The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-17
Police Have No Doubt About the Man.
ner of Clayton's Death.
Burton Gives Himself Up.at the ststiOn-Re-
fuses to Talk-The Victim Once Killed
an Antagonist.
Mrs. Crawford, Proprietress ofthe Craw-
ford House, Gives Her Version.
Evidence Is Gathering to Fasten the Crime
Upon Burton-Clayton's Real Name Was
John j. Jarrett-Full History.

l06fo 10 uo iOuBcE u eutuOW VI QOuDb
that Samuel Clayton. whose death at the
City Hospital. April IL. under circum-
stances suggesting foul play. published IN
the Journal yesterday, was murdered. The
fatal blow was struck with q billiard cue.
and sent the unfortunate man headlong
down q p~recipitate stairway. in OBrien's
saloon, No. 81 South Illinois street. The
open stairway furnished &C once o dam
gerous plunge for the wounded man,
and o plausible explanation of the
cause of the wound to those who wished to
cover up the crime. 1t is now known hat
q billiard cue came rafting down after the
wounded man, but 1t was quickly put out
OF the way.
The fight occurred IN o ga~mbling-room
containing q billiard-table. on the second
feor over the saloon. 1t is reached through
the saloon, by the steep stairway. The
jard-room. the table being more of a blind
than for playing. j. 7. Burton. proprietor
of the joint. who Is accused of striking the
fatal blow, was known to the
police as o gambler. He used Clay
ton al o "capper." and it Is
supposed that q quarrel sprung mp between
the two and that Burton struck him in a
sudden fit of anger. 1t 10 known that just
previous to the fall downstairs. Clayton
went mp the stairs. The time between his
mounting the stairway and his fall was
not enou Oh to have developed o quarrel.
showing that the difficulty must have oc-
CURED previously.
CORONER MANKER's STATEMENT.
Dr. Marker declares that he had no
knowledg &c Of the true inwardness of the
cause of the wound. He says he was
standing in front of the Grand
Hotel on the night of March 81,
and was talking at 1870 o'clock to Sterling
r. Holt and others. when some one. he
does not know who. called him to O'Brien's
saloon. across the street. al went over"
he said last night TO o Journal reporter,
'snd found that DR.. Daniels. who is con-
nected with my Office. mad answered the
call, and was dressing the wound on the
back of the head of q man sitting on q
chair. i asked of those about what th Q
trouble was. and was given the answer
that the man had fallen down stairs. l
looked, and saw that the stairs were very
steep. / saw, also, that the man was
badly hurt, and said he must be
put to bed. Whether his unconscious con-
dition was due to intoxication or c0ncus-
sion from the fall. i could not say. / went
with the men who carried the man up;
stairs IN the Crawford Block and dressed
his wound 1t was q long cut in the back
of the head. When / was done / left the
patient in charge of one of his friends, as |
supposed. In an hour or so the attendant
summoned me- from my Office TO dress the
wound again. l found the patient had be-
come restless and had torn the bandages
OF. His wound was bleeding freely,
and this had scared the attendant. l
.,a.1AA q, pnsuo The A.- - hln.I
and left. i was not called again. but rs
soon as / got down TO business In the morn
ing / notified the hospital to send an am
bulanoe for the man. DIR. Edenharter said
he could not spare the ambulance until
after dinner. About 10 o'clock in the
morning l went up to see my patient,
whose name 1 did not know and whom l
had never seen until called to the saloon.
j found he had his glasses on and had EVIL
IDENTIFY been reading or trying to
read q newspaper. | took the glasses off
myself, and saw that he was in no
condition to read. He was then lying on
che bed. I heard some one. had brought
him several glasses OF whisky. 4 do not
know whether he regained full conscious
ness before saw him or not. nor with
whom be had talked or what he said. The
ambulance called for him between IL and
o'clock, just as i was passing, and knowing
what it had come for. 1 went over to as
sist In putting the patient into it. A few
days after 1 met Dr. E~denharter on the
0EAGoN a. " ~ Anoh
on. He answered that be wa doing very we'll.
In q few days more. / heard erisy pelas had
set In, and as erlsy pelas Is very dangerous
In connection with wounds. L said that |
died i was notified by the superintendent
Of the hospital"
"Why did you order q post-mortem ex-
animation was asked.
Because the law requires q post IN ortem
In cases of causslty where the reason of
death 10 not clearly known. DR.. Daniels
and DIR. Hessler made their examination.
Here in my hand Showing the reporter
several sheets OF paper Is their report. 1t
states that there was no fracture OF the
skull. but there were large tumOrs of blood
in the brain, which was very
much congested. The cut or the
scalp was vertical and parallel
on the right side of the head midway back
of the ear and the medal vertical line.
AS usual in such cases. | examined all the
witnesses l could reach, and up until this
talk of murder. of which 1 knew not the
slightest thing. | thought my information
was enough for q verdict. / have here the
testimony of Jack Riley, the bartender.
de says be saw. Clay ton going up stairs.
and very soon heard a noise as If some one
were falling down stairs. Daniel O'Brien
testified TO the same thing. Both say that
Clayton was a hard drinker and had been
very drunk all day and night when the
thing about seeing n billiard cue. / will
use every effort TO get all the further III
formation i can."
BURTON HIMSELF.
7. j. Burton. the alleged murderer.
walked into the telephone office of the sta
tion-house last night just as officer Tom
Stout settled himself down to read IN &C.
count of the affair in O paper.
lis Mr.. Colbert herei' he asked.
Officer Stout did not recognize him, and
said:
NO. IL there anything l can do for your
my name is Burton. / understand you
want me here"
"Oh." said the officer. "just sit down, and
will call the superintendent and captain
of detectives
Superintendent Colbert and Captain
Splann FASTENED to the station. and at once
informed Burton that he was wanted on a
charge of numbering Samuel Clayton. He
was taken TO the turkeys room, where his
name was recorded on the slate with a
charge OF murder against IL. He was then
returned To- the detectives apartment,
whore be was vigorously questioned by
both officers.
did you kill Sam Claytonf" Superin.
tendent Colbert asked.
mo. am not guilty" was the reply.
Were yon present when the murder was
committedf'
81 have nothing TO say"
That was the answer 10 every other Ques-
ton put 10 the prisoner. He is young. but
has the ~shrewdness of a man whC
lives by his bare wits, aud had
evidently been posted upon the