The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-05-07


John Milton was the FIRST wiinssf, IN.
tfOduoed ~ the stnte,nnd he testihei ~
followei NV name IN John Mintoni am
A plumber lry trade, | was living lHst
summer at Gus Fishers, who IN n
brother.in.law Of the defondanti ] am
acquainted with jim ilunnicutti he
came out To Gus Fishers ON horseback
and called for fisberi Fisher then came
a. whore Was sleeping, and told me 70
get IN and 20 downlnto the bottom with
jim Hunnioutti got up and went with
Hunnioutt; after we had got y short dis
lance from Fishers house he told me
that he had got Into some trouble NJ the
stock Yard saloon with 4 man named
Humphries; he said that Humphreys
had come up 10 him with knife, and
that he had To shoot him In soli-defenso.
DIR. Sehoonfeld testified as follows;
/ avn n physician; / knew Frate Hum
phreys; i was called in 20 attend him
| the night no was shot; ho was suffering
| from u gun.shOt wound; he died In about
half an hour after ! saw him; l saw he
was dying when l nrst got into the
room; 1 did not hear Humphreys say
that no was dying; he was suffering
thing for him; gave him morphine.
II. III. Tullev: / live In johnson
county at the present time; last June l
lived in Dallas, at 1908 Elm street, about
| 90 Yards above the Stock Yard saloon I;
kept a hotel; alter FIate Humphreys
was snot nc oaino W " Sao d' 80.
ihu aowh on pyu, ny aau ,s,ia,I d;
mt. luiioy, 4 a,i sh' sha. h,n,. 10
hshSu MN WIZ -, ,,a t,
ssid jim nunnie.e hha sanpiod n;
1 askeu c MN VEL saioon. he saia
tno ING o.oon nn ,i,a nu,s;aa
that jim huhhieutt was On tho oussiuo
OF tnc shioon anu .n"s ~ "d' - siV a.,
sue When no "1S H., No.. IA -.
| why nun'Iu' 100 90, 80. 49,, -,
pileu that jim HuiiJs a ,a. =. ~
mn nun oeoduso ' III 1919 ~ Jran, 49,
heu asains. i nh, '"o s'""H I''S
, out soiiIe s.oaaei mae ho,o.o ,ho
NIoss eA .,,.a Hs ~, .o
Rranu Jury anu 'es''"o" :" '"' 'i"h'i
eut case' . uo.a,a,
Ot,o oi.or WAS noHt win, 10 saiu !
uIlNe stieos oai' hhoW IL, a. P,iy =
wheh saw MIN 4 was sit'snf III lion'
on inc car s.apies wy liSm. ~ sn s, s,ioo.
luEi ~ was ayo, .hu oai9 Inv 80 H.. pPoa
ruininEi ne"I 1870 W. s"0u. d 81" t Mvn'
uouhu W hr. iuioy "n" NV Iiui
PuI ~ 10 lyHe 80 49, - , ~
1oct9T asheu MN ~ "a y. suus ni'i' no S'iu
jim nll III nllluuts nau S Snt ni' msao
OrosS -eAallIieu- C .nHh mauu 't anu
sener3i otho,s Moto . .i.Si a. WY ,, .io'
W. ID, nlauu i,I.' .oStIl ,'' "s
en- POi t - ..,.,, -,
loIce isst Juuei . hnew uho man tha'
W. ki'ieu, ~Suv 49, Tp ~ thn sbatina.
P"EeS NSsi w ~ ps'Iti '.o snJ Siioot,E
tue uoctoI was thtIoi pViu nitn W telt
me ~ Humphreys Moulu iiNei ne 1",u ne
coLlu oniy IVY IoM h,uu'eS' sich
&skeu humphreys VINO hau sho5 hiui,
| &c s"iu 'hhI jim huhhicutS hhu suo'
MN. to, r,. -. -,
Cross-eAalhIheuuI moro Wor. uuli
PEI Q, parsons in rne iooii q. s.o uiui
uoh hnoM .nSII ueniesi my at.ohtioh
was takeh up py inc Wounueu mar
~ tupnIeys was iooheu upon a. .lo ''iIr
leSoins man cannon ray tnae no WAS
looked upon ss dangerous man.
Tue heNt witness upon tne stanu WI
joe user, VIM, 40 wiz 10 reiieIiI I peteu,
NJ me tllhe OF tne snooting, cohiSsseu
shst no was tns oIe wno uia ,IS khLi MI, ~
put alteI warn uehieo 1. anu saiu enaD nc
was palu 10 ADMIT lhe hlIlinS, anu was
$50 pronlissu Ny Jih nunnicuVs
ltlenus INA. tney "ouiu swear bh9S no
shot hunphries IN sen, ue,ense. tnere
was conslueraoie arguHsht AZ tnls Point
by tue counsel Tor inc uelense agaihst
permlt,ihs fo!ser 10 testny Oh the
grpund Ina. no was an gS' co a;oo,,o,
Tne court overruieu ghe oolecton,
saying that inasmuch as joe Polser hsd
ialeiy receiVeu paId0h from the
governor, giving MN iuil cltizehship,
he was a competent witness.
Joe foiser testIiieu as ioiioWs; never
served more IMAM one terlil IN the Pehl-
Tertiary; IL was from ms county; 1 am
putcheI 1 kn9W oiui nuhnicueI, ING
hnnnicutt ana rrate huuiphreysi was
AT the StocK-yard SAIGON the nlght OF
Inc KllilnSi jim u uihphries was there;
Humphryes accused Jin Hunhlcuts OF
steai1hB steer anu seiiInSpt 70 me ltoIu
MIN oiu hot puy t1e steer, p4I knew
VINO olu; no curseu ne anu Jim HUH
nicuIt; no went outslue anu cauie oack
severai times swearlngi AZ iast ne came
| IN anu TOOK up chsir ahS trleu 70 MI
me WIN III; pusheu Nun pack ana as
ulu 20, JIM uuhIicutt spot Nun.
| Altef tne shootlns L "els noiue' ae
ABOUT ociock inc next nlorhinS JIM
me Kennedy WOKE mo up anu toiu me
| tnat Jonn uernuon was uowu steIrs
anu "anteu 70 see me- L WeuI oown
stairs and saw MIN; we Went up TO tne
STOCK fard saloon John herhdon toid
me 10 walk up MAIN streeO ana Una. ne
Woulu 20 up lin sIreeI.
gross eAalI,heu-otock tard saioon
ronts on Elhl streeti mas Two
Iront doors ana one at the slue;
nave hau some trouble with
fraIe Hulnpn,eJs bnreS or -FOUR
| times; oloht snooI rrate nun
pnreys; ne was strong man ne uld
any knife: got back to the STOCK yard
saloon the next morning peSweon ana
10 O'CLOCK; oiuh'c say 20 any
night OF the murder; l told the grand
jury that l MAD kllied humphreys,
and after was taken TO JAIL Two OF the
grand jury came 10 see me, AFTER winch
l maze up my mlno 70 tel tne ruin
about the ma.ter; was taken again Pc
lore me grand jury ana told tnem VINO
dld the sh0otlng.
Geo. Miller examined Tor the state
was constable on the 10Th DAY OF June,
whAN HratA Hnmnnr9VS WAS ah0t. /