The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-08-17
A RELIGIOUS MURDERER.
Nc Sheds the Blood Of Fellow-man, that
His Sins Might be Forgiven Have Wa
a CohbIte Among Us3

singular fanaiicisIn-- Murderer
Happy In she ThouEht that he will
goto HraVen-his Free Confession
Of the crime,
Yesterday morning a murder was
perpetrated In this city, which has do.
vel3ped some curious points, and are
well worthy OF public perusal, Near
the lumber yard, on the south side OF
the branch near Kreigs mill, stands
two tents facing each other, aud about
thirty feet apart. one OF these was
occupied by man named Louis Der.
nerl, German, about iifty years OF
age, and his wife, Bernerl was ems
ployed at the Lamar hotel rs "a dlsh-
washer. Not feeling we'll yesterday,
he went home, and preparing some
Irish potatoes for n meal, placed
them on c-ok.stove outside Of the
tent. While he was standing ut the
stove cooking, shot was fired and he
fell to the ground. His wife, who had
been lying IN the tent ran out aud
picked him up, put his head In her
lap, and held him till he expired,
which was In about two minutes. He
did not speak intelligibly after he was
shot. For time there was great con-
fusion. Parties who heard the shot
fastened to the spot, and two little
boys, Eddie rennlson and Frank Coch-
ran, who were near by, were seen to
run away. Somehow the impression
got abroad that the boys lid the shoot.
lug, and the wife OF the deceased went
10 far MS to point out hoy named
Stages as the one who fred the shot.
Subsequent Developments, AZ will be
shown, proved that no boy had any
thing TO do with it. by this time
the police aud others were on the
ground, and II was found that u man
named Chsmblis who lived In the
tent opposite, and who was not on the
best terms with the deceased and his
wife, had been seen leaving rather
hurrledly, and had been seen short
time previous 10 the firing with two
guns in his hand. His tent was found
closed up. Officer Dunn found him
near the Tidal Wave saloon, arrested
him and placed him In Jail.
THE CoRoNER's JURY.
Deputy Sheriff Spencer, summoned
jury and the body was viewed aud
the jury then adjourned till afternoon,
to meet at Colonel McLure's office.
After dinner Doctors Newsom and
Morton made post norton examin-
alton. The wound was In the left
breast, and plainly showed that the
shot must have been fired from the
direction of Cham bliss tent, as the
left side of the deceased WAS toward IL.
The bullet hole was not large aud
there was but little external hemmor-
rhage from the little round hole in his
breast. The examination showed that
the ball entered four and half inches
from the medal line, and three aud a
half inches above the left nipple,
ranging downward and backward,
fracturing the fourth rib two and n
half inches from the sternal cartilage,
and continuing the same course, passed
through the lower lobe OF the left lung
and the vertebral column, between
the eighth and ninth ribs, and lodging
beneath the cellular tissue on the right
side. Search was made IN Chambllss'
tent, and two guns were found, one Of
them IA rifle, which had recel tly been
dsch irged. These were taken charge
of 10y the authorities.
A VISIT TO THE JAIL.
Our reporter, ~ soon AS he heard
that Cham bliss b d been arrested,
went TO the jail to see him. He had
heen called on before by other parties,
aud had refused TO say anything
our reporter however, got him into
conversation, and he told the following
story. He said he had no statement Il
make till he got into court; that he
came here sometime ago, from Geor'
via; that he had had white wOmaI
with her boy living with him, but he
was not married to her; that colored
woman aud her boy had oeen living
with him, the white woman having
left his tent some three or four months
sgo, and did not speak to him any
more. When they first came here
they had presented their letters to the
Baptist church, aud applied for mem'
bership, Tut had been refused, and
they took their letters back. The col
ored boy, with hju. he had raised, and
he loved him better than anything
else Oh earth, and II II were not FOL
him, he didn't care how soon he wa
dead.
BEFORE AND AFTER THE MURDER
Our reporter questioned him more
closely about his proceedings yester'
day. He said he was alone 10 his tent
the coloied boy who had been living
with him having gone to his mother
few nights before on account OF bad
cough. Yesterday morning he got W
about ian hour to SUM-" came down
town, bringing mis- two guns with him
be tried TO sell to gunsmith on Elm
street, but the gunsmith refused to buy
them on account Of chineh bugs about
them. He took them back to bis tent
but does not know what time II wa