New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-08
HOT CHASE AFTER A NEGRO.
HE HAD MURDERED ONE MAN, AND IN
HIS FLIGHT KILLED ANOTHER.
THREE MORE OF HIS PURsUERs WOUNDED. ONE
PROBABLY FATALLY-JACKsoNvILLE Ne

THREE MORE OF HIS PURsUERs WOUNDED. ONE
PROBABLY FATALLY-JACKsoNvILLE Me-
GRoEs AROUSED OVER THE AFFAIR.
Jacksonville, Fla April Brit Glenn COM
monty known as kid Charlie" a negro gambler
and desperate. ran amuck here early this morn
ing. and as result two men dead and three
wounded, one of them probably fatally Tne
killed are Napoleon Stucks. a negro porter, en-
ployed in Rickers saloon, shot In the throat ana
neck broken; Edward Minor. policeman, shot
through the heart The wounded are Jim
Clemons a negro commonly known as Rag
jim" shot In right thigh, artery thought to be
severed. and may die: James Minor, lieutenant
of police shot In the right ankle, wound slight;
negro bootblack name unknown. shot In the
right thigh. wound slight
Stacks was the first man killed by Glenn, and
Il was while resisting arrest that he Killed Minor
and wounded the others. Stucks was Killed about
O'Clock this morning in the Rabbit Foot
saloon. a notorious resort IN west Bay-st' Gienn
turned and fed as his victim was falling pur-
sued by a large crowd Of negroes. who soon lost
sight Of him in the darkness.
Shortly af,erward Lieutenant Minor. Sheriff
Bowden and other officials arrived on the scene
and began an organized hunt for Glenn all the
negro in the western portion or the city De-
ing searched. and about o'clock THIS morning
they started their game. Rag Jlm' one Vi '"e
negroes subsequently shot was In 'front.' OF the pur-
suers and he found the negro hiding on hgfter
in McCcys Creek half a mile from the scere ol
the murder. Tho murderer ran due east foiIo"eu
by a crowd Of people. He headed FOR East 'ach-
sonville and finally disanced all MS purSuefS'
Just 40 the officers about to abandon the pur-
suit the little bootblack. who was afterwar'
wounded. came running up and said that ne hai
seen a negro running into barn near the Ho'ei
Roseland At that time Lieutenant James Mlnor'
his brother. ed" Minor, and another Policeman
Davis were the only officers present but 'hey
were accompanied by a large crowd OF negroes
who were a intent on capturing Glenn as the OIL
Gers. as Stucks the murdered man. had been
favor1te with his race.
on learning that the negro was in the barn
the officers and crowd approached The Two
ui,ors ,varo the frs, To- enter They found that
,he negro had clmed UP into loft In the barn
and was lying behind a pile Of lumber wnich
formed On efrectual barricade. Lieutenant minor
called on Glenn to surrender. and the negro an
swored with a shot. The officers returned 'he
fire emptying their pistols but the negro was
effectually protected by the lumber. The Mlnors
stcrped out TO reload and Rag Jim rusfied
int, the barn. In moment he staggered out
bleeding from dangerous wound In the thleh'
Then the Minors re-entered ana the iusH"'
again began Soon Ed Minor handed MS pistol
- his brother. the lieutenant, saying "Jir I'm
sho, Then the brave fellow staggered out or
,,e harm Law down on the ground and in three
minutes was dead. The little bootolacK VINO ''"i
disclosed the hunted mans place OF hiding here
q
nigh. which. however. did not inhict a serious
wound
The fusillade had n W continued for ten min
u,os and q, the four men who had entered the
barn t. arrest Glenn. one was dead ana TWO
y,oro wounded Lieutenant Minor. however. was
strl f., tho barn firing at Glenn. who lay in safety
L.hini thn lumber suddenly Glenn rose up anu
fired and dropped back behind the tu'ilprr
Then Lieutenant Minor felt his ankle CIV MSS. S.
nrI knew that he was wounded But the sH'.
,baf wounded the lieutenant had exhausted
Glenn's ammunition. and the next moment ne
allied ont: Lieutenant. I'll give up II you won l
let IN kill me , .,,-
AN right." replied Minor. lhro" """" ''''
pistol and come down. ,,..1,
rhs negro obeycd and the next minute Iieuten-
ant Minor led his prisoner from the Darn ~ ,bo
lb.ut.nou, stepped forth with his prisoner the
ars, ,hin,, that his eyes fell upon was the corpse
- his brother lying near the door ol tllc "a. i
Until then he did not know ms oroth"r wa ,u
Tho officer led the prisoner toward the 'l,l jail
which was more than mile away, foiIpWcd uS a.
immense crowd clamoring for the negro > pi'ou ,'
Xcar the city Jail "A policeman named Holland APP
proachcd with pistol drawn. swearing ne "ould ,eh
KIN the negro and avenge his brother ono az.
lieutenant placed his pistol against hotIahd >
b,.,1 ana said. This man H. a prisoner. IL you
shoot him will blow out your brains -
I,y . o'clock there were rumorS that '"oo W.
forming To storm the jail and lynch the hesn9 sn,
This rumor proved To be untrue. put me OH
cials I'm order 70 run no risk. removed the l'ut-
derrr secretly from the jail rowed MN across t,.e
- Johns River tagged the train for 81 August.
rim. when I, passed. and carried him 10 that
civ where he was placed In jail
The Rabbits Foot saloon. In whch ~ ntucAs
was Killed by Glenn. Is noted ior ,nv ,S
~ tho murders occurring therein. SUCKS Is the
sixth man killed there in two years. ana NOT one
- the murders has been followed by hanging
TN, last one undoubtedly VIII De-