The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-15

IN after mel he tried a. barrow knife
from ma IN thefei told him I hsd
none, aud he went out went back 10
ths corner followcdi he came out
so0n after { went IN, aud ] saw nothing
more at him till after he was shot saw
some one peep into the window Of Moo.
meyers while He'd was In there.
uEOnaE M'LANE.
drive n hacks hob Land stopped me
about l;05 o'clock Friday night ~
front oi tho ~. Georgei he said,
aGeorge, Red and Bob Perkins are
going Ia Jump on me VIII you Keep one
on mef"I told him ! couldn't do any
thing like that, but II two Jumped on
want 10 hurt Red or bob, but II two
Jump ON me, am going 20 do one Of
Them up;" at that moment Bob Perkins
s,epped out ri tho lunch stand no SAID
"Red come on" and shut the door,with
himself on the inside; at that time
Rig Jim stepped up, and hob said,
q at out Of tho way, jim, 1 don't wan.
you TO get hurt, hurt any one, OF get
hurt myself; Jim got inside oil ms MACK
AT that moment; Bob Perkins ana He'd
came out of the door, he, that IN, hob
Perkins, said am going to do him up
Ia, night; then he commenced singing
and walked up towards Bob Land when
he had passed his hack Bob told him TO
stop; no didn't stop; Bob told him II he
didn't stop he would Kill him, ana
snatched his right hand out OF his
pocket and raised II about even win MS
head, and made ono or two quick steps
towards Bob Land, and Bob fired the
first shot; / saw the pistol in Bob Lands
hand; Bob pulled the pistol and hred
when he told Perkins 10 stop; couldn't
see whether Perkins had pistol or not ;
Bob fired four shots; the hrst shot mt
Red; Red had said nothing ut all; bob
was about twenty-five feet iron Ked
Red was about three fcet behind Per
kins and a little TO one side
that passed between them; Bob stepped
back one or two steps, and one step the
second time and fired; after the shoot
ing, Bob put his pistol in his pocket,
went back to his hack about 100 feet,
ana drove oil; Bob Land was sober; j
didn't think the others were sober;
Frank had his hand in his back pocket;
he that IL Frank, unbuttoned his ever
coat; did not say word.
DIR. T.. l.. THOMPSON
sworn, says: saw the man who died
over the Brunswick saloon about p.
m, January 10; he was dying at the
time; he was dying, supposed, from
gun-shot wound in the bowels; did not
examine the wound.
FRANK ATTwATER
sworn, says: drive hack; my hack
at tho time the shooting occurred was
mt the Cabinet saloon; about half an
hour before the shooting 1 saw BOD
Land.
DIR. q. T. VEAL
sworn, SAYS: l attended Frank Jones
about l:l5 o'clock Of the morning OF the
10th of January; found him suffering
from the effects of gun shot wound
about IL inches to the lett and 2 inches
below the umbilicus; the wound was
necessarily fatal; he lived about eighteen
hours, dying about five minutes 10 SIX
that evening; the bullet passed OBJ
liquely downwards and to the right,
penetrating several of the smaller in
teslines and also arteries, and striking
the head of the thigh bone, glanced, OIL
into the glutici muscles; his death was
the immediate result OF that injury; l
found the wounded man in front OF the
| lunch stand or whereabouts.
DIR. j. w. HAMILTON.
am practicing physician; saw the
man who was lying over the Bruhswlck
| saloon; he was suffering from pistol
wound coming from bail; l suppose u
was a pistol; / examined the wound; il
| was necessarily fatal; know the man IL
| dead, and died from the effects of that
wound / was at the post-morten exam
inativn this morning.
THE VERDICT.
| We, the jury, sworn and impaneled
to inquire into the cause and manner OF
the death of Frank Jones, find that de
ceased came to his death about 5:56 p
M, January 10, 1885, in the city Of Dial
las, Texas, from the effect OF a pistto
wound in the lower part of the abdo
men, the pistol being in the hands OF
and fired by Bob Land.
j. w. TUCKER,
Foreman.
| j. w. WILLIAMS,
X. III. WAGGoNER,
GEO. III. MCKENZIE,
II. j. MCDONALD,
! j. ID. MCCORMICK.
Sworn to and subscribed before M
this 18th day of January, 1885.
HENRY SCHULZ,
| Acting Coroner.