Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-29
Special to the Gazette.

ulars in regard to
the killing st Visn
- last Satur day.
News reached here
Monday morning to the effect that six
men had eeen killed in q fight at Wan,
some thirtyntivs miles below this place,
but nothing defni could be learned In
regard to the killing until Monday even
rg. Various reports had been circu-
lated here. One was that six men had
been killed outright and one other NOR
tally wounded, the number bling cons
posed OF six Indians and one white man.
AS has sin e been RscePtsined, the re
ports first sent out were somewhat exag-
ersted, but the fact that four men lost
their lives within the lapse CT two or
three hours furnishes one Of the most
blood.curdl!ng chapters IN the history OF
our country.
THE KILLING
A party consisting OF Jack Sloan, Isssc
Gerty, Jess LIndrsm, George Starr, Bill
Thornton and Others were in Will
Thompson's store. They had been drink
ing some kind Of bitters and some
of the crowd hsd ccoue drunk. Bill
Thornton, Will Thompson, Jack Sloan
and George Starr, were playing cards,
when George Waters suddenly entered
the store. When Waters came N it seems
the crowi who were playing cards got
excited, and sl ct once Thornton and
Starr lesped to one side over the couu-
.ers, one going on one side Of the store
room and one on the other. When
Thornton had reached the end OF the
counter, he knocked Waters down, but
nj xIJh q -
By this time things were getting pretty
lively in the store, and the crowd began
making its way out In 20 the street, le1v-
ing Wsters inside, who WAS heard to say,
"Don't kill me, Bill" After Landram
had emerged from the store, 1t was soon
ascerta!ned that he had received the
worst OF the fight, Lsndram telling Sloan
that he had been stabbed with Knife,
asking Sloan at the same time il he could
do anything for the wound. Upon In.
forming him that he would try, Sloan
started to Adams Bros store after some
thing to relieve Lsndran's suffering. He
hurried to the store and returned
with plaster. He found
upon examination that Lindram had
been stabbed in two places, once In the
bowels and once in the left leg. The
wounded man was suffering inter ssly
from the loss of blood and frequently re.
pssted the words "Bill Thornton Gu. me.
jack get even." Sloan dressed his wounds
the best he could and applied the plaster
whi:b seemed to relieve the pain. Ian
drum was soon On his feet able TO walk
about. No one seems to know why Thorn
ton had cause to cGt Lspdrum un!ePs II
WAS an old feud existing between the two.
It seems thkt bad blood had existed te-
tween them for some time. 1! Is claimed
that few days since the two became IN
volved in quarrel when Lsrdram sho:
at Thornton with Winchester, but
missed his mark. The feeling growing
out OF this mixed with large quantity Of
bitters Is given IS the c1us. Of the sffray
between tie two.
THE FIGHT RENEWED.
It had been hoped by the friends OF sll
the participants inst one fight would sets
tie the matter, but things grew worse in
stead Of better, and two or three
hours after the first fight
about dark the crowd congregated
the second time in front OF Thompsol's
store, where the 6ght was renewed.
After considerable quarreling Isaac Gerty
was shot in the neck by George Starr, 1t
ia supposed with 45-cslibre Remington
revolver. Gsrty ran to 9 blacksmith shop
100 yards distsnt, wheIe he fell to the
one in the neck and the other In the
back. About this time man named
Smith fSn out OF his house near by and
found the unfortunate man lying dead
upon the ground. A brother Of the muir
dered man followed him from the store
and WAS with him to the last. He bed
freely and where he lay there Vas large
pool It blood. Shortly after I'd George
Star: cane up 10 where Gel Gay, when
Jess Lundrsm also came wslk4s ur from
the railroad and remarked: "George
Starr killed Isaac for nothing" where-
upon Starr jumped and shot Lundram
In an instant and as quick as lightning
Lsndfam returned the fire, both men
falling uron the ground mortslly
wounded, LsudTam dying In fifteen min
utes and Starr In two hours
after the shooting. Boot Henson and
Richard Peck had also come up at the
same time Landram spoke to Starr, and
Henson asked the question, "My God,
who killed Gerty?" Just at this time
Starr had commenced the shooting, and
through accident, it is supposed, Henson
was shot through the neck and fell over
dead, where lay the lifeless bodies Of
Gerty, Lsndrsm and Starr. Gerry, Ism
dram and Starr we're full bloods, while
Henson WAS q half breed. All the men
killed, some claim, were the best OF
friends up to the time Of the first quarrel,
and their being crszed with drink is a.
tributed as the cause Of the hesrt-render,