The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-04
LOCAL NEWS.
Death OF a Prisoner Under Shameful
Circumsi ances.
The Chlcagos Scoop the Browns Again
Score % TO l.
Other Gleanings About the Cry.
DEATH OF A PRISONER.

DEATH Oh ittisbNrh'
Last Tuesday Policeman Overland arrest.
ell "A German named Daniel Wagner, on
I the charge OF intoxicailon, Ant lodged ~ m
| In the statlon.house, There Is no question
I hui that the prisoner MAS drunk, and that
| lie officer did his duty Ia locking him up.
Yet IL was shame 10 freeze him
In such refrigerator ~ the calls
| boose. IL will be remembered that
| the weather Tuesday night was extremely
cold and while the jury OF inquest with
honest intent found n verdict according "a
the evidence that the death OF the deceased
was the result OF excessive use OF whitky,
aud oi xp0suTe thereafter the latter had
more 10 do with causing hrs death
than the former, The city has had
ample time TO construct station
house or prison that would not be dis
grace to her and 4 torture 10 prisoners, IL
| Is ms cold ~ an iceberg In the winter and
aa hot as hades In the summer, while II Is
dirty, hlthy, insecure and uuhl
/ for tina confinement of human being
/ Men who are confined in the atation.house
are generally pat IN for some petty OF
/ tense, aud d Is not just, even granting that
/ they are guilty, that they should be con
/ fned in such torluring hoia as It Is. At
tution TO this miserable Sc
called prison las been frequently
mentioned In these columns. BE that
I as 70 NAV Nuegouer Is dead. When tho
| turnkey went TO arouse him tho morning
! following his Incarceration he found him
/ living GA lue cold floor OF bis cell speech
! less. He was not able 30 appear at cour,,
and after q vain attempt 10 thaw him out
and rccupGrate HIM, he was turned over 10
/ the city physician and taken TO the city
[ hospital, where he breAlhso his last we'd
ursiay night
Justice Edmunds, acting coroner, ON
paune.Cd "A jury Of inquest, which, after
RECEIVING the remains, heard the testimony
/ OF witnesses.
HEN sHEEBER,
/ the first witness sworn, testified: ] am
steward 40 the City hospital. Dan Nagg-
nsr was brought to the hospital yesterday
J by "A policeman In an express wagon from
| the city cAlabooae The POLICEMAN said
| that Wagner had bee" arrested and put
| IN the calaooose the night before Tor being
drunk on the streets. Wagner When ne
was brought 60 the hospital,
was epepch'ess and unconscious.
/ We removed him from the wagon to the
house; placed him upon bed, where he
was very restless until about-l O'CLOCK
| ia the evening, AMI about O'Clock he
| died: ne had "a very black eye and several
bones were fractured. ! think he wasabou
/ 80 years OF age. the wounds and bruises
upon his head seemed TO have been re.
caived from falling; do not think the man
/ died from the Effects OF amy injuries re-
ceiyed from other parties, but that his
death was causedby exposure and the ex
csssiye use o! liquor.
=. CopEs,
the second witness, testified as fol
/ lows: knew the dead man
| Daniel Wagner; we we're well acquainted
aud worked together on the Gulf Colorado
I & anita Fe railroad, about mile from thi'
city; Wagner and came into this city
| early after dinner New Years day and
/ Wagner bought one half gallon Of whisky
! from the Five Cent saloon aud returned 70
camp, where Wagner and ] aud two Other
men soon drank Il, aud he and / returned
to town for u fresh supply. When we got
| to the saloon Wagner did not get but Two
drinks before he was so drunk be could not
stand and he fell repeatedly TO the MOOR. j
got hack and did my best TO get him into
a hotel, but he aud were so drunk that
no one would admit us, and after wan
dering around tor some time, We
were both arrested and put in the Gala.
boose: Wagner would not lie down, but
struck his head against the walls and the
marks upon his head, SO far Us know, were
done by himself; no one struck him while
WAS with him; | was taken before the
mayor, fined and released, and Wagner
was taken to the hospital, where
learn he died yesterday even
ing about o'clock | saw his
remains In the dead-house this morning.
| Wagner WAS not accustomed TO drinking
think he killed himself bumping around
| In the calaboose while drunk On the above
| testimony, the Jury OF the inquest found
that the deceased came to his death by the
excessive use Of whiskey and exposure
thereafter"