The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-07-01
STABBED HIS BROTHER.
BLACK Dick" Raggett Held for
an Awfu! Crime.
DE Declares He Is Innocent and Asserts
That His Relative Was Slashed While
Fcoling" With Friend.

bloody tragedy that is still yelled In
mystery occurred at 10 o'clock last night I'm
one OF the rooms Of the Root House on
Fourth street, near Mission. The room was
occupied by two brothers, Richard A. and
William Raggett. Richard is known to the
police and residents in the vicinity Of the
Root House as BLACK Dick" Fred STAN
ley" and ''Dlck De We're"
His brother William also had an alias, and
was known as rather dissolute young
fellow who could use hypodermic syringe
when charged with morphine most skill
fully.
Black Dick, who is a short young man
with c0al-black hair and mustache and a
swarthy complexion, is also addicted to tie
vices which the Chinese brought with them
to California. He is a barkeeper, and is
said to obtain the drugs and liquors which
he Graves by funds supplied by fallen
woman known on Morton street as Josie.
BLACK DICK.
Shortly after 10 o'clock Black Dick, who
q believed TO be Implicated IN several burg
aaries of recent occurrence and who In cOu-
sequence has been under police surveillance
emerged from the Root House with ms
BRO her in his arms. Blood was Moving
from Williams breast and the sleeves OF
Cck's White shirt were spatteTed with II.
Es bel left his coat behind.
Al Eroyer's saloon, on tie corner OF Mis-
sion and Fourth streets, Raggett paused
wita his bleeding burden and Informed The
crowd which quickly gathered around him
that his brother had been cut, and mat ne
was SC .ng 10 ind Dr. CALVIN, who had ms
cf8ce lear the corner. A chair was Dr0dsht
faf the wounded man, and BLACK DICK
speedily disappeared.
M )ysianders saw that Williams condi-
tian gss critical. The blood was pouring
trra is breast and hi face had become
ghssty pale. After several minutes had
passed and Dick had failed 10 return the
poics we're notified and w liam was placed
h. Iatrol-wagon and taken to The Re-
eeiy r. Hospital.
TOLD DIFFERENT STORIES.
on the way to the hospital he toll the
06eerl that he had been cut while foeling
i.h us brother, but when placed upon
ti'o 0perating-tabie he told the surgeon that
h bad cut himself Willie playing with
gahie-knfe.
Hs cody garments were taken off and a
Seru and Jagged wound was found upon his
siza east; the knife with which he had
bssD abbed had perforated the lung and
lie ,eOn quickly came 10 the conclusion
thAE iits wound was fatal.
''Sarey YOU did not make that wound
yourself p" he said to the patient. You
eeud not make it yourself"
EaggeJt thought for few moments and
SAID Il was fooling with Dick. He had
kail3 IN his hand,s and as We wreStled to-
esther felk against ii and il went into my
EE-ste That's all I've got 10 say about it,"
p acE Dick, after leaving his brother at
Rogers saloon, returned 10 the room in the
Root House, where lie was subsequently
found by tie police. and taken to the South
esl station.
FOUND IN THE ROOM.
IL L..e room the officers found pool Of
blood, an oveTcOat that had been literally
cut intO shreds. and Il bloody dagger that
had been hidden under iable-coyer.
They decided to take Dick TO the Receiv-
Iag Hospital and C nfront him with his
slowly dying brother. On the way he said
tbatbe Fad been 'fooling" with his brother,
And went out OF the room for few mo-
nehts. leaving young man named William
Nadleigl behind. him With his brother.
When he returned he met his brother at the
door, and tie latter told him that he had
been ut Nedleigh had disappeared.
tl The presence OF the Chief OF Police and
Sergeant MItham Dick was taken TO the
bedside OF his brother. who had Just re-
eeiyed the last sacrament of the church.
The dying man was in a semi-cOn scious
condition and was with some difficulty
aroused.
RECOGNIZED HIS BROTHER.
he recognized his brother and began TO
sob and f,rOan.
"0b. my God. Willie" Dick exclaimed.
las5 h9 f4u t as a. me for stabbinE you.
The sufferer turned his face, and after a
Sew mnments said distinctly: NO, you
didn't DC it. It's all a mistake. / did it
myself.
Chief Crowley held up the tattered over
coat and asked tie wounded man to whom
L belonged.
''lt is mine" was the answer
Black Dicks bloody shirt was removed
Rna nc was taken into the prison, where he
was again questioned concerning the ARRAY
BE made several contradictory statements
and then declared that he had nothing to
say 70 the press. He repeated the story
shout VI Edleigh to the Chief of Police, who
took very little stock in It.
When William Raggett entered the Re
ceivIng Hospital he told Mrs. Kaar, the
patron, story about the trouble with his
brother, in which be accounted for the
aeaSer in which the coat had been slashed.
He told the mstron that he offered
the ecs, which was his and was too
anal Tor him, TO Dick, but the latter
Tor seme reason took Offense at the offer, and
holding the garment by the collar began 10
slash at 1t with a knife. William rushed
toward him to prevent the destruction of
tba eaat md in doing so ran against the
point OF The dagger
81 an early hour this morning William
was still alive, suffering aeutely and rapidly
sinking His widowed mother, who lives
e GO Grove street, younger brother and q
slsGer we're present.