The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-01
ADAMS-BURNs TRAGEDY,
A sabbath seusaiisr In Deed and
In Tratb.
Tho Light That Later Developments
CO., on the Case.
Evidenced Adducea Before the Coroner.


meridian time, thu poonle in tue neighoor-
hood of iha corner On Main hnd Murphy
sireets wee startled 0y TIE Tapd report,
of several pistol shots, bred IN the rear oi
the old posl-oiice building: crowd OF pso'
ple In hearing immeoihuly fushei W w"
locslity and ther. found Michael Busns ",
ing prostraie oh the ground with pls.oi
bullet IN HE bngeli. Tho frat PERSONS VINO
arrived Ut the scene raietd me wonhu.u
man from his proatraio posi,lon, pIopplus
him up against tree ~; iniu, WI III. .it
adj about this time onu hnl buins laIu
down os his back ~ $50 would be more COM
iortahle In that position. Ga cufsory 'k-
smins,ion OF tho wound u was iound lac
WAS shot in the abdomen, just above the ieii
groin. aud about two inouns 10 the ,olt nl
the center OF ths Dauy' ~ 80 NV.
very weak, had scarcely any pulen anu was
ra.,iv In !. COLI pssd c0ndiu1n, Nj the AZ.
nesrnnoes being that the mac artery had
been severed aud that no was
diving from internal hemorrhegc. ssy'
eral drinks 90 s n,o, ho ". d,.aS
ss,ilv and 10 little while he reacted -onle-
what from the snoos VI ttr shot.
UynALp reporter asEcn him who shot
him. hc said Willis Adams IN" -.
norter then asked bun, What abouiY'
Ss answered, "Wills Adams insult.d my
wife. aud met mo hHfe, having go1o -
,he water closet, sud shot me. He came
haok and said 1 was o sou.oi-H-b-h and
SAD we might 30 we'll artlls this thing here
and now aud ehoi mo-" Thertporlvr then
asked htm u be hsd pistol, aud he re.
piled. II thought had Que on me-" inc
,epor,er thea repeated his question
and he answere 81 am losing my s.uses ="
He then sank back 10 Hu exhausted con-
oill N, and tho physi,ian nrohlbted his
talking any more.
He was then placed on a cot and removed
In an express wagon o. NJ residence, No.
md uDOF a. Of
Eryay street, wbue Dt. fhruslon SIN adj
,uinietrred To him. onurly alter his NJ
rival nc his bome De. Ihtusion informed
him that ne hal bnt htIe time 10 i've,
aud n hs had any slstementa 10 mekn he
had better az oucc do 70. Es was tnen "a
his perfect consciousness, aud gave the iol-
MS DYING DECLARATION:
nWllis Adama On two occasions threat
ened 90 cut my ears OF; | went baos 20 tn.
water closet when he came out ana siid
tWell fix IL now, and drew his pistol ana
shot me. hsd pistol, think, or reckon
SOL Aiterward, comins 70, no esked 10 Do
tnrned over, and thd doctor turning nm
over, he asked 10 be giyen norphine ne
thsii asked, HWhtre is the reporter
The reporter kuelt down Nv hiui ana ne
tuid: "It'g hssd To be poor"
Ths watar-oloset referred /, was the one
in tho rear OF The old pcsl.oifce building,
WHARF he iel wten ah0f. His statement:
az had "A pistol think. OF reckon 30" was
IN answer 10 a question from Constable
Miller II he bad pistol. The dying Gee n
rsticn WAS taken by Cousiabls Miller I'M
der direction of the couaty attorney. The
following witnesses nave been su5pnlaeu
I'm the case: Emil Ded!eu jim Byrd, Mr..
Porter, George Miller, Dr 3 ID. ThrustoO,
w. Ii. w. Smigh and Y. Pace.
The following sre statements msoe ny
parties who were soon 81 The scene, AZ 10
what they saw md heard:
Mr.. J. o. HUNTER
says: AZ saw Willis Adams come out
through the aller tom the rear OF the osd
post- Office building, between the new build
had two pistols In his hands which he
handed TO V. Y. Pace. Adams said soni,-
thing 10 Pace which | did not heer. The
pistols we're both nickel-plated. i heard
the shots and think there we're four or i've
fred"
KEYS
said: az saw Willis Adams pick up n
pistol near the mOrlar-bed in the rear Of
the new building"
THOMAS oLowER
said: ~ wse going down Main street d.
rectiy in from OF the old post-ofhc-,
when l heard several shots IN rap.
i'd succession IN the rear of said
building MS near os could tell. i immeo-
lately ran around there, going down the al.
lev oct ween the Glen Lea saloon and Tue
new building going up, where saw Neai
S,nrke. who had Just arrived on tbs scene,
Willis Adams ana Michael Burns the de-
cessed. Burns was lying on the ground
with his head almost la the water closet
door. as Thought dead, ct first, ana Adams
was standing within three or four feet OF
him with pistol Ia escn hand. Adams
remarked. 4 shot him, he would have shot
me IL / had not shot, him. A crowd by that
time was gathering and n few moments si-
terwards 4 dams called to some one on the
rear wall OF the now bulldog and then
started up the alley toward the str ct"
MEAL STARK,
proprietor of the Glen LEA saloon: " was
living on billiard table Ia my saloon read
ing, WHOM heard rive shots fired III qrick
succession. ] thought 10 wau lire alarm
and ran out o. roy rear door, when saw
Willis Adams and Mike Burns both down
on the ground tussllng Adems was on top
holding Burns nruis. There WAS pistol
on each eide ot them lyiog on the ground.
/ asked, Are either OF you shotY aud
Adams replied, Il shot him. Adams SAID
TO Burns You shaD't shoot mo- Burns
msde somo sort OF reply but | did
then got up and picked up both pistols.
When the news OF the shooting OF Burns
was made known to her,
BUREa' WIFE PAINTED
aud when he was taken home her msniies'
yAtl0DB
She told HERALD reporter that when
her husband was brought nome wounded,
s,e said IN her, II am spo. | cannot protect
YOU any longer" TIE Gpnnded man died
M 2;i5 y. m, Just two hours and ten min
utes after he was shot. The death scene
was affecting beyond description and
THE WIGS ANGUsH
brought tenre 70 the eyes OF all who were
present
Mrs. Burns said 10 our reporter: Adams
woman keeps 4 bawdy house next door ana
they have seemed determined to run us out
o. our house Ny Door daad husband nad
remonstrated with Mrs Parker about hacks
coming 20 her house and standing in front
OF our residence, end subsequently he rc'
monatrated with Adams slso. ! have been
insulted Tim and again by parties who mis-
took our house because of hacks stsnding,n
front OF II. Mrs. Parker and other women who
Walt her have insul,ed me aud my friends
who visit me. and jsered my friends when
they called 10 see me. They have gone so
far a. to stop In front OF my house aud say:
Wonder who she has In there now. This
L. Q nice place. isn't it, This became
4 notice that our place was
for rent | cannot live in the house any
longer, and es soon as my poor dead hus
band is laid away | will sell the PLACE and
leave. No. content with ell the insulta and
wrongs enumerated Adams had put. a
notca in the paper about MS, which reads
ss follows:
fxrANTED--A HACK OR EXPRESS WITH
w rad lights, ~ stand In front Of q poor
white trash house, from st) p IN. dnliy one
inonlh. Guarantee against trouble. Address
Wills Adams has leaned over his fence
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