The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-06
nus SHOOTING AFFRAY

neadqusrters 70 give himself an. IN. v,son
Iesponded and he was locked M a uftia
stter O'Clock. w Atue
- Meantime Morrison was lifted into a car.
Switch" ssloon, where DR.. i 0T n, inc
ano W N. Brumby attended him T6s
surgeons probed several times for ~
ppu ,,! which was evidently Of 4i-caliber.
WAS gaping one and the victim WAS ~,
siherably weakened from loss Of blood
Inc onEet entered three-ouarters Of nm inch
ABOVE snd half on inch TO the left OF ths
i'.ll nlpnle. It's course was downward aud
backward and the surgeons wore asres5
that II had penetrated the left lung. stf,r
aoh anl inteStines. lodging son,evvbero
IN IN ne pe'vis' FREQUENT vomitings Of blood
mad penetrated the stomach
REFUSED DYING STATEMENT
Justice Matthews entered the chamber Of
the wounded man little after O'Clock
for the purpose of taking an ante-uortcm
statement. Morrison, who was entirely
conscious, though suffering muah pain At
FIRST consented to make a statement. Thcn
ne told Justice Matthews that be yvo.li
not care 70 make the statement Of a az.
ing man He Insisted that he wsa NO,
dying and pluckily he'd on the det5r1niu.
auon TO get we'll notwirhsta pdiur hik m
parent great suffering.
Inc circumstances Of the shooting arr
pSissaetlc from several standpoints. The
we ot Morrison, who was Mrs. Anna
HONE or Galveston, was a bride Of 4 little
more than two weeks. She was married 20
Morrson Christmas day here in Houston.
OTHER SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCES
Equally pathetic is the fact that the
shooting occurred in store conducted by
Mr.. Rley's son-in-lsw, E. A Kessler. WIS
manages the business Of Kessler & Dixon,
for his uncle, j F. Kessler. and Thomas
Dixon. slngularly enough, up to a short
time ago, Riley'5 son, clyde had been On
employe in the switch saloon. u1der
Steward s CO, Morrison was the Co -
II j Steward heinc his business partner.
Recently the business was sold 10 Goulds ~
d EstGp, the present proprietors.
In the store Of kessleT & Dixon az the
time Of the shooting were Mr.. Kess. Ell, ].
A. MePhaul, enc of his clerks, ana several
customers among whom we're Peter
Ludtke, propl etor ct meat max ol
Liberty avenue, and Mrs Mcpherson, wlo
I resides at 1901 Liberty avenue. Neither
seemed to know anything Of the trlgedy,
except for hearing the shots and seeing
Into the street.
Riley Is more or less prominent IN Hous
ton from tbs fact that some two or three
! weeks ago he filed an application with
the police department. and since then ha:
| been doing occasional extra duty. To
gether with his family he has made hi
home with his son-inlaw, z \. KessIer
al 1910 Liberty street Riley's family ans
that Of Kessler have been completely I'M
nerved by the tragedy,
A touching scene Of devotion WAS tn,
tender care OF Mrs. Morrison at the bed
side Of her husband. Perfectly cam aut
collected and without the lesst outward
sign Of emotion. she mintstered to him
and with never q display If her grief
When The Post man left the Morrison
home last night the patients temperatur,
was 1O2 and pulse 144. Even should To
bullet wound not prove fatal the attend
ing physicians were agreed that other com
pllcations would arise by reason Of tn,
violent hemorrhage and injury 70 the inter
nal organs, and that he had little II any
cha nee for recovery.