The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-22

under arrest charged with the murder of his
friend. The remains OF Mr. Strother were
given into the charge of Capt. w. G. Veal,
and on Sunday night were taken to Ennia
for interment.
THE INQUEST.
The jury of inquest me at the Jail yester.
day morning Vt . o'clock pursuant 10 ad
tournament, and af er viewing the remains Tor
The second lime they adjourned to the office
of Justice Edwar Is, whore they heard the
testimony of WITNESSES.
A. M. Wheelig, the fist witness intro
duCed and sworn, testified as follows: | live
in Dallas and travel for the Wier pillow conf
pany; saw the body of the man at the county
Jail last night about 1880 o'clock, and recog-
nized it MS that of A. T. Strother, who used
to i've at Ennis, in Ellis county; he was en-
gagged there in merchandising, but sold out
and went into the cattle business with ranch
near Belle Plain, in Callahan county; | saw
him in that county on the I'd of January,
which was the last time | saw him alive; |
heard yesterday that he was in the city, but
did notmeet him;I have known him for about
seven yesrs,sn he was quiet, pesceable man
who made no enemies, and never knew him
to be involved in difficulty; don't know
where he was from to Dallas, whether Ellis
or Callahan county; u Mr.. Holt that knew
him in Ellis county told me yesterday that
Strother was here; looked at the breast of
the deceased this morning, and it WAS the
only wound that | examined; the deceased
WIS not q drinking man. nor did he gamble.
DR.. S. W. Field, the second witness,
testified: l went to the place
where the deceased lay dead; supposed he
had been shot some fifteen minutes; the time
WAS about O'Clock, and the place near the
Texas 81 Pacific depot the man was dead
when got there; there we're several parties
already there; no one was touching the body;
DR.. Leske snd Judge Thurmond wero there;
Ferd. Tucker had large pocket
book and small pistol and u
silver watch in his hand, taken from
the person of the deceased; when got there
tho deceased's pockets were turned wrong
side out; the ell, cts were turned over to me;
the pocket book contained $i4 in currency
and one check, issued by the National bank
of Evansville, indiana, in favor of one Buroh,
for 5000. also a bill Of sale and some notes;
did not examine the wounds which were
about the right ear; don't know how many; /
turned the effects over to Sheriff Jones.
j. l.. Curtis, the third witness testified: !
first met deceased at Eenis ms a dry goods
merchant, and have known him since 1876,
and have since known him rs stock man in
Callahan county; saw the deceased yester.
day evening; Mr.. McEnnis told me that de-
ceased was in rhe city ard in strange stats
Of mind; ut the request of friends | went in
search of him and found him at the coraer of
Lamar and Elm streets; be was talking to some
gentlemen and would not speak to me;
walked up aud spoke 10 MIN and he re-
mSrhed: 81 have disgraced al my friends az
well as myself, and am unworthy of being
spoken ~ by my old friends, and | wish
was dead; have swindled my best friends
md lied to them in order 10 obtain money;
my father in kentucky has a helpless family,
and is interested in the stock business with
me, and have deceived him and feel that [
have robbed his children of what little they
nod; Jim Farrar is after me to kill me; he is
stock man ut Euns, and | would rather be
killed than see him because | have lied to
him; borrowed So 900 from him and repre-
scented to him that had ono thousand head
of cstLle which was false, for
l only had seven hundred head l paid
him 81 800 back" Tho above is ubstsn.
TALLY the conversation had with the de-
ceased and it was the last time over saw
him alive this was about O'Clock in the
afternoon later in the evening Mr.. Mem.
mis-, Martin AND myself were talking of his
mehtal condition. when Mr.. Holt came up I:
l come to The conclusion that he was de,
ragged | raCognzod the body a. that of
Strother; when l heard Of his death | was
not surprised ; no WAS not a drinking man
and did not gamble; always regarded his
! financial condition as good l do not know
where Farrsr is, and never knew of the
deceased having An enemy know Farrar
we'll, and he is u clever good man
j. NJ. Thurmund, the fourth witness tes-
tilied was on my way home, going
up Lamar street; it was shout 8 o'cIock; /
was oppo ito the Kentucky saloon when 1
heard tho first shot and jumped into the door
and remained there until the other three
shots were fired; asked the barkeeper for
pistol; he had none; then went TO Stsrke's
saloon ana tried to get oue, but could not;
some one got lamp and we went no the
track to where tho shooting occurred; some
one remarked, "There is the pistol" and
picked it up and handed it to nae; the body
was living little off from the pistol; the do.
ceased was lying on his back with bis head
nearly east; | asked for An officer; there was
none there; We then blew a whistle but copl
find no officer; then suggested that Mr..
Ferd Tucker take charge ofthe effects of the
deceased; no officer having arrived,
we went into saloon and took
an inventory of the articles
the shots were not fred simultaneously: |
heard the gro4n after the first shot; | could
see nothing and did not hear any one run; he
Was shot in the head; judging from the sound,
of the shots thoy were from pistol.
+. n. Tucker, the fifth witness, testified
The firing was about $3.50; | WAS at the Gin
cinnati house, on Camp street; heard three
shots fred at the Texls Il Pacific depot; wen
to where the deceased was; deceased wa
lying on his back with his head east; Judge
Thurmond spoke to the deceased and asked
him if he could talk, when dec ased turned
his head little, but did not speak; on the
right temple was blood and powder burn
Dr. Field felt his pulse and pronounced life
extinct
@. @. Holt the sixth witness, testified:
claim Dallas rs my home; have known de.
ceased since 1875; | saw him last yesterday
morning about 0 o'clock on TIL
train; shook hands with him
he was going to Bolle Plain; it WIS through
my influence thet he was TO go; ! met de-
ceased vt the Union depot the morning be-
fore that; he was standing in the doorway Of
one Of the waiting rooms; | spoke TO him
and we both went in and sat down. we went
Across to boarding house and got breakfast;
! ha said that hia afIaira ware i'm had shane. he