The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-12-14
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wililam 0iasoo, n Stranger, stricken with
Death While walking the Street.-The
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william Oiasoo, Stranger, stricken with
Death while walking the Street.-The
Inquest
The HERALD made mention yesterday
morning OF the fact that stranger In the
city had dropped dead In East Dallas about
Z o'clock Thursday evening, In front Of
3 b. Perry's store, No 1877. The remains
we're taken charge Of 10y Undertaken Smith,
and yesterday morning Justice Edwards,
acting coroner, impGneled jury and held
an inquest. IL appears that the deceased,
whose name is William Glasco, had come
to this city a few days since from Ennis,
where lie had been picking cotton, and
beng sick, he had taken board
at Horizons boarding house. on Elm
street, in East Dallas, but had but little
money, and, finding that his sickness was
increasing on him, he applied TO Judge
Burke, oil the county court, for assistance,
and that officer wrote an order and gave IL
to Deputy Sheriff Vaughn to hand TO the
party when he returned. Mr.. Vaughn
failed to see him, and rs he was on his way
down town, he fell dead. The ciuzens Of
East Dallas are indignant at what they
conceive to be negligence on the part of the
officials
THE INQUEST.
The State of Texas, County OF Dallas:
Evidence taken upon an Inquest held in
the city of Dallas December 8, 1882, upon
the dead body of William Glasco found
dead on Elm street, before William Ed
wards, justice of the peace.
DIR. ]. z. ADAMS,
first witness sworn says Yesterday morn
ing l was called to Mr.. Horizons to see q
sick man; / examined the man, whom i
found very low, and | did not think he
would live exceeding three days; he was
suffering from severe case OF pneumonia;
/ saw nothing more OF the man until last
night about 7 o'clock was passing the
store of Mr.. Penny, in East Dallas. wnen |
found a man lying on the edge OF the
street-Elm-with one foot on the sidewalk;
his gum coat was on the sidewalk; thought
the man was drunk and went down to
Mr.. Horizons and Mr.. Nevins returned
with me- l turned the man over and
discovered he was dead the body
was identified by Mr.. Nevins as
that of the man l visited that morning at
Mr.. Horizons and who was . stranger
meanwhile Mr.. Horton came up and stated
also that he was the same man; police
man was then notified of the fact and the
body was taken charge of by the authori-
ties; the man died from the effects of pneu-
monia.
W. II. HORTON,
next witness sworn, says: [ keep hotel
No 1913 Elm street; knew the man found
on the street last night last summer, year
ago, at Corsicana, in this state; when he
boarded with me he was then known as
William GlaSco, | saw nothing more OF him
until night before last night, about 8
o'clock, when he came to my house COM
planning of being sick; stated that he had
been out ia the country picking cotton and
took sick; was advised to come 10
IlD
medical treatment, the place where he
had been working, being very, sickiy, it
being in between Dallas, Waxahachie and
Ennis, but in this county. He asked for a
bed, which was furnished him; he told me
that he had met Judge Burke, who prom
Used to do something for him next morning
ii be came down town; Glasco said he
enough to buy some tobacco and pay for
his washing; yesterday morning he got up |
and went into breakfast; did not eat IN UGH | |
learned; he had purchased bottle OF med |
icine, but had taken nothing out of it COM
MIR. Giasco thnn smoke OF going |
to see Judge Burke, when several of my |
boarders and myself advised him to be
very careful about going, as the weather
had turned so cold finally he concluded
be was unable to go to see Judge Burke,
and / went down to see Judge Burke for
him; met Judge Burke at the court
house, about 8 .. m. yesterday; told of the
man, his condition, etc., and Judge Burke
to send Immediately and have
the man taken TO the hospital; l
returned home and reported, reaching
there about halfpast 8; in
tor the man, Mr.. Nevin and / went to the
Union depot and telephoned to Judge
Burke to know whaJ was the matter; the
reply | received was that | must come
down and see Judge Burke again; this |
could not do; and about 10 O'Clock Glasco
said he thought he could come down him-
self to Craddock's if he had assistance over
to the cars, and from there he could go
to the hospital; he said he knew Frank
Ayers, at CraddocE's, and had left his bag
gage with him; saw him TO the street car
on Main street, paid his way down, and
thought he was in the city hospital until |
saw him dead on Elm street, near Penry's |
store, last night.
MR., S. d. Penny
next sworn says: am a merchant in East
Dallas, my store being on Elm street, on |
the same side of the street with Mr.. Hor-
toms hotel, and only few doors east of No. |
l347; between and Z o'clock yesterday, |
lust after dusk, q man came to my door, |
and leaning up against the side of the door
enQuired il / could direct him 10 the Hor-
ton house; | did so, and he passed on; / |
thought the man was uflnKlngi saw DOtn- |
ing more of him until about twenty min |
ntes later, DR.. Adams came in and told me
, man was lying out in the street near |
here and he thought he was dead; / went |
out and recognized the man had seen a
few minutes before; he was recognized by |
several as MIR. Glaseo; the mau was then |
dead; / did not touch the body, but heard |
some one say bis hands were cold, but his |
his head was warm; We thought perhaps ne |
would survive, but he did not.
state OF Texas, ounty Of Dallas.
An inquisition taken on the 9Th day OF
1882. in precinct No. 1, in the
city of Dallas, at the undertakers establish.
ment of n. G. Smith, upon the body Of
William Glasco, by W. NJ. Edwards, JUS
lice OF the peace, aud acting coroner, on the
paths of William Bradshaw, Louis Jacoby, |
II. B. Dean, Dave Klttrell, T. G. Terry and
q. @. Burnett, good and lawful jurors Of
,aid county, being in dus form sworn in
view Of said dead body, do say that the said
William Glasco came to his death on Elm
street, near the storehouse Of S. b. Penny, |
No. l347, about O'Clock p. M, from Sc
rere attack Of acute pneumonia brought on
BY exposure.