1901: CREED BROOKS SAYS HE WAS NOT DRUNK

(06/28/2026)

BROOKS FAMOUS CALHOUN CHARACTER Transcribed by Norma Knotts Shaffer from microfilm of the Calhoun Chronicle 10/8/1901 Creed Requests Clarification We are requested by Constable W.C. (Creed) Brooks to say that he was not intoxicated when the altercation between himself and Murry occurred a few days ago, as has been reported. Brooks says earlier in the evening he had Murry under arrest, but released him upon the promise of his friends to see after him. He was taken to a room, and about midnight Brooks went into the room for some purpose, and Murry attacked him, one of his friends holding the door shut. Brooks warded off the blows as best he could, until Murry attempted to hit him with an empty beer bottle. He then struck him with a beer bottle laying him out for some time. All of which, he says, he did in self defense.

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