Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-04-27
MURDER0Us WORK.
Two Crushed Skulls and q Fatal Cut.
THREE ARRAYS WITH SERIOUS RESULTS
AMONG THE CoLoRED PEOPLE SATURDAY
NIGHT.

AMONG THE CoLoRED PEOPLE SATURDAY
NIGHT.
On Saturday night there were three serious
ARRAYS among colored people in this District,
each Of which, 1t is thought will result in case
Of homicide.
A MANS SKULL FRACTURED BY A BLOW FROM
AN AXE.
The first affray took place In Majors alley,
between 9th and 10th and Y and streets, Sat
urday night, and originated In Mary Brooks
slapping Tobe Wilson, a boy. I'm the face. Lizzie
Chesley interfered, and the two women ex-
changed some blows. Among the bystanders
were William Payne and Robert Lewis, alias
Robert Price, who, taking the sides of the
women, engaged in fight and Payne got the
house, and coming out with a blunt axe walked
up TO Payne and struck him a heavy blow on
the side OF the head with the butt OF the axe.
once given, and Sergeant Hollinberger and OH
GERS h!iey and kearney appeared. DIR. Bush
nell, who had been summoned, found that the
wound was very serious one, and that the
skull OF Payne was probably fractured. The
officers had him conveyed to the Freed
mans hospital. The officers of the sixth pre-
cinct at once took measures 10 arrest Price, alias
Lewis, and about one O'clock Sergeant Amiss
and Officers Dunnigan and Lowenstein found
him near the corner of 11th and streets, aud
took him i'm CUSTODY. He had been provided
with a change Of clothing, and was evidently on
Inc h % Poipt mt OF leaving the city Price admits that
used 1t after he was struck with a stick by
In the Police Court this morning Price was
charged with assault and battery with intent
10 Kill, and was committed to Jail without bail.
FATALLY CUT WITH A POCKET KNIFE.
TAT Feeley's grocery and liquor store on the
northeast corner of Goth and Z streets, in what
is known as 'Foggy Bottom" Augustus Dyson
and Patrick Branson were drinking between
IL and II O'Clock Saturday night, and engaged
IN night brought on by a remark to Joseph
Inc metal, Han, eolored woman who was present.
Dyson and the woman left and Branson followed
them, renewing the fight in front OF the store,
when Dyson. with a small pocket knife, gave
Branson two cuts in the lower part of the abdo-
men, and ran to his home not far off. Branson
was attended by DIR. e. III. A. Kleinschmidt,
who found that he had been badly ruptured
Branson was taken to the Freedman'S hospital
The fact was not made known to the police
till over an hour afterwardsand0 Officers Falvey,
kendall ana Chamberlain going to the neigh
borhood found hat which identified
Dyson's, and there found that Dyson had been
10 10 Daxid Asher, boy, and the only witness of
the afray the woman having ran away, and
endeavored to get him out of the way. They
then went to Dyson's house and arrested him.
he admitted that he did the act and that he
had thrown the weapon, q small pocket knife
away. District Attorney Worthington yester-
day went to the Freedman's hospital and took
the ante-mortem statement of BranSon.
Dyson is held at the fourth precinct station to
await the result of his victims injuries, as his
death Is expected at any moment
A MANS SKULL CRUSHED BY HIS sTEP-SoN
WITH HEAVY PLANK.
An alteration took place about one o'clock
Sunday morning in the neighborhood of the
new naval magazine, over the Eastern branch,
with serious results. Alfred Collins, alias
Betters, lives In shanty near the river. His
step-son, 20 years old. went home after mid
night Saturday. He had been drinking heavily,
and after being admitted by his step-father, he
house, stating that he had shot himself i'm the
hand. He was told that there was some and
was directed to look for it. He thereupon be-
came loud and boisterous, cursing his STEP
father, who told him to be quiet he must
leave the house. This made him more violent,
and he declared that he would not leave. The
old man then seized hold Of him to eject him,
and in the tussie both fell, the old man fall
ing under the young one. The young
plank and dealt the stepfather several severe
blows, crushing the skull and leaving him
senseless on the floor inside. DIR. Pyles. of
Uniontown, examined the wound last night,
and gave the opinion that it would prove fatal.
The stepson was arrested by Sergeant McCath-
ran and Officer w. T. Anderson and locked up
in the eighth precinct station on Capitol hill.
Betters, the stepson, was charged in the
Police Court on warrant with assault and
battery with intent to kill, and he was COM
mitted to Jail, the case being continued TO await
the action of the coroner's jury.
Later.
ALFRED COLLINS DIES OF HIS WOUNDS.
A telephone message received at police
headquarters about nine o'clock this morning
wounds inflicted by his stepson.
AN INQUEST OVER THE BODY OF COLLINS TO BE
HELD TOMORROW.
DR.. Lachlan Tyler made post mortem ex-
of Collins wounds and found a frac-
ture Of the skull three and one-half inches long
by two and one-quarter inches wide.
The following jury was sworn: William III.
Thompson, j. II. Garges, B. L. Simpson. John
A. Peake, John Dixon and John Mawdsley.
After reviewing the body the jury adjourned to
tnt mot Sta .3-N
There will be number of wit
nesses before the coroner's jury Tomorrow who
are at present down the country, and could not
arrive In time for the inquest to-day. The
prisoner, Alfred Betters, was arrested about
three miles from he scene of the tragedy hid
ing in barn near Bald Eagle bill. The body
of the victim will be turned over to his widow
this afternoon.
DEATH OF ANOTHER vIcTIM-BRANsoN.
Branson died at the Freedman's hospital q
little before noon to-day.
The body was viewed by Coroner Patterson
who ordered a jury OF inquest TO be summoned
TO meet at the second precinct station at four
O'Clock this afternoon, at which hour the in
quest will be held.
Two CHURCHES CoMBINED.-The Plymouth
at Catholic hall, on 18th street for |
the past three years, was notified that il could
not continue to meet there, as the Catholic |
the Plymouth church has removed, and now |
with the Lincoln Memorial Congrega- |
tlonal cnurcn. corner OF 11th and X streets /
northwest Rev. G. w. Moore, pastor of the |
latter, preached to the combined congregations |
Rev. w. T. Peel, pastor of the Ply |
mouth church, Will preach TO the combined |
congregations next Sunday.
Affairs i'm West Washington.
REMOVING Rocks FROM THE RIVER CHAN. /
wrecker and diver, OF No 2 Coenties slip, New /
York, who has been awarded the contract for |
the removal of rocks from the Potomac river
arrived last Saturday. A steam pump and two
steam derricks Of the company arrived at Hart
leys wharf yesterday, and will in a short time
begin work.
GRAIN RECEfPTS.-Canal boat Samuel Jarboe
arrived yesterday with 2,400 bushels OF corn
md 800 bushels Of wheat for J. q. d ]. NJ.
Waters.
THE FUNERAL OF Mrs. ELIZABETH HARRr-
SON took place yesterday from her residence,
No. 2S04 Dumbarfon avenue. A large con-
course of relatives and friends followed the re-
mains to Oak Hill, where the inter:nen. took
place. The following acted paii-bearers:
Messrs. Jackson, Young, Snyder, Athey, Frank
land and Norton. Rev. w. /. McEcnney, OF
Dumbarton-street NJ. +. church, officiated.
COAL TRADE ON THE CASAL.-During last /
week eighty boats left Cumberland carrying
40S7 tons OF coal, against ninety-eight boats
and IL ,153 tons the previous week During
The year to date 326 boats have left here, carry.
ing sc, ,929.O6 tons, which is a small increase as
small shipments last week was the scarcity of /
vessels here. 1t is said that IL the canal carries
this year 100000 tons it would require an
average Of at least thirty boats each day. Last
week the average was less than q dozen each
lay. A Cumberland special to the Baltimore
An,ericaa says that the canal board will meet
In Cumberland next Thursday, "but nothing
that President Baughman can say viii revive
the hopes Of the friends Of the canal, who did
Ill in their power last year before the canal
,oa ri md tho hoard of ,,nhIic xvlrc e..