Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-11
BLEED TO DEATH.
Fatal Termination OTT:lursday Nights
: abiding ARRAY.

Darlis Gentry. the cOlUred man W, was
stabbed at - Gay street, Thursday night,
died al $50 A. NJ. Yesterday. y TepTesen-
tative Of this paper visited the house where
the ar ay occurred, yesterday afternoon,
and obtained from Emeline Bent, one of
the inmates Of the establishment, the fol-
lowing particulars with regard ia the
matter:
Jones. the colOred boy who did the kill
ing, came to the house considerably under
the influence Of liquor, about u O'Clock
Thursday night. He entered the house,
threw himself on the bed, saying he was
drunk, and that he was going 10 sleep
there. The woman, Bent, ordered him out
Of the room, and as he refused to 90, told a
girl 10 90 after 4 policeman. As the latter
left the house on this mission. Jones ran
out after her, struck her. and said be wCult
s'cut her heart out" if she didn't 70 back.
About this time Gentry came UP with a
colored Girl who lived at the house, the
TWO having been at 4 ball on Cedar street.
Gentry approached Jones, told him to quit
striking the girl, and tried to get him off
home, which attempt Jones resisted, and a
| scuiIle between the two men ensued, on the
street in { ont of the door. In the melee,
Jones drew penkHife and inflicted fear
full wound upon Gentry, extending several
inches from the left ear dOwnwardS, and
tow arts the throat.
The wounded man threw his hand TO
his neck, staggered into the house with the
exclamation En-, he's cut me,' and fell at
fail length on the floor, with the blood
pouring from tie wound in a stream. DIS.
Compton and Jones were called in, and
the cut was sewed up, though the Doctors
said il would be impossible for Gentry TO
recover. At half-paSt the unfortunate
man breathed his last, having spoken but
| few times after the visit Of the physicians,
and then only TO ask for water. An inquest
was held over the remains 10y Deputy COrO-
| ner Ryan at : o'clock yesterday, with the
| following named as a jury:
Jordan IIadley, Brick Lewis, Tom I'm
! derwOOd, Jake Jennings, Bud Napier, Hen
~ Rice and John Green, who after hearing
the testimony. rendered the following YER
dict: That DardiS Gentry, colored, came
10 his death by wounds from a knife in the
hands Of one Frank Jones, colOred, and
that the crime is murder in the first degree.
II seems that Jones and Gentry had at
tended a hall during the evening, that
Jores had threatened to kill a woman
known as Minnie Stumpf, and that Gentry
had assisted in putting him out of the
room, and from this the difficulty originated.
Gentry was quiet, well behaved young
fellow, about twenty-One years of age, and
had been employed as 4 waiter a; the Max
well for four years past, with the exception
Of occasional intervals when he was en-
gagged elsewhere.
Jones IS about the same age, was brought
10 Nashville by Capt. Richards, who is
stationed at the barracks. He is known
rs a guaTelsOme negro, and has been in
volved in numerous afiiays. At an early
hour yesterday morning he was seen in
the vicinity of Hess garden, North Nash
vile, and has probably succeeded in max
ing his escape, as he had not been arrested
ND to- late hour last night.