Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-13
shake hands with me. III live. a long
time, Joe Foster, aud I'll make you
leave this country; I'll

EXPOSE YOU AS A THIEF.
Joe lust made answer 10 each OF
these threats: MAYBE NO, Ben; ! don't
donbt ia / have been here
twenty-five years, aud amt stole
anvthinq yetN As Ben kept talking,
he Kept getting more wild and bolster
Gus. He and Foster seemed To Keep
hacking up against the wall on the
little elevation. Az soon as he got on
the little elevation he suddenly Jerked
hi. six.shooter and stuck II in Fosters
mouth kind of sideways AZ ne
pulled the pistol back from pushing IL
| In Fosters mouth he cooked IL. AZ
the pistol clicked Policeman Coy
grabbed IL, and rs he grabbed ~ ne
aaid: "Ben, I'm an officer don't 90
that Afier the first hre
another pistol was drawn, and Just as
the pistol was drawn Fisher says:
"Don't pull that pistol, you son OF a
b-.n | can't answer who drew
that; the firing then conimenced on
both sides. Joe Foster grabbed me 9y
the shoulder and says, :" IN SHOT help
me down stairs" Thompson anu
Fisher were Immediately In 'front.' OF
him. Pm not sure they had been
killed then. | then helped Foster
down stairs.
THE FIRST SHOT
was fred by Thompson. Thompson
fred two shots before any other p'stol
was fired. When Coy grabbed his PTS
fol Ben Thompson was
strugpIiug to shoot Foster.
There were great many people IN
the theater when thsse two came in,
but the hall gradually emptied' !
took cigar, he took whisky ana
Fisher took "a beer. Ben would not
pay for the treats. He asked the boy
ii he was waiting for the money.
When the boy snid, mo, I've got
plenty OF time, Mr.. Thompson; ! can
wait as long AS you want me TO, Zen
says. well, III not pay you Tor II
don't pay for anything" Fisher says,
"Oh. Ben pay the boy" At the same
time Fisher put his hand IN his
pocket AS IL he would pay for II, and
Pm not sure who paid for IL. M the
administrator Of the estate OF Jack
Harris, and controlled the house.
FISHER WAS VERY QUIET;
! don't think he spoke dozen words
In the house; | think he took cigar
on this order; don't think he drank
drop. The time it occurred WAS some
where about II o'clocs. | couldn' I
say positively vino was shootingi Joe
Foster had a pistol but there were
some three or four shots fired
before Foster drew his
don't know whether Coy fired
his pistol or not; he was commanding
the peace / was excited, and was
Watching no one but Thompson.
was taking right good care OF Mr..
Sinms. / would like TO state that
last night Marshal Gosling came in
and went to my book.kceper and TO
Joe Foster, and told them that lhomp-
son had come over on the train and to
look out for him, a. there seemed to be
TILL IN ms NECK"
and he meant trouble. told Special
Policeman Coy about IT, and he said he
had been told the same thing
by Marshal Gosl!ng, and that he coy
had gone to police headquarters and
asked for assistance. He said that
Captain Shaideiu had promised to
send six officers up there. did not
see anything of them until they came
rushing in rs was helping Foster
down the stairs. When Thompson
first called Foster up, don't know
whether Ben Slapped Foster in the
face or not. don't think so. When
| Thompson told ME had pistol, he
spoke in avery loud tone.
THE VERDICT.
We, the jury, find the said Ben
Thompson and j. Is. Fisher came To
their deaths ON the night OF the llth
of March, A, D., 1854, while Mt the
! Vaudeville theater, in san Antonio,
Tex. nom THE effect OF pistol-shot
wounds from pistols held and fired
from the hands of j, G.. Foster, w. III.
Slmms and j. 5. Coy, and We further
find that the said killing was iustillu-
hle and in seli.dei"usc, in the imme-
diate danger al life.
CSigned.l GEO SuL0ERs, FoIem. II.
IL. L.. ANSEi,
j a. BENNElT,
H. ]. GAsroS,
JIM, MARrIa,
II w. WALLACE.
1HE JURY
h composed of good and responsible
men, aud their verdict Is aud will bt
sustained, All Is quiet tonight, though
the San Antonio boys are clustered
, quietly waiting fnr something 20 turn
/, up. The manner in which Ben rhomp
son came to San Antonio was gu thi
: wise Ben heard TINT Capt Joe Shel
4 hey OF the state troops, United state
r Marshal Costing and Deputy Fer,
Nigg,i, King Fisher and Constabl,
| Fred Dade %. BoXur we've to leave Aus
@ tin on the six o'clock train for Sai
4 town, and when the train was baokln
"a lssr..t., ANt4tte, a huytr "a tx.
!; HORSES COVERED WITH FOAM
was seen tearing down toward th
!; train, and Ben Thompson alighte,
y and boarded the train, and told hi
= friends he would go rs far "a Kyle an
= then 20 back Capt. Joe Shelley Ina
y introduced FISHER and Thompson
: each other IN Austin during the day
Il Fisher always had, ami even after III
} introduction, indicated contempt e
!. Thompson. In the train Thonllso
u took y bottle OF whisky from an N
u offending German and Con,ttbls ID c
=" OF San Antonio took the bottle frai
him and poured the contents out {
tha ear window. Afterwards, Thorn
~ sou struck the negro porter ov
~ the lead with the empty hottl
IA because the negro would not bfiI
nj him water Fisher stopped Thorn
N son fram hitting the negro o sccou
/ time, aud remarked that II he lit Il
~ negro again, one or the other wou
I'd die,
M THE DEATH oB FISHER
be Is generally regretted, but most s,
ld he was Ia bad company and his fate
he Just. The condition of Joe Fost
ld grows more serioua, and he may 4
M Tonight. He has lost much hood, al
Is il very low. The town Is now p'