The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-03
STILL ANOTHER.
A white MAN Kified by a Negro.

At half past O'Clock yesterday after
noon, in a court yard on the south side
| of Sixth street, between Smith and
Mound, a quarrel ensued in the pres
ence of a number of inmates OF the
many tenement houses fronting on the |
court yard, between George Crow, col
ored man thirty-tve years of age, and
Valentine Kessler, a huckster, aged
| about twenty-five. With one Dl0W OIL |
knife Crow struck Kessler to the heart, |
killing him instantly.
Geo. Crow, the murderer, boards with |
| a colored woman named Williams, III |
| the second story of one of the rear tene- |
ments. Kessler lived with his wife IN
one room on the ground floor. on the
west side of the court. On Friday night
there was a goodly amount of beer and
stuff drank by the inmates OF the bar
rack above mentioned. Grow, who by
the way lost his right hand by a steam
boat explosion some time ago. and is
now affected apparently with consump-
ton, was in Kessler's room on the night
of the Jamboree (Friday).
Kessler sent for beer for himself and
Crow, but Crow giving as an excuse that
he had just recovered from severe hem
OTrudE6 Ot tu6 lungs IclucO0 w Wilma
At this KeSSler became angry, and TO
: quiet him Crow finally drank few
. mouthfuls, and went out. After mid
night that night a general fight occurred
: among the drunken people of the court,
, and it seems that Kessler thought Crow
was in 1t, and followed him around,
threatening him. =.
The neighbors several times protected
Crow from Kessler's violence. Another
of hnsfilitU inQIOuRv thl
part of Kessler. Yesterday afternoon
Crow, while in the water-closet, heard
Kessler threaten to beat him when he
lcame out. Being weak, and with but
a one hand, he opened his knife and placed
!. it in his coat-pocket es a means Of de-
, fense.
AS he was fastening the paddock to the
door after coming out, Kessler sprang
I upon him and struck him upon the shoul-
4 der and side OF the head, and Grow was
9 knocked down, but in falling made a
q back strike with the knite,which wound
a ed Kessler fatally, who, however, stag
4 gered to. the open door OF his room,
a seized poker, and started for Crow
again, but fell exhausted midway be-
tween the door and stove. DR.. Coulter
Twas. sent for and arrived five minutes
n after the stabbing, but found that moth
p ing could be done, and the wounded man
d died within few minutes after the
IL Doctor came.
o Crow walked away and called az the
residence of Moses f. Wilson for advice.
and Mr.. Wilson took him to the Ninth.
a street Station-house, where he was
!, taken into custody.
d INQUEST.
Z Post mortem by DR.. Colter-I made
(. the examination of the body of Valen.
tine Kessler, at Habig's undertaking ef-
/. itablishment, on Sixth street, six hours
)f after death.
a Condition of the body-That of a white
Ie man, aged about % years, medium size
i. body well nourished. On inspection nc
O bruises, cuts or wounds on any part, ex-
cept an incision about one and hall
inches long, situated between the second
and third ribs Immediately to left of the
s. sternum, on the breast bone.
e The thoracic cavity being opened it was
named incision in the chest wall had
penetrated the arch OF the aorta, leav.
"a ing an incision in the great blood
y vessel over one-fourth an inch in
3 length. The incision extending
r. longitudinally with the vessel, cor
4 responding in this particular with the
y external wound. Tie thoracic cavity
q was filled with blood, partly clotted and
. partly fluid. No wound of the lungs OF
- other organs OF the chest, only as above
- mentioned. The wound was sufficient
i to cause immediate death after its in.
! Fiction. +. A. Golfer, M. u.
!, Alice Kessler, being duly sworn, said
Z. I live at 1858 West Sixth street, and am
I the wife OF the deceased. Have been
W married two years; have daughter
" years old by former marriage. MI
q Kessler was 20 years old, and was born
7 in this city at 467 W.Seventh street; was
~ carriage trimmer by trade, but Of late
Ihuckstered in market with his parents;
lWas man that drank. have never seen
o, him fight but twice. He was
'g sober yesterday. He had. only drank
" beer once. My former husbands name
le was Geo. A. Runsal; he was lawyer
ii had an office on Ninth street about five
70 wears. He is still living, bnt l DOM
D, know where he is now. lie was priest
: before he came here from New York
Id l heard he again went back to it
hnt ,san't say tor sure. have
,;uoa uc orse Sixth street about a
is nontb. I have only known Geo. Grow
since we have liye9 there; never knew
he and nv husband to have any words
- until last Friday. My husband had peer
drinking some that day, and haa iusi
So in the yard with Jack Carter, ana CROW
came out and said he wanted II stopped
rs NV husband said to him Ego III WE
mouse" lHeTe WeTe Ho uioWo ssi iuOn
rk but Crow walked up and down the yart
and said to my husband, IL viii
have your life after II O'Clock to
IN night" My husband said moth
y'iing more to him, ! made hin
of lay down. My brother-in-law was there
y at the time. Nothing occurred Satur
day and Sunday afternoon. l can no
" say what time my little girl was out a
a the hydrant, when Crows woman cam
to the hydrant, and was going to strik'
- my little girl, and went out and toll
Y her not to do 1t, when she called Vi
W. names, and called her q nigger
and then Crow came and said
m, sect in the house, you white b." an
nd raised his hand to strike me. My hus
band was in our room ali the time, an(
nt at that he stepped out and said, "Don'
K, strike my wife, but strike me;" Che wa
d. standing in front OF our door at thl
time \; al that Grow reached behind hin
GO and then saw a fash OF steel
re He struck nay husband with
n. once and ran; don't know what kin
ii. OF knife it was; as soon as my husban,
! was struck he turned and went into tn
H. l = H. r.