Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-12

but started away. He was only about two
feet away when he heard a plow and,
turning, he saw Mobley falling to the
ground. Mobley put his hand to his head
and cried: "Oh! Harry" Witness walked
as far as 18th street and remained until
he saw the ambulance pass. Then he went
home.
Witness said he knew Greble did not have
stick with wire on 1t.
Physicians Testify.
DR.. William E. whitson of the Emer-
gency Hospital testified that he responded
to call for the ambulance Thursday night
and found Mobley with bruise above and
behind the left ear. There was slight
abrasion of the skin. but there was nothing
IN the outer appearance of the wound to
indicate its serious nature. He found other
symptoms indicating hemorrhage of the
brain and an operation was performed
Witness said that the injury was inflicted
with blunt instrument He thought there
was no wire on the instrument used, for
there was only one slight abrasion. Death,
he thought, was due to hemorrhage
DR.. P. E. Mcdonald, acting deputy coro-
ner, testified that he performed an autopsy
was given witness as sixteen years Wit
ness found the boy was five feet nine and
one-half inches tall and weighed about 100
had been softened and torn, the result of
clot. The skull was not fractured
William GrebIe's Statement.
William Greble. 9S1 / street northwest
made a statement of the affair He testified
that the New York avenue boys were
seated in the park Thursday night. with
sticks in their hands. He had a broom
stick.
Where did you get it?" he was asked
AT home"
He said he saw the boys jump up and run
down 18th street. Somebody struck him on
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over to where Sam Stiles. Lucas and other
larger boys were. He saw Stiles hit one of
the IL street boys with his hand Fred
BAN took piece of pipe away from one Of
the l. street boys. Stiles afterward walked
to the drug store window. where he had
slapped the boy, and picked up a blackjack
As he did SO Stiles remarked:
II thought so. That's what thew are
using now
A special policeman took the blackjack
from stiles. Witness started home soon
afterward, as his father had told him to
be in at 8 o'clock. Then he was told that
the L street boys were on Ilth street
breaking stones, and he went over and
stopped at the fountain in the park instead
OF going home. About fifteen of the L
street boys came to 10th street and New
York avenue. Motley and another boy
came over, and the former struck Arthur
Fenton in the mouth Then Mobley asked
the boys what they were going to do about
1t. He afterward hit Krouse and then
rushed toward him (Greble) with his arm
raised Grebel said he attempted to strike
Mobley on his arm, but he lowered his
arm and caught the blow on his head
Mobley, he said, fell on his side and cried,
on! Harry" and Murder" and Police"
Witness said he had no intention of strik-
ing the boy on his head, and when he
tGrebie) left he had no idea that he had
inflicted serious injury
Did you strike only once?"
struck only once answered Greble,
and L struck in self-defense."
What did Mobley say when he ap-
proached?'
He didn't say anything to me- When
he jumped in the crowd, after he struck
Fenton. he said:
Now, what are you going to do about
Witness said he did not have the wired
stick in his hand at any time. All he had
was the broomstick, and that was broken
by the blow.
Policeman Edwards of the first precinct
testified that most Of the sticks in hts pos
session were handed in by citizens The
piece of stick which was identified by Gre
bic as the one he used the officer picked
up near where the fatal blow was inflicted.
This closed the te inony.