Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-09-25
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Alaut loo'eloek, GA Friday night
sept 10Th, t~0 men oa horseback
called 10 stay IN night AZ the honss
of Nrs, fieli, 10 miles y. W. ~ Nc.
Kinney on the frssion and Dallas
mad in Collin eOaniy. They gave
their names as williams aud -i
said they were horse hunting and
lived al Johnson Stallion in Iarrant
0Onniy. Williams was very sick
and had 10 be lifled frOm his horse
and carried into the h0ase, lie
Was a nian OF ahant Is 40 80 years
4 OF age, six feet high, short dark hair
with Nhiskers dong upon his chin
short upon the side OF his iaeel and
long mnstaehe. dark, but sunburnti
complexion rather dark, with light
grey eyes. Saturday morning hlF
eomrade went TO Lebanon for Doe
tor and len his message al tho Of,
ice OF Shelbnrne & Dulaney and
disappeared in the direction Of fla-
no. In the evening DR. nnlaney
visited him. lie seemed ehagrinei
AT tho non,return OF his eomrado.-
He was suffering IRON aeuie Theu-
malism, his lofl knee, len wrist and
right shoulder joints being greatly
swollen and very painful, lie could
only use his right leg and right hand
and forearm. He had also abseess'
cs on his len hand. During the
night he had high fbyer, aud was
much disturbed in his sleep. lie
was waited on kindly and watched
over and medicine administered
regularly during the night by Mr.,
Field, and on being visited by DIR,
Dulaney again abont . o'clock sun.
day ovoning-had less fover-was
suffering but little pain and express.
ed himselfas feeling hottcs immc.
diately ailcr that DIR. d., Mr.. Field,
and others were called 10 dinner
and while eating the crack Of \ pis-
tol was heard and on going 10 his
room, he was found lying upon the
bed with acknowledgements open by
his side, his pistol in his hand and
resting on his breast with q fright
full wound in his forehead aud blood
streaming in torrents from it. In
about twenty minutes without utter
ing n word no b.cathod his last.
lie had asked q small negro boy
who was left with him whilc tho
othors were at dinner, to hand him
his saddlo-poekets, and took out his
pistol and did the deed in the pres.
cnce of the boy. No name can be
found on any Of his clothes. He
has two scars on his left hand rs il
from the passage of bullet, one
about the centre of the palm; the
other, just above the knucblo of the
little finger or the back ofthe hand.
lie also has three scars on tho up
per and outer portion Of tholelt arm
ono supposed TO be vaccine scar,
the other two TO result from the cn-
trance and exit of ball. He had
another long winding scar extend
ing from tho edge of the hair at the
forehead backward for two or three
inches.
A cap box was found in his caval-
ry saddlc.pockets with two lines at
right angles to each other scratched
across its tops and in ono of the
spaces thus found was written the
name of Hays and in the opposite
that of Parker. lie had q pair of
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. clothing, two
ivory handled six-shootcrs, fifty dol
lars in gold with saddle, bride and
sorrel mare branded S III on both
shoulders and diamond containing
II small II also on the left.
The name OF his comrado is not
remembered. lie is supposed to be
about % or % years ofage, is spare
built, about five feet six or eight
inches high, looks pale and wore a
small mustacho. lie was riding q
fine sorrcl horse and dressed in a
grey flannel coat and dark pants
They said they stayed the nigh be-
fore coming to Mrs. Fs at Mr.. Birds
which is some 10 miles toward Sher-
man. Williams was dressed in
brown cashmere pants and wore d
yankee blouse. lie said his mother
lived in Morgan county, Mo.