Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-15
THAT TEXAS TRAGEDY
Particulars Of Street Fight In Dallas
In Which Five People
We're Killed.
Two Dallas Policemen Shoot Each
Other In Sunday Morn.
ing Duel.
Woman Kortally Wounded and .
Man Killed-Other Crime
and Casualty.

Dallas, Tex, Aug 15.-Four people
are dead and one is dying as the result
Of violence in this city and county Sum
day. Two police officers, Albert p.
Rawlings and Charles A. Daniels, killed
each other in duel at 4 o'clock in the
morning in this city; Mrs. William
Dougherty, OF Simonsville, was mortal
y wounded and William Lincome was
instantly killed with buckshot by James
and John Robinson who escaped to
the timber lands in the bottoms of Ce-
dar Creek and are being searched for
by sheriff's posse, and the fifth, Will
liam Work, is dying from an assault by
a negro.
Police Officers Albert p. Rawlins and
Charles A. Daniels fought their duel
with 45-caliber pistols at o'clock this
morning. Rawlins was shot directly
through the heart, and also through the
body from the right side, and died in
I've minutes. Daniels was shot In the
coming out at the center Of the back
close to the spine. He was pronounced
dead in about an hour. Although
twelve shots We're fired the three men
toned were all that took effect
The duel took place at the intersec-
ton of Main and Poydras streets, and
wildly fired bullets shattered the large
plateglass windows In the American
National Bank and in the Wholesale
store of kneplef, ieweler. The cause of
the tragedy is not clearly known. Raw
inns had been on the police force eleven
Years Monday. Daniels was formerly
on the regular force, but was dis
charged about three years ago. Since
then he has been special policeman, do
Ing watchnan,s duty on the American
National Bank He has frequently ex-
pressed the opinion that the influence
of Rawlins and his friends was behind
his being discharged from the regular
police service. His statements reached
the ears of Rawlins, and i'll feeling re-
suited. but no one considered it of a
serious character. Rawlins was off
duty last night and got considerably
under the influence of liquor. He and
q hack driver We're standing at Main
land Poydras streets. Rawlins saw
Daniels on the sidewalk opposite him.
and said loudly to the hack driver:
THERE'S the cowardly 2
Daniels walked over to where Rawlins
stood and asked,
What was that you said?''
Rawlins repeated his language and
both men drew their pistols and com
nenced shooting. Rawlins was native
lof Bloomington, Ind. and was 81 years
| old. He was unmarried. His father
photographed from Bloomington today
that he will arrive in Dallas in time to
Iattend the funeral on Tuesday Daniels
was a native Of this (Dallas) county
ow, but no children.
| The cause OF the shooting of Mrs
| William Dougherty and William Lin
come at Simonsville is not known.
| The nth victim. William Work, was
| one of the oldest and best known bust
mess men of the city. He was ASSAULTED
Tonight by negro named Sol Smith
who fractured his skull in two places
4 Mr.. Work is unconscious and physicians
lconsider his injuries fatal. The negro
hired a horse from Works stable, an,
used it badly by hard driving. Worl
lprotested against this when the ANNA
4 him because of severe talk The en-
lployes of the stable got rope and triet
4 to lynch the negro. but policemen ar
rived in time to save him and take hin
10 Jail.