The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-08-28
FROM FORT WORTH.
AN INTERESTING MURDER TRIAL.
Omrers Ioe Wiicher, Jhii.s nnd william
flushing Charged Wiih the Gaiio-
way kiilinr, iirid tU answer
The Gazette, lite.

Four Wnnfu, Aug. Especial. r.
What promises "a be ~ cause celebro'
was continued In the District Court
room to-day. II II that of the State of
Texas against Joe Witcher and James
and william flushing, officers of the
law, who were in the saloon when John
Galloway was killed. VIM. Rushing
saws he did the killing alone, and In
self-defense. The State Is trying TO show
that each OF the officers fired at aud hit
The deceased, The sworn testimony il
i~-sen In full;
twenty years old next hlrhdlyi know
John Galloway whom ho WuH Killvdi !
knew Jim itushinp when | saw himi
mover saw ia. defendants Wan, Rushing
fnnd Jos. Witclrr but The one time there
witness identified defendant James
Rushingl, the night John galloway was
killed; was right there nj tho saloon
when he was kiiluds had been In the
little wine room barl, OF the Santa Fe
saloun;, Kitty White, the wo
man called Chapperal went
into the wine room with
me; | went to the back door of the ~.
loon, which 10 kS through the alley into
the saloon, und called John 10 bring me
"A couple of glasses OF beer; John wns
standing Ia tne middle of tho iluor and
said call right" und started buck Ia ge,
the beer; alter he got behind the couu-
Ter the man callrd Jim itushiug's
brother came In; after hlu came Mr.
Jim Rushing aud Joe NllChcr, one right
behind the other, so close together lilnt
don't know which came in lirSt; then
Mr.. Jim Rushing's brother ordered a
glass of lemonade; John got the glass
To make the lemonade, and just ~ he
rot the glass, Mr.. Joe Whether fired NJ
him; then the two Mr.. Rushlugs both
fired; there was nothing else done
right mt tho time, but John Galloway
was lett in there by himself after the
first fire, John Galloway fell; these men
who did the shooting came in, two of
them nj the front door and one nj the
side door; Joe Witchcr came In nj the
side door; 1 never saw Joe Witchcr un-
I'll that night, but some one told me IL
was Joe Witcher and then the Messrs.
Rushing came in; Mr.. Jim Rushing
had been in before and had gone out,
and then when the shooting was done
MIR. Jim Rushing's brother came in first
Mt the front door; then Mr.. Joe Whether
and Mr.. jim Rushing came in right af-
Ter. one Mt the front door and one at the
side door; the three mon stood outside
of the bar; Mr.. Joe Witcher stood right
Mt tho front end of the bar, MIR. jim
Rushing stood next, about the middle OF
the bar, and Mr.. Jim Rushing's brother
stood down ut the lower end of the bar;
before the shooting ! did not hear any
thing; / only heard one of the Mr.. Rush
inps. / don't remember which one, order
a glass of lemonade. heard aiterward
what had been said: after John was
killed the glass lay beside him ON the
floor; when the shooting commenced,
Kittie White was sitting in the wine
of ~ n haUun Ghn innnpH
and ran and stood by me at the
door. After the shooting was over, we
both went into the saloon where John
was; / did not see anyone in the
saloon at the time of the shooting except
the three men who did the shooting
and John Galloway; n negro man
called Fatty Bell had been in the saloon
but had gone out; when the shooting
commenced there was n negro woman
i'm the alley between the wine-rOom and
\ the saloon; | thought 1t was Mary
AJenkins, but she says it was not her and
That she was not there; after the shoot
ing was over, when we went to him,
John Galloway was dead; these three
men made their way out OF the saloon
rs fast as possible; the shooting was
: done with pistols; | never noticed Mr..
Witcher's pistol until he fired.
Cross exam ned Three shots were fired
altogether, not more than three; whom
these men went ont [ and tnapperal
went in, and ANOTHER woman named
Willie, | can't think OF her other name,
came in ten ar fifteen minutes after the
shooting; Chapperal and | staid in there
until one man came in: this woman
lived right up there by Jessie Reeves
il was not more than ten or fifteen mill
utes until man came in, and As we
three women were prostitutes we were
afraid of being arrested for being in Il
a lntt. | n ,snl t1a
back to tho window afterwards; after
we went out we Went right over to the
Cowboy saloon; | guess we staid at the
Cowboy halt hour, maybe longer; after
we left there we went back to the Santa
te. We went to the window, Just i and
Chapperal; she did not ask to go in or
who did the killing that l heard Of;
neither of us asked these questions;
Chapperal had nothing to say of any
CONSEQUENCE at the window; she said
her best friend was killed.
| was standing ut the back door of the
saloon when these men came in; ] stood
III the door until the shooting was over;
/ stood in the middle of the door when
the first shot was fired, then | leaned
over against the door-facing and the
other shots were fired; my face was to-
ward John Galloway while the shooting
was done; there was no one in the saloon
but John Galloway and these three men
when the shooting was done.
Re-examination-I did not scream or
make any noise when the shooting was
done; l have been around where there
was heap Of shooting, and have been
shot time or two myself.
Adjourned till 80 p. IN.
G.. G. McHam was SWOrn-WaS at
home asleep on the night of the shoot
ing; was sent for and went to the saloon;
might have been half an hour after be-
3,s,, ...Ntk fI,n r,,l, ft,n
here described the wounds); found one
hole in wall; one wound through the
head, one in right side; one in leg, which
came out little lower down;
one hole was found in the
back part of bar; another went
through mirror into restaurant;
know the two bullets that were found
same calibre; have had experience with
pistols all my life; know the kind of pis-
t0l Joe Whether carries; it is a 45; don't
know what the Rushing pistols are; as
far as 1 know the feeling between the
deceased and Witcher was good; of my
own knowledge do not know what the
feeling between Galloway and the Rush.
ings, only from heresay; Galloway's
head was lying to the east when / got
there; there was a broken glass lying
there near him.
Cross exainined-Had frequently seen
Witcher and Galloway laughing and
talking together prior to shooting;
shortly after sunrise the cook called my
attention to the bullet in the restaurant;
don't know where ball fell that i saw;
it passed through the glass and a strip
of wood that hung down, q half inch
strip, and then dropped down; it first
passed through the mans head; was
no plaster around the house; no white
wash that know of inside of the house;
Che was asked to look at the bullet and