The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-18
ST0CKYARD Staying.
JOE poLseR GIVES HIMSELF UP.
Now Developments In - Queer chapter
of Crlme-A Dead Mans p"eiara-
tlon W. u Live Mans Aii.ga-
tion-Whlch Wcighs'


Justice Kendall, acting coroner, en-.
pnncllcd Jury and held an inquest
over the remains uf y. II. lluinphrNs
Yesterday morning, who was shot ana
killed Monday night, nj the Stock nhri
saloon, on FAST Elm street, IN East lpnl-
las. The diving man stated several times
that Jim liunnlcut shot him and that he
saw him when lac did Il. Joe Polser,
who was party 10 the quarrel,
In the face OF All this, wnll2es voluntary
10 the front and says he himself sh9t
Humphreys, who WIS making nn assault
on him with a knife, NolwithsInndinH
polscr's statement the Jury of inquest
failed to find that he was the man who
did Il. However he was arrested and
lodged I'm the county Jail. Polscr was
sent To the pcnitcn,iarY icw years since
for butchcring the wrong cow nnd
served ont his time. iIunnicut has not
vet been arrested, though II Is claimed
he was IN tho city Yesterday Tho iol,
lowing IL the testimony of witnesses ana
verdict of the jury;
rn'! INQUEST.
Inquest held on the body of Y. H.,
Humphreys. ON the 18th day al june
1884, Killed ai the stock iark saloon, IN
East Dallas.
The first witness oNemined was
T.. y. itEHN Don.
1 yns al the Stock Yard saloon on
Yesterday evening, and the deceased
and joe polsor met there and were quar-
rcllinr about steer or stng; Pulser told
deceased that his brother, when the
steer was Killed. saw the steer and hide,
and made no claim To It; they quar-
relied sonc time and mndo Il up and
took Il drink; this was repeated
several times, until 1880 o'clock
Mt ktfl
again and palser again treated; they
then started hucl, TO the back room; the
deceased had his knife out open In his
hand, rs he had had 10 several times
during the evenings when they got
back toward the end of the billiard table,
Polscr said. II have done everything ]
can do to satisfy YOU, and II YOU don't
threw chair ut Polsor, which struck
him and knocked him up. against
the door; the deceased then
advanced on him with knife
in his hand and got within
two to five feet of Polser; just then |
saw flash of pistol and heard the re-
port; the deceased wheeled and ran
rapidly out of the back door OF
the SILICON: Polscr walked up to the
counter ANA said that he guessed he
would not try to cut anybody else that
night. and took Il drink and cigar and
walked out, saving that he would 90 to
bed; pretty soon, IN about fifteen min
utes, Il party came To telephone for
doctor; / did not see Polser any more UNI
til this morning; ] went down IN nan an
hour To- see Humphreys and he was then
dying; there had been several quarrels,
almost II constant quarrel, between de-
ceased and Polser until the shooting oc-
Cured; the deceased was advancing on
Polscr in II STOPPING position when the
pistol fired.
GEORGE WALLER,
the second witness, testified ms follows:
Twas lying down resting my head on the
counter: | was suffering with neuralgia
OF the head; they had been quarreling
off and on all night, and
/ had stopped the fuss; heard a fuss
and rose M and. as | did, | noticed Il
chair flying and 1t struck Poser and
knocked him up against the sido door;
the deceased followed up Polser with
knife in hand in STOPPING position, and
was attempting TO cut him when the
pistol fired; the deceased. wheeled and
ran out of the back door;
Polser walked up to the counter
and laid the pistol behind the
bar and said let's take u drink, and he
then walked out and said: Boys, am
going TO bed" and said something like.
that il they wanted him, to tell them
that Polsen did the shooting; no one else
in the room could have shot him.
IKE uUNNfCUT,
the third witness, testified: Heard de-
ceased and polser qunrreling about u
steer; polser said that he butchcred ana
loaded the steer on the wagon In tho
presence of brother of the deceased;
Deceased said il was II d-n lie. Polsor
told him that he did not want him to
talk to him that way; that deceased was
drunk and he did not wish TO hurt him,
and told him TO take his hands out OF his
pockets. Heard rafting of n chair, saw
deceased approaching Polser with his
knife. Just then | saw Polscr put the
pistol towards deceased and fire, deceased
ran out back door, Palser laid the pistol
behind the bar and called for the drinks
and walked oil; | was opposite
Palser; he was very near the
deceased he could have hardly reached
him; he could not have reached his arm
out from his body; | think the blaze of
the pistol reached the deceased.
II. Il. HuRLBuRr,
the fourth witness testified: About
o'clock last night, Mr.. Humphreys
came to my house and asked for bed,
paid me for it and asked me for my
pocket-knifc; | gave IL to him; he
handed my knife back and said he
would be In about y o'clock; some
time after | had gone To Dcu,
l heard some one complaining. saying
he was shot, to let him in; ! went out and
let him in; / asked him who shot him
and he said "Jim lIunnicut shot mo;"
/ asked him how he knew, and If he GER
tain. and he sad ayes, | knew IL was
him, saw him as plain rs daylight" |
went for Il doctor and he made the same
statement to him; the last thing
he said was, "Oh, jim, don't,
don't:" deceased had been drinking, but
not much; he walked stout and spoke in
n loud voice. and | helped him TO bed
and he asked me to get DOCTOR which |
did.
VERDICT.
After hearing the testimony of the
above witnesses, the jury of inquest re-
turned the following verdict:
ave the jury find that the deceased
came to his death on the night of the 10Th
of June, 1891, from the effects of gum
shot wound that entered his right breast
about two inches below a line between the
nipples and came out at point about
two inches above.tho right hip. We fail
to agree rs to who did the shooting"
There is one thing about the affair that
is rather mysterious, and that is that the
wound showed that Humphreys was
shot In the back and that the ball came
out in front.
LATER unnicut has been captured
and lodged in Jail.
Cakes without Eggs.
In a little book just issued from tho