Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-27
FOUR SHOTS
Fired by John l.. Mcfarland.
Shoemaker, prcbabl, Ends
" life.
.. a. Head shot N Three PLACES. aud
said to w Fatally
wouns~a.

AZ taiiS Ibis morning, as reporter o
Tnn oASrrfr was Walking ur Nah
sweet, when CROSSING Fifteenth street 4,
heard four pistol shots ON HOUSTON sirroi,
ami hurfyiDg over found tsan slitinv on
the cNrhHlonc meaning ana calling f0t
water aud pillow, saying b.
had hcrn shot and wnuld die
officers Cooker aud Thomason we're soou
on the scene aud learned tlias John l..
Mcfarland, a shoemaker, had sonc The
shooting. In n few minutes Mcfarland
was found IN noom back of h,s Shop,
zoos Houston siret, and was brola1ht 10
the mont, when u was found ti0t no
was bleeding profusely from a
wound In the hack OF his neck
lie was frantic anil cried ont that he mad
been followed by shc man he had shot,
who wanted 10 murder him, aud that ID
was the way 70 die \ gnnny sack hsd
pccn brought for thc man ON the SIDE.
walk, whose head wNs placed ON il and
his limbs rtrutrhed along The onrb.stono.
Tue reporter approached him and
saw that his coat AMI shirt near his nnvelt
were stained with blocd his right hand
and arm We're also blo0Alstalned 4
deathly pallor had Scltlr6 over his face
and he seemed 20 hc asleep.
What is your name" asked The re.
porter
No answer
MY friend, what Is your nsmcY" again
asked The scribe,
SIN no answer.
After The question hal bcen rcpcalc,l
several times the man rOps,d np aud
sMd'
~ MN ], q. Head
Where are you fromln
~ came from Atlanta, Ga, aud have
sister living there named Mrs. 4, c.,
Adamson, have papers Ia any pockoi
which win tell more about me.''
"Do You know this man who shot ynny''
eyes, hit him with rock about six
weeks ago right here In front OF his
shop he was drunk tonight, aud when
walked along past his door he was
standing there; he said ARE YOU following
mcP ! answered mo, when he said, YOU
nrr damned linrh aud fred enc shot
struck me IN the Right arm the next went
through me just below the nnvel, another
shot struck mo in the right lew,u
"Did you HIT himg"
"Nn, didn't do anything at all had
no pistol or anything else
Here Head dropped into dose again,
ihcn awake aud said, ~ am grlng TO
dici' this In n husky Whisper
Mcfarland WIS now taken by DiilrcrH
tokcr and Thomson to physleian's
olllec. lie was In his un,lcrshlrt and bare.
headed, ~ am not on the run for I'm not
alraid,' he said as he walked along.
fin CArsT.
As wei as could be learned, the cause OF
the shooting dates back 10 the dinculty
spoken of by Head as having occurred
klN weeks ago. What this diltlenlty
was about could not be- learned,
but, as gentleman who llSes near
the shop remarked, ,'ihcy have had b In
for each other ever since that time"
Mcfarland thought Head was follow.
Ing him TO murder him, with result rs
seen,
AAnsTERh.
The wound Ia Netherlands neck " a !
llc says himself he bred four
shots only three entered Heads hndy !
and one man who examined |
tho W0und ~ MeFarlHnd's neck
says II ~ q pistol wound, so The pr0bn.
hiltics are TIM one Of the four shots h |
the one la Mctariands meek No pistol |
was found on ilcud, so be could MOI
lave inflicted the wound, and then
only four Shots were tired, and these us |
Mcl'arland,
AZ $50 II was said that Head could not |
live I'LL morning, but from the nntnrc OF |
The wounds u VIII likely be a Day or Two |
before he dies
MuhE MNHtERtOrs.
NotNltbs landing Mcfarland says no |
was shot IN the neck aud others say he |
was shot, the physicians who examined |
J.. ~ 49,. A.. -. ~. a.. 4
with u knife and was not shot at all
otlcer IhomasOn says that they NOW
think there Is a party In the nfinir Who |
cut Mcfarland u Head did not II Is !
stated that q bali hour before the shoot.
lnn. Ilend Ind a knlln md AYns rnininr n