Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-05
ALMOST a MURDER.
uoai svaia Ward Of the Dale Nearly KILLED
with a Brick.


Ia evening between and eo'c)ock tho
residents Of Southeast Washington in the yicin-
i,y o. eth and L streets were thrown into .
state q excitement BY the report that there had
been a murder committed and that the victim
wasn stranger In that locality. The victim of
a uulld-be murderer. however. was no, dead.
although when found his life was fast cbbing
as
-cmen Stewart and Evans werc on duty
on - particular bea; at that particular time.
and little girl called their attention TO The
badly wounded man. lie living in pool
OF ho"d in front Of house No. zoos TN street,
and lnd giug from the amount 81 blood on thu
dirt wLere 10 was intended there should be
parking the unfortunate had been there
some minutes at least
without DELAY the officers sent FOR the wagon
and had the supposed dying man removed TO
Providence Hospital
While the physicians At the hospital we're
working on the patient the police were search
ing Tor clue to the mans assailant Near the
spot where the man was picked mp was found =
brick the blood stains on IL indicating that that
missile bad done the bloody work
That fact was atterwara corroborated bv the
physicians al the hospital. who found sew
eral small Particles % brick in the
ugly wound the right side Of the head
near the temple. The patient Ess unconscious
when he reached the hospital and Dr. Bayne
4 performed the trepanniag operation, and u
was then that the particles Of brick were found
Sergt Mulhall also assisted the officers IN the
/ investigation last night. but they were unable
TO find clue 20 the mans assailant This
/ morning Lieut. McCathran put Policeman Over
/ on the case and before noon two men were ar
rested on suspicion that they could give some
Information in the case.
/ The unfortunate man identified later on
as Eugene Ward. boatswain's mate on tho
United States receiving ship Dale. stationed at
] the navy ward.
He left the ship Yesterday afternoon and
early In the evening be with two other
men who are on the ship. They left him and re-
turned TO the ship some time be-
fore the unfortunate occurrence was
discovered. Less than an hour before
he was found he was seen by Policeman stew
art talking TO another man at the corner OF sth
and VI streets southeast. About that time a
marine under the influence Of liquor created a
disturbance in Becker's saloon. but when the
officers reached there he had disappeared.
Who're the injured man Was found l. an out
| of-the-way place, although only one square
| from the cable cars. There are houses on
| either side of the street. and the place IL not
| far from the mouth OF the Navy Yard tunnel
Up TO noon TODAY the officers had not found
any one who could give them information about
the affair, and although they had questioned
many persons living in that neighborhood the
mystery remained unsolved
The patient had regained consciousness this
| morning. He was very weak from the shock
and lose Of blood and the sisters at the ho-pi-
tai thought IL advisable not 10 question him too
| much, ~ IL would lessen his chances for re-
| covery. He said, however. that he had no rec
objection Of what occurred last night.
While the chances are against him, il IL possi-
| BILE that be will recover.