The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-08-02
SHOOTING SCRAPE.
'Dus Men Come Together Win Deadly
Weapons.
shot Through The Head, But SIN
Alive.
A Woman Said to DO the Cause.

Two pistol shots fired in rapi succession
on Austin street. near the Grand Windsor
hotel bridge yesterday morning, about IL
o'clock, attracted quite large crowd. j.
R. Copeland, lately employed by Siler as
an omnibus driver, came staggering down
towards Main street with his face COW
cred with blood, and Charles Hutton, a
bus driver. was standing up in his seat on his
bus with pist d in his right hand. A police
officer lead the wounded man oil when
Deputy Sheriff Mckenzie, who had reached
the scene asked in a loud voice "who shot
that man" ~ did," said Hutton as he ex-
tended his pistol to the officer who took it.
The officer walked off with Hutton to the
county jail, where he was locked up;
In the meantime the wounded
of Drs. Moseley q Childers, where he
was given medical attention. The large
crowd that had followed, attempted to
press its wsy up the stairs, ard policemen
animation it was found that only one of
the shots had taken effect. The ball en-
tered the left eye, striking it about center,
and lodged Just beneath the skin about half
an inch Just below the left ear,
producing a serious, and the attending
physicians fear, a fatal wound
The wound bled profusely, and Copeland
suffered such intense pain that morphine
was administered to ease his sufferings. A
HERALD reporter called at the Jail to get
HUTTAN's STATEMENT
of the affair, and the causes that led to it.
He was found in one of the upper south
cells, and had hardly recovered from the
exc tement though he talked freely about
the matter. The following is his statement
My name is f. X. Hutton, though l am
generally called and better known by the
name of "Charlie," name the boys gave
me and which has stuck TO me ever since;
l have charge of Mr.. Siler's stables, and
Copeland was bus driver until four or five
days ago, when he wa discharged and told
to stay away from the stables; Copeland
paid no attention to the ders, however,
for he would 60 there at night and sleep
in the hay and would come around
during the day when no one was about:
and try and raise row with me, which L
avoided. He had threatened to
kill me, and the boys about the stable told
me that he was carrying pistol. do not
know whether he had pistol when l shot
him or not. have frequently lett the sta
bles and come up town for the purpose OF
avoiding difficulty with him and In
order to keep out of his way, and
from the stables drove one OF
town, and was doing the same thing yester-
dGy when he forced me to shoot him. Cope
land has, for some time past, persisted in
dosging my every movement and haras sed
me until he drove me to the wall. l went
to the sheriff last Friday, told him about 1t
and asked his advice in the mat
ter. He advised me to have
him arrested and put under
bond to keep the peace. | also spoke to
two policemen about his dogging me and
they advised me to take club and beat
him. did not want any difficulty and did
all that could to avoid one. Yesterday
drove the two-horse bus to the
north bound Texas Central train, and in
stead of driving back to the stable,
as is the custom, l remained uptown
with the bus, my object being to avoid him,
learned that he was there. was sitting in
the shade of the Windsor hotel on the bus
about 1920 when l saw Copeland coming |
towards me from Craddock's saloon. He |
came up to me and in threatening tone Of
voice said, "get down from there, want
to see YOU" told him to go away ard let
me lone, that did not wish any trouble
with him. He said that he would pull me
off the seat and started to do so
but stopped and began TO call me all kinds
of hard names. | told him again to 60
away and let me alone, when he jumped
upon the bus and tried to catch me, when
fred two shots at him; he fell when / fired
the second shot. When | fired the first
shot the team started. An officer Il sup
posed be was an officer asked who did the
shooting and told him that was the one.
He brought me to jill and here / am.
What was the cause Of i'll feeling between
and Copeland?" the reporter asked;
Fl Dtton hesita ed.
"A woman?" suggested the reporter.
Yes woman, but / wish you would not
mention that yet awhile. Copeland was
Jealous of me and has been bounding me
threatening to kill me, and / was afraid be
would do it. The woman Keeps boarding
house and Copeland and l
have been boarding there. Her
name Is Mrs." Directly AZ
ter the shooting some questions
were asked Copeland while the physicians
were working with him, but be had but
lille to say, further than that Hutton had
shot him and that Siler had not treated
him right. He began an abuse of Siler,
when DR.. Mosely admonished him to keep
luiet and he subsequently, asked Sler II he
lied would he see his remains taken care OF. |
5ler told him that was for his people TO |
Iay. The reporter returned later, but the |
patient was too much under the influence |
" morphine TO make any statement. SO |
ar as learned he had no pistol on at the |
ime the shooting occurred. The weapon |
Hutton used was Smith d Wesson SELL
cocker, thirty-eight calibre. There is but |
little hope entertained by the attending |
physicians OF Copeland's recovery.