Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-03-14

DIED OF HIS INJURIKs.-It was stated in
,be GAZETTE last week that Ia tight on
tbe previous Saturday be weea Tom Thorn
nm end Nslsen Wellford, both oolored,
rThorn:on vas cat On the head With hatch
- and 30 badly hurt that It was feared he
vould net recover. On Saturday night
Toorpton died aad Wexford was arrested.
That6a men were 6sotheis.in.iaY. Yes
terdal d.. Parg.s bold en- inquest at Mr..
D,rnaius nudeftakei'a establishment. Ssv-
oral Witnesses g:ere exaniaed, oU5 none al
ihrm cav tie ig6 which occuiteC CO Sat
urdav. thc 5 n, while The TWO Elan were sc
work on Ills TOW o; new buildings being
frected Oh norfn Columbus street.
Mr. Ge5tge Jaes, the contractor who IL
huidlns the houses, testified that be heard
this rnen qusrreliog, and snort while a!ies-
usri Thornton cans cut of tins building s.s.
Ing that Ws:itorl had Gus hin. Ho WAS
carried 10 ,be cffica IF Dr.. B;owD, where he
tekan 10 nis home On O,onooo street, where
he copt pusd under the care Of Dr.. Brown.
d.. B!own tesli6sd that he dressed Thorn-
to,,s ycuod. II vas q clean cut and ex-
lended from abovs the eyebrow doWa and
across the lid 10 the side Of iae nose. The
,qound EGs iLaotsd With 8 eharp Instrument
ard he ala not consider Ii dangerous, but
Mood poison css IN, Which was followed by
Iooki,v. from which death resulted. Thorn
ron is first tc!G him thst he hec cus himself,
bnt aa Saturday admitted that Weiiford mad
~ several wisneesaa testified thai they saw
fhe blood n the building end believed, from
WelHosd'e so,ions at tie zine, that hS ala
me cutting, but no one eew him doit
Til. Jury, OF which Err. J G. Bscknsm
wes foreman. returned the following YER
dict: we, taa Jury, find that Thomas
THORNTON came 10 his death by loeSiaw,
osngs0 by oiow In the face from hat,het
in rio q d. Of Neieun Welford."
WeA!o d mas then locEed rp till taIs
m5rniee, whsu sn examination was held by
Msyor Strauss. The evidence educed this
,norn!pe was about the same az that given
at she Oorones's Inquest Yesterday. except
;hat Wel.folG msdS s.siea.ent. He said
that fie ard Tnorn!Cn were ct ~o,k lathlDg
the HOUSES when they became engsSsd In e
quarrel. Thosnt0n sejz,d hiw by the tbEost.
cursed him and kicked Kim, when Wires,
In ge;f.defsuse, struok Thornton with nis
InthiDg Ratchet. W taess did not thitk be
had seriously lizard Thornton and the two
had made ap sud did no. ioienG to com plain
to ;hs poica about the trouble.
Nat. Thornton, brother OF deceased, tess
tilted that Tem nsd csled him after the out
tinc-witneEs vas OF the floor balow. and on
going above found that Tom had been cut /;
look tbs hatchet from Wexford and drove
him oct Of the building; Tom had told him
at the tine that Wexford had cut hin.
After hearing the evidence WelifoEd was
committed to await the action of the grand
jury. s.. :.
height aud waa ha-dwcrking nan. he
had the corfdence and respect OF bis race
and wss prominent coiored cdd Fsilcw.
Welford is G email mas, and wa!ie ha has
bsen 10 trouble heflre was not regarded as
bad character Il YES sntimatsd that the
two men had had previous trouble about q
lot which Wel!fofd's mother owas aod which
Thornton wanted 20 buy.