The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-06-30

BEN f0Na's DEATH.
Mir. Smith, WHO was at work at the
compress when tl,e affair occurred, |
ran oyer There and WIS IN tiIae To heiF
Ben Long into liis house, who had TAI.
len on tne steps, aud put him to bea.
Dr. CfoSdas c..llGo over Immediately
fbe, @Vqa'l a.s ia She fisat bres@l
near The Iit Of ,Ae right arm and just
bviug ihe collar boae, the lall pete-
traiins dots awards aHi iuwaFtis, PISS
sing taf9uGA tie rlgA, lung, AIR. Long
was gtale conscious, And sail that he
huew he was going Ia die. His throat
filled up with bioe.d from the lungs,
ana hg died in u few minutes.
HAUsAAS's WOUND.
The saloon man received wound
ia the leiS arm, near the elbow. Df.
Newsom, who was bear the place TT
the tine and saw Reynolds shoot at
hiul, dressed Mr.. Hausnlan's wound.
II is a very painful wound but is not
serious, however.
Al TIE HOSPITAL.
our reporter visited the hospital
twice 10 zee Reynolds. The first time
lac was in great agony, and begging to
be put out oil his taisery. His wound
is between tile sixth and seventh ribs.
close To the left lower end OF the ster-
mum aud above the eusiiorta eerti-
iage, ranging Gownwards. Doctors
Newsom, Chiidress and others We're
present, and expressed the opinion
that the wound is fatal. Morphine
was administered, aud the patient be-
came more quiet. He was vomiting
considerably, probably from the liquor
he had been drinking. At one O'Clock
! this morning lac was said to be sink
ing fast, and probably by this time he
| has passed before the awful tribunal,
| to answer for his deeds. A large
crowd gathered about the hospital
| building, many trying to gain admit
| lance, but Marshal Morton stationed
several officers there, and no one but
| the proper persons were allowed To
: thttf' ihc lbaybI also Sai1c uO"h
and requested the crowd to disperse To
/ their homes. Reynolds is a man about
/ twenty-five or thirty years of age, five
i feet ten inches ia height, sandy tuotis-
tacie and soatec, aud rather good-
/ iDakins. lie is reported To l'e the same
/ man who shot at a hack driver at the
I 81, i-oGis house, some months ago.
F.. He l. su,d to nail from san Antonio
and Austin. What his business is we
could not definitely learn, some saying
ne was gambler, some u cattle man,
and others that he owned the express
wagon which he drove up in.
PUBLIC OPINION
seems - agree "a to the fact that u
young man named Oyeft0n Wa the
one that fred the shot that wounded
Reynolds, and ell concur in saying
that Overton acted with great cool
ness. He has wound on his face,
which some say was caused by bull
let nom Reynolds pistol, and Others
from branch % tree, while he was
crowding through brush fence. Mr..
Overton il "a relative of an old citizen
of the county, Perry Oyerton, and was
in town on business with Mr.. Tomp-
kins. Reynolds used five barrel cart
ridge revolver, calibre 81, rim fire.
He put several loads in IL as he ran.
There was rumor that another man
was shot in the arm, and ran up jack
son street, but We could not trace il to
any reliable source.
Considerable feeling exists among
our German citizens, but we hope tina;
10 demonstrations Will be made. Mr
Long was an old citizen, and had MI
: merous friends. He was Swiss 10y
birth, and at one time was worth con,
siderable property. He has held The
office OF sheriff OF the county, mayor
Of the city several terms. and Mt the
time OF his death was United State.
commissioner. An inquest will prob
! ably be held to-day.
CLOSING SCENE.
: Ben Long, the victim of Reinaids
! pistol shot, Was buried in Trinity Gem
! etary on Sunday, and was followed I,
his last resting place by the larges
concourse OF friends that we have seei
} since the death of the iamented Prot
, Scales. There were forty-nine car
: rlages, aud fourteen horsemen in til,
: procession. He leaves a wife and fuu
2 children, the oldest child girl eigh
! Years of age.
Mr. y. b. Solomons, who had en-
tered the saloon with Reinalds, wa
J also wounded, as intimated i'll GU
/ Sunday morning report. He ran HON
a rs soon as shot, and thus escaped nt
D tiee during the excitement. n bulie
! from Reinalds' pistol, during Ia
: melee, struck him in the right arm
q near the elbow, - sing upwards, an
: sihattering the boaes terribly. Whe
: the bullet was extracted il WAS AS fla
{ as though it had been hammered.
a Is feared that amputstion will be nee
s essary.
a Hausmau is doing well, his bein
"a only a ilestr wound Such are the de
!. tails of this horrible affair, whicl
:, created 80 great an excitement a
: over our eity Saturday night.
3 THE LAST HOURS OF REINALDs.
Early sunday morning the officer
removed Reipalds to the county jai
I and DR.. Madara took all possible car
y of him. He did hot suffer much, as h
e was kept under the influence of opiate,
r Ii soon became evident that he coul
e not live. In fact he began to swell
IA He Was perfectly conscious to the las
e He expired yesterday morning abou
: half past seven. Before his death h
= expressed himself as being very graf.
q ful for the care and treatment he ha
e received, His language and manne
, Indicated that he was well educate
II and possessed considerable eiiuemen
o He seemed TO care but little FOR phys
!, cal PAIN but was deeply agitated, .
the thought that he lad eoaimitte
IS murder. and stated that he was Graz
e with drink, and bore no iii-wiIi agains
: any one. The whole thing seemed I
}, him like dream.
L Reinalds came from Indiana seve