Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-29
sHOT IN THE SIDE.
John y. Logan, q Railway rircman,
FilIs up with Liquor ana GIVES
Way 10 Jealousy.
Fires rive Shots at saloon Wan and 1,
Bsmsoif struck ny BAH from
M Unknown Hand.

Fires rive Shots mt saloon Wan aud L.
B,msoif struck nv BAH from
M Unknown Hand.
About sii5 O'Clock last night pistol.
shots were heard in rapid succession In
the saloon belonging 20 Chrls Rntcman,
next the Fashion theatcr, lower Maln
street A crowd OF men lounglng about
the neighborhood quickly ran TO the
place, Sly shots had been counted.
Those who rushed into the saloon found
man named Jack Logan, locomotive
fireman, lying on the floor, shot through
the right side. While Logan was being
removed 10 waterhouse's drugstore,
Doctors Burke and Brolles were
sent for, and at once they ex.
amined the man, pronouncing his
wound very dangerous. lie was
shot through the right side, but whether
from In front or behind Is q mooted ques.
tlon. The ball appeared TO have been
forty-four callber, aud was found to have
passed through the right lung and lobe
OF the liver. The wound is not considered
absolutely fatal, but the chances OF Lo.
gan's recovery are deemed very poor
At 1880 last night Logan was stlll lying
IN the drug store awaiting removal to the
hospital. He was suffering much pain,
although everything was being done 60
relieve him,
Investigation made by GAZETTE
representative resulted In the following
Logan is from Chicago and as previously
stated iE railway fireman. Yesterday
morning he came ~ from McGrogor In
company with another railroad man
named Eckart and together they seem 10
: have spent the day carousing. Logan
had previously been In Fort Worth. As
usual, there was woman at the bottom
OF the shooting last night. She Is named
Oracle Moore and lives on Rusk street
Logan was jealous Of her
and yesterday afternoon while drunk
! drew pistol on her, SO she says, but the
weapon was wrested from him by Other
q parties and he went away Last night hC
. drlited into Chris Rlntleman's suloor
with HIS friend Eckart, and they
, took drink. They were served a
. the bar by Billy Hendricks, Oh,
har-keeper, and Logan opened vi
on Hendricks, charging him with beinl
: after his girl, Oracle. Hendricks pai'
4 but little attention TO the abuse. Logal
went out of the saloon and again returned
stu accompanied by Eckar;. Tn
n abuse was renewed and words passed
;, between Logan aud Hendricks
+" when Logan pulled his pistu
on Hendricks, who at one
p dropped under the counter and there re
manned while Logan fred five times
Az Logan's last shot another shot wa
N fred, which struck him in the side u
described above, It seems well estab
lishcd that Hendricks, the bartender
did not fire the shot which struck Logan
I aud there Is some mystery as I
(. who did the last firing. IL Is said tina
Billy Graves, the manager OF the variet
theater next to Rintleman's saloon, wa
., attracted TO the place by the shots whic
d Logan was firing, and the superstition
10 entertained that Graves fired at and hi
N Logan, but this remains TO be proved
ID From all that could be learned, th
10 matter summed up amounts TO the fac
=, that Logan brought the trouble on hin
"a self, as he acknowledged that he bega
N the firing and II Hendricks had she
q him IL would have been In self-dciens,
~ and II someone else came to the rescue
al Hendricks and shot Logan down II wouI
Z, have amounted to the same thing
~ w No arrests were made.