Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-30
[oTHER KILLING.
I.,oer shot at the Cowboy Sa-
loon at Midday.
= a Colored Bartender, Holds
he Fatal Revolver
IL. Caused by an Early Drunk
u. relatives Anxiety.

,,e Caused by an Eariy Drunk
"a Relatives Anxiety
.aor 10 o'clock yesterday
',nnd of pistol shot was
,he Cowboy saloon, ON the
a W" of Main and Twelfth
q Immediately thereafter
'nu was crowded with men.
y Witcher, Coker, Rushing
2, were Just across the street,
g.,,a Fe saloon, IL being the
a" ,vo of them relieved the
~ nom duty. They rushed
~, wv street AS soon as the pistol
Wy hsard and Messrs. Witcher
:, were the first to enter. As
~ George Cooper, a youth of
~. .,,crered toward the far end
,an,er from the entrance, sank
WV the floor and died in n few
Ulcers entered n negro man
p;rhard Evans dashed out of
I%shed down Twelfth street,
AZ ii the top of isspeed with
Ep,sber and another officer In
The negro turned up Rusk
.Hb The officers close at his
n,liceman Witcher overhauled
,ns rrossiug of Eleventh and
.,nets and took him into GUS
d. VA, at once taken TO the
IN and turned over TO the jail
. ,be meantime the saloon was
M great excitement; Il great
=, angry, excited men pushed
.S,ad through the doors to get a
Ina dead man. When the GA
,Soorler reached the scene the
Ind been gotten out of the sa-
Sn5only the officers and n few
s.fthe dead man and members
stbefs family were in the room.
as,Jman lay near the spot where
i hlrn with his feet TO the west
nrof the saloon on Main street.
rghpr Of the dead man, PROSTATE
rr4f was sitting near his feet
Iyber sister at her side vainly
sto comfort her. y few men
suding at one end of the bar
,,iur in low tone and the sub
sbnr which the presence of
giys to any scene, was WISH |
n M faces of all. The reporter
todnd out the particulars of the
from the bystanders but none
Wiling tOssy anything relative
m shooting. Suddenly Mr.. Cooper
skrei the Km and approached his
MING viIesnl tried to console her. |
meeting dhe husband and wife
the daibn of their son was
trndSgnd most of those in the |
b lars Say to hide their own
pial AAer questioning those |
batPNer thought would know |
&Ieances, he turned To the
hFS0 cheerfully gave him the
$3.50 far rs they had learned
stated substantially as fol-
The dead mans nameis George
y sad he was shot by negro
Mchard Evans. Cooper has
sorne quite a bad reputation
tben IN the criminal courts
|ethe officers knowledge. The
yesterday morning orr.
about some money which
y the proprietors of the
and an uncle of the dead man
llsed George of taking from
They We're Standing in the SAN
aloon when they heard the shot
Shed over just in time To see the
lash out of the door and the
man staSger in front of the bar,
N on the floor and die in a few
rs.
hoOting occurred near the en- /
II the saloon on Main street,
Md the bar. Dick Evans, the i
lad pistol in his hand, and .
ne contradictory statements ,
DIV II went OIL, which will be 1
The testimony NJ the prelimi- {
animation. The ball entered !
center Of the diaphragm, caus- )
h ina few minutes. i,
THE IEQUEST. {
lournment having been mad to
AIMS office, after some little :
Witnesses arrived. and Dick ,,
lie negro arrested for the kill 4,
brought in. He was given II ,
ny the crowd, and at first sat !
'ul curiousiy and indiilerentiy l.
Ihen, ~ his gaze rested on
ar, whose eyes were sutlused =
IS, he laid his head in his !,
ii wept freely though with :,
; drying his eyes finally on y
vans was first asked If he had :
enlent To make, and was in T.
y Justice linn that anything :,
.''EhN ShN tbuib at h.th | I,
nm, and that he could do as y
d about making Il statement. !,
he had no reason to keep back -
, and made the following !,
!, which was taken down by =
sr'rE man Tor the use OF the :.
EVANS STATEMENT. /
Re Cooper was drinking this II
won't say whether he was y
not. He went on into his h
ma kind of gambliug-room u
?, and sat down there. He h
hlnk, 500 in his pocket. / Ii
positively exactly what he 4
. VIM. Cooper took ii out of V
while Mr.. Ike Cooper was |
om-that is, Mr.. Ike Cooper d
l@k it out. and Mr.. VIM. &
'ald so himself. Mr.. Ike a
iiys: William, what did p
George go into my ~
and get that money q
= Mr.. VIM. Cooper l