Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-18
DALLAS.
Gambler Kahn Transfers His Vast Prop
erty for Forty Thousand Dollars.
T. E. HUMPHREYS Assassinated in Brawl
With Desperate Companions

Special to the Gazere.
DALLAS, June l7.-Deeds were las
night placed on record showing tina
the rumors that VIM. ]. Kahn, the wei
known gambler, had disposed of hi
property in Dallas and fled the countr,
were correct. His bonds are regarded
as worthless. The transfers are mad'
to J. b. Wilson, a wealthy cattleman
and state the consideration to he $40,
600 cash, but the general belief is thai
from the large amount sold, including
several of the finest business buildings
and unoccupied sites In the city, that
the property brought great
deal more than that but
that Kahn wishes to make
it appear that he suffered great sacri-
flee of his property. Among the trans
fers by Kahn to Wilson Is the fine
building in which the Dallas Herald
office Is located.
At the Union Stock Yards saloon
in East Dallas, ab,ut midnight last
night, F. f. HUMPHREYS. desperate
character and indicted numefously In
this county as cattle-thief. was assas-
sinated, either by Jim Hunnicutt or
Joe Polser, equally as disreputable
and desperate characters as
himself. From the best in
formation obtainable, it appears that
the tragedy grew out of a cattle steal
ing controversy yesterday afternoon,
at which Jim Hunnicut, Joe Polser.
f. f. HUMPHREYS and John Herndon
were present, and during which Hum
phries is alleged to have accused Polser
of stealing a COW. Polser Is an ex-
penitentiary convict from Dallas coun-
ty, having served three years at
Huntsville for cattle stealing and re-
turned TO Dallas something over a
year ago.
The trouble yesterday afternoon was
adjusted and all hands took drink at
Polser's expense, and apparently
permanent peace was concluded, and
the parties separated. About mid
night the parties met again in the
same place, and Humphries renewed
the abuse of Polser, reiterating the cat
tie stealing charge, and collision was
imminent, when friends readjusted
matters and Polser set up the
drinks all around once more.
Polser then Informed the party that
he had done everything of a convivial
character that be intended to, and
that If any dissatisfaction existed they
could all go 10 hell. He then started
to leave the saloon, when Humphries
felled him with a chair as he stood
near the door. Almost simultaneous
with this assault pistol shot rang out
from outside the saloon, and Hum
phries fell with a bullet penetrating
his breast, passing through his body,
making its exit near the spine.
Polser walked into the saloon, laid his
pistol with three empty chambers be-
hind the bar, and remarked: He'll
never cut anybody else" Humpnries
was Immediately placed under the
care of two surgeons, but he died in
about an hour. Before expiring he
made an ante-mortem statement to the
effect that Jim Hunnicutt did the shoot.
ing and that he (Humphries) saw
him fire the shot from outside the sa.
loon. Hunnicutt fled at the time oil
the shooting and has not yet been APP
pretended.
Joe Polser declares that Hunnicutj
Is innocent of the shooting, and thai
he himself killed Humphries in self
defense. The geLeral impression is
however, that Hunnicutt is the rea
assassin and that Polser is endeavor
ing to shield him from prosecution o.
fix things so he can not be convicted
on account of the clashing of testi
mony should the case come to trial
A coroner's jury to-day returned tn
following verdict: 1--WE, the jury, fin,
that deceased came to his death on tn
night of June l6, A. ID. 1884. from tn
effects of gunshot wound that en-
tered his right breast about two inche
below a line between the nipples an
came out at a point about tw
inches above the right hip; but we ia
to agree as to who did the shooting.
This verdict is perhaps the only cas-
ON record where a c0rOner's Jury huns
Three of the jury were In favor of fine
ing a verdict in accordance with I'll
dying declaration of Humphrie
while the other three were in favor
basing their verdict on the testimon
of the eye-witnesses. The grand jur
took up the case this morning, and IL
same witnesses who testified befol
the coroner's jury were taken befoi
them.
Both parties to theshooting belong
what Is known as the 'Scyene gang
and they are known as tough citizen
They have devoted most of their tin
and talent to getting into and gettir
out of scrapes of various kinds. Pc
ser has served ono term In the pen. f
cattle theft, and has been in no Ell
OF fights. HUMPHREYS, the decease
bore number Of scars made by kniv
or pistol balls. He raised row at
dance at the Long Branc
about a year ago, and got bull
through his side from
t<I ha. do r,fa
trying to bulldoze. Hunnicutt, wi
shot, Is also u member of the "Scye
gang" and he enjoys reputation
tough which will lose none Of
luster by comparison with the toug
est. He Ia now under indictment
shooting Richard Douglas, an humt
and inofiensive negro, simply becau
the negro WAS witness In q case per
ing against him for alleged theft
horses from Adam Bergmann and (
shooting the latter. Douglas "
scrubbing the floor of the Stockys
saloon when he was shot from I
wound, aud says III
he plainly saw Hunnicutt when
shot him. Public sentiment in Dial
Is that 1t would be a good thing for /
community II the Scyene gang wou
get up a row among themselves
which there would be no survive
The grand jury would receive no We
of censure lit should fall TO go 81,
on the present investigation and a.
nature lake it, course" and the wol
& trust 10 the Carnival Of the fittest.' 7
Judge A. r. Watts OF the comm
sion court Of appeals IL In the city
tending United States court. r
commissioners OF appeals, now In 5