The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-31
A SABBATH SHOOTING.
Mike Burns Goes Down Before WINS
Adams Pistol.
The story OF the Staying ~ Sifted ~
the Scribes.
The Declaration OF the Mau at Death
Door,
Ard that Of Hin who Pslled the
Trigger.
Notes and Iscidsnts Of the Tragedy
Notes and Iscidsnts Of the Tragedy

Notes and Iscidsnts Of the Tragedy
At6v minutes past ~ O'Clock yesterday
m eridian time, the people In the neighbor-
hood OF the corner OF Main and Murphy
strests weis startled by the rapid reports
OF several pistol shots. fired In the rear oil
the old post office building; a crowd OF peo.
ple In hearing Immortality rushed 10 the
locality and there found Michael Burns ly:
ing prostra,s On the ground with pistol
bullet IN his bowels. The first persons who
arrived at the scene raised the wounded
man from his PROSTATE position, p'oppina
him up against tree. d.. rhraston srriv.
cd about this time and had Burns laid
down on his back as ne would be more c I'm g.
Portable In that position. o. a cursory ex-
animation OF the wound It was found he
was shot in the abdomen, jast above the LEFT
groin. and about Two inc les 10 the left Of
ths center OF the body. He was already
very weak, had scarcely any pulse and was
nearly In q collapsed c)nditi1n, al the ap-
psarances being that tue lilac artery had
been severed aud that he was
dying from internal hemorrhage. eev.
efal drinks OF Cngna0 brandy
were adm ini-tered to him, which he drank
ea.iiy and 10 lit. lie while he reacted some.
what from the snock OF IT, soot
A HERALD reporter asked him who shot
him; he said, Wins Adams" Ths re
porter then asked him. What aboutS'
30 answered, willis Adams insulted my
wife, and met me here, having gone u
the water closet, and shot me. he came
back and said l was Q son-oi-s-b-h and
said We might ss well srt,le this thing here
and no v. and shot me-" Tue reporter then
asked him Ii he had pistol, and he re.
piled, Il thought had one on me-" the
reporter then r-pested this question
aud he ans we're 81 am losing my senses"
He then sank back In an exhausted con-
diti'n, and the physician nrohibited his
He was then pl sced on cot and removed
In All express wagon to his residence, No
1000 Com tnerca street, second door east OF
Eryay street, wh,re DR.. Thruston still ad-
ministered to him. Snortly after his ar.
rival at his home DR.. Thtus,on informed
him that he had but a little time TO I'VE,
,and II he had any statenent' to make he
had better al once do so. He Was then 10
bis perfect consciousness, and gave the fol-
lowing as -
Ms DYING DECLARATION.
"Willis Adams on two occasions threat
eaed 20 cut my ears off, went back to the
water closet when he came out and said
Wei liked now, and drew his pistol and
shot me. | had pistol, think, or reckon
So"
In the rear OF the old p0st.otfice building,
where he fell when shot. His statement:
'I had pistol 1 think. or reckon So" vas
Miller il he had y pistol. The dying dec q.
ration was taken by Constabls Miller un.
der direction OF the couaty attorney. The
following witnesses have been sub DOB 1asd
In the case: Emit Dedieu lin Byrd, Mr..
Porter, Gsorge Miller, pr q ID. Thru,ton,
w. II. W. Smith aud V. + Pace.
The following are statements maze ov
c.rtias " I'M were soon on the scene, rs to
what they saw and heard:
Mr., .. q. HUNTER
says ~ saw Willis Adams come out
through the silev from the rear OF the old
st.oifice building, between the new build.
inR going up and the Glen Lea saloon. DE
had two pistols in his hands which he
hspded to v. r Pace Adams said som,-
thing TO Pace which l did not hear. The
pistols we're both nickel-plated. l heard
the shots aud think there we're four or i've
fred"
said: ~ saw Willis Adams piok up a
pistol near the mortar.bsd In tue rcs- of
the new building"
THOMAS CLOVER
said; AZ was going dosl Main street d.
rectly in trout OF the old post-ofice,
When l heard several shots IN rap.
building a. near as ,uld tell. | immed.
lately rsn around there, going down the al
isv not Ween the Glen Lisa sal )on and the
new building going mp. where saw Neal
Stsrks, who had jus arrived on the scene,
Willis Adams and Michael B1rns, the de-
osssed. Burns was lying on the ground
With his head almost In the water closet
door. as Ithocsn ut dead, at first, and Adams
Was standing within three or four feet OF
him with pistol la eacn hand Adams
remarked, L shot him, he would have shot
me II I had not shot him crowd by that
time was gathering AND few moments a.
forwards Adams called to some one on the
resr wall OF the new building and then
started up the alley toward the str ct"
NRAL STARK,
proprjstor of the Glen Lea saloon 81 was
Wing on a billiard table In my saloon, read
ing. when l heard five shots fired in q lex
succession. ! thought 1t was ire alarm
Willis Adams aud Mike Burns both down
on the ground tussling. Adams vas on top
holdine Burns' arms. There was q pisto tol
on each side OF them lying on the ground
1 asked, Are either oi you shotr and
Adams replied. I sho, hi N. Adams SAID
to Buns, You soant shoot me. buIns s
made some sort OF reply but | did
not hear what il was. Adams
then got up and picked up both pistols
Burns laid there"
When the news Of the shooting OF Burns
Was made known to her,
BURNS WIfA TAINTED
and when he Vas taken home her m spifes'
tations OF grief we're heartrending
She told Q HERALD reporter that when
her husband Was brought home wounded,
Se said to her i am shot, / cennot protect
you any longer The wounded man died
a. 2:l5 o. m, just two hours and ten min
utes sfter he was slTot. The death scene
vas affecting beyond description and
THBwfPs's ANaUTeu
brought tears TO the eyes Of al who were
Nh. Burns said to our reporter, Adams
woman keeps bawdy house next door and
thew have seemed determined to run rs out
Of our house. NY Door dead husband had
remopstra.ed With Mrs. Parker about hacks
coming TO her house and standing In front
Of our residence, and subsequently he ~.
moustrated With Adams also. l have been
insulted tim 10 and again By parties who mis-
took our house because Of hacks standing In
froat OF Il. Mr.. Parker and other women Who
visit her have insulted me aud my. friends
who visit me. and jeersd my friends when
they called TO zee me. They have gone 90
fsr q TO stop In front OF my house and say:
Wonder Who she has 10 there now; This
Il 3 nics plsoe, isn't it This became
aank~A nm