The sun., 1895-04-08
FOUGHT AT BAY IN A BARN.
a Negro Murderer Kills n Policeman and
Wounds Another and Two Negroes.


JAcKsoNvILLR Fla, April T.-Br!t ,ilcnn,
commonly known as kid Charley" n negro
gambler and desperate. fought for his life in n
barn In an encounter with the police here early
this morning. AS n result two men are dead
and three wounded one Of them probably
mortally.
The killed are:
Napoleon Stucks, negro porter employed in
Ricker's saloon, shot in the throat md his neck
broken; Edward Minor. policeman, shot through
the heart.
Tho wounded are: Jim Clemons, a negro COM
monty known ms Rag Jim;" shot in right
thigh. artery thought TO lie severed and may die.
james Minor, Lieutenant of Police shot in tho
right ankle, wound slight. Negro bootblaok.
name unknown; shot in tho right thigh, wound
slight.
Stucks was the first man killed by Glenn, and
1t was while resisting arrest that he killed
Policeman Minor and wounded the others.
Stucks was killed about o'clock this morning
In tho Rabbit Foot" saloon, a notorious negro
dive on West Bay street.
A crowd Of negroes were in tho saloon and
Glenn drew pistol on negro named Will
Manning. stucks jokingly said that he would
take the pistol away from Glenn. and advanced
He passed by Glenn, however. and went toward
saloon. AS he neared the door he turned
Ground, and Glenn pulled out his pistol and
The bullet had struck him in the throat Just
above the larynx and passed through, breaking
Glenn turned and fed pursued by a large
crowd Of negroes. who soon lost sight Of him in
the darkness. Shortly afterward Lieut.. NJ Minor.
sheriff Bowden, and other officials began a hunt
~ About A., o'clock this morning. they started
subsequently shot was in front of the pursuers,
and he found the negro hiding on lighter in
When Rag Jim" sighted Glenn he gave
loud shout. Tho murderer then ran for East
Jacksonville. He easily dstanced all his pur-
suers.
just as the officers were about to abandon the
pursuit the little hootblack who was afterward
| wounded came running up and said that he
hotel.
AT that time Lieut. James. Minor. his brother,
Policeman Ed Minor, and Policeman Davis
were tho only officers present t. but they were nc
Sy HFE9
the negro answered with a shot. The Officers
returned the fre, emmptying their pistols, but tho
The Minors stepped out to reload and Rag
jim" rushed into the barn. II moment IN he
Minors reent cred, and the tusiliade again began.
J., Soon Ed Minor handed his pistol to his
shot" In three minutes he was dead. The boot
black entered the barn and was wounded.
Of the %ho had
barn to arrest Gsnn dead and
| still in tine barn firing at Glenn.
suddenly, Glenn, rose up and fired. Lieut..
| Minor felt his ankle give way. and knew that
| he was wounded. The shot exhausted Glenn's
ammunition, and the next moment he called
out: Lieutenant, I'll give up If you won't let
| "All right" replied Minor. Throw down
| your pistol and come down."
r. The negro obeyed and the next minute Lieut..
| Minor led his prisoner from the barn. AS tho
Lieutenant stepped forth with his prisoner the
first object that his eyes fell upon was the corpse
| brOfhar n
| barn.
Until then he did not know his brother was
| dead. The officer led the negro toward the city
Jail, which WAS more than mile away, followed
| by an immense crowd, clamoring for the negros
| blood.
Near the city Jail Policeman Holland ap-
| preached with pistol drawn. swearing he would
XII the negro and avenge his brother officer.
| lands head and said:
| This man Is a prisoner. If you shoot him
will blow out your brains"
BY o o'clock there were rumors that a mob
was forming to storm the jail and lynch the
negro. and the officials removed the murderer
secretly to st. Augustine, where he was placed
| in Jail.