Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-01
THE DALLAS TRAGEDY.
Testimonv Of witnesses in the bnrnS
Homicide, and Verdict Of '"o
Jury.
No Demonstration by the Mop-inV
Prisoner Very Quiet

i IustIce Kendall. acting coroner. o
,hn ris,;ng Of Mike Burns by WIFI
Adams: MALTA
The s.ate of Texas, county Oh Dai,,'
Testimony of witnesses taken ~ I.
m,est held over the body oil MIX
Burns, deceased.
DIR. S. D. TuRusroN
being aworn says: Yesterday ,aoou
half after eleven or twelve o'clock
was called to see deceased; he was u
The rear of Glen Lea saloon, ana IN
old postof,lce; he was pulseless am
speechless then; examined 'he oou.
and found O gunshot wound In the lei
part of the abdomen, two or tore'
inches above groin, Immediately owe
the colon: / administered to him SOM
brandy and he revived; ! asked hin
If he knew me- he said You are
doctor. but don't know your name
/ carried him home after getting mn
home and giving him more brandy
and morphine, he stated that he wa
in the Glen Lea saloon, walked out u
urinpte. and while standing, there MT
Adams came out Of the back door on
The stems and said, cd d--n you.
we will settle this matter now" ana
as he turned Mr.. Adams opened nre on
him; asked him IL he was arnl e.
aud he said he had siX-shoo,er ~
said Mr.. Adams had threatened twice
the day before TO cut his ears OH Mr.;
Adams made this threat when asked
about insulting his (deceased'sl VIE
he lived about two hours
he died Mt 2:lo O'Clock j
he died from internal hemorrhage,
from effects of the wound | met Mr..
Adams with two pistols in right hand
AS went down; | asked him what
was the matter. He said: Nothing
4 have just got my man, down
there
S. ID. THRusToN.
v.F. PACE
being sworn says: | had been in the
saloon II short time, about fifteen min
ntes before the shooting occurred i
returned to Murphy street from the
saloon through AN alley on I he LETT OF
the saloon, between that and new
building, and went in the same way ;
Neal Starke and three other gentle
men, whom / did not know, were In
the saloon, when / was in 1t; one Of
the three men was pretty full; the
other two | don't think were unde,
the influence OF liquor | never
learned the names of either of the
three men referred to; neither oi
them was Adams, | know, nor the
man Burns, to the best of my knowl-
edge: two Of the men referred to as
being in the saloon went out ahead oi
me, one being the drunken man, and
1 only left Starke and one other man,
who / think stays in the saloon; !
walked out of the saloon shortly after
the two men referred to did. | left
Starke lying on y billiard table, ! think
reading u paper, and the other man be
hind the counter; walked out of the
saloon to Murphy street and up tc
Main, and up Main short distance
and met Dave Richardson, and W,
stopped and We're talking, and Mr.
Moroney came up ard we talked a few
minutes and Moroney left us still talk
ing; after Moroney had been gon
about a minute we heard the firing
when the firing commenced Richard
son said: Law me, Pace, that build
ing is falllng!' and / said, mo, it
pistol shots;n and we started {
20 in the direction of the shoti
and seeing the crowd rushing we hu
ried our pace; Judge Crawford, lool
ing out Of his Office, asked me viii
was up; answered that there was
man shot; supposed so, as | la
gotten close enough 10 hear q ma
halloo there was % man shot; we the
jumped Off the sidewalk toward Il
new building, going up, and the crow
getting thick said u Mr.. Richar
son, Lets walk across here;n l &
up on the foundation of the new bull
ing and walked across the wall on
narrow plank, holding on by the o
postofiice, till got to the far wall
the new building; looked down Al
saw man lying down, and grsani'
as though suffering; there We're tia
fifty or sixty men about, but no o
closer, don't think, than ten or
teen feet OF the man down, uni
probably one man, who WAS, thir
at him; the man lying down was
one who was shot; | saw Mr.. Ada
at the same time / saw the N
lying, walking from him, and was
suppose, twenty or thirty feet fr
him; he was walking up the alley
tween the Glen Lea saloon and
new building, going toward MurT
street, and WAS probably one-third
the distance TO the street; ! was sta
Ing on the wall and Mr.. Adams
parently looked around, and when
saw me, called to me, saying: "He
Vince, come here;n he didn't stop s.
l then passed around through
men, along the wall, till j got
where l could jump of; Mr.. Adj
saw me coming, and when ] jun
off he met me and shook hands v
me with his right hand, holding
pistols in his left hand; think W
/ first saw Mr.. Adams he had the
tolls in his right hand, but ] did
SEQ him when he changed them (
LIS right to his left hand; whel
shook hands with me he
want to sufrender;n
asked him what was
matter He answered: There
been some shooting, and am a
have killed man;n took char
him few feet from the front of
Glen Lea saloon. and turned him
10 the custody Of the sheriff.
v, F. PA
NEAL srARISE,
being sworn, says: / am prophet
the Glen Lea saloon; was IN til
loon at the time the firing occli
the distance from the buck steps Q
saloon TO where was In the sale
about twenty feet4i suppose; the
tnnce from the back steps TO the
where Mike Burns was lying Is II
or eighteen feet, probably not
than fifteen feet; rs soon as / hear
firing l went out; | supposed 1t "
alarm of fire. aud when i got ,
looked around for fire, when s
pistol thrown toward and ini
old mortar box, near the