The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-07-17


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SING, AIrt lln -uIN .ru.H. NO. church. iNN
iudy was followed Go U# UHI ruHtiug
place hy 10 luriu ruuruur-n ui friends,
Iho raslUl Wu- covered N'ih ilurtl irlh-
utrs uuin lriuuuS ruupu-ud ui rir'
Mc,srs, \, u. Nldrldgr, lluph Nor
row, Irvine lluudlry, lucc aud fhnmp-
son, Tho last sal rites nj the grave
were Impressive nud many a tear ul
sympathy was shed upon the grave ol
the unfortunate young man,
The remains of W. II, hrnlc viii hc
shipped Ia GnrlOnsyi,lr, Nirglnin, To-
day Tor burial,
ruE Inquest
Testimony taken NJ the inquest held
Ovoi the bodies Of Iuha II. Strange aud
", II. liculc on the 18th oi July, ISL;
MRS. MANY y, CoGr,
u witness, being sworn, says last
might about half aitat - o'clock, and
after | had retired, heard The voices oi
Mr.. strange aud Mr., licalc cnmilg M
the stairs, and guessed, from the cir
cumStancc, they were drinking. AiIcr
they reached their room | heard them
qunrrcling. could only hear what Mr..
Strange said. As Mr.. Bcalc was little
deaf ! could not understand him, hut
Mr.. strange spoke loud; finally, heard
Mr.. Strange say: "lf You won't 90,
Hub, or III you don't 80, Hub won't do
H. | do not know which was SOid,
Pretty soon ! heard them struggling,
and then two reports of u pistol in quick
succession, aud in n very shore time two
more shots almost together. They
We're renting rooms from my sister, and
had been Tor four years, and had been
rooming together during the time; and
had let the house together AFTER tea,
good friends, one waiting for the other,
had often heard Mr.. Strange say that
he Would not room with any o,hc" PEI
son thuu Mr.. Bcalc.
JAMES BROOKS,
the iccond witness sworn, testified: al
WAS sleeping on the roof in rear of the
room occupied by Mcssrs. Strange and
nculc, and had gone To sleep; ;hc talk
ing aroused me and ! went To the wIn-
dow and looking In saw them lying on
the floor side by side; ] heard Mr..
Strange talking very loud, but cou d rot
ne ar whh: was said by Mr.. Beale' di-
rcctly | saw Mr.. Strange raise himself
on his elbow, and pretty soon !
heard the report of two pistol
shots in quick succesSiOn;l left the win
dow fearing they might see and shoot nt
me; | supposed they were t'uuning, but
before | go. back in bed heard two
othe.' shots; | heard nothing more after
the last sho,s; | then went down stairs to
my daughter, Mrs. Cobb's room, and on
my way | met Judge West going up and
when he returned he said they were
both dead. The shooting did not occur
until got back 10 my cot the second
time.
i. e. M'SEALUs,
the third witness, stated: Last night
fifteen minutes to | O'Clock ] left the
Windsor hotel for home: near the Board
of Trade saloon heard pistol shot on
Elm street, followed by two more reports;
found boarders in entrance to National
hotel very much excited; met W. j.
Dial, said trouble upstairs; | followed
Dial up and found doors locked; broke in
hall door and entered; found Beale
and Strange lying on floor near each
other. Mr.. Bealc brcatned heavily
several minutes before he expired.
There was gas light in the room.
Judge West came up soon after, but
when Dial began to shoot off his pistol
West went down. Mr.. Strangc's body
was lying near the door between the
rooms with feet to the east. a pistol
was lying between his legs. Beale was
living close to and parallel with Strange
W it'll his right hand extended down his
side and a pistol lying near it. Mr..
Strange's watch was lying near the east
wall.
DIR. :. EAGoN
being sworn says: / was calico TO see
tie bodies of the two young men de-
scribed hy last witness, about . O'Clock
IL m,rni ~ l found a wound on Mr.
Pc lle's body about two inches from the
middle line and two above the left nip
PIE, and entered between the third and
fourth ribs, coming out in ABOUT the
same level to the left Of the spine. This
was all the wounds | discovered on
the body of Bcalc. Mr.. Strange
inches to the LETT Of the middle
line and three inches above the left nip
pie, and the other an inch on two above
this wound: there We're no wounds OF
exit on the body of Strange. The shoot
ing seemed to have been done ut short
range, but no powder burns noticed on
the bodies. These wounds might have
been afflicted by the parties, the one
upon the other; / cannot say as to who
fired the first shot.
HENRY VI. FRIEND,
being sworn. says: ] occupy rooms
across the hall from those occupied by
Mr.. Bcale and Strange; they came
about | o'clock; | was aroused by the
noise made by chem coming up; when
they had been in the room about II
minute heard loud talking as of some
one uuarrelng in the room; | then heard
the noise as of the breaking of Il chair
or table, and right afterwards the report
of two pistols in quick succession, and
in five or ten seconds after those, Two
other shots; everything was quiet in the
room for about five minutes, and heard
the women down stairs and -Ome one
halloing police; heard Mr.. McNealus'
voice in the hall and saw some one with
him, who pointed a pistol ut me and
asked who | was; | answered him and
he pointed his pistol out at the window
and fired three times.
VERDICT OF the JURY.
+ We, the jury, summoned to inquire
into the manner, time, cause and circum-
stances of the death of j. b. Strange
ana w. III. Bea!c, are of the opinion that
thew came to their death from the effects
of pistol shots fired by the hands OF each
other. X. Ill. JENKINS,
CHARLES II ,MSEY,
w. G. WILLIS,
GEORGE II. MCKINzIr,
J. ID. NJ CORMIcK,
CAMILLE DEDIEU.
Jurors.
TG. r, KINLALL. J. p.
This Idea of Going West
TO Colorado or New Mexico for pure
air to relieve consumption is all a mis-
take, ANY reasonable man would use