Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-05-09
The Fatal Blow Of q Burglar.
Death OF Mr.. John II. Tucker.
THE CORONFR's INQUEST TO-DAY.


Mr.. John Abel Tucker, who, 1t will be re-
membered, was struck with a stone by a colored
burglar on the night of the LIST inst, died yester
day afternoon at his fathers residence, No.
1904 Il street south directly south of the Smith
sonian IDstitute), from the effectsof the wound.
The deceased on the night in question hearing
what IL was, and discovering the thieves seized
one by the throat. A scufffe ensued between
them, during which they got from the house
into the street. Mr.. w. s. Tucker, the aged
father of the deceased. came to hisTon's assist
ance, and at this time pal of the thief went to
his assistance and one of them struck the de-
ceased with large piece of blue rock. The
parties made of, but Mi. VIM. I. Ford fired
two shots at them as they ran towards the Smith
sonian lot. About two hours after the occur
renee Officers AldI idge and Lewis arrested Sam
three well-known colored roughs, on the charge
of having committed the deed. Other arrests
followed, but the detectives, feeling assured
mtted to as aso goais al ne
OF 500 bail a witness, and the others were
released. Drs. Fenwick and Leach were imme-
afterwards called in, and Mr.. fuckers skull
was trepanned; but on the third day after he
was struck, commissions took place and they oc-
CURED periodically until death ensucd.
The deceased was the eldest son of Mr.. W. s.
Tucker, formerly and for many years penny
post" The deceased was by trade carpenter,
about 10 years old. and was of q kind DISPOSE
ton. He leaves wife, but no children.
THE CoRONHE's INQUEST.
This morning at 10 O'Clock Coroner Patterson,
assisted by DR.. Hartigan, held an inquest at the
house OF the deceased. Officer Reese summoned
jury as follows: Robert Mahoney. A. Hutton
q. Wooster. b. II. Gray, II. Drury, James
Maget, L. W. Riley, Ii. johnson, G. NJ Far
re, Lewis Lepreux, NJ. Shughrue, and Edward
John II. Tucker, the father of deceased, WIS
the first witness. He testified that his son re-
ceived the INJURY at so p. m, on last Thursday
night; witness was sitting in the front room
reading the paper, his son in a rocking chair i'm
the same room; they were cOnversing about
renting house, when Mrs. Tucker remark Ell
that there was some one in the alley, and she
thought II was some one after the clothes. His
son opened the door and crept out easily, when
he saw some one going out the alley; when the
man went out he pulled the door to and wit
ness son grabbed him and asked what he
wanted; he replied that he wanted johnson:
witness remarked that he wanted some old
clothes, that he had been there before. Here
the man commenced pulling and hauling so a.
to get away; his son told him be could not go
unul the police came, at the same time holding
him; they had got to the mouth of the allev
when another fellow came out behind ami
struck witness son; witness then grabbed him
by the back OF the neck, but the fellow got
away from him; the new conner then struck
witness son twice and ran out into the street.
witness Following; by this time his son was In
the gutter with the other, who picked up "A
stone and smashed it down on his sons head:
Doth the men then ran away, and witness son
never moved afterward; witness did rot see but
two men; witness picked the stone up after
wards both men ran across the street through
tne nud ana went along towards 18th street;
witness had seen the men before at the oyster
wharf; had seen the men since and recognized
both Of them.
BY Jur0r:-The one his sen was scuttiinr
with was not the ore who struc7. him.
Boscfe Wlii1ms, one Of the PARTY Of cOlOred
men, was the next witness, and testified that
Sam Rainey was the one who ran rp and struck
MIR. Tucker with his 6st, and he saw that that
did not hurt him, then he ran out i'm tie gutter for
stone and struck him. and knocked him down.
MT. Coomes detective officer said that
kaIneys right name was Mason.
Detectfre Coomes testified that he worked up
the case, and after the arrest of williams ami
the other parties, Williams made confession,
that a man named Pete Parker was the man
who struck the blow. They had also arrested
Howard and Monlton, and they had them all
in room together with Williams, WHOM he
asked the latter if there was any other one con-
rected with them, and he said there was not;
that Rainey was the only man. Rainey did not
make any denial.
After taking this testimony the coroner or
dered that Williams be committed as q witness
Mr. Tucker was recalled, and recognized Will
iiams as the man his son was scuffing with
when he was struck by the other man.
Anna Ben Taylor, colOred servant in the
family OF Mr. Tucker, cOrrObOrated the testi
mony OF Mr.. Tucker, ST.
DR.. j. +. Hartigdn testified as to the postmor-
tenn examination. The cause OF death was an
innamation OF the organs of the brain, conse-
quent upon the Injuries received.
IN. a. 4. Leach corroborated this statement
as to the cause OF death.
The testimony here closed, and the jury after
wards rendered
VERDICT
that the said John A. Tucker came to his death
on the sth day of May, 1873, about the hour of
4 O'Clock p. m, by reason of wounds of the head
inflicted by one Samuel Mason alias Samuel
Rainey with a stone, on the first day Of Nav,
1873, and the jury further say that Bowie Will
lams was accessory.
The funeral of Mr.. Tucker will take place
from the residence of his father Oh Ii street. to-
morrow at O'Clock d. m.