Evening journal., 1890-11-03

Stafford Strikes Norman Powers with
Chair and 1t Rits Chambers-The MUIR
dersr Uses Another Mans Revolver.
saltreating His victim's oorpse-staf-
ford Escapes
BY telephone from STAFF Correspondent.
MIDDLETowN, Nov. 3.-Wilcox Staf-
ford, young colored man, shot and IN
stantly killed Kennard Chambers, a re-
spectable colored man, ON the farm OF
Zadoc M Poole in the tenure OF William
Lofand. Saturday night at 10 30 o'clock,
The murder occurred in tenant house
on the farm, occupied by James E. Will
liams.
The Quarrel.
A party was being given by Williams.
and a large number of colored people
were present During the evening Stat
ford, who lived on q farm near by, came
over and began quRrreling with Chambers.
They began to quarrel in the parlor
where the people were.
Stafford, who was drunk, struck x
colored man named Norman Powers y tn
chair. The chair glanced off ind
struck Chambers. This led to words O.
tween Stafford and Chambers.
They went to a back room to setf 10
their difference. Stafford slipped up J ..
hind another colored man named JOS ua
Iodine, and pulled a revolver out Of
Lodine's pocket. He cooked 1t and
pointed it at Chambers.
As soon as Chambers saw that Stafford
intended to shoot him, he rushed into
Stafford and chung to him. The latter
placed the reVolvers point against
Chambers left breast and pulled the
trigger. The ball went through his
body
AS Chambers fell, Stafford struck him
on the back OF the head with the butt
of the revolver Chambers fell face
downward on the floor When the muir
derer saw bis victim lying before him,
he stepped TO the prostrate bodv and
deliberately stamped on the back of the
mans head three times
James e. Williams, the colored man
who lives in the house, rushed into the
back room, followed by all the guests,
and while one man grabbed Stafford, to
keep him from escaping, Williams turned
the body over and found that Chambers
was dead.
Stafford Escapes
John Mahoney who tried to prevent
Staford's escape, picked him up and
dashed him on the floor near the door,
Before anyone could get hold Of him
again be escaped through the open door
and fed across the fields. he was pur.
sued, but escaped and has not yet been
arrested.
Kennard Chambers, lived with Alex
ander Inch, as a farm hand, and wss
regarded as peaceful and quiet colored
man. BE was 90 years old.
Stafford lived with Clarence Poole and
has very unsavory reputation, and Is
not yet OF age
Coroner Gamble came to Middletown
this morning and empsnelled the follow
ing jury: Joseph Roberts, foreman
Andrew Hushebeck, William Scott,
George Carter. Harry T. Price,
Joshua Clayton, Robert Thomas. Clarence
r. Clayton, John Brown, r Alexis
Wilson, Timothy @. Parker, Christian
Kroneberer.
The jury went in carriages to the scene
of the murder, and after viewing the re-
mains gave the following verdict
Resolved: That Kennard Chambers,
colored, of New Castle county, Delaware,
came to his death from bullet fired
from a weapon held in the hand of Will
coA Stahoru, Oh SaeuruaJt No1"nADoA =,
1890"
The body of the murdered man was
turned over to the coroner to be buried
in the Potter's field near Fsrnhurst.
The coroner has placed the matter IL
the hands of the officers and every effort
will be made to arrest Stafford.
The scene Of the murder is FIVE milei
northeast Of Middletown, and Ii
but short distance from the home Of
James T. Shallcross, recorder of deeds
The c0lored people residing in Oh
house are very superstitious and are 81
badly scared they are going to move inn
mediately
There is a rumor afoat that the quarre
between the two men was melted b
jealousy over woman with whom bot
were acquainted,