The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-29
FOUND DEAD


About 2 O'Clock vest rdsy morning the
mangled remains Of a man wers discovered
nv Ysrdmas,er Keeferon the Texas g. Pacific
track, a short distance east of the round house,
and Just withou The city limits. He notified
Polio man Il dyes, who was at the time on
duty at the Uoion depot, and that officer
taking lamp with him to stop any passing
trains, went to the scene, where he found the
BODY, which was mutilsted in most horrible
manner. Wen
FIRST DISCOVERED
his remains Mere still warm. His
left le vas cut entirely off
pant leg, and all between the thigh and knee,
and his right leg and left arm were broken
and mar gled, his head caved in and his face
frightfuly lacerated, while the breast was
mashed and bruised The flesh and fragments
of bones were strewn along the track for forty
or fifty feet, but strange to say, there was
NO BLOOD
visible save whore the body rested, about
pint having cozed from the head The leg
was found come fifty f CT from the body,
and the small amount of blood
has I'D TO the belief that
the unfortunate man had been foully dealt
with and mis- body placed upon the track for
blind. No one that saw them that night
recoguiz I'd tie remains, which Yarjmaster
Keefer conveyed to the sw. oh house. A
pocket kntc and some chewing tobacco
were fouud ON the body. 1t is supposed that
west bound freight train, which passed a
few mnues beforethe body WAS dis ,vered,
was the one that run over it. " terday
morning Justice Edwards empannelled a
JURY OF INQUEST
which heard the testimony o., .hree witnesses,
vet failed to return verdict and were given
until 10 o'clock is morning in order that
they might II orc fully investigate the matter,
as some of them are suspicious that he YVES
murdered aud placed on the track The
pocket. book he WAS seen to have few hours
before his death, is missing, and has not yet
been found.
After the jury had reviewed the remains,
young man recognized them as those of
his brother,
JESSE HARRIS,
who came into the city the day before,
and failing to return home he had come to
look MIN up. he expressed it AS his opinion
that his brother had
COMMITTED SUICIDE
by lying down on the track. de separated
from his wife some time ago, believing her to
be untrue to him, and since that time she hr1
been living with man by the name OF Pill.
grim to whom she has never been marie
This has weighed heAvily on his mind.
The testimony of the three witnesses ex-
amined yesterday Is as follows:
R. j. oLIPHANT,
the 4 81 witness examined, testified: l am
in the employ OF the Texas 4 Pacific railroad
as fireman on the switch engine; this morn
ing about o'clock, as the engine was back
ing east, | was stopped by a man with
lantern in hi hand standing on the track; |
asked MIN what he wanted, and he replied
thai there had been man run over and
killed up the track and he did not want me
TO run over him; l got of the engine and
walked back with him to the body, which
wa lying on the track with the head to the
south rail; portion of his torn coat partially
hid his face; his coat and vest were
gray cashmere, gray jean pants and u
striped homespuu shirt and wool hat made
up his clothing; the body WAS still warm;
his left leg was cut clean off between the
thigh and the knee, and his right leg and left
arm were ba lily broken, his head was mashed
ond his face badly disfgured. A freight
tai cmir., flt4- he east passed over ,he
place and then backed over the same ground
where the body was found, short time be-
fore tho witness was notified
Mr.. Keefer, the yardmaster, took him off
tho truoIy aud ,a rrind him IN thu switch hOuan
NJ. L. HODGES,
of tho police force, was sworn and testified
was notified by Yardmaster Keefer, about .
o, ock tins m Jrning, that a man had been
run over by irain on the Texas " Pacific,
east of the water tank; went and found the
body rs Mr.. Oliphant has describedit Yard
master heefar removed it to the switch
hou ,.
WILLIAM SAUNDERS
Justified as follows: L saw the
body and recognized it as that of
Jesse Harris, who lived some two and a-half
miles southeast Of the city; [ worked for
him; was with him last night, and he was
drinking: we separated ABOUT ii o'c'ock
that night at the old Gypsy Queen saloon,
he going to the Lady Cav and l to leDo
room: / hes ID man was lille AID went
out to see the remains; he had from So to
$40 on HE person; he loaned me Sl.5O;
iie last time saw him alive, he was gong
TO the Lady Gay, house of i'll lame, now
called Long Blanch; after L returned
from the keno room went to tire Long
Brancu, and after remaining there short
time went to the Gypsy Queen saloo-
where | spent the night; both, Harris ~
myself we're staggering drunk; Harris h !
bottle of alchohol on his person, which g
bought at DR.. Aliens drug store in Eas'
Dallas; he bought a halt pound OF tobae-
co from Lyon; l sat up in char AT I'm
derwood's saloon--the old Gypsy Queen
all night; Bob Parsons was on watch At the
bar, the fore part OF the night, and fellow