The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-01

] found sunshot wound In LEFT part OF abSo-
men two or three inches above 'hs groin,
Immediately over the coloni l admins,
tered a. him brandy and he revived, |
ssked him " he knew me- he said you
ara n doctor. bnt don't know your name;
carried him home, ANA alter getting him
homo ana giving him moro brandy And
morphine, lao stated that he was IN the
Glen Len saloon, walled out b 49,, aud
while standing there Mr., Adrms came out
Of back door on tho ~ IN and eAld, I'D
d--n you, we Will eeltle this matter now, Z"
aud ~ no tur..ed sir. Adams opened frs
| on him; asked hlm Il hn vas armed. aud
no said he had q slx-shoutefi he cad Mr..
Adams had threatened twice tho day before
10 on' hls ears or; Nh. Adams made this
threat when asked shout iusllung his vile;
| he lived about two hour; he died ABOUT
10 minutes past 2 O'Clock he died from In
tefnAl hemorrhage from ELECTS Of the
wound, met Mr.. Adams with
pistols IN risht hand AZ | went down, |
asked him what was the matter, he replied
not nothing muoh; pave Just pot my man
down therc.' Isgned J y ID. inuRiroN,
v. q. FACE
being sworn sail. had been IN the SELDOM
a short time. about IS minulee, before the
shooting occurred. retained TO Murphy
street from the saloon through an alley on
/ the leit OF the sa.Oon, between chs saloon
| and new building and vent In the same
way; Neal S'arS- and three other gentle
men did not know sere IN the saloon
when | was IN H.; one OF the three men
was pretty full, the other two don't
think were under the influence Of liquor,
never learned the names OF
either al the three man re-
ferred to; neither OF them was
Adams know. nor tho man Burns to / no
best ot my knowledge: two ut tho men re-
ferred to as being in the saloon went ont
... al l.s4fft an
4 aaG Only lett Stsrke and QUO other man,
who l think stays In ihn saloon; walked
out Of the sSlcon very shortly aier the Two
men we're referred 10 I'D: ! left starke lying
on bilierd.table think, reading paper
ana the otneT man behind the COUNTER i
walked nut OF the saloon o Murphy street
aud up Main snort distance aud met Dave
! Richardson and Ne stopped aad were talk
/ ng ard DIR Morouey came up anu we
talked a iaw momenfs ano Nor 4upy lott us
still talking; after Muroney had been gone
about minute, We heard the tring' wnen
the firing smmenc d Richardson
| said: LA me pace that builiinp 10 taliing;
] / said no u 10 pistol shots" and We siart-
| ed % 20 in the direction of the shota add
seeinG the croyu rushing we hurried our
pace; Judge Crawford looking out OF bis
utiics window asked ne what was up.
answered there was man shot; supposed
| so as / had got close enough 10 hear man
hHliou "there Is q man shot" we then
Jumped oil the Sidewalk towards the new
| building going uD and the crowd getting
| tack | said to Mr. Richardson, "lete walk
across here" got up on the foundation
o. the new building and walked across the
wal on a narrow plark holding on to the
old pos, office TIL | got tne far wal OF the
now building 1 looked. down and
saw man lying down aud groan-
! ing as though suffering; tlere
were then fifty or sixty
men about but no one closer
! | don't think, than ten or fifteen feet OF tho
man down urless probably one man VINO
was | think az him; the man living down
Yves the ono who was shot. cav Mr. Ad-
ANS AZ the same time saw the mao lying
down walking from him, snd he was sup-
pose twenty or thirty feet from him; he
was walking up the alley between the Glen
Lea saloon dnd the new bulldog going To-
ward Murphy street and was probably cue
third of the distance IN the street; Was
standing on the wall and Mr. Adams ap-
| parently looked around and when
he saw me called mo saying
Hello Vince; come herei
he didn't stop still; then passed around
Through The men along the wall till gotto
where | could Jump oil; Mr. Adams saw
inc coming and when l jumped II he met
me and shook hands with me With his right
hand holding Two pistols in his LETT hand;
| think when ! FIRST saw Mr.. Adams
he had his pistols In bis right hand, hui
did not see him when no changed them
from his right to his lett hand; when he
shook hands with me he enid, II want to
surrender" / ask him what was the mat
| ter: he answered, there has been some
shooting and ! am AFRAID hsye Killed q
mani" took barge OF INN few feet from
the Glen Lea saloon and tnrned him over
| TO the custody OF the eneriii
[5ienedI, ". +. FACE
MEAL srARKE
being sworn said. | am proprietor of the
Glen Lea saloon; ! was IL the saloon the
| time the firiRg occurred; the distance from
| the back steps OF my saloon TO where Was
| In the saloon 10 about twenty ieet, SUI
pose; the distance from the BACK steps 70
| the tree where Mike Barns WIS lyng Is M
teen or eighteen ieef probably not more
than fifteen feet; ~ soon ~ heard the
| firing [ wen. out; | supposed 10 was an
alarm Of fire and when GOT out looked
around Tor tire, when say Il pistol thrown
towars and intO an old mortar box lear
the old post.ottice building from the direc,
| ton ! alterward saw the deceased lying;
looked then and saw Willis Adams and the
deceased together on the ground; where ne
| pistol fell wns, ( suppose, about niteen febt
| from where Adau,s and the deceased were;
when | saw Adams and the deceased ADAMS
was acroes hlni, n straddle oil him, or 10
one side of him holding the deceased; the
|
all the sho,s had then been hredi tAore
were five shots fred, / em pretty certain;
could distinguish no difference III the sharp
ness or louiness of the sounds OF the shots
tired; thew were fred very rapidly; don't
know which pistol vas thrown; doa't know
who threw the pistol hnt suppose
| Adams threw IL; the pistol lay where
thrown until ADAMS got mp, when ne'
picked II up and also picked up other
| pistol lying on the ground close 10 Wnere
| Burns was layiug; can't say whether THIS
pistol was on Bnrns' shoulder or coat or On
| tho ground; | doa't know the difference be-
tween the two pislols: can't say which pls
| toll Adams cked up first; when lirst saw
| the parties Adsma looked up, and seeing
me. said: Come here" I went up 10
probably in six or eight feet OF them;
asked "are either of YOU shot" Willis said:
"Yes; / have shot him. and he Tor YOU
shan'. shoot me-" by thu, thee the crowd
came in and turned away; Burns spoke
while Adams was over him out can at
tempt TO say what be said; he was lying
down on his side, think; his head was on
tina ground. think; did not henr Adams
cursing Barns, and don't think no
did; all heard Adams say was
~ have sh Of him and he Tor YOU shan't
shoot me-" am sure Burns was conscious,
and he said something but was excited
and did not catch his words; when irst
went out did not see any one; tnougnt
4, was fire and looked about for the ire,
but saw no one anywhere; persons on
the street looking toward the scene might
have seen what was going on, Adams did
not say what caused tue shooting; ala
not examine the pistols.
Signed, NEAL sTAhkE.
VIII. W. SMITH
beipe sworn, SAYS: ] am sheriff of Dallas
county; found Willis Adams aud Vince
n mia