The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-09-10

the ooRpsEs ~ GAINESVILLE.
4 Desperate Tight Win Detectives Wso
Game on hem unnvaFos Near pti-
aware iisnd- ~ era ffnhibitisn
Defeats aud Victories
other state Specials,


Gainesville,
GAINEsyiLLs, sept. s,-lSpooiai.l--
To-day has U5on tha most exciting ono
ever witnessed ga gainesville. From
early morn til laio Tonight thsro has
bean but one suhJsot al conyorsation,
that of tho killing OF tho Lac boys, tho
notorious uuuawa. This morning,
about 3 o'clock, wagon containing
Heck Thomas, gonorl! manager OF tho
For. Worth detective associations jim
Taylor, of Dexter, Cooke county,
Jin Shst,sl, OF Cooke county, and
tho lifeless bodies OF two men, stopped
on tho public square. A crowd soon
gathered around the wagon, aud in IL,
lying side by side, and
COLD IL DEATH,
wero Jim aud Fink Lse, the outiGws
who had 10 long been n terror TO the
people of Delaware Bond and vicinity.
The vehicle containing tho doad mon
was drawn Co the jail, where
they wefs taken oct and carried inside
Tao news spread like wild dire, and a
large crowd soon gathered In front Of
the jail.
coRoNER's INQUEST.
Tho coroner was summoned, q jury
empanoled and tho following pro-
c0sdings had:
Heck Thomas being sworn testified
as follows: l live at Fort Worth,
Texas; about 10 o'clock yesterday
morning was informed by John
Suo;her tnas the Lse boys were near
his house, and he thought thoy had cut
his pasture fence; tried to find the
Lee boys then, but failed; between II
and o'clock, while at dinner, a run
per came and told me that the Leo
boys were riding through Strother
Browns pasture; Jim Taylor and Jim
Shattois commenced looking for them
at once; about or $50 O'Clock we saw
them half mile of; they were off
their horses and on tho ground, and
we could tell what they were doing;
We hurried in that direction, but wa
couldn't see them; after we
had got over tho hill and
when We struck tho lane
between strother Brown's aud John
Washiu gton's pastures wo saw they
had cut Stroller Browns pasture
fence, and wero cutting John Wash
ington's pasture fence across the lane;
we had spy glass; we got al close to
them as possible--about 40 or 10 yards
awsy-apd ordered them TO surrender.
They droppsd their nippers and fired
at us aud missed us; as Pink tried an
other shell on his gun he was killed ;
we all thou we're shooting at them
| aud could not tell which killed
him; about second or two later Jim
was shot by one of us and about 10
shots were fired; we kept shooting till
Jim quit; dome know how many shots
struck the Lee boys; NO one did any
shooting at the Lse boys except Jim
Taylor, Jim Shattels and myself; Jack
Brown sew part of the shooting, but
ho didn't do any of it.
(Sigped) HECK THOMAS.
IDENTIFIED.
A witness was then sworn who 1den-
titled tho dead bodies as those of Jim
and Pink Lee.
After the conclusion of the tasti-
mony the jury retired and returned
tho following
VERDICT:
We, the jury, empsneled aud sworn
to inquire into the cause and manner
and time of the death of Jim and Pink
Lee, find that they came to their
deaths on September 7, 1885, from gun.
shot wounds inflicted by Heck
Thomas, Jim Taylor and Jim Shsttel.
j. HARRIS, Foreman.
By the time the Investigation was
over the crowd outside had increased
to several huu dred, and, becoming i'm.
patient, had managed to get in at the
doors and windows until the room
was filled. The bodies OF the dead
men, which were covered with blood,
were washed and ordered carried to
! the court house, where
HUNDREDS CALLED DURING THE DAY
to take look at the lifeless forms OF
the men who had terrorized whole
community. and bid defiance to the
law and its officers.
An examination of the bodies showed
that Pink Lee had but one wound. The
ball went in at the right side OF the
neck, ranged upward and ctme out
behind the left ear. Jim Lee was shot
twice-once under the chin, tho ball
coming ont in the back of his neck
This lower part Of the right ear was
shot off.
| DESCRIPTIVE.
The men were very much sliEe II
appearapce-Jim a little the taller
Pink Lee had sandy whiskers, light
hair, weighed about 1876 pounds, was
about feet inches high, and
was % years old. Jim Lee had sandy
whiskers, light hair, was about feet
6 inches, weighed shout 100 pounds
and was about IS years old. the faces
of both would indicate they were
mean, desperate mon.
AN ACCOUNT OF THE FIGET.
MIR. Heck Thomas gives tho follow
ing account of the fight: ~ have been