The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-01-24
OLD Bye, TwO Cowboys and u Brace Of
Lively Colts "Runn Fort Griffin.
On the Round They Take In n
Social Dance, Where They
Swing Corners With the
Officers of the Law.
Trimmings; Killed Outright, One; Nor
tally Wounded, Two Severely
Shot, Two.
spoclnl Commandment to the nerala.

fOHN bhIfllNI Jhuhul1 10 l9'''
Life is uncertain, and that is render
ed more so by living in frontier set
Element, will be shown by the follow
ing:
On tho night Of the l7th inst, the
citizens Of Fort Griffin witnessed n
tragedy at Messrs. Donnclly & CarolPs
varieties, which, when described, yon
will say must have satisfied the most
sanguine lover OF the horrible. 1t APP
pears that two cowboya, full OF old rye
ami the devil, proceeded to what IL
called in frontier parlance, ITO run
the town. after firing several shots
from their Colts to let people know
they were in town, they entered Don
nelly IL CarOlps saloon for the purpose
OF breaking up what was then going
on, social dance. In spite Of the
entreaties of the prOprietorB, they
persisted in drawing their revolvers
and llourishing them to the danger
and annoyance Of the assembly.
Their "racket," however, was sudden
ly stopped by the appearance OF
Mr.. Crozier, the deputy Sheriff
and Mr.. Jetirles, the county attorney,
who, ~ officers of the law, ordered
them to quit. The order seemed to he
the signal, for the ball then closed to
open in different way. About ten
shots were fred in rapid succession,
with unto tuuately more injury to in
nOcent spectators than to the guilty
parties. A gentleman 10y the name OF
Myers, II lawyer by profession, was
shot through the back and died in
about two hours afterwards - esteemed
and regretted by all who knew him.
A young man named Barrow, who
had lately been married, was shot in
the centre Of the forehead and died
instantly Mr.. JCtlrles, the county ut
torney, wRs shot about three inches
above the heart, and now lies In n pre-
carious state. One Of the cowboys
named Bland WAS shot about four
inches above u e navel, the ball pass-
ing out through The small of his back.
Deputy Sheriff Cruger received slight
wound. lie is entitled to great praise
| for the cool manner In which he en-
deavored to uphold the majesty OF the
law, though directly in front
Of too cooked pistols. Altogether
tho affair was uncNlled toI
aud unlucky, rendered more SC
from tho fact that the other cowboy
named Reed, after employing his pistol,
one shot OF which, rs was proved 10y
his position, must have killed the
young man Barrow, got away and is
still AT liberty. Though too late tC
witness the shooting, IL fact by mt
means to be regretted, was in time
to see Mr.. Jetlries led away; Barrow Oh
| the ground, with his brain OCEinf
through the hole in his forehead; Law
yer Myers dying, reclining on his side
and Bland rolling on his back in
agony. All from the effects of t
drunken spree and the useless habit OF
packing II six shooter. Now that the
law is touched in the person of Mr.
Jetlries, the wild and wOolly cowboy,
no doubt will he compelled to lay asid,
their weapons on entering the town
ship in order that the more peaceable
and respectable members of the com
munity may have show for their
lives. The excuse that Fort Griffin is
a frontier town and that Indians art
dangerous, is now getting "too thin
to justify men necessarily carrying
weapons, which, as n matter of conse'
quence, they use, when frontier whisky
makes them feel like it.
COMANCHE jim.