The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-01
A FORT WORTH HOMICIDE.
PARTICULARS OF THE DEATH.
Beginning in Rivalry and Ending III
Death-A Fort Worth Policeman
the Slayer-The InqueSt-A
Plea of Self Defense.

tied:
Officers VIM. Rushing and Joseph
Witcher are assigned To beats which IN
clude the territory where the Santa Fe
and Cowboy saloons are situated. 1t is
their duty to look after and keep order
in the adjacent district which has an
unsavory reputation. Mr.. Witchcr was
found at the City hall and gave the fol
lowing version of the trouble:
lie had been at the Local Option sa
loon, and accompanied by William
Rushing, came up Main street to
Twelfth. He went to the Sa,lta Fe sa
Don, while Rushing went to the Cow
boy. As he got to the door of the Santa
Fe, Galloway said: 'J1e, come in. ! |
want to- tell you something. When |
say thing you knOv,-well never % |
3 D or! On IT, Se1e Maddox and Bill |
fuShlng came over here awhile bacl |
ma lol4 lhe.m that place referring t. |
tle IOWp" - was the worst rObblnl |
.lole III IeNas. They get men in Their |
ana REQ them and then they have Il
'ou eho of fellows with siX-ShOoters, who |
.dli on them and make them get OUT |
Pm not afraid of Bill and Jim Rushing |
. | II they do wear SX-ShuOtcrs."
In explanation OF the aboyc it seems
Jhat the parties against whom GALLOWAY !
seemed so bitter are in some way con
b. lected with the Cowboy, and he wa
Jealous Of the business they are doing
Vt least this is stated to be the case by
members of the force. Galloway's re
g marks above quoted were intcrladcu
!. with many oaths which are omitted.
Just as he was deuouncing tho Rush
> ings, William Rushing stepped into tn,
b santa Fe, Galloway said: "Theres
/, Bill Rushing now" and made other re
~. marks. Rushing stepped to the bar anu
- said: "John, shut up and don't max,
II yrouble. II you keep talking you will
e get up a row and SOMEONE will get hurt,
a., Let's have no trouble
Galloway replied: Cd d--nl you;
l. I'm not afraid Of any man who wears 4
:. siX-sh0oter. You can't bluff me-"
= At this iuncture Jim Rushing '.amt
in. Witcher said to William Ru shine
q ''Bill, 90 out and don't have a,ny fns.
h, here," and he commenced pus nmg him
coward the door, and while Going 50 ha,
he his back toward Galloway who was be
Nv liud the bar While in mis- uosition n.
g lrop that pistol" He whirled about ak
|, saw Galloway with forty-tivo calibr,
T., pistol, holding 1t up in bis hand, whil
!" Jim Rushing had the drop OF
n, him. Here WitcRcr remarke ed
No If it hHndn't been for jim
of Galloway would have shot Bill an,
W | both; let go Of Bill, and jumping OF
- Lilt DdlS WI IL II Wluc uflt, l IC1stHt'
over and caught Galloway 10y the lei
II arm and pulled him toward me, AM
grabbed his right hand and got the pi,
vi .Ol from him. ] then told Jim to put II
a. MS pistol and he did so, Bill had com
NV up to my right. and Galloway the
inc stepped toward him and said: 'lo
'"E ---- - and struck ut Bill with hi
de list, and Bill warded the blow oil wit
ulG MS left hand. Galloway then steppe
rst back and made a reach for a pistol c
-, glass under the counter, and az he wa
IKE Stopping over, Bill fired three shots j
all rapid succession and Galloway fell.
.ov- uhirled and caught Bill ana pushed hil
:, nut and Jim followed, and told then
~ 20 come with me 10 Marshal Rea, an
hey did so"
Jun. Galloway is shot in the lief. temp
M riLht breast above the nipple az
N through the right arm. Ru~Eiug's pi
ler tol, with which he did the shooting, is
any single action IS. Galloway never rO
). io after the first shot. Witcher thinks Il
-. first shot struck him in the head. OF
l'"' cars Buchanan, Milton, Thomson al
ion. Assistant Marshal Charley scott we
nncc at the scene Of the shooting short
CON, after it occurred and found the rcVolv
or which Galloway was reaching VIII
lem shot. II is a long II.
ssta- Justice linn Was called to the San
< Ec about = o'clock this morning, h
tnOUHll nest not 10 Ntlttl II Jury lTt
The material present ut the time, "a
. having secured the names of numb
: rot of witnesses adjourned further prOceC
-, ia, Jugs until o'clock this morning VIII
4 Jury was cmpanneled and the O.
Ipl' dcnce taken.
Sihle Joseph Witcher was the first wituC
chill examined, and is substantially as abO
,,', stated, except that he stated that il
"'"' Rushing is Il special police officer a
eavI stationed i'm that part Of the city, a
- OF mad been assisting an hour or so befC
NOV, o uuell a threatened shooting SCrape
80 -. he Cowboy saloon; the three Sh,
: al we're fired so close to his ear that Tn
have lcalcned him; when Galloway ma
hool. MS last play Jim Rushing SAID: al
...,,, going to get another ones" at the dc
"H'" Bill said, as WitCher had hold of
IS fOr eight hand: "Iurn me LOOSE a
10 OF Whether said: $40, I'm going to tn
- ga. Won over to the MARSHALL" Fill Sa
- Don't take my pistol;" and Witcl
thl' said: "Well, put II up;' and they w
5 tn, to Marshal Rea'S house, who took tn
I fire., . the jail and left them there til
=. o'clock this morning.
III ~ WitChcr does not feel sure that Ru
ii is ny said anything rs he did the shoot
q for nut thinks he might have said, al
II, .oing to kill me-" When Gallov
'Nis' reached, Whether says he didn't h,
imc to do anything before Rush
ustiu tired.
10 ~, squire Zinn asked: GLOW came d
80 ~ ,hotthrough the glaSs?'
'ophH 81 do not know; did not know tn
elects vas a shot there
IN de "Wore YOU In q position to KIN
~ whether anyone else fired Shut?"
'"'7' 81 don't think any one else shot.
nde a MT examine Jim Rushiug's pistol to
option it had been fired. As to bad feel
nod a letween Galloway and Rushing, | o
know Galloway was always trying
IL au bluff all of us. No one examined
child pistols mt the Jail Bill took out I'll
now. hells ana put III Ihree tresh cartrid'
While ON the way to the Jail, Bill '
going To take out the shells and
,,,o.. aim TO let them stay
,,iDI.. sam Fields, Cuiortd: "Was sitting
he door of the saloon when the diSI
commenced. Saw some colored me
the saloon | knew, and three or
is the White men. Jol Charles, Fatty Bell
rniShed rom, all colored, were there in
'ung IN house. There We're three police cam
---. | could not tell how the shooting e
Rain. up. When the dispute started up v
mll. toward the back door, and when
shooting commenced ! kept on GU
o lidn't hear what was said only
"a were Just rown', and | didn't wal
&, get in il. Don't know who was dis
w ing. Just heard white men talkin
W went out till after the shooting,
U then came in, ond some one said \
100 was killed, believe. | looked be
~ the bar and saw hlm lying there. !
\ M know whether hC was dead or not
I wv The Court ask d the Jury who
!, I they had heard enough evidence to
! vince them as to how the deceased {
/, On TO his death, ifso to retire and max
] % their verdict.
y. The Coroner's jury included the
W loving gentlemen; w, Il, GRAY,