The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-03-18
The 1Eura~Tou- RiptoI Agafn--James
Ssmms shot 10 De-Ih-----. -

d irlsee and s.Redn Ryan d,t-rmined
10 make a night of II and have little
fun. They drank considerably, and
along aboutthe ''wse sms' hours were
half sess over and were having time
If it down 10 the first ward. About
half-past 4 o'clock on yesterday morn
ing they ran across man by the name
Of Shuoert, who wes an entire stranger
10 them, and proposed 20 hsm to hsve
quiet game Of euchre for fun in the
GEM SALOON
or restaurant II an interview with
Ryan on yesterday be gave the follow
/ .rg particulars aoout the sff4ir. W.
! proposed to play game Of euehre for
/ 1f'K K aud SIT down and commenced
/ 5e gene. During the play two bands
tlrued up together and Sims and the
/ stranger proposed to bet money on
them. "Chip" Burlage said, "Ill bet
u half dollar" The stranger replied,
a. I'ii not bet half dollar, but am will
| ing tt put up s. or $40 on nv hand"
Bur!sge said, ''All rigbti.PI bet you
81" Thy put up rhe
MONEY
and the stranger saId, "rYe got
three aces aud the money If
mine" and made grab. for
the pile. S INNS then jumped up AND
said: "Tnst amt the best hand"
and attempted 10 snatch the money
from him. They got into severe
scUiils, but / anticipated nothing Sc
rious, and remained seated until S INNS
cried out, ''Look out boys, he's got
pistol" / then jumped up ard caught
the stranger by the coat collar, to pre-
vent him from killing ms, and hit
him three or four times. While was
striking him / heard the
PISTOL GO OFF,
| but did not see who fired it. Simms i'm
medIately let loose the stranger and fell
to the floor, shot through the mech.
The stranger then turned aud fired at
me, the fash of the pistol binding me
so 1 could not see. felt the bali
strike my clothing, and didn't know
but what l was shot, and turned and
| went out the back door of the Teslsu-
rant, and I believe the stranger wen
out the front door about the same tim.
| None of US knew who he was nor did
we know he was armed. None of our
| party bad arms, and were not expect
ing difficulty. The
PROPRIETOR
of the Gem Saloon, Gays that about
hslf-past 4 O'Clock the boy Scotty,
then on watch in the bar, came and
woke him up and said the boys were
playing cards in the restaurant and he
was afraid they would have fuss. Il,
was contrary TO his orders for anyone
to play cards in bis house, and he got
up to put stop to it, but while dress
ing be heard the shots, and upon has
tening to the room found Simms On the
floor. Drs. Wootten and S alnaker were
Immediately sent for, and came and
gave him medical attention.
THE SHOT
fred at cred" passed through both
lapels of his coat, knocking off the,tnp
bu on of his vest and ranged within
two or three inches of Lis heart. Tee
ball fired at Slmms entered tbeleft side
of his neck, Immediately under the
jaw bone, and passed through and
lodged against the spinal column. in
ficting mortal wound, from the eff
iects of which he died about 2 o'clock
yesterday evening. AS soon as possi-
bic after he was shot he was removed
to his home, where every attention was
paid him. The ball seriously affected
the spinal column, and from the mo-
ment he was shot his BODY from the
neck down was completely
PARALYZED,
| and the surgeons had no hope of bis
| recovery. Sbubert, who did the
shooting, is well known in the city,
and goes under the cognomen OF
Frenchy." He lives about forty miles
above here, in Blanco county, and the
reporter was informed that at one time
he was deputy sheriff of that couhty.
Those who know him say he frequently
drinks to excess when in the city, but
always conducts himself quietly, and
they are of the opinion that he believed
the parties ne was with on yes erday
morning were trying to play the
"'wILY FAKIR"
| with him, and he was not the one to
stand such a game. 1t was .Tumored.
late yesterday evening that eShubert
had been arrested, but we could trace
it to no reliable source, and the Off
GERS in the city knew nothing about it.
MORE PARTICULARS OF THE KILLING
sHUBERT's STATEMENT.
On Thursday the STATESMAN report
er was put in possession of the. follow
ing statement made by Shubert after
the killing of Simms: I reside in
BLANCo COUNTY,
and myself and friend of mine named
Dante came to Austin to. buy corn,
-four, meal and other household sup
plies. We reached Austin late Tues
day night, and were quite wet sDd
cold. We stopped at Metz's saloon
and took drink, after which we pro-
ceeded to s. o. Clouds wagon yard
and put up our horses and had them
fed. We then went down to the
GEM SALOON
and drank glass of beer and left to
return to the wagon yard. Mr.. Dante.
went on ahead, and i hest sight Of
young men stepped up and asked if l
could change dollar. l felt in my
pockets and iinformed them could
not, as l had nothing less than q dollar
myself. They then invited me to go to
the saloon and take drink, and re-
marked they could get their dollar
changed there. went with them, and
when we, entered the saloon they pro-
posed to play game of euchre for the
drinks, but I REFUSED
to play. They then said if l would !
make up the party they would pay for
the drinks if lost. I sat down, and
we commenced to play. After playing
short time, Igot three aces, and they
proposed to turn the game into poker,
and bet on their hands. l refused to
bet, and told them would not. They
then jumped up, and one of them
struck me terrible blow on the head
with what thought was pair of
BRAS KNUcKLEs.
The blow stunned me considerably,
and while TWO of them kept hold of
me and struck me in the face and over
the head the third one ives trying and
did get his hands into my pockets. /
Drew my pistol as rapidly as possible
and fred at random across my breast
to the left, and Immediately turned my
pistol ana SHOT to the right. At the
first SHOT one of the men fell and the
Others fed. They were strangers to
me, and were atten ping to rob me,
andrI DIDN'T know but what they would
kill me. / had several ten dollar bills
aud nine dollars in silver in my peck
cts. They knew had it, for they saw
il when | drew 1t out to look for
change for them. They got all the
monrv I had duriuO the sruff1a exrent