Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-17
THE Young LADIES' UNIONS
A COrOner's Jury Make an Expedition
into the COunty-The Fight In
Weeden's Store and its Tragic Result.

Tuesday afternoon, after the arrest Of "Dick''
Norton, the cOlored man charged with causing
the death of Frank Barnes, by kicking him in
the stomach as stated in THE STAR, Officer
Mari had q conversation with Frank Clark a
colored man, who was in Weeden's store, at
Benning's, at the time the difficulty occurred.
The statements made in this interview led Ser
geant McCathran to arrest Clark and charge
him with being an accessory to the crime. He
was locked up at the eighth precinct station,
where Norton was also held.
The coroner held an inquest yesterday at one
o'clock at the house of the deceased, in Lincoln
Vile or 'Ragtown,'' as it is called. A jury, con-
sisting of Thomas Nailor, Jacob Beck, Charles
Farr, Jesse Bumbry, James Crawford and Levi
hour. The jurors and witnesses were in the
neighbOrhOod Of Weeden's store when STAR
reporter arrived They were sitting around
gagged in reading an account of the homicide
from THE STAR of the previous day. At one
party started off to "Ragtown."
After walking along the muddy road for a
distance Of nearly !, mile the party came in
| frame shanty with whisp of Grape hanging TO
the front door was seen on the hilltop. This
was the place where the body OF Frank Barnes
The coroner arrived and the jury, after being
sworn and viewing the body, proceeded to the
there was a fire, and sat around the stove. The
coroner and Mr.. Edward A. Newman, who APP
peared for Clark, sat by t the table, while DR..
| town, made post mortem examination.
MR.. wEEDEN DECRIBES THE FIGHT.
John F. Weeden, the storekeeper, was the
first witness called. He testified that on Satur-
day night about ten o'clock Barnes came into
the store after Norton had been there few
me: 1 licked you on the 4th of july" Dick
said: "If you did you did it when was drunk. -
| of the store or stop quarreling. Norton left the
| store, but returned in a few minutes, and
Barnes threw his arms around his (Norton's)
neck. They wrestled and Norton broke loose
| from Barnes. Norton then kicked at Barnes
| and tell on his back, his feet not touching
up
scuffied about the store. They then separated,
and Barnes left the store, leaving his hat on the
Barnes it must have been with his knee, as
they were very close together, Barnes having
Norton around the neck. Witness said they
had had several quarrelS before that The men
had been drinking.
A GENERAL ROW.
George Devers, who was in Weeden's store at
| the time, testified substantially as the preced-
ing witness did. He said that after Barnes had
gone Clark got into dispute with Norton
about some remark being made about his
brother, and 1t ended in general row. Clark
and Norton each picked up an axe handle, but
neither of them used them.
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| Andrew jackson, colored, testified that he
was in Kaiser's store, opposite Weeden's, talk
| ing with Barnes before the trouble. Barnes
| told him that he could prove by Norton that
his Uacksons) wife had o dirty tongue. Nor
| ton said he never heard her make use OF any
| disrespectful word, and Barnes told Norton ITO
| go to sheol' Witness with Norton and two
other men then left Kaiser's store and went
across the road to Weeden's.
"That was not where he told you to co." said
the coroner. when he told you to go to sheol
| you went to Weeden's."
| eyes, SIR said witness.
| then described the occurrence in Weeden's as
| the Others had, and said, US they did, that he
could not say whether he kicked him or not.
| door. There was no further difficulty between
| them. When witness got outside he found
Barnes lying on the side of the road and picked
| DIR. Hartigan testified that he found on the
deceased no external marks OF violence, but
| the internal examination showed rupture OF
| the intestines, which was the cause OF death.
NORTON COMMITTED TO JAIL.
The jury returned the following verdict. that
"Barnes came to his death by a rupture Of the
| intestines from kick by Richard Norton dur
ing q fight between the men,"
There being no testimony against CiarK ne
was discharged; Norton was committed TO jail
i to await the action OF the grand jury.
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