The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-04-28
THE KNIFE.
Four wounds, Through One Of Wi-h
lii, - f.bbin. Past

fOur wounds through ode of Nt-H
Life - fbbins Past.
Just as we were going 10 press, the
alarm sounded, and 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 living
on the outer edge OF the sidewalk, in
All unconscious condition, and bleeding
from four knife wounds, Ills bowels
protruding from one of them. On in
quiry, We learned the following from
Harry Waters, the barkeePer at the
| Mint:
! lie said the wounded man, accompa-
! niei by small croes eyed man with
white hat, entered the saloon aud took
| their seats near a billiard table where
3 man WAS playing y himself. They
sat there moment, when tie wound
Ell man called the barkeeper, who
was eating a lunch. Surprising the
man was only intoxicated, the tar
/ keeper said, "if you want to see me,
come here.p At this, the friend of
! the wounded man said that his friend
was cut, and lifted 40 his shirt discIus-
| 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-
hansted- Soon the physicians arrived,
| Drs. Chiiders and Cornelius, and the
man was laid on the sidewalk
| with his head resting on a chair.
Ga examination he was found to have
been stabbed four times with some
small blade, but sharp instrument,
| probably steletto; three of the
wounds were in the left breast, just
/ below the nipple, two Of them struck a
rib, the third one going deeper. The
fourth wound in the left groin, and
from it protruded the bowls. He soon
became unconscious, and when our re-
porter left, the physicians were very
doubtful of the man living but "a few
moments No one present knew his
lame, but several said they had seen
him about town, and they thought he
worked on the Dallas and Wichita
railroad. He i, an Irishman about
thirty or thirty. five years of age. His
clothes were muddy on the right side,
as If he had been forced down In q
struggle. The man who was with him
ran away as soon as
he sank at the ,oor step,
but previous to that, stated that he
had been cut up the street, pointing
west. Officer Shehan stated that he
saw the wounded man when he first
came on the beat with three others,
near the concert hall, and that he was
intoxicated. The most reasonable
theory is, that the crowd got into a
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 aud talk
had beeu attacked 10y stranger
would have spoken about it.
He was to he removed to the
city hospital, rs soon as con-
veyance could be procured. In view
OF the reign Of theft, violence and
rowdyism. it is Imperative on the city
to increase the police force. Four men
are not enough to guard this town at
night, and the experience Of the last
two years demonstrates the fact that
policemen are more i.eed.d 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.
LATER
Last evening, officers Duncan and ex
Office. Edwards, by some means know n
only to them, got on track of the man
} Mofiitt, who stabbed Mathes. They