The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-24
AN ENGINEER SHOT.
'rhc sunday Morning Annir ON Main
street.

About half past one o'clock on Sun
day morning, Tom Ranahan, Esq, OF
the firm of "rhe Two Brothers" passed
down Main street in company with
Engineer james Curry, of the Texas
Pacific, and stopped on the northeast
corner of Main and Market streets,
known as the Bismarck corner. While
in conversation, two beer jerkers from
the Parlor Hall passed, to whom Mr..
Curry called Mr.. Ranahan's attention,
inquring if he knew who they were.
The latter gentleman replied that they
were variety tigers" Upon hearing
this, the girls stopped and asked the
speakers If they would 'treat them to
supper" Curry replied, Eyes" and,
further, told them to 60 over to the o.
X. restaurant and that he aud Ranahan.
would follow in few minutes.
After the girls had crossed over Cur
ry proposed to Ranahan that they both
go to bed. Ranahan aoceding, the
two went down to the 1.-TWO Brothers,"
in the second story Of the rear of the
building being Mr.. Ranahan's sleeping
room, and finding 1t locked, loudly
raped. While the two were waitingto for
Abundance, George Rogers, son of
our highly esteemed citizen Mr.. John
Rogers, approached, and exhibiting q
pistol, remarked in an exciting man
ner, ado you see that?" and walked
across the street in the direction of the
.. X. Restaurant. After Rogers left
Mr.. Curry asked Mr.. Rauahan if he
knew "that young man." abiding to
Rogers. Mr.. Ranahan said he did;
that he was all right, and that he
would vouch for him heing n gentle
uan. Mr.. Curry then put the question
ii Mr.. h. had ever had amy difficulty
with him, to which MI. II. replied no,
that he was one of the best friends he
had in the city. Mr.. Curry then de-
sired to know of r., ii he had had any
difficulty with any body that evening.
Rananan said, not any one nc all. No
one answering to the summons Of Mr..
Ranahan by this time, r. crossed the
street to find his brother and get the
key to the saloon, and Ioticed Rogers
looking in the 0. X. Restaurant with
pistol in his hand. Mr.. II. at once ill.,
formed policeman and asked him to
disarm Rogers. The policeman refused,
saying he was not ON watch, and Oh
Ranahan's second request went out
and on up the street. Mr.. r. observ-
ing that the policeman passed Rogers
without admonishing or disarming
him, stepped out for the purpose of
again calling the attention of the
policeman to Rogers, when he heard
Curry say, "young man what are you
doing with that pistol in your handw
and turning around saw Rogers lying
on the ground and Curry trying to
wrench the pistol from his grasp. In
the struggle three shots were fired
and Curry turned TO Ranahan saying,
al am shot, give me II towel and SOME
water.'
The above statement we have from
Mr.. Ranahan himself. From Deputy
Sheriff Scott we learn that after Curry
was shot, Rogers jumped up and ran,
but that he, Scott, at the call of some
one to catch Rogers, sprang out from a
door in which he was standing and ar
rested him, taking him to the shcriff7s
office, where he was kept until morn
ing, when he was released on bail of
five hundred dollars. 2"
The wound of Mr. Curry is not con-
sidered u dangerous one-the ball en-
tering under the chin and ranging
along the right, side of his face, and
coming out back aof the ear. His
attending physician, DIR. Childers, says
he will be out in u few days.