Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-01
SHOT IN A CRAP GAME.
A COrOner's Jury Investigate the
Hughes Alley Tragedy.


Hughes alley, between oath and 25th streets
and and streets Sunday morning, October
81, while the church bells were ringing, formed
the subject Of inquiry by coroner's jury this
morning. The witnesses talked about ''shoot-
ing crap" and also about shooting VIM. Brown.
VIM. Brown appeared to have been manager Of
the game. These games appear to result fire.
quently in bloody ARRAYS or murders. In this
case VIM. Brown was the victim. In
the language of one Of the witnesses,
there was ''scrummage," and some one
grabbed up the money. VIM. Warren, one of
the players, demanded Of Brown five cents said
to be due him. Brown told Warren to ''g'wsy."
Warren went away. There is a difference of
opinion as to what Warren did while away.
At any rate when he came back he had pistol,
and after further words fred a shot at Brown.
Brown died from the effects of this shot last
Tuesday night. The jury summoned by the
coroner sat upon the case at the eightrprecinct
police station this morning. The jury was
composed of G. r. Harbau, Sam Opdyke,
Henry Edwards, Geo. l.. Eberly. Daniel Pfeil,
and NJ. p. Sullivan.
THE TESTIMONY.
The first witness was Mrs. Clara Myers, an
elderly colored woman, who heard the quarrel
over the cents, but did not see the shooting.
John Ridgely, colored, testified that there
was crowd in the alley shooting crap" War
rem asked Brown to give him his cents.
Brown said he didn't owe him cents. Warren
went away and came back in about five min
utes. Brown put one hand behind him in his
hip pocket, and pointing at Warren with his
other hand, said, IF you don't 60 away will
hurt you" Then Brown advanced and Warren
shot him. The witness said that Brown had
cut Henry Smallwood, and had the reputation
OF being a dad" man. The witness said that
Brown had set upon Warren several times be-
fore. After the shooting Warren said he was
tired of having Brown ''intruding upon him"
Humphrey Howard, another young colored
man who was in the alley, testified that when
Warren asked Brown for his money Brown told
him to go away or he would hurt him. and put
his hand in his pocket. Then Warren shot him.
This witness said that when Warren first asked
Brown for the cents Brown told him to go
away and Warren went off as far the fence,
about 20 feet distant, and stood there, as the
witness thought, all the time until he came
back again and asked for the cents again
John Dorsey, into whose house Brown went
after he was shot, testified to that fact He
said he was just going to church, and he was
anxious to get Brown out Of his house SO he
would not be delayed.
Emanuel Dorsey, who saw the fight also, de-
scribed the trouble substantially as other wit
nesses had. He said Warren, when he went
away, was gone ten or fifteen minutes, and he
did not know where he went. Meanwhile, the
game of ''crap" went on. He did not hear
what Brown said to Warren before the latter
fired. He heard Warren say that he was tired
of Browns pecking at him.
Policeman Edward J. Keefe testified that
Warren said after his arrest that he asked
Brown for the cents he owed him. and that
he was tired of Browns ''pecking" on him.
DR.. Lachlan Tyler testified that Browns
death was caused by pistol-shot wound in the
right side of the chest.
HELD FOR THE SHOOTING
The Jury found a verdict that Brown came to
his death from a pistol-shot wound of the
chest inflicted by pistol held in the hands Of
William Warren"
As William Warren is already in Jail, where
he was sent to await the result of Browns in
jurles, the coroner sent regular commitment
to the Jail, SO that Warren will be held for the
action of the grand jury.
Looking Through Different Spectacles.
THE ALLEGED DUDLEY LETTER AS SEEN By DEMO-
Gratis AND REPUBLICANS.
The alleged letter Of Col. w. W. Dudley,
treasurer of the national republican committee,
directing how floating voters should be man.
aged in Indiana, has, to some extent supplanted
the Lord Sackville affair as a subject Of politi-
cal discussion. Democrats maintain that the
published version of the letter is substantially
correct, while republicans pronounce it q
forgery.