William Cowper Brann it is a profile of Brann with a bullet hole in it. In the early 1890s, Brann, who had only three years of formal education, owned and published an Austin, Texas newspaper. He eventually sold the Austin "Iconoclast" to William Sydney Porter, better known as O. Henry. He repurchased it from Porter to operate it out of Waco, Texas until the time of his assassination. Following the assassination, Brann's wife moved the publication to Chicago, but still covered Texas issues. William Cowper Brann William Cowper Brann (January 4, 1855 – April 1, 1898) was an American journalist known as Brann
William Field Porter died on 30 March 1869 at Mangatangi, [[Waikato]]. [[Category:Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives]] [[Category:Members of the Auckland Provincial Council]] [[Category:1784 births]] [[Category:1869 deaths]] [[Category:Settlers of South Australia]] [[Category:New Zealand MPs for Auckland electorates]] [[Category:People from London]] [[Category:English emigrants to New Zealand]] [[Category:19th-century New Zealand politicians]] [[Category:Privateers]] William Field Porter William Field Porter (24 January 1784 – 30 March 1869) was a ship owner from Liverpool, who migrated to South Australia in 1838. He relocated to Auckland in 1841, where he became a member of the New Zealand Parliament. Porter was born in London in 1784. He was