Hutchinson gazette., 1899-10-05
NEGRO BOOTRLACK DTLLED.
He In Shot to Death During n Quarrel
I'm Kansas CITY.

IN haubub OitI'
Kansas City, NO., Oct. 3.-F. II.
Rechow, prominent business man OF
Bolver, No., is in cell NJ police
headquarters charged with killing a
negro, Hilton Turner, in TIM CronIn's
saloon At the corner Of Fourth and
broadway. RechGw came 10 the city
yesterday morning on business for
ne .BoIlver Furnace company. ATter
.ransaclng his business he proceeded
10 take in the sights. with jwl o,h,r
men he had gone TO the nOrth end II
he : city, to TIM Cronn's saloon,
where Turner had boo,black stand.
One cf the white men had had his
shoes shlned and got into an alercn''
lion over the price OF 1t. Rechcw, IN
taking his(companion's part, also be-
came involved with the negro, All
The white men had been drinking, The
row soon assumed q serious aspect,
and light began.
Eye witnesses differ as TO who
struck the first blow. The men were
all outside the saloon In the midst Cf
The crowd that gathered, Some one
of the three men struck the negro, so
says a spectator, and Turner at once
struck back. At this juHciure Il, chow
drew revolver and shot Turner.
The negro ran through the saloon
into storeroom In the back part OF
the room, and fell unconscious. In a
moment Rechow came into The saloon
carrying revolver, lie looked out
the side door and not finding the me-
gro, looked in the closet still not find
ing him, he came ONT OF the closet,
which is at The rear OF the saloon,
into the barroom again,
At this moment Officers West and
Huntsman, who had been ringing
their box half block away, and were
attracted by the crowd and the pistol
shot, entered the saloon, one officer
at each door. On seeing them Rechow
stepped behind the bar and tried to
hand his revolver 10 the barkeeper,
who refused to take 1t. He pointed at
ReChow as the man who had done the
shooting. Rechow in the meantime
had tried to hide his revolver among
the bottles and glasses behind the
bar, but could not succeed, for as
soon as the barkeeper had pointed
him out the officers at once arrested
him and found the revolver just as he
was in the act Of trying TO hide II.
Rechow was taken TO the station
and locked up with the charge of muir
der against HIM
The negro WAS found in the store
room, where he had fallen, very badly
wounded and still unconscious. He
was at once removed to the station in
an ambulance and treated by Police
| Surgeon Longan., but the treatment,
while It brought some relief, could
not prolong the mans life. The ball
had entered his neck little to the
left OF the center in front, and ranged
downward perhaps cutting an artery
and causing internal hemorrhage,
which, together with the shock, killed
him.
The negro, while his name Is Hilton
Turner, also went by the name OF
George Washington, and was known
as a sober and industrious man.
Rechow was not in condition to
talk last night. He broke down when
arrested and after being locked up
sank into maudlin stupor.
An eye witness said yesterday that
| William Scrimisher and man named
Slade were with Rechow. Turner
struck Scrimisher and was about to
strike Rechow when The latter shot.
Passengers arriving in Chicago can by
the New Union Eleva ted Loop, reacb
any part Of the city; or for five cent
are, can be taken Immediately to any OF
tn large stores Of the down town dis
trict.