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]] Born in Humboldt , Illinois , Brann was a highly opinionated, colorful writer, known for the articulate savagery of his writing style. At the time of his death, Brann edited the ''Iconoclast'' in Waco , Texas . He was also noted for his progressive cultural views, writing against the socio-econocmic divide in America. He devoted many paragraphs to his hatred of the wealthy eastern social eletes, such as the Vanderbilts, and deplored their marriages to titled europeans, thereby diluting their already debased American stock with worthless foreign blood. One of his targets was Baylor University , the 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. He also stated that the male faculty members were having sexual relations with female students, and a father sending his daughter to Baylor was risking her rape. 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, where he died soon after. The secret society, Theophilus Athenaeum , was founded by Brann prior to his death and continues his mission on Baylor's campus in accordance with his dying wish. SEE ALSO
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