Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-13

v ,".s shot over the left eye, and
Fisher was shot in the left eye; i naw
Joe Foster when ran inj ne was
standing on the Steps, anu ch,nV W
dnvvn stairs before l wentup. he was
wounded in the leg. uIo, ann
Questioned by JUROR. did not see
anv uistol on Ben Thompson; lneIc
were abont nine shots fired. toy WIN
dawn stairs when / saw hinii there
waa some time between the TWO nise
shots; the others were hreu NeS
quick. ~ ,.orn said
Last night Joe Coy, speciai Punou
man at the Vaudeville, cn,uv
to me about nine Voi pon
aud told me Bin h'iu d"id
Thompson were IN town, anu ne W." =,
i,ae, ,be neaee. Isent Policemen john
A Ferris and Andreas Coy up, follow
Inc almost Immediately myself. AIte,
got up on the plaza, | inquiries
whore Ken Thompson was ana was ~
forued he had gone TO Turner hani
and was also informed tn3t
mn, THOMPSON WAS SOBER
and had gone around to take care y,
Btn and get him 10 Il down. 81
around there until about ten ociVohi
when Chadwell CAME up anu l ao'u
him 10 be on hahu III IA
of trouble. think II was apout >"
o'clock when | received Velep', n,,,s
,,,ousn,,e from my residence TO come
home NJ my wife's mother was very
sck and wanted y doctor' tel'
enhnned Tor a doctor AMI went nome
,nd nfter the doctor came aud lelt
yvan, back on the plaza again, ana was
s,andiny In front Of the White ne
nhant when was told mat beh
rhnnnson and King Fisher hau gone
inside The Vaudeville. After peihE
there for probably fifteen mihutts,
heard a shot fired, followed by others
verv randy. | AT first thought ~
was on The stage, but when the others
game very apid ] rushed IN.
Thought there were eight or ten, put
thor. may have been more. Ihe Htbt
thing saw rs | was cfoWdlhg IN
through The crowd that was rushlng
out. | saw Bob Churchill, one OF the
bar.keepers, with u gun pointing over
the counter, covering the STARS ne
said: Ben Thompson IL up stairs AZ
ran up stairs, ! met Sinms ana Ii's-
anoras supporting Foster, VINO "as
coming down stairs WouhuSu
AS soon as got h on ' nu
stairs. | saw two men lying in the
corner on top of one another some
one called
LOOK otiT FOR BILL THoAPsoNi,
he's coming with q shotgun"
Turned ran back down stairs, passing
Slnims and Foster again. As passed
them, noticed each Que had plsVOl
IN his hand, and Slmms called out,
"Give us protection ! got on the
floor when Bill Thompson came IN ~
the front douc. As saw him, heard
parties calling, "Get out OF the way.
/ was covering him with my BODY
showed him out behind Tue lroht
stairs and searched him, and found heI
was not armed. told nm not 10 20
in. | Immediately ordered the house
10 close. md went back inside and
met j. Coy, and he turned over Ben
Thompson's pistol. identified the
pistol in court-a large culibre, ivory
handled one, fully engraved and sill
Yer nouuted.) looked ut IL without
revolving the cylinder, and saw that
there were
FIVE CHAMBERS EMPTY.
Questioned by jurors.--l had not
seen Thompson or Fisher prior to the
shooting. Both Foster aud Simms
Were on the steps when came down,
Both had pistols. Foster was ieclih'
ing.
j. II. Emerson being sworn, said.
heard II the shooting just N / lett
the thpater, about l2lh O'clock.
came up and went into the side door
of lie Vaudeville, and wenu up stairs
and saw the bodies lying there. Fish
or was shot In the leg just below the
Knee, or in the tight leg one IN the
left breast near the heart, and one
wound IN the LEI. eye, Thompson had
two wounds over the left eye, one shot
IN the right side of the abdomen and
one shot under the chin on
the left side. There was
pistol gotten from my house while /
was ut the theater last night about an
hour after left the store; left be-
tween S aud o; a boy got II; II was IT.
oaliber pistol, single action.
Wm,Simms being sworn, said: Ben
Thompson came up stairs last night
accompanied 10y King Fisher. When
he first came in lac walked up 20 the
bar and'cailed for two drinks, Thir
wiuia little before IL O'clock. He stodC
talking to the harheeper FOL live 81
ven nllHulfH, ilth NhiAtu VIZ FNdilN ~
the gallery of the show. Ate
he had been up there about five or tel
minutes, ! followed them UP,
walked over and took seat Mt tn
further end OF the hall, After | has
sat therea few minutes, he sent one q
The walter boys over to ME asking IN
So come over, lac wanted to talk TO mt
When got up To HIM he turne
around and faced mo and said
"Sinins, want 10 talk TO you and tel
you that amt got nothing ngains
You, but you aint treaiedme fight.n III
talked on while longer, an
seemed TO be half crazy With his pau
tomine and gestures. lie said: "lil
INSIDE now; | can get out of an
trouble; people might thuk was tal
ing chances To come here, but II
surrounded by my friends I've got
aix-shonter ON, but I'll never need
touch It;
~ YOU MOVE You'll nE KILLED"
told him that | didn't want m
trouble with him; Tint I'D heard
much that anticipated trouble wi
him. lie said TINT he did not inter
to hurt me, but Thought hadu
treated him right. told him
WAS glad TO hear that 'You needt
fear anything from me, y he said, m
went on With lot Of rambling "a
about how fearless aud how itch
WAS, and jumped up suddenly al
started toward tlie door Just rs
got to tie door, he turned quickly ~
tightly grAsped my arm and col
menced talking about Jack Harr
an..ionr .,tl Tool. Harris ntts hpl hiDtes