Evening star., 1900-08-15
" Buck" Alexander Accused of Will
fully Killing Matthew Snow.
THE VICTIM A WELL KNOWN HhCKMkN
Statement Made by the AssaiIant
After His Arrest.
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Snow. who was cabman. forty y-five years
old. IS al the morgue. Cerebral hemorrhage
/ following a fracture of the skull caused
/ Shows death. The prisoner admits that he
/ inflicted the fatal injuries, although he had
/ no idea, he said. that his blows would re-
/ suit so seriously. Alexander says he beat
| his victim with his fist because the latter
grabbed him by the leg as he was walking
! through Marble alley. aud he also says that
Snow bith his leg. although there are no
| prints of the teeth to bear out his asser-
| ton.
| Snow was perfectly sober. it is said, while
! the man now under arrest was very much
under the influence of liquor. The tragedy
occurred in Marble alley, south of Pennsyl-
1 vania avenue, between AZ and 9th streets,
| shortly after o'clock last night, and the
victim died at the Emergency Hospital
| about l o'clock this morning
| 9" Buck Alexander hit me for nothing"
was the dying mans explanation OF the
\ assault.
Acting Coroner Glazebrook viewed the
! body at the morGue this morning and con-
cluded that an inquest could not be held
/ until tomorrow. on account Of other cases
| taking up his time today. Coroner hewitt,
who takes charge Of The duties of the Of
, flee tomorrow, Will conduct the hearing.
Hackmnn for Many Years.
Matt" Snow, as he was familiarly known.
| and it is stated had attended more funerals
| than almost any other hackman of his age.
| His stable was in the rear Of Az Missouri
avenue and his living apartments were on
! the second floor of the building. Last night
! he left his home after putting his horses
away for the night, and seated himself
| or a big stone that rested against the
| building at the intersection OF the alleys,
hoping to recover from the effects Of the
| prevailing heat. He seated this
| stone enjoying the breeze when he was
Saulted.
| Buck" Alexander lives at 4T1I2 Missouri
| avenue with his parents. His father is
| blind and his mother is employed a clerk
! In the Agricultural Department. The son
| has also worked in the department green
| houses, as Well as at the propagating gar
| denS. Alexander and friend named John
! Rose, who keeps his horse and buggy in a
| stable in the rear of 331 Missouri avenue,
| went out driving yesterday afternoon. Miss
| Mary Irwin of 2O7 AZ street southwest and
! Miss Edna Burgess, who lives in Mrs. Alex
| anders house, also went out for a drive.
| They went in George w. Tilmau's carriag.
/ and the party stopped al a roalhouSe in
/ Prince Georges county, near Bladensburg.
| When the quartet left the Maryland re-
| sort Alexander had taken about as much
liquor as he could stand. The drive home
| did not improve his condition. and soon
! after he reached the stable. in Marble alley.
| he came upon Snow. upon whom, as stated
| he inflicted fatal injuries.
The Assault.
Alexander was in front of Tillman's
| stable talking to the colored hackman. who
had driven the girls named to their homes
| and walking over to where Snow was sits
ting. it is said. he grabbed the inofTensiye
| man by the wrist with his left hand and
| proceeded to beat his face with his right
hand. Snow was so completely overcome
/ by surprise that he was unable to defend
| himself Fully a dozen blows had been in
| fiicted, when Snow fell to the copblestone
| pavement from the stone on which he was
sitting. He was so much exhausted that
| he was unable to get up without assistance.
| William walters, colored hackman,
| picked him up and carried him to of
/ the stables, where he was made as COM
| Portable possible and treated with reme-
dies. He resained consciousness, and when
| asked by Walters to explain how he was
| injured he said Alexander had beaten him
| for nothing.
Isaac Derrit, colored. who witnessed the
affair, told the police that Alexander used
what he thought was set of iron or brass
knuckles but none of the other witnesses
/ claim to have seen such a weapon. The
prisoner says he used only his bare fist.
While the men in the alley Were caring
! for Snow a young man who had heard a
| noise in AleXanders house rushed across
Pennsylvania avenue. where he saw Lieut..
/ Moore. Sergt Byrnes and Policeman
/ Rover standing in front of the National
| Hotel. 2
Come around here on Missouri avenue"
| the man said to the officers. Buck Alex
/ ander's breaking up all the furniture in
/ his mothers house.
! The officers hurried to the Alexander
4 house, but upon their arrival there every
| thing was quiet. and they would probably
! nave gone away had not some one Volun-
! teered the Information that Alexander had
assaulted man in the alley. Looking into
the alley they saw crowd in front of the
stable, and upon learning OF what had hap
pened the officers went into the Alexan-
der home and arrested Buck"
The injured man was sent to the hospital
Makes an Admission.
When the prisoner was taken into the
alley he remarked:
I'm the man who struck Matt Snow"
Snow was unconscious when he reached
the Emergency Hospital, and was in a
dying condition. The doctors soon decided
that the case was a hopeless one. although
they labored hard to save Shows life. His
face was badly bruised, and there was an
ugly cash in the left side Of his head There
was also big bruise near the base Of the
skull Snow did not regain consciousness
before he died.
ptal to see him before his death. as did
Mrs. Alexander, mother of the prisoner.
This morning Alexander was interviewed
by Star reporter in his cell at the sixth +
precinct station. He said he felt better
this morning than he did last night, as I
he was drunk at that time He had not
Dttl SO t'lutIllly- lndl ne ull not
know what happened. After telling of his
trip to the road house and his return TO
the stable in the alley, he said he was on
his way to his home when the trouble
occurred. Snow, he said, grabbed him by
the legs and was biting him, and he (AleN-
ander) began striking him. He denied that
he had used brass knuckles, and said he
struck him with his bare fist. Prior to
Shows catching hold of his leg. he said.
they had never had any trouble, and
Shows conduct at that time, he added
rhs sata1xY ,ffaer aFal
sault He said he had no idea that Snow
would die.
Alexander was measured and photo
graphed today for the gallery at head
quarters. Later he was returned to the
sixth precinct station, where he will be
held until the inquest occurs tomorrow
morning.
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