The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-06-26
P0LSER PEACHES.
HIS TRUE STORY" TOLD,
They Tried Ia Play Him fora sucker, hat
II Wouldn't work-Deiails of the
Highly Ingenious Arrange
mcnt, semi succcssful.

Murder will out. When Joe Polscr, in
the face of what +. T.. Humphreys stated
on his dcath-bcd. boldly asserted that he
was the man who fired the fatal shot
and that he acted solely in ScltdcfcnSc,
there were II few who refused 10 believe
the gau2y story. Humphreys stated,
while his lifc's blood was
chbing away, that jim Hun
nicut shot him, and that hc knew
il was him because he saw himto use his
own expression, rs plain rs day. Not.
withstanding this, Polscr came Ia the
front and stated that he shot ilum-
phrcyS. who was making nm assault on
him. At the cOroncr's inquest the tcSti-
mony ofGcorgc Waller, the proprietor of
the StockyHrd saloon where the shoot
ing occurred, John llcrnGon
The The effect % that the deceased
was shot by Polser. The jury of inquest
however, was dubious, and Ia their Ncr-
diet failed To find that fOscr was the
man who did the killing, notwithstand
ng his own assertion and that of others
that he did. However, he WAS arrested
and lodged in the county Jail To await
further developments. The grand jury
and county attorney visited the scene
of the shooting Wednesday
and investigated the bullet
hole in the door and took in the sur
roundings. From what they saw and
heard on that trip they were more con-
WINGED than ever that Polscr was not the
man who did the killing. Yesterday
morning two Of the grand iurymen
visited him ut the Jail and held Il confer
cncc with him. When they came out
their faces wore more satisfied air, and
soon after their return to the grand-j jury
room II message was sent down to the
ShcriM's Office to bring Polscr
before that body. Deputy sheriff Wins
ton brought out the prisoner, who, after
being closctcd with them for an hour or
so, was returned to his cell. All this
time the curiosity of Il HERALD reporter,
who was taking in all these proceedings,
got the best of him and he began to
rustic for the true inwardncsS of it all
sounding the various oilicers-and fail
ing To get any satisfaction, he called
ut the Jail and tried Capt.
Morton, the ailor, but to
no purpose, for he professed total ig-
norance as to anything ola newsy nature.
The request of the reporter, to see Polser
was granted, and he visited the prisoner
i'm his cell on the second floor. The re-
porter told Polser that it was understood
that he had made u clean breast Of
the shooting, and that he acknowledged
he did not do it. He said he
had. slim Hunnicut did the
killing, and llunnicut and his
party persuaded me, while ! was
under the influence Of liquor to assume
the murder telling me they they would
get me clear and that | would not lose
by doing so. | consented, and
now see what a fool ! was. II is true
that Humphreys and | had Il quarrel,
and that he threw a chair at me. As he
did so, jim llunnicut shot him.
Humphreys cried out, go, Lordy,
save me-" and ran ont the
back way OF The saloon.
There were present at the
time Of the shooting, Ike Ilunnicut,
brother of Jim Ilunnicut, George Wal
lcr John IIerndon, myself and Hum
phrcys. After the shooting, / went
home, and about i or o'clock that
John lIcrndon called on me
and proposed that | should say that |
did the killing. | went down to the
saloon with him, where we met Waller
and Herndon, and ii was fixed up that /
should claim that did it. George Wal
Ter was there, but he did not have
much to say about it.