Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-06-29

| NER's JURY.
| Several pistol shots fired in rapid succession
| In the saloon in the basement of the house at
| the northwest corner OF 9th street and Penn
sylvania avenue created much excitement in
! that neighborhood aboot IL o'clock last night.
! The police going to the place found man lying
| in a dying condition in the area-way while in
side the saloon stood the proprietor, Samuel
GaSsenheimer, with q revolver in his hand.
Gassenheimer at once gave himself into Gus
! tody, saying that he had shot man in self
! defense. The wounded man outside was Frank
A. Blackford, young man about twenty-five
years old. He was taken in the Iestaurant,
and died within an hour from the effects of two
! pistol shots IN the lower part of the abdomen.
| Tho police put GasSenheimer under arrest and
also took into custody two young men found in
and f Harry or doc Doc Salmer. GswIer had ia
bullet wound in the leshy part CT the calf
They with young man named William Mitch
ener, it is stated, accompanied Blackboard 10 the
! restaurant Kitchener escaped after the shoot
| ing.
TIL CoRoNER's INQUEST
This morning the body OF Blackford was
lying under sheet in the corridor of the
seventh precinct station. There 1t was viewed
by q corouer's Jury composed of Thomas p.
Jacobs, Thomas T. Hurdle, jeremiah r. Hick-
| man, George II. Gill, John Hoiues and William
Allen.
The Inquest began at ten O'Clock, Gassenhei-
! mer being present with his counsei, Mr.. c. Nor
ris Smith.
THE TESTIMONY.
John Starr, the first witness, testified that
about half-past five O'Clock yesterday he saw
Biackford at the Imperial hotel nd asked him
when he got back from New York; he said he
had been back a day two Witness said,
you" When lie asked by whom, witness said:
~ understand that SaIn, down at the corner,
Gassenheimer. Blacsiord said aid "rn1 nxed tor
him now; I've got gun" He said, I'm going
down and kili that Jew s-- -, before =
saw OF Blackford until after the shooting. In
reply TO g. question by juror the witness said
black]ord was perfectly sober when he saw
him.
STORY OF THE SHOOTING TOLD By GAsSEN-
HEIMERS BROTHER.
Isaac GaSSenheimer, brother of Sam, who
was behind the bar at the time OF the shooting,
testified that four men came in and called for
and Biackford. Witness put out the drinks,
but they did not pay. They called for drinks
again, and witness called attention to the fact
Then Blackboard called him O. Jew s.
| -. They insisted on getting the drinks, and
witness refused to give them without the
money. He told them that his brother Sam
was proprietor, and If he chose to credit them
| he might. Biackford then used obscene and
abusive language in reference to Sam and said,
"1'm going to kill the G--Jew So"
> un then came in aud went behind the bar.
| 1oiackford began to abuse him in the same man
Ier, and Sam told them to go away, AS he did
Mt want to have any trouble with them. He
sgirted TO leave the room, but doc Palmer
opped him about two feet from the dining
room. Then the four men followed him ana
began TO chase him. Palmer, BIackford and
Kitchener had pistols in their hands. Mitch
ener had two pistols. Witness heard Blackford
ask Kitchener for pistol. They chased his
brother Sam into corner Of the dining room.
BiaoSfor s SAID. you ns seW nof ~ @
going to kill you. I've made up my mind to
DO 1t and I'm going to do IT." Sam begged him
help him and was beaten in the face. Then his
brother began shooting. Witness thought his
that Mitchener gave Blackford the pistol. He
did not think any one fired shot except his
brother and Blackboard. A shot was fired
eye, received during the melee. He was
knocked down with pistol and badly beaten.
OTHER TESTIMONY.
Francis n. F. Branden, who boards at Gas
senhemer's, testified tina: he was sitting in the
barroom talking with Isaac Gassenheimer,
when four or five men came in. Two others
came In siugly a few moments later. When
these men came in there was no one present
but Isaac, the waiter and the witness. One Of
the men, Kitchener, called Tor beer and drank
1T, but did not pay Tor il. The dead man then
called TOR drinks and was refused. The de-
ceased then, using vulgar expression, said he
had been hunting Sam Gassennelmer ali day
and had come there for the purpose of killing
him. He repeated the remark several times.
witness went out and looked tor Mr.. Gassen-
heinler to tell him TO keep away, So not to
| have trouble. He, however, did not see him.
Charles VILLAINS, the UoiOred waiter, de-
scribed the occurrences In the saloon, cOrrobo-
rating Isaac Gassenheimer. He said when Mr..
Sam came III Biackford went to one OF the other
men and said, "Have you got that thing tiXed?'
The other man said, Yes, here it is; put it TO
him." and taking pistol from his pocket, gave
it to Blackboard.
Kitchener, who was arrested by the police
this morning was brought into the room where
the jury was and the witness identified him as
the man who handed the pistol TO BlacKford.
The witness said that Black ford fired his pistol
first The witness eaid he did not 60 up the
steps looking for Mr.. Gassenheimer.
Harry +. Palmer, one OF the young men
arrested In the saloon, was next examined. He
said that yesterday afternoon he met Black
ford and Gawler in front of the Harris house.
Blackford had made bet horse race aud
he waited there until the races were Over. Later
he went with Gawler, Blackford and Others
down to Holmes, on the avenue, near 9th
street. Then Blackford, Gawier and another
man, whom the witness did not know, went
over to SANS. Some one at Holmes told wit
ness that he had better go over there and pre-
vent trouble, for there would be trouble if
Biackiord met Sam there. Witness went over
not there, SO witness said nothing, but took
drink with the three men. When Gassen-
urged him TO keep out OF Biackford's way.
While he was talking TO him Backford rushed
mp with pistol an his hand and struck Gassen-
heimer. Then Blackford ran Gassenheimer
into the dining loom. Witness rushed in, and
struggling with Dlackford took the pistol from
him and p..t AZ INTO his own pocket. -After-
wards he heard Jour shots, but did not know
who fired then. When the police officers came
in they took ron witness the pistol he had
taken from Blacktord.
d.. 7. +. Nsrtigaa, WIKI made the AUTOPSY
testified tnt.t ttlcre Nee Jii bullet wounds
OAs Ia. UlteEel ttae bach part Of the left
knee and passed thu ugh the leg. The second
ball entered about SIX inches below the left hip
and passed directly across to the right. The
uIiT1 and fntai wound entered the left side OF
The atuuniSl, .i..I taking course across to the
right side lodged in the N uscies under the skin
THE COOKS STORY.
The Jury then held q consultation with closed
doors for a few minutes, aud then reopenod the
doors 10 hear the testimony Of Bridget Gleason
cook at the restaurant. She was present during
the shooting. She said when the trouble began.
the waiter went up to the sidewalk. She de-
scribed the ARRAY very much Us the waiter and
Isaac Gassenheimer did. Before MIR. Gassen-
heimer fired the witness saw him on the floor
with four men around him. He was standing
up when he fred.
THE VERDICT.
The jury found o verdict that the deceased
came to his death from pistol-shot wound Of
the abdomen, fred in the hands of Samuel Gas
senheimer. The jury stated that 'from the
evidence adduced we believe the shooting was
justtftabe, as the said Gassenhe inner was at the
time In danger Of being Killed by said Black
ford"
GAssENREIMER RELE.sED.
Gassenheirner and the three men I'm custody