Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-28

| About O'Clock last evening hundreds Of horror
stricken people had gathered about Rupperts
Court, an alley between I'd and Sd SITS. and Penn
syivania avenue southeast, where bloody trag-
| edy had been enacted, while as many more had
| congregated on the sidewalk and in the street
IN front Of Moore's drug store, where man was
| bleeding to death. This morning Frederick
| Pinkney is behind prison bars charged with
| murder, while the dead body of James Henry,
| his victim, is in the ice chest at the morgue.
| Plnkney is a hodcarrier; his victim was brick
| layer. Both were hard working men who lived
IN the alley and they were on friendly terms,
except now and then they would have some
angry words about Henry's children, who. the
nelghoors say, are the worst in that section OF
| the city. They say further that when they
complained to Henry about the bad conduct of
bis children he paid no attention to the matter.
Seemingly, he loved his children so well that
he did not think they would do wrong. AS
already stated, he frequently had words
with Plnkney about the children and last night
the quarrehng was renewed with fatal results.
PLAYING CHILDREN AND FIGHTING MEN.
The alley in which the tragedy was enacted
is inhabited exclusively by colored people. The
rain had ceased to fall, and all the inhabitants
OF the alley were enjoying the pure fresh air
after hard days work while their children
played about the doorsteps. 1t took but few
minutes to make an entire change in the scene.
The children who had been playing together
got into dispute about the possession of a
ball, and would probably have ended the
quarrel in blows had not their parents inter-
fered. Henry came out of his house with a
raw hide in his hand, and Pinkneys children
disappeared. Pinkney came out to see what
was the matter. The men looked at each other
for a moment.
"Pinkney," said Henry, ''if your children
don't behave themselves and let my children
alone. I'll thrash them good with this whip
what will be doing?" asked Pinkney He
added: Before you do that you will have to
thrash me-"
That wouldn't be hard to do" retorted
Henry.
The men were not talking as though they
meant fight, but they kept walking toward each
other and collision was apparently unavoida-
Bile. The collision came. First it was vol
ume of profanity, and then they came to blows.
THE CONFLICT
was of short duration. Pinkney received a
blow from the rawhide, which was admins
tered by the man who only minute or two
before had threatened to use it ON his children
One blow was all that the witnesses saw before
Pinknev had gained possession of the
apparently harmless weapon and was de-
livering some Vigorous blows on the head
and shoulders of Henry. None of the specta-
tors thought for a moment that the fight would
result in serious injury to either of the COM
batants. The fighters then clinched and fell
to the ground. In an instant they were on
their feet again, and Henry was bleeding from
wound in the neck. Pinkney COM
pletely Frustrated, and it was with much diff
Guilty that he managed to return to his house.
Henry stood in the alley and was
FAST BLEEDING TO DEATH.
A crowd of badly frightened colored people
gathered about him. The blood was squirting
from the wound and soon his clothing was
saturated from head to foot. He made an eff
fort to go home, but dozen or more voices
shouted, Run to the Doctors" Henry was
then very weak from loss of blood, but the ex-
element kept him up, and he ran to Moore's
drug store, where he fell across the counter
and then on to the floor. He was unconscious
The wound in his throat presented CHASTITY
sight. DR.. Moore was in the store when Henry
entered. He saw at glance that there was no
hope for the wounded man. Soon afterward
Drs. Bayne. Fredericks, Keech and Malan were
at the side of the bleeding man, but it was too
late. He died before they could make an ex-
animation of
THE WOUNDS.
One wound presented the appearance Of hay
ing been done with knife There was what
appeared to be stab wound on one side of the
neck and there was cut extending across the
throat to the opposite side Of the neck.
THE ARREST OF PINKNEY.
Policeman Mcmahon, who was attracted to
the drug store by seeing the large crowd there,
learned what had taken place and went in
search of the alleged murderer When he
reached Ruppert's court he saw Pinkney sit
ting in his house at the front window The Of
fcer tapped on the window and said: Pink
ney, L want you"
''All right, Mr.. Mack" answered Pinkney for
he knew the officer; You can do with me what
you please"