The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-15
LOCAL MATTERS.
THE FRANK JONES INQUEST
Testimony OF Witnesses on the Has
Drivers Shooting Trsgedy-fhea-
tricai Notes, Social Gossip
and Personal Mention

The jury of inquest impaneied by
Justice Schulz. acting coroner, to in
auire into the death OF John Sheers, who
died from a pistol shot wound Satur-
day evening, which was inflicted by
Bob Land. met yesterday morning az
ter viewing the body, and heard the tes-
timony of witnesses. The name =. the
deceased was known to the witnesses
as Frank Jones, instead OF SheerS, ana
they speak of him by that name. MIR.
X. l.. Cowart, attorney for the defense,
waived an examining trial.
W. WOODS,
the first witness sworn, testified as fol-
lows: | did not see the shooting, but
was there minute after; l saw the
party who did the shooting few min,
he said: "Helle, Billy" heard Drew,
n hackman, say, "come on Bob, and get
pil be d-n ii IN let any low-down
hack driver run over me;" Drew said:
"Come on, there will be more fussing
between you fellows" and Bob said !:
"No, i don't care" or something OF
that That KIND looking wkfn p Pne Window
and went to my room; just as got In
it / heard tho 0rst shot; when got
down the last shot had been fired, ana
three hacks were going away, two run
ming away and one with man on III;
The Two men that were shot were lying
in my door; ran across Tor DR.. veal;
my door is the door OF the st. George
Sa Don.
jim M'oAULEss,
sworn, says:I was with Frank Jones
about o'clock In the restaurant east OF
the st. GEORGE came out with Perkins
and Frank Jones'; saw the shots fired;
one hit Frank Jones; can't say how lar
apart the men were when the shooting
took place; heard no conversation pc
tween the men who were shot and the
man who did the shooting; Jones and
Perkins were both drunk; neither man
had pistol ont, saw no knife in the
hands of either man; the shooting took
place on Main street, in the city OF Dal-
las ard state OF Texas, about 1 O'CLOCK IN
the morning.
II. 4. WILLIAMS.
sworn says: l did not see the shooting;
ran Out a minute afterward; saw Land
about an hour before the shooting; ne
was uuarrelling out there; he passed by
the saloon and said, am going out there
TO get stick or stone to hit those
sons of BIS with ii they don't let me
alone; as he came back l said, din you
find any thing; no, he said, didn't hnd
anything; Il they DOM t les me ,h acne hsd
the biggest quarrel before that; Red was
pretty drunk.
M. HARRINGTON,
sworn, says: L vote in New YORK am
in Texas about ten months in the year;
did not see the shooting: the first SHOT
/ heard l was in the Joker restaurant;
ran out on the street then.
sworn: I was sent to see deceased by
County Attorney Clint; went TO MS
room over Brunswick saloon; found
him conscious. and asked him II ne
had any statement to make:
in reply no said Windy BOD
had shot him in cold blood
that they had no Compensation prior 10
twice: that the first ahOt hit him, and he
believed he was In dying condition.
J.f. BARNETT,
sworn, saws: l drive . hack for Ed.
Randall: when the shooting took place
/ was in Williams Bros saloon; Wtndy
Bob, Bob Perkins and Rel we're quar-
leling; this was about twenty minutes
before the shooting they were cursing
each other; Windy Bob had been quieted
down; he was sitting on his hack out
in the street; heard some remai Ks
mass between Windy Bob and Frank
,Jcnes: Bob csrsed Frank Jones and
called him -; Jones said "he was
no man; he would not hight ike man |;
he referred to his pistol. and that was
ali he could do lie says, 'if you get
down off your hack, or take me when
am sober, L will whip you the pest day
yoh ever saw in Dallas" Al that time
Bob Land or Windy Bob, drove on up
the street ON his hack; I went into
Men oye-'s lunch stand; when l came
ont / waiEod towards the st. t|eorEei
Bob Land was standing up near the
door with his baud in his oyercvat
p,,cket. cob Perkins was in front OF the
leloon door at the time; went ron
there 10 the corner saioon; there fo'lnu
Jones; tried To get nim 20 go TO osd;
he Maid he was going 70 stay UP az
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