Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-10-17
YOUNG MAN FATALLY STABBED
At a Notorious Resort Near Cutler Saturday
Evening.
DETAILS OF THE HORRIBLE AFFAIR.
Both Had Been Drinking and Quarreled,
Probably over n Girl Lucas Now
In Jail in This City.

Vinton Male, young colored man
whose home was near Cutler, was ia
tally stabbed by Jesse Lucas. another
young colored man, at the house of
Robert Cunningham, two and a half
miles west of Cutler, Saturday even
ing. The instrument of death was an
ordinary pocket knife The affair is
supposed to have been the result of
jealous quarrel over one of Cunning
hams girls The Cunningham house
has reputation that is far from good
and is said to be rendezvous for all
the tough characters in that neighbor-
hood
The details of the affair as told to a
Leader man by Lucas at the county
jail yesterday, is as follows:
Lucas has been employed as section
hand on the T. & o. c. E. railroad, and
had worked all day Saturday on the
read. After he quit work in the even
ing, he started to the old tool house
beyond Cutler to get dinner bucket
he had left there some time ago. While
on the road he met some boys, among
ther, Harlow, and they all decided to
go to the Cunningham house. The
prisoner says that he had taken
drink previous to the trouble at the
house. and that he did not drink
enough to intoXicate him. He says
that quarrel resulted between him
and Male, and the latter getting angry
because Lucas sat down on the bed be-
side the girl and began talking to her.
Lucas refused to tell the particulars
of the killing, but said he went home
afterward and did not attempt to es-
cape and that he was there when ar
rested by Constable George Henry
Sunday morning.
Constable Henry says that there had
probably been bad blood existing be-
tween the two boys for some time, as
they were rivals for the affections of
the Cunningham girl. Witnesses say
that Male had a revolver and a razor
during the evening, but Lucas stated
Monday afternoon that he did not see
Male have any weapons.
The knife entered Males left breast
about three inches below the left nip
pie, and he died in about fifteen min
utes in the Cunningham house
Squire Featherson, of Rome, Athens
county, was present during the quar-
rel and tried to persuade the boys to
desist, but they would not.
1t is also said that Male threw
large rock at Lucas's head, which the
latter lodged and then in self defense
he struck the fatal blow. 1t is also in
timated that the other Male boy took
hand in the racket and that his arrest
will soon follow.
Vinton Male was about twenty years
of age, was the son of Lyman Male,
and he had the reputation of being
rather tough. His funeral occurred
yesterday.
Jesse Lucas is about twenty years Of
age and is the son of Granville Lucas,
a well known respected colored
preacher He has always borne the
reputation Of being a hard worker and
those who know him say he has been
a young man of good habits and dlspo-
sitlon Neither of the young men was
married.
Lucas was arrested by Constable
George Henry Sunday morning and
had a hearing before Squire w. r.
Simpson of Decatur township, Sunday,
He was bound over to the grand jury
on the charge of manslaughter.
He was brought to this city Monday
by Constable George Henry and is now
in the county Jail.