Does anyone know about this Watson JOE COPELAND AKA PLEAS WATSON WELL KNOWN MAN LOSES HIS LIFE IN AN AFFRAY AT PARIS. JOE COPELAND, A DALLAS MAN, ENGAGED IN A SHOOTING AFFRAY AT PARIS TUESDAY NIGHT, AND WAS WOUNDED IN THE BODY. HE DIED YESTERDAY MORNING. THE BODY WAS SHIPPED HERE FOR BURIAL. MR. COPELAND WAS ABOUT 42 YEARS OF AGE. A WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN SURVIVE HIM. THEY LIVE IN THIS CITY, AS DOES DR. ADAMS, OF EAST DALLAS, THE FATHER-IN-LAW OF THE DECEASED. MR. COPELANDS FATHER ALSO RESIDES HERE. THE DECEASED WAS A MEMBER OF THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES AT PARIS. HE WAS BORN IN GONZALAS. FEW MEN IN THE SOUTHWEST HAVE HELD A LARGER ACQUAINTANCE THAN JOE COPELAND. ON THE BORDER HE WAS KNOWN A SMILING JOE, FOR THE REASON THAT THERE WAS ALWAYS A SMILE ON HIS LIPS IN TIMES OF DANGER. IN EL PASO, JUST PRIOR TO THE FIGHT BETWEEN MEHER AND FITZSIMMONS, COPELAND WAS ASSAULTED BY A GANG OF ROUGHS ONE NIGHT AND KNOCKED DOWN. WHEN HE REGAINED HIS FEET HE HAD A SIX-SHOOTER IN EACH HAND AND THE MANNER IN WHICH HE USED THEM IS STILL THE SUBJECT FOR WONDERING COMMENT IN THAT COUNTRY. THE ROUGHS MADE A REPLY IN KIND, BUT HE ESCAPED UNHURT. THE NEXT MORNING FOURTEEN BULLET HOLES WERE FOUND IN A PLATE OF GLASS WINDOW JUST BEHIND THE PLACE WHERE HE HAD STOOD.-DALLAS NEWS. JOE COPELAND, WHOSE REAL NAME WAS PLEAS WATSON, WAS WELL KNOW IN SAN ANGELO. HE WAS A BROTHER OF MRS. DUDLEY TOM, OF THIS CITY, AND IN 1880 KILLED A SOLDIER BECAUSE THE LATTER LAID A LIVE COAL OF FIRE IN HIS HAND. AFTER THIS AFFAIR HE CHANGED HIS NAME TO JOE COPELAND, AND WENT BY THAT TITLE UNTIL AFTER HIS TRIAL IN 1883. HE WAS ACQUITTED OF THE CHARGE OF MURDER, BEING DEFENDED BY JUDGES J. W. TIMMINS AND MILTON MAYS. THE NAME OF COPELAND, HOWEVER, STUCK TO HIM, THOUGH MANY PERSONS BOTH AT PARIS AND DALLAS KNEW HIM BY HIS REAL NAME OF WATSON. COPELAND WAS A BROTHER ALSO OF MRS. C. C. YAW, OF SUTTON COUNTY, AND HAS A BROTHER LIVING. HIS FATHER AND MOTHER BOTH DIED IN GONZALES COUNTY, HENCE THE STATEMENT IN THE NEWS THAT HIS FATHER LIVES IN DALLAS IS AN ERROR. - SAN ANGELO STANDARD. WELL KNOWN MAN LOSES HIS LIFE IN AN AFFRAY AT PARIS. JOE COPELAND, A DALLAS MAN, ENGAGED IN A SHOOTING AFFRAY AT PARIS TUESDAY NIGHT, AND WAS WOUNDED IN THE BODY. HE DIED YESTERDAY MORNING. THE BODY WAS SHIPPED HERE FOR BURIAL. MR. COPELAND WAS ABOUT 42 YEARS OF AGE. A WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN SURVIVE HIM. THEY LIVE IN THIS CITY, AS DOES DR. ADAMS, OF EAST DALLAS, THE FATHER-IN-LAW OF THE DECEASED. MR. COPELANDS FATHER ALSO RESIDES HERE. THE DECEASED WAS A MEMBER OF THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES AT PARIS. HE WAS BORN IN GONZALAS. FEW MEN IN THE SOUTHWEST HAVE HELD A LARGER ACQUAINTANCE THAN JOE COPELAND. ON THE BORDER HE WAS KNOWN A SMILING JOE, FOR THE REASON THAT THERE WAS ALWAYS A SMILE ON HIS LIPS IN TIMES OF DANGER. IN EL PASO, JUST PRIOR TO THE FIGHT BETWEEN MEHER AND FITZSIMMONS, COPELAND WAS ASSAULTED BY A GANG OF ROUGHS ONE NIGHT AND KNOCKED DOWN. WHEN HE REGAINED HIS FEET HE HAD A SIX-SHOOTER IN EACH HAND AND THE MANNER IN WHICH HE USED THEM IS STILL THE SUBJECT FOR WONDERING COMMENT IN THAT COUNTRY. THE ROUGHS MADE A REPLY IN KIND, BUT HE ESCAPED UNHURT. THE NEXT MORNING FOURTEEN BULLET HOLES WERE FOUND IN A PLATE OF GLASS WINDOW JUST BEHIND THE PLACE WHERE HE HAD STOOD.-DALLAS NEWS. JOE COPELAND, WHOSE REAL NAME WAS PLEAS WATSON, WAS WELL KNOW IN SAN ANGELO. HE WAS A BROTHER OF MRS. DUDLEY TOM, OF THIS CITY, AND IN 1880 KILLED A SOLDIER BECAUSE THE LATTER LAID A LIVE COAL OF FIRE IN HIS HAND. AFTER THIS AFFAIR HE CHANGED HIS NAME TO JOE COPELAND, AND WENT BY THAT TITLE UNTIL AFTER HIS TRIAL IN 1883. HE WAS ACQUITTED OF THE CHARGE OF MURDER, BEING DEFENDED BY JUDGES J. W. TIMMINS AND MILTON MAYS. THE NAME OF COPELAND, HOWEVER, STUCK TO HIM, THOUGH MANY PERSONS BOTH AT PARIS AND DALLAS KNEW HIM BY HIS REAL NAME OF WATSON. COPELAND WAS A BROTHER ALSO OF MRS. C. C. YAW, OF SUTTON COUNTY, AND HAS A BROTHER LIVING. HIS FATHER AND MOTHER BOTH DIED IN GONZALES COUNTY, HENCE THE STATEMENT IN THE NEWS THAT HIS FATHER LIVES IN DALLAS IS AN ERROR. - SAN ANGELO STANDARD.