The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-06-24

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We and Goodness,
For u long time our city has boon
blessed with peace and good order, and
we were oongratulating ourselves GU
this happy state OF affairs, when OF n
sudden n tragedy occurs that ohills the
blood and throws our city into the
deepest mourning. murder most
fouln has been committed, and the
consequences are wide spread. Not
only Is prominent citizen do
prived OF his life, but u family OF
four fatherless children and widow
are left TO mourn the "deep damnation
OF his taking OIL" Nor IL this all. An
lnoiienslve man Ia wounded, and his
family thrown into Consideration by
the rullianism OF u man In his cups.
THE TRAGEDY
which startled our city from its quiet
occurred last evening at about seven
o'clock, and its horried details are
enough 10 make tho livery stones CRY
out.n We will endeavor TO give the
particulars, prefacing our statement
by saying that when an affair OF this
kind occurs there are thousand
different versions of the occurrence,
and even eye witnesses seldom en-
tlrely agree M to the exact manner In
which the affair took place. AT the
time above stated, "a man named Rey-
nolds entered q beer saloon near the
corner OF Austin and Wood streets,
kept by Swiss named Hausman. He
was accompanied by woman and an
other man. They sat down ut a table
In the corner and called for some beer,
which was furnished. Mr.. Ben Long
was there, having come over from his
house, with Swiss named Axe, to see
the proprietor ON some business. Rey-
nolds and his party drank their beer,
when Reynolds arose to go without
paying for It, As he was about leav-
ing, Hausman stopped him and asked
for his pay. He replied he had no
change, but would go and see his part
ner and get some. MIR. Long, who was
sitting In the corner, spoke and said
that ale ought TO pay for what he got
as Hausman kept the place as means
of livelihood" Reynolds then went out
and proceeded down town, and was
seen to cross Main street.
THE SHOOTING.
What we, are about to relate, we
gather from the statements OF Haus-
mans wife, and others who saw all, or
part OF 1t. They differed In some par
ticulars but In the main, oorroborate
each other. Reynolds returned In
about fifteen minutes, and on entering,
said SNOW Pve got the change. You
double-teamed me awhile ago, and
I'll play for even." Hausman's wife
says the first thing she noticed was
his drawing q pistol and firing at her
husband. He then turned and fired
at Ben Long, who was sitting Oh q
table In the front corner OF the room.
MR.. JoHNsT0N's STATEMENT.
Mr.. Johnston is a Waterman at the
Central freight depot, opposite, and
was sitting Oh the platform when the
affair occurred. He says he heard
some words over in the saloon, saw
Reynolds come to the door; heard
him say something about two men to
one, and saw him go towards Main
street. Mr.. ]. remarked to friend
near by, that the fellow would be
back, and in o few minutes saw him
eturn In an express wagon, driven
by darkey named Leonard. Roy
nolds went In the saloon, and presently
he heard two shots fired, and saw Ben
Long come, out, holding his hands to
his breast. Mr.. Long ran to the cor
ner, turned 1t, and ran towards
his house. Hausman then came
out, Reynolds following him and
shooting at him when outside.
Reynolds then jumped into the ex-
press wagon, and the darby jumped
out. Reynolds started to drive of, but
had just got across the track when q
man named Graf, who drives two
horse express, caught the horses head
and stopped him. Before this, how
ever, Hausman's wife, armed with q
stone, ran after the wagon, crying
"stop him. 'police." Reynold pre-.
sented his pistol at her, when shs
lodged and dropped the stone. When
Graft stopped the horse Reynolds
snapped the pistol at him, and then
jumped out Of the front Of the wagon
and ran down the street, closely fol-
lowed by man named Mckinley,
who had seen part OF the difficulty
and was runniag TO catch Reynolds
and arrest him.
M'aIsLEY's STATEMENT.
was on the platform Of the freigh
depot, heard the shootir 4, and saw
Reynolds come out, jump Into tn
wagon and make off. I started ate
him. Just "a | got near the wagon, b
Jumped out, and I followed. He raj
south on Austin street, through tn