The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-18
He JuStiles the Deed on the Ground Of
Unfaithful Acts on the Part
of His Wife and
His Victim.
Interviews Concerning the Deplorabls
Afsair...The Wife of the Dead
Man Bereft Of Reason.
A COrOneps Inquest Begun and ADJ
jOurned Over till Morning.
The Scenes in the Street, Etc

One of the bloodiest tragedies that ever
occurred in the history of this city, was that
enacted on Lamar street last evening in
which Alfred Freeman, a photographer,
was the principal actor, and r. \. Cham
bers, a merchant tailor, the victim of a
shotgun wound, which caused his death in
quarter of an hour afterwards.
The first seen of Freeman by the casual
observer he was on the corner named with
a shotgun in his hands. Chambers, the
unsuspecting victim, was walking down
Lamar street, on the same side, in the
direction of Patterson's drug store, or his
tailor shop, which is few doors
beyond, when Freeman threw the
taking aim, fired the contents, sixteen
buckshot taking effect in the lower part of
his right shoulder. four of them passing
through and coming out in front. Cham
bers staggered, reeled and fell, and in fall
ing he called to the Yeargan rrothers, who
keep fruit store, in front of which he fell,
saying, Catch me, | am shot" He
was carried into Patterson's drugstore
and laid down on the floor. Some one asked
him if they must send for his wife and he
answered, '"Yes, yes" These were the
conscious, and in ten minutes afterwards
he was q corpse, the subject of the green
eyed monster. =,
In the me, ntime large crowd had gath.
cred about the drug store, the doors OF
which we're barred to keep them out,
Physicians present, say that the shot pene-
trated the lower lobe Of the right lung and
the liver.
After he had fired the fatal shot, Free.
man brought his gun to the position OF
order arms, and before he had
Crowdus placed him under arrest and
turned him over to the county authorities
When first taken in charge he was consid-
crably excited and said to the officer, "a
could not help it;:that man has wrecked my
happiness in life; he seduced my wife
l shot him for seducing my wife" he re-
peated. II sent her off to the Springs and
he followed her, and lived with her, regis
tering as man and wife, he assuming my
name; he ruined my domestic happiness. y
On reaching the Shefiffs office he sent for
Lawyer Clint, whom he engaged to defend
him and for some time they were closeted
together. He was subsequently, taken before
Justice Edwardsto be present at the inves
tigation of the jury of inquest, but after ex
amining one or two witnesses the jury ad
journed over until this morning when the
hearing oftestimony will be resumed.
A HERALD reporter called on Mr.. Free
man at the Jail, and found him in the north
lower cell of the prison. AT first he sait
that he had nothing to. say
but in q general talk he dropped few
words of interest. He stated to the repor
ter that he regretted that the newspapers
should see fit to give the matter publicity
He had lived here five. years and had
learned to love Dallas and her people, and
during that period he had striysn hard K
earn an honest living for his family ant
just rs he was beginning to get
comfortably fixed his happiness
had been destroyed by Chambers, whom
he had killed because he felt II his bounder
duty to do it. In answer TO question, h,
stated that he hadpositive proof of the gull
of the deceased. On going home one nigh
recently he peeped through the. shutter
and saw man occupying the sam,
bed with his wife. He raped a
The front door and his wife was some tim
opening Il, and when he entered he saw
nan, whom he took to be Chambers, hur