The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-04-10
A NIGHT OF BLOOD.
Two Men Instantly Killed and
Three Wounded,
ONE PROBABLY FATALLY,
BY Negro Gambler and Desperate.
The Murderer Is
Chased by Officers and a Terrible Battle
Ensues-One of the Men Killed Is q
Policeman-The Desperate
Finally Surrenders.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, April S.-Brit
Glenn, commonly known as kid
Charlie" a negro gambler and desper.
ado, ran amuck here early yesterday
morning and as a result two men are
dead and three wounded, one of them
probably fatally.
The killed are: Napoleon Stucks,
negro porter, shot in the throat and
his neck broken; Edward Miner, po-
liceman, shot through the heart
The wounded are: Jim Clemons, q
negro commonly known as Rag Jim,"
shot in the right thigh, artery thought
to be severed and may die; James Mi.
nor, lieutenant of police, shot in the
right ankle, wound slight; negro boot.
black, name unknown, shot in the
right thigh, wound slight.
Stuclks was the first man killed by
Glenn, and it was while resisting ar
rest that he killed Policeman Ed Mi
nor and wounded the Others. Stucks
was killed about | o'clock Sunday
morning, in the "Rabbit-foot" saloon,
q uOOOl lOuS ucS IO ulVe'
A crowd of negroes were in the saloon
and Glenn drew pistol on negro
named Manning. Sucks jokingly said
that he would take the pistol away
from him and advanced toward Glenn.
He passed by Glenn, however, and
went toward the back park of the
saloon. AS he neared the door he
turned round and Glenn drawing his
pistol, fired. No words passed between
the two men and no quarrel of any
kind was heard. As soon as Stucks
was shot he rushed out of the front
door of the saloon and fell dead near
the steps Examination showed that
the bullet had struck him in the throat
and passed through, breaking his neck.
Glenn turned and fled as his victim
was falling pursued by large crowd
of negroes, VINO soon lost sight of him
in the darkness. Shortly after, Lieut..
Minor, Sheriff Bowden add other offi.
cials arrived on the scene and began
an organized hunt for Glenn.
About o'clock in the morning the
chase had led into East Jacksonville
and the officers were gathered near
Hotel Roseland, completely mystihed
as to his whereabouts. Just as they
were about to abandon the pursuit in
that direction, the little bootblack
who was afterwards wounded, came
running up and said that he
had seen negro running into
barn near the hotel. At that time
Lieut.. James Minor, his brother, po-
liceman Ed Minor, and Policeman Da.
Wis were the only officers present, but
they were accompanied by a large
crowd of negroes who were as intent
on capturing Glenn as the officers, in.
asmuch as StucRs, the murdered man,
had been a favorite with his race.
On learning that the negro was in
the barn the officers and crowd APP
preached. Policeman Ed Minor and
Lieut.. Minor were the first to enter.
They found that he had climbed up into
a loft in the barn and was lying behind
a pile of lumber which formed an eff
fectual barricade.
Lieut.. Minor called on Glenn to sur
render and the negro answered with
shot. The officers returned the fire,
emptying their pistols The Minors
stepped out to reload and Rag jim"
rushed into the barn. In a moment
he staggered out, bleeding from dan
gerous wound in the thigh. Then the
Minors re-entered and the fusilade be-
gan again. Soon Ed Minor handed his
pistol to his brother, the lieutenant
saying: Jim, I'm shot" Then the
brave fellow staggered out of the
barn, laid down on the grass and in
three minutes was dead. The little
bootblacll who had disclosed the
hunted mans place of hiding, here en-.
tered the door, only to receive bullet
in his thigh.
The fusilade had now continued for
ten minutes and of four men who had
entered the barn to arrest Glenn, one
was dead and two were wounded.
Lieut. Miner however, was still in the
barn firing at Glenn, who lay in safety
behind the lumber Then Lieut. Minor
felt his ankle give way and knew that
he was wounded; but the shot that
wounded the lieutenant had exhausted
Glenn's ammunition and the next mo-
ment he called out: Lieutenant, I'll
give up il you won't let them kill me-"
"All right" replied Minor, throw
down your pistol and come down"
The negro obeyed and the next min
ute Lieut.. Minor led the negro from
the barn. AS he stepped forth with
his prisoner the first object that his
eyes fell upon was the corpse OF his
brother, lying near the door of the
barn. Until then he did not know
his brother was dead.
The lieutenant led the negro to-
ward the city jail, which was more
than mile away, followed by an i'm.
mense crowd clamoring for the negro's
blood. Near the city Jail Policeman
Ed Holland approached with pistol
drawn, swearing he would kill the me-
gro and avenge his brother officer. The
lieutenant placed his pistol against
Hollands head and said: This man
is prisoner. II you shoot him, Twill
blow out your brains" So he brought
the negro safely to jail. This was but
o'clock, and by o there were rumors
that mob was forming to storm the
jail and lynch the negro.
The officials, in order to run no risks,
removed the negro secretly from the
Jail, rowed him across the st. Johns
river, tagged the train for st. Angus
Tine when 1t passed and carried the
negro to thatcity where he was placed
IN jail. 4