The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-04-03
ADAnsBUgNs TRAGEDY.
A sabbath asfsailen In Dttd asd
w Ifaih.
Ihs Ugh That batter Development
Cat nn ihn Case.
Erid,acc iGdu,td n,fore The Coroner.

A. iiye minutes p,s, n o'clock, Sun day
nerd tu time. tlt people NJ thr ht 'Bhb1f-
h0pd oi the cDHtf oi Nom rnn Aulphy
street e,it siatl,d by lho IApd Iepot,
Of tr.etai islui ,Auif, Niea la toe rear ul
the o.d u'si. dee uul ttnF, A crowd az poo
MI io ltnriug immraiaitly rushed u ID,
locality 81 d tuert tnuun MiohAsi BufHa ~.
Ing ,rn tra,r Ou the Rouud S.ih t. plato!
bn lrt o. All, bowel. The nfst prItoun Nhn
AIrvso II the tcsuo rgaed The Wou' dec
TlaD ffInl hi- pTu6tFaie position, pfOpp'gR
Ala, 40 a-aiust tree. pf. lhFu'tpn aErv'
cd ABOUT this time and hhd Burns isld
lo.n u. hls uack as 40 woul b. more culi
Portable ~ that posi ION, o. a eutHnFy '&-
Amina iuu Of lie wound !, was iound he
was anOt ~ the ahdomeu, j1't above Tie lei.
groin. asd ahnut tgu iTcnes 20 the Left 81
the c. ter Of the b. DIV. Ho was already
very wesk, he'd scarcely any pulse aud w's
nearN Ia collapsed c,ndhl1a,l the az
pe.rancrs hs'ug that the lilac artery hsd
been styersd aud thst Do Wa
dying 'tom internal hemoHhsge. s'y'
eTkl drinks OF Cusnsc brandy
wers administered 10 hin, which he drank
ea,iy al ia . ! { le vhils be Raced some
what i-of. the saUos o. H. shot.
A HlHALp reporter a'ken him Nho sho,
hin; ue sdi, Wits Adams . IA" -
porisr ihru asked hln, what Hh0uV
lac susvrred, "Wills Adams insultei my
wit. ard met me here, hayng so"e q
thr w,isr closet, md tho, Ina. He csme
bnpk AID fsid / vas a EOn.0i-s-B--h apd
SAIL W a, GIN - wt.l st J. ihis thing hVre
and .o 81, a. a shlL me ~ Toe spOgtsf then
osEed I'm Il he nd pistol, aud he re-
piled. thought | uad one on me- Ihc
rspHr'or then ? pc1tir ms qutsuon
Anu he ansWeIe- am losing nay % hsss "
H. ,hsn bauk bAek in gu exhausted con-
uii u, aud tue physician nfohioiteG Ills
ta!kitE any more.
He was nv u pllced on a cot AID removed
in un espTets wAgDa - bic resid|tct, No.
l0c6 Commerce .treef. stCbnd door cast oi
Eivsy street, whtsc DR.. Thfusion sun ac'
miuis'ered 10 uim. SharNy aler h's ".
rival a. his huIus Dr.. Thrus on informed
hin that ma had but a litle time ~ I've,
ara % be bad soy siaieuiett' TO make he
had ~, tter at once do TO. he was then IN
hi, perfect CONSCIOUSNESS, aud gave the iol-
lowing Us
MS pYlsg DECLARATION:
"Willis Adams On Two occasions threat
eged % cut my esEs of: went back 70 The
wptfr C "set when lac came out and said
Well fix Il now ard drew his pistol and
shot m. had pis,ol. think, or reckon
So" AuerSard, coming TO, Ia eskei 10 he
turned over. aud the doctor turning him
over, he asked to DO given morphine He
then ssied, "WherB IS tho repoft-r2
The reporter kuelL down bv him aud he
salt: /" LIS hard 10 be poor"
The wster-closet referred 10 was the one
IL the rear OF the OLD post.otlice building:
where he fell wien shot. Hi, statsment
81 hed pistol thing, or reckon so.' was
In snewtr 10 question from Constable
Nj | 4 he bad a pistol. The d. ing dec a.
raiir II vas taken by Consjabl- Miller nm.
der direction OF the cOunty attorney. The
70 lowing witnesses have been subs 9na'
in the ca,e: Emil Dsdieu jim Is RI, Mr..
Porte. G ORG Miller, Dr d. Thru.ton,
" II. ". Smhp and V. 2 Pace.
THE IrQUE-T.
T.siprdaV the iuouest was held on the
hoy NJ Mike Burma, shot and killed by
Willis Adams last 8 tnday. The 10 lowing
ls,he -iimOnY given before the coroner
and III jury:
ms Stits OF cexas, County OF Dallas
Testimony u wi Desevs taken at the IN
Quesi h,ld over the body Of Mike Barns,
decssssd. Or s. d. Tbruslon, being sworn
ssys: Yesterday about MALT past III or II
o'clock was called 10 Bee decessed; he
-3ssi The rear ct tie Glen Lee saloon and
old pcsofiice; he was puleeless and
speechl.ss then; IeXamined the body and
four d eunshOt wound in left part OF abdc-
men tao or three inches above The groin,
Immediately over the colon; l sdminisi
tered TO him brandy ana he revived;
asked him il he knew me he said you
ara a doctor, but don't know your name; l
carried him home, and after getting MIN
home and giving him more brandy and
morphioe, he sta I'd that h" was in the
Glen Lea saloon, walked out to -, and
while s,andiog there Mr. Adams came out
OF back door on the Cd ps and said, Cd
d-n yoU, we will settle tnis matter nov"
and ns no turned MIR. Adams 0pered fire
on him; asked him ii be IVES armed. sId
he said he bad s'x-shooter; se eaid Mr..
Adams lad threatened twice the day before
to Gu his ears of; Mr.. Adams made this
AZ hnn .uu N Ia ~ ~
he iiv.d about two hours; hr died anouI
10 minutes past 2 O'Clock; he died from in
tern,l h.mosfhage from effects OF the
wound; met Mr.. Adams with
pist lis in right hand as | went down. |
asked d m what wss the matter, he replied
not uoLhiug much; pave lust GO my nan
do w sasre., TSgDed S. ID. rAURsroN.
F. PACE
being sworn sal hsd been in the saloon
a sh or time about 10 minutes, before the
shooting occurred; ] returned to MurDhy
street from ,De saloon through On alley 90
the leIt the sa Don, between the saloon
ami sew building and went in The same
way: Neal Starss agd three other gentle
men old not know we're ia the sal ION
when was in it; one OF the three tuen
WIS pretty full. the other two l don't
think we're under the influence OF liquor,
never learned the NAMES of
either ri the three men re-
ferred to; neither Of them VS.
auamsI Know. nor me man Burns to the
best OF my knowledge; two OF ths men re-
ferred 10 as being in the saloon went out
ahead of III e, one being The drunken man,
and only lett Starke and one other man,
who think stays in the saloon; walked
out If the saloon very shortly al er the two
men were referred to did; lett Stsrke lying
Oh a bhl.rd-table think, reading u paper
and the O her man behind the counter;
walked out OF the saloon 70 Murphy st'tet
and IN Main short distance and met Dave
Richardson and We stopped and ware talk.
ing and Mr Moropey came up ana we
talked few moments and Moroney lett us
sti ii talking; alter Moroney had been gone
about = minute, we heard the firing: wnen
the firing commenced Richardson
said: La me pace that buildinp is falling
/ said mo it is pistol Shots" and We start-
ed 20 60 in tne direction OF the shots AID
peeing the Gro I'd rushing we hurried our
pace; Judge Crawford looking out of his
Office window asked me what was no. l
answered there was man shot: | supposed
SO M bad got close enough to hear man
hai,ou there Is a man shot" we then
iuInnsd off the Sidewalk towards toe new
bu ding going 10 and the crowd getting
tb,cs said 70 Mr.. Richardson, lets va
acro-s hare" | got up on the foundatlon
of The ne " building and walked across The
wall ON marrow psnk holding on TO the
old peg office till got the far wall Of ths
ney building l looked down and
saw man lying down and grosn.
ing as thougn suffering; there
were then fifty or sixty
men about but no one closer
/ cont Think, than ten or fifteen feet of the
man down uelees probably Que man who
was tbink at him; the man living down
was The one who was shot; saw Mr. Ad.
ans az the same time | saw the mao lying
down walking from MIN, and he was sup
pose twenty or thirty feet from him: ne