​Gerald-Harris Shooting
(November 19, 1897) 

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Marker Text: ​James W. Harris (1863-1897), editor of Waco's "Times-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. (1978)

Marker No: 2171

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 31.557800, -97.130867

Location: ​Austin & 4th Streets, Waco