The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-04-25
THE KNIFE.
Four wounds, Through one of Wien
Lifa IN Ebblng fnst,

Four wounds, Through ono Of Wien
Life IN Ebbing fast.
Just An We were going to press, the
alarm sounded, aud the report came
that u man had been stabbed TO death,
and was lying on the sidewalk, near
the Mint saloon, Our reporter hurried
down there, and found the man lying
on the outer edge OF the sidewalk, In
nh unconscious condition, and bleeding
from four knife wounds, his bowels
protrudlng from one Of them. On In.
qulry, we learned the following from
Harry Waters, the barkeeper at the
Mint;
He said the wouded man, accompa-
MED by small cross,eyed man with II
white hat, entered the saloon and took
their seats near "A billiard table where
man was playing by himself. They
sat there a moment, when the wound
cd man called the barkeeper who
was eating lunch. Surprising the
man was only Intoxicated, the bar
keeper said, "if you want TO see me,
come here" AT this, the friend OF
the wounded man said that his friend
was cut, and lifted up his shirt dlsclos-
ing blood, The man who was playing
billiards then started for doctor, and
the companion lsd the wounded man
to the door, when he sank down eX'
huusted. Soon the physicians arrived,
Drs. Childers and Cornelius, and the
man WAS laid on the sidewalk
with his head resting on chair.
On examination he was found to have
been stabbed four times with some
small blade, but sharp instrument,
probably u steletto; three of the
wounds were in the left breast, just
below the nipple, two OF them struck u
rib, the third one going deeper. The
fourth wound In the left groin, and
from 1t protruded the bowls. lie sOon
| became unconscious, und when our 70
porter left, the physicians were very
doubtful OF the man living but u few
moments No one present knew his
name, but several said they had seen
him about town, and they thought he
worked on the Dallas aud Wichita
ra ilroad. He IL an Irishman about
thirty or thirty Ave years of age, His
clothes were muddy on the right side,
as II he had been forced down in II
struggle. The man who was with him
ran away as soon as
he sank ut the toor step,
but previous TO that, stated that he
had been cut up the street, pointing
west. Officer Shehnn stated that he
saw the wounded man when he first
came on the beat with three Others,
near the concert hall, aud that he was
intoxicated. The most reasonable
theory il, that the crowd got into
row among themselves, and this man
was stabbed by one of his companions.
This Is more probable from the fact
that he WAS able to walk and talk
when he entered the Mint, and II he
had been attacked by "A stranger
would have spoken about 1t.
He was to be removed to the
city hospital, as soon as con-
veyance could be procured. In view
of the reign of theft, violence and
rowdyism, 1t is imperative on the city
to increase the police force. -Four men
are not enough to gard this town at
night, and the experience of the last
two years demonstrates the fact that
policemen are more needed during the
dull summer months than in the win
ter. II the city will not increase the
force, they had better call out the one
hundred again, and get rid of the sus-
picious characters who now infest the
CITY,