Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-01

| shoulder or coat, or on ihe grouhu
don't know the difference between tue
two pistols; can't say when
ristol Adams picked up hrst;
when | first saw the parties. Adams
looked up, and seeing me, said: Come
here.n went up to within probably
ak or eight feet OF them; | asked: rs
either OF YOU shot 2" Willis said:
,Yes. | have shot him, and he or you
shan't shoot me- BY that time the
crowd came in and / turned away;
Burns spoke while Adams was over
him. but can't attempt to say what he
said he was lying down on his side;
| think his head was on the ground |
did not hear Adams cGrsing Burns, sand
don't think he did; all / heard Adams
say was: ~ have shot him, and he or
Won shall not shoot me-" | am sure
Burns was conscious and he said some
thing, but / was excited and did not
catch his words; when first went
out / did not see any one; l thought IL
was a fire, and looked about for the
fire, hut saw no one anywhere;
persons on the street looking to-
ward the scene might have seen
what was going on. Adams did not say
what caused the shooting; / did not
examine the pistols.
NEAL STARRE.
w. II. W. SMITH
being sworn says: am sheriff of Dali
las county; found Willis Adams and
Vince Pace in the bank together; got
two pistols from Mr.. Pace, the sheriff
produced the pistolsl, one II bulldog,
A, which has five chambers; IL Is emp
~ with the empty shells in the cham
beTs; the other Is Smith & Wesson,
3S.calibre, five-shooter it has two
empty chambers, with no shells in
them; these empty chambers have not
recently been fired, as they have no
powder marks, but rust and verdigris
in them; the bull. dog size would make
louder noise when fired than the
Smith d Wesson; the bulldog pistol Is
"A deuble-actlon--tha 10, u self-cOcker:
the Smith Il Wesson is single-action
that is, you have to cock il every
time you shoot 1t.
w. ii. w. SMITH.
The following notice from the col
umns of the Dallas Herald was intro
dnced as evidence:
WANTED-A hack or express, with
ibhi leu w Ethih II. lIVIlI vi u
poor white trash house from to o y.
m. daily one month. Guarantee
against trouble. Address A., Herald
oilice.n
The above notice appeared in the
Dallas Herald March 20, 1854.
The coroner's jury returned the fol-
lowing
VERDICT:
"We1the jury of inquest, summoned
to inquire into the cause, time, man
ner and place of the death of Mike
Burns, deceased, are of opinion that
deceased came to his death by a pistol
shot in the hands of Willis Adams, ON
the 30th day March A. ID. 1854, in tn,
city of Dallas, in the rear of Glen Lei
saloon, about o'clock p. IN,
CHAs. Z: WHITMAN
j. IL. YEARouT,
Il. +. KING,
w, g. WILLIS,
Il. A. WEED,
w. +. CorTNIAN,
Jcrors.
Il. q. II. KENDALL,
j. F. precinct No. /, Dallas counl'
Texas.
Adams waived his right to appea
at the inquest, and therefore was no
present. He Is still in jail, Every
thing has been quiet up to tonight
and Will no doubt remain so. The OK
pected attempt TO ra2e Madame Pal
ker's bagnio to the ground, and TO g,
Adams out of Jail aud lynch him, wen
not made last night. Sheriff Smith
positive stand to defend the jail, au
tim pgt That ha haH n,,t Al 4,
quantity of ammunition To the Jail an
doubled the forces at that institution
undoubtedly quieted the turbulel
element and caused them TO listen
, the dictates of discretion. Madam
Parker's place was not disturbed f
: several reasons: A sick family Gee
t pied the premises to the east; Nj
. Burns was in the throes of sorrow al
4 misery with her dead husband on Il
west; they had requested that no vi
t lence be enacted; then Madame Pa
| ller's den was insured and she mig
! make trouble for the insurance col
a panies; but the policies were cancel
Q this morning. She had informati'
+ given out last night that she had l.
IS the city by the first train after I
{, shooting and the public was congrai
le lating itself on the good fortu
Is of being rid of one soc
u ulcer, when she turned up on |
] streets near the court house square +
m morning, going in the direction Of
e. Jail to see her bloody-handed pa
lie mour. She spent last night ia u ,
" reputable den In the southwestern \
of ton of the city, The people, howey
d. have resolved that she must 70, Q
p she had better bid Dallas an ca
he adieu.
10, LATER.-It Is said that WI
II; Adams will waive a preliminary
he animation, and apply for release
to bond through habeas cospus proce
ps ings some time next week. He
ed his counsel appear to think ii Is be
tn to wait until public feeling has so
wo what cooled before appearing in
en- courts.
not TYLER.
I'm
he
la, A Dusky Lovers Desperate Deed IL
Ing His Sweetheart for Re
,ne fusing to Marry Him.