The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-26
Al Key9Wcst, and Martial LAWS
Threatened
Two MURDERS COMMITTED.
~ A MOST BRUTAL AND pNPRo-
svoKED MANNER--THE GRO
TEsouE MUNICIPAL coNDI.
STioNs-A GUARD or TWENTY
FIVE MARINES ASKED FOR 70
4 PROTECT THE NAVAL STATION.
THE TOWN FILLED WITH
TouaHs AND DEpRAvED CAMP
4 FOLLOWERS. s.5

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gsyKEY WEST, u Fla, May 25,-Key
West IS suffering from reign Of ter
\ for, Two murders were committed dur-
Eng thejnightt and the best citizens feel
& thai unless the town is promptly nut
UNDERNEATH law a state Of riot may
prevail at any moment.
The police force consists OF three
men, and With streets and grogshops In
Tested with turbulent tackles. negroes
and roughs Of many classes, the danger
\ to the respectable classes is no mean
one. is5
! I'm consequence OF last nights blood
shed,,y Commander Forsythe has al
( ready asked for q guard OF Twenty-Five
marines to protect the naval station
and government dock and strong efforts
,.aretbeing made by citizens to have mar
Stial law declared. Z. y = :
z ssThile William Carne, n seaman on
the Auxiliary gunboat Morrill,, and
Vladimir Ichnitski, a sailor OF another
$gunboat, were sitting In Cuban coffee
shop. last night, Charles Kitchen, q I. To-
Z cal negro, approached, bearing q rifle
on his shoulder, and. without a word Of
iwarning, he aimed II at the sailors and
fired. One shot struck the Russian on
1.-THE back OF his neck, inlicting q wound
q from which. he died at This hospital "a
few hours later. A second shot Srazed
I Carne.s forehead and as the latter leap
5sedto his feet, the !neuro closed In upon
him and beat hlmon the head with the
butt OF his rifle until the stock OF the
D weapon broke, and the sallorilayCsense-
less The crowd that witnessed the az
fair, made no attempt to Interfere and
I Kitchen escaped! n N.
Sheriff knight organized o posse and
spent the night in pursuit OF Kitchen.
X He was found in a lot early this morn
sfng, but dashed into doorway, escap-,
! ed through the house and had not been
captured up 10 10 o'clock. n 4
IS TheBexa cause OF the shooting Is un-
< eerkain. but 1t is said to have been
Kitchens jealousy Of his wife.
The victim Of the second crime was
K John; j. Dorsey. reputable machinist OF
Manateo. Fla. about fifty-five years Of
! age. He was found dead early this
4 morning Ina vacantslot near the Key
West hotel. There were bloodstains on
his head and bruises on his face and
meek. Dorsey was man OF family and
owned an orange grove at Manateo. He
recently came here. and secured a gov
4 eminent job. He was. paid off yester-
day; and after paying his board bill had
seven or eight dollars in his possession.
: Following lively drinking bout in
{ tavern a few yards from the lot where
{ his body was found. Dorsey left the
= placesand was followed by Charles
Z. Wallace "a coachman and leader of the
..Bottle Gang, an organization OF
+ young Key5,West toughs., Nothing wns
seen of the. two men until the body was
Il foundE thisqmorning withNGthe,.;mon
gone. Wallace was soon afterwards arr
rested.
The; employees ofthe hotel say they
heard shot and revolver with one
! empty chamber was. found on Wallace.
He denies any, knowledge OF the killing,
but he! said TO the sheriff. 4
You need not be afraid the old man
was shot. He was choked to death. "s
" Al further examination OF the body
Z showed that this was probably correct.
The municipal conditions would be
i classed as grotesque normally, to say
nothing OF war times. How long they
" have existed Is puzzle; but they first
Il became manifest soon, after the arrival
here OF two companies OF the colored
TWenty-flfth Infantry. One OF these
soldiers became involved in shooting
affair on the street and was lodged In
the county jail. Half an hour later a
body OF his comrades, with rifles, march
\ sed on the Jail and forclbly liberated
3 him, the sheriff being powerless to
& prevent It. Since. then this harbor has
become the base of operations for ) a
4 number OF free and easy saloons,
crowded night after night with Jack
les" and rowdies OF all classes. S;
5ss Early this week general fight occur
red in one of these taverns and no less
+ than four sailors suffered broken heads.
The impoteat police force of three men
N saw the whole affair. but,of course, could
do nothing. Within the past month
4 Observation-Disclosures