Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-15
GALVESTON
Odeil Says that rs WA 4
XIII Charlie Quinisu IN Il. s's'
Defense.
BlIIle sifhms Did Not Shoe,
'icsI"rs OF the Tragedy , a..ass q
on Odsn,
speeIaI b the Gakalss.

special to the Gazette
GALVESTON, TEX, Aug -,
ment over yesterdays sensa,, 49, sreii
eide has somewhat abated bon
sllll a theme that sbsorts pnb,, ~ i
The cause which led to the trsa .u0asa
ia known TO but few, and the,, ~, 49, aHrlt
Theoretically sealed. To.dss ~ appeal
witness of the tragic affair an 81
James Odell, Charles o,sJs ui4
william III. Sinsas, of Son an M
entered the Two Brothers sAJoo,, aslntoniI
and walked TO the ha, 'ogetas
drinks were ordered. ~. WnerN
somewhat excited and HaE
he had been robbed IN OuinI., saefted
bling house. This QuiRIan dansas gam
Odell reJoined with an insulting s saea
and Quinlan slapped him in sbs epnnsK
The two men then grappler and &c
struggle moved from the bar 10 ~ ~
side Of the room near the door Ies 60
stairs to Quinlan's gambiIpo ~
Qulnlan was besting 0dell when sSyyna
called on him to desist. Quinlan S,lna
no heed to Simm's command. Tho fsIng
DREW A REVOLVER '@1'er
and telling Quinlan IL he did not a..
would make him do so, dealt bi,, hel
erful blow on the head which asrEON.
and staggered QuinlaD, causing ~
lose his grip on 0den. Immea,a. y
Odell pulled his revolver and a sbo, "!
bred. Quinlan rushed by both Ode,i y" aas
Simms TO the sidewalk and ran vi
Odell followed and fred two shot, N.Y. NJ.
him as he ran. Quinlan fell into tbe wy s.lo
door of the cigar stand, where OdeIl ~
was in pursuit, fred another shot Ivy Ivy
Qulnlan. The Inquest which was ~ W.
vened last night was resumed this morrsa N.Y.
in the nature OF a preliminary examl-.
ton Of w. II. Simms, as well as n /.
qulre into the cause of Quinlan,s dad
Simms, who was present, was rss..
sented by Col. George p. Finlay, and M
NJ. G. McLemore appeared for Odell ~
was not present. Doctors Rogers ~
Sampson testified there We're five wouas'
on Quinlan's body, three being wonss,
of entrance, two of exit. They describss
the locality, course, and position ~
the body when the wounds Wa.
inflicted and the effect. James Carrnl
testified that he was standing on the siSs
walk In front OF the Bank Rxcbares
when he heard the report of pistol IT,
turned and saw Quinlan running out Ol
the doorway of the Two Brothers saloon
followed by Odell. Odell fred M
second shot as Quinlan was running. A.
he turned to run In the cigar stotp
Odell fred the third shot. By that tim,
witness had got up to 0dell and grabhef
him, saying; "Don't murder the man +
The police then came up. Quinlan feDlr
the cigar stand. John Ray OF Nayasot,
testified that he was standing in the Twr
Brothers saloon; saw Quinlan, 0del any
stranger start to the bar. Word
passed between them. Could not heo
what they were. Quinlan slapped Oden
when the fight began. The third part
seemed to be trying to part them, u
hit Quinlan with u six-shooter on M
head and the blow stunned him. tn
third party then
HRLD HIS GUN ON QUINLAN
and told him to stand. 0dell then sho
at Quin'au. Quinlan turned and "a
out, Odell following him toward Tremor
street, firing two shots. Saw no weapo
on Quinlan. Four shots were aret
Simms did not fire. Odell called Quinls
damned liar. This was what mad
Quinlan strike him. Pat Tlernan test
fed that Simms handed him his pist,
shortly after shooting. All the chamber
were loaded. Found knife in the ciga
stand after Qulnlan was removed. ID
not see it in anybody's hand.
The inquest then adjourned until Mo-
day morning. Quinlan's axcmsins we
inferred this afternoon. 0dell was SEE
at Jail this morning. He is looking ba
having the appearance of one who BIZ
been subjected to loss of sleep and gre
mental distress. He says what he did w
DONE IN sELF-DEFENsE,
after Qninlan had made a stroke at hi
with diTk-knlfe. He has family, wi
and six children, residing in this cit
Public condemnation is against 0dell.
About O'Clock this morning the rel
dence of Mr.. Mike 0'Keef, including OF
buildings and tenement house, was
stroyed by fire, infllcting loss of $3.50
The fire originated In the tenement bull
ing, and stiff breeze blowing at the lin
it spread rapidly. This, coupled with
remoteness from the water system al
fire department, caused great consteTn
tion among the residents in the immedia
vicinity. Insurance on property
sroyed, $1,000.
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