The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-11
TIGHLMAN DEAD.
The MuIatto Who Was Hunt at
the Hotel Windsor Died
EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING
The Coroner's Inquest-..Kinary Held
for Court without Bail...Tho Eyi-
dence Shows Self Defense.
Tho Evidence in Detail.

Allen TiRhlman, the young mulattc
who was injured SO seriously in fight
at the Hotel Windsor by a fellow EN-.
ploye on Thursday, died at 500 yester.
day morning.
Almost Immediately thereafter, and
before acoronet's inquest could be be.
begun, Justice of the Peace William II.
Davis Issued second warrant for Frank
Kingry, the young, man who threw the
steel that caused TghIman's death,
charging him with murder, and set 8 p.
m. as the time for hearing.
AT the hearing it was shown that
Kingry had acted in self defense, but he
was held without bail for the grand jury.
The evidence was the same as that given
before the coroner's jury that convened
at the Hotel Windsor at 8 p. m.
The following gentlemen composed
the jury: Col. Thomas P. Shallcross,
foreman, O. Homer Wells, David r.
Brooks, Edward Robertson, CHARLES W.
seabright, L. V. Blond, George Arkle,
Charles King and Thomas W. CLARK.
After organizing, the inquest was ad-
journed till Sp. m. to make the attend.
ance OF witnesses more convenient.
At s p. m. Coroner Schultz9 and the
Jury assembled In room 80, the witnesses
and others crowding the hallway out.
side.
Thomas Bolts, o colored man employed
in the Kitchen Of the hotel, was the frat
witness called. He said:
About five minutes after nine came
in and saw TighlmRn and KinEry hRy.
ing some words in the kitchen. was
putting on my cooking clothes. Proctor
told Kingry 70 put down dish he had
in his hand. Kiugry put down the dish
and started about bis work. / went
over to the range, and they were still
talking. I saw Hghlman walk round
on the opposite side OF the table, pick
up steel from the choppilg block and
hit Kingry. They then struck at one
another. Kingry grabbed the steel.
Tighlman hit Kingry on the forehead
with the steel first. Tighlman, the man
that Is dead, struck the first blow. After
that they were struggling and striking
at each other. Kingry seized the steel
from Tighlman after he was hit and hit
Tighlman with it on the head. Kinary
was backing toward the door. The man
who was hit with the steel pulled 1t out
Of his bead aud followed TO the door. He
did not 60 into the dining room. Kem.
pie Washington and ! carried Tighlman
up stairs. He died at S:22 this morning.
He did not open his eyes from the time |
he was hit till he died. l saw Tighlman
strike Kingry once, and waiter was
between us when the second blow was
struck. The dead man took up the
steel first.
John E. Proctor was sworn. 1T was |
in the kitchen at the time Of the quar-
rclling. went to them and told them
to quit quarrelling and take orders.
Allen tTfghlman1 picked up the steel,
and l told them to quit quarrelling and
l turned 10 get up some orders. turned
again and saw Kingry hit on the head
by Tighlman. Kingry got the steel
from him. Kipgry then hit him on the
head with the STEEL"
Coroner Schnltze-"Wasn't there q |
triangular fght2" mo, sir. Two boys
tried to part them. The dead man
struck the first blow. Kingry started
10 strike Hghlman with dish, but con.
trolled his temper and dropped the dish,
and the dead man followed up the quar-.
relffng." There we're In the kitchen at
the time, Thomas Branch, Joseph Bolts,
John Goans, John Proctor, ir., and John
Proctor, sr.
Jennie Williams said: II was not
there when it started. saw Allen take
the steel and hit Kingry. Twas at the
cupboard and l turned. I didn't want
to see 1t. I saw Allen hit Frank Kingry
first. Kingry had dish first, but he
laid 1t down when told to do go by the
cook. I do not know OF them having
any trouble before this"
Thomas Branch said: II saw one
blow struck, Fighlman struck 1.-THE
dead man. They were quarrelling be-
fore came in. When came into the
kitchen KiDgry had dish up, and Joe
Proctor told them to go on aud attend to
his business. He dropped it. I turned
and saw Kingry running from Hghlman.
Tightman hit him once. IRRw no more
OF 1t. ! was at work, and they started
toward the dining room."
DR.. ]. L. Dickey said: II was called
by telephone to attend man who had
been hurt at the hotel here, at 9:l5 q. m.
I came in and was directed to the kitch-
en-, aud followed the injured man up to
room 90 by the blood on the floor and
stairs. He was lying on the floor with
two OF his companions holding him.
Blood was squirting from wound about
half as large as ones finger, and sup
posed the temporal artery had been cut
| stopped that BY. pressure and applied
the compress. He did not seem to be
very seriosly hurt at the first glance. l
went up stairs TO call on another pa.
tent.
''I returned in about ten minutes. l
saw that the man had been vomiting
freely, was very restless, aud his pupils |
were contracted, indicating serious brain |
trouble. ! went TO my Office and got |
some inhtruments and called in Drs. |
Reed aud Hildreth to assist. When |
got back to the hotel, found Kingry in |
the back room near the Office, with a
three.inch cut Ia his head. / Isewed up
the cut, and Officer Lukens took him to
the lookup.
"Upon close examination found that
Tighlman's head had a clean cut hole in |
it, Just above the left temple, evidently |
made with sharp instrument. l cut
away piece Of the tkHll to get out The
clotted blood and broken bone. Through
this opening took out several big clots
and silver Of bone an inch long, broken |
of the inner side Of the skull. The
wound caused his DEATH"
Drs. Reed and Kildreth gave practi.
caily the ssme testimoay ss D. Diekey. |
The Coroner's Jury then signed the
following verdicti 1--WE find that the
said Allen Tighlmau came TO his death |
on the 10th day Of April, 1891, by steel
instrument, commonly used for sharpen.
ing knives, the said instrument being
then and there in the hands Of one
Frank Kiugry."
Louis james at the Opera House.
AT the Opera House last night Louis
James appeared in most successful rep
resentat;on Of "Othell, "a and was greeted