to Miss Irene Garvey.
Fifty Years Each for Brownlee Murder. Dalhart, Texas, Sept. 26 -- In the District Court Friday Barney Muckley and John McCoy were sentenced by a jury to fifty years in the State penitentiary on a charge of killing young R. E. Brownlee at Texline, Texas, four weeks ago. Robert Crockett Brownlee and Elmora Irene Garvey were married on 12 May 1913 in Texline, Dallam Co., TX. Elmora Irene Garvey was born on 19 September 1895. Elmora died in Texas on 5 November 1967 and was buried at Llano Cemetery in Amarillo, Randall Co., TX on 7 November 1967 .24140 |