The morning times., 1896-04-12

| Bryan Mackall. with knife in his heart,
fell dead Oh the Anacostia bridge at 10
| O'Clock last night.
The blood OF the murdered maS dyS.S
scarlet splasheS on the soggy plankiha of
the bridge, GickIed family to the river
and passed away on the black ebb tide
that swept beneath the bridge.
Thornton Burreil, charged with the MUIR
der, was arrested at 1 O'Clock this morn
| ing. The evidence is strongly against
| him.
The victim and the suspect are both
! coiored, both have criminal re cords, neither
was useful to society ana both are believed
| to have been under the excitemnet Of
| alcohol.
The death was the result of a fight,
and the fight was the climax of longstand-
| ing hatred between the men. The Ana
| costa bridge, at its brightest, Is gloomy.
| Last night, with every star shrouded in
| mist, the black waters of the Anacostia
| splashing in mournful rhythm and with a
| few faded gas jets casting yellow rays
! across the stretch of black. 1t formed an
ideal setting for murder.
WERE TWO WITNESSES.
Two young men, Leonard Anderson and
| James Martin, were lounging against the
! iron railing on the west footway OF the
south causeway.
The sound OF voices could be heard
| coming from the north end OF the bridge.
| The voices we're lusty and cheerful. No
| angry words were spoken. There seemed
to be three voices in the chorus.
Soon the figures OF the men who were
heard talking came in view OF the two
young men who were loungng on the
railing They were swinging leisurely
along. Anderson and Martin recognized
| them as William Wenns, Edward Butler
and Thornton BuTrcll.
A man was walking rapidly in the op-
! posiJc direction. The loungerS watched
him idly. He continued northward along
! Bridge street, crossed the tracks of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad and entered
| upon the Causeway OF the bridge. The
! lOungers knew him as Bryan Mackall.
The trio and the lone pedestrian met
| at a point where the brick paving of the
/ causcway and the pianking OF the bridge
| join. The four men stopped. Two or
/ three oaths were uttered in hurried order.
Blows were exchanged. Two OF the men,
Burrell and Mackau, grappled. The ioung-
erS saw this. They saw the CLEAN of
steel as it flashed in the light of gas
lamp, they saw Mackall run few steps
and fan, and they saw Burreil, Wcns and
Butler flee toward AnacostIa.
PRAYED FOR vENGENCE.
Anderson and Martin saw the stricken
negro raise his hands toward the mist
dimmed heavens and heard him cry: ''Oh,
Lord, give me strength to get even" Then
he fell face downward. The two loungers
ran to him and be said: I've got a knife
in mt" Then Mackall gasped. A trcLor
ran through him AMI he died. Surgical aid
was called but it was OF noavail. The po
lice were notified and the patrol wagon of
the Fifth precinct was called. The manwas
rushed to Emergency Hospital, bnt the sur
gcons said: Been dead sometime" The
wagon rolled to the morguc, and there on
cold stoneSiab the body rests. Thecoroner
was notified and an inquest will probably
be held today.
Policeman Marr captured Burrell after
midnight. He admits having fought with
MackaIl. but denies that he cut him. He
would not tell the cause OF their quarrel.
Tue murdered man was twenty two years
old and unmarried. He lived with his
father, Henson Mackall, at the corner OF
Nichols ami Sheridan avenues, under Doug
lass Hall, il HillSdaie. He has served several
sentences III iail AMI the woTkhouse for as
saults, affrays and crap.
Thornton Burreli is twenty years old
and lives inHilsdale. He ana his victim had
known each other since childhood.