Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-07
DALLAS.
Frank Quinn Kills His Wife's Para
mour and Tries to Kill the Woman.
A Scene Of Gore-saIoons Done Up by Burg
lars-English and Eastern Capitalists
in Town-who They Are.
The GAZETTE BUREAU, }
729 MAIN STREET,
nATTAs- TEx June 6. 1890,


hotel, and sought to get his wife, who
had separated from him, to let him CO.
cupy the room with her She refused tc
have anything to do with him, and left
him and went into another part of the
house and got into bed with another
| negro and his wife. Quinn came into
the room and tried to make mis- wife
come out. The other man ordered him
out of his room. Quinn went, but soon
came back armed with piece of scant-
ling and struck the other man over
the head. He was arrested for assault
to kill, but was turned loose after a cou-
pie of days in jail. About 80 this
morning Quinn turned up again at the
police station armed with an ak which
was covered with blood. He coolly in
formed the station keeper that he had
just killed his wife and a negro man
whom he found sleeping with her in O
room OF Gibbs street near Cottonwood
Lane, in part of the city known as
'Frogtown. -
He had just about completed his story
OF the affair when his wife walked into
the station. Her garments were covered
with blood and a great cash in her right
arm showed where she had been struck
by the ak, welded with such murderous
intent by her enraged husband.
Quinn was locked up and officers sent
to the scene of the crime.
When they reached the room where
Quinn had used the ak, they found the
body of Ben Nelson lying on a mattress
on the floor, which was dripping with
blood. Nelson was almost chopped to
pieces. Quinn's statement made to the
police officers and the reporter Is in sub
stance as follows:
l rente a room for my wife not far
from the Mcleod hotel, where l was
working when l first came here, but she
would not stay there. She went to Sal
lie Douglass, and [ followed, but they
would not let me stay there, and l con-
cluded to watch the place. Last Tuesday
night 1 watched, but no man came.
Last night l went back about 8 O'Clock.
picked up an axe from a man 8 wood
pile as I went along. When l got to the
place the dogs barked so that my
wife came to the door. I went to the
back yard and crawled under the house.
After thin got quiet l looked through
the kitchen window and saw my wife ly-
ing on q pallet. then went to a win
dow on the other side of the house and
saw a man on the pallet with her. 1
placed my axe against the house where l
could reach it and crawled through the
window. They did not offer to fight.
struck the negro man as hard as l could
on the head with the blade of the axe
and my wife screamed "Oh, Lordi"
struck the man another lick with the
1N1 od I Ind no xro lytIl a6
1 turned the ak and struck my wife in
the side. She did not boiler. struck
her again and she did not boiler. de-
cided she was dead. Then 1 listened
and heard the blood running. l took
my ak and jumped out of the window.
When got out hollered three times
for a policeman, but one did not come
and l went on to the calaboose and gave
myself up. I intended to kill my wife,
1 was so mad but since 1 didn Il kill her
am glad of 1t. -
Sallie Douglass said she was asleep |
when the murder occurred and she knew |
nothing of it.
Quinn IS wife gives the following state
ment:
l was in the room with Liza Simmons |
and her husband. Frank came in and |
hit me with something and then went in |
aud hit the man. l think he killed him. |
It was dark and there was no light. The |
r an is named Ben Nelson. He was
sleeping in the kitchen. -
Liza Simmons stated:
81 was sleeping in the room next to
where Nelson was. Rachel Quinn,
Frank Quinn's wife, went to bed with
ne tonight. She has been staying with
ne three nights. Ben Nelson came to
ny room first this evening and asked us
f we could give him place to sleep. 1
liked the mattress in the kitchen. We
we're all asleep when Rachel woke me by
that she was nearly beat to
leath. She was up and sitting by my
bed. I do not know whether Rachel was
n the room with Nelson or not at the
line of the killing
Nelson was dead before assistance
,ame. His head was CHOPPED open and
lesth was evidently instantaneous.
Frank Quinn is black negro, twenty
hree years old. He was raised on a cot
on plantation in Tate county, Miss. He
weighs I53 pounds. He was married to
lis present wife last Christmas in Texar-
,aua. He says he came to Texas from
he Indian Territory, and since his stay
# a couple of months in Dallas he has
'een engaged as hotel porter and at
york on the street railway track.
Between midnight and daylight this
morning burglars visited the saloons of
iulvey s. Branch, corner of Main and
Irvay streets; "Doo' King, 707 Elm |
treet, and the Dallas Club saloon in the
DALLAS club building. At Mulvey &
Sranch's an entrance wal gained |
through window in the rear. About
10 in cash, two revolYers and a lot of
igars were taken. ''Doc' King lost
27. so. At the Dallas Club nothing was
AIKEN, the burglars evidently being
cared away before they could get to
'ork.
Quite distinguished party of English
nd Eastern capitalists arrived IN the
ity this morning. They occupied a
lperb special car, "'Moselle. - A
elegation of leading citizens met them
t the depot and escorted the visitors to
he Grand Windsor.
The following is the personnel Of the
arty: Consul W. Auneck, Berlin; &.
London; j. a. Macnair, Lon
on; John H. Keinn, Liverpool; John
!. Guild, Edinburg; A. Phillips,
r, Amsterdam, W. 3. Lowson,
elfast; C. Birchall, Liverpool;
(. P. Norton, Huddersfield; John
IacIntosh, Montreal, Canada; H. f.
Providence, R. l.; Charles E. s
1 d.