The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-02-08
FORT WORTH.

Reported Dallyl .
Fort WoHrII, February !, 1880
j. @. Morris, II gambler of this city, has
been drinking very hard for several days and
while under the influence Of liquor, last
night between II and ooclock enacted n
bloody scene in the bar-room of" My
Theatre" From the parties present
duril z the night the following
facts are learned Morris had been up
stairs during the night and ordered several
bottles Of wine, ard when no came down
walked up to the counter to settle for the
same, and while feeling for his money drew n
largo pistol and threw it upon the counter.
The pistol was cdentally discharged, send
ing a all through the body Of L. w. Cotton
aud lodging in the wall. The ball entered
the right chest, one inch from the nipple.
passing directly backward and makingits exit
at the lower angle of the right shoulder blade.
The proper medical attention was rendered.
While tho W und is II very dangerous one,
the doctors Think not necessarily fatal. o
has already passed over two dungers---f'st,
primary hemorrhage and the shock. Morris
was arrested and placed under 81 900 bond
He is now confined to his room, under medi-
cal attention. As soon rs no RECEIVERS he
will be arraigned for preliminary examina-
ton before Justice McClung. He had diff
ticulty in the earlier part of the night,
with man by the name of Russell
and a small pistol that he
carried was taken away from him, but another
and a larger one was conveyed to him BY his
negro servant, a few minutes before Cotton
was shot. Cotton was a man about thirty
five years of age; has wife and three chill
dren; has been bartender for George Hol-
lahu' proprietor Oh NY ineatte, LOT some
hVc Vi siA ilon.ns' nc has the reputation
oeing quiet una l'eaceaolG man ana goou
c'slze,l Is noi selieralIy SHOWN snat we
lave .mo u .h ha, u SaG o.c u. 10Y ~ 'ne
t lr,oiir';s' sno oSno, q. c'oo III assuming
ue D,S nI oou'' HuJ1"'ueu 'uis iiio'n,nS,
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10 rors uriiil, anu return viz INC
4 ~, VI heAIhl valley r9nic -
Inc elevator a. .nls place mas an aaulllon 70
e Hrm oy sao Ho n, hono OF ~
Oh ieiinessec' ~ VIII hereafter Dc run n ana
oPera'eo T tW,, 'ho M, urn nalne Oh rnl'-
eo o;,., o. W s aany nave superior
, Ior nalunhg anu seor'ns
large 9r small quant1,les OF gram =
MajIr maIng, a !; nop hes'a1n' nngloser Oh
tne Texas ,n " raciIlc h'liroad 20, vice MAJOR
S Wase9 p VINO mas recently Seen appointed
oniel nnglhoer ol tho ieass " raclllc I'm,
ProVement company, win headquarters az
.hls Piace.---Alno1g inc new men Drought
mere py lne railroad abroad u9om none RANK my or
socially laan captain Moss, the auditor OF y, me
dexas " racine lmprovcnent company. me
Captain was Tor long time Cn,et CLERK OF the
Auditor OF tne eAas ~ IaG"c raiiroad
company at Marshall and as a
business man ranks A NO |. we heartily
welcome him to our city:---Wo note the