The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-09

William Stump viii be put on trial this
morning in Criminal Court No. !. before
Justice Clabaugh, charged with the muir
der Of James Lee. colored. on December
l6 last. 1t was the intention Of District
Attorney Anderson to call this case to
trial during the last term of the Supreme
Court Of the District, but other business
necessitated its delay The trial OF Charles
L. McUin. charged with the murder Of
Robert Turner on December %, was also
set for hearing last month. but was post
poEed for the same reason as was the
trial OF Stump.
According to the reports of the affair
made at the time of the killing Of Lee.
the trouble which led to his death &C
CURED in a workshed in Georgetown,
where he was employed by Stump. A
quarrel followed Lees refusal to obey
certain order given him by stump. as to
the manner in which he should prepare
a meal of yictuals Seeing that he did rot
intend 20 follow his order, stump. il is
said ordered Lee TO leave. The latter
again refused and when Stump insisted
upon his going Lee attacked him with a
stick Of wood. striking stump several
blows Believing his life TO be in danger,
( stump says he drew a pistol and fred
at Lee. 1t is claimed that Lee was a
vicious and quarrelsome man, and that
several witnesses. who knew him in Cum
berland County. Maryland viii be called
TO testify for the defence.
Following the trial of Stump. Charles
L. McUin will Be called to answer for the
killing of Robert Turner. 1t is stated
that the accused was prompted TO his at
tack upon Turner by Jealousy. According
TO the story Of the killing as told at the
time il occurred. McUin met Turner near
the corner of East Capitol and Eleventh
Streets northeast The latter was accom-
panying q young woman TO her home,
which was two squares distant.
II is stated that the young woman feared
McUin and asked Turner not to leave her.
As the couple walked on they noticed that
McUin was following them. As they
neared the doorstep Of the young woman s
home. it is said. McUin rushed upon Tur
ner ana knocked him down with blow OF
his fist It is also stated that he knelt
over Turner and struck him several more
blows The young woman screamed and a
crowd gathered and when Turner was
lifted from the ground he was unconscious.
Examination showed that he had been
stabbed with a knife and that he was
bleeding profusely. He was removed TO
the Emergency Hospital, where he died at
O'Clock the following morning. At the
coroner's inquest McCin declined to make
any statement as 10 the provocation
which led 70 or the circumstances con-
nected with the killing of Turner.
i is expected Hhat the trial of Stump
viii be concluded on Wednesday In that
case McUln win be called TO trial on
Thursday morning.
~ 80 far rf and Mr1-iu If
is expected that that of Charles Ormsby,
who is held responsible for the death OF
Charles Galway on November p last, viii
come up. The circums tances under which
Galway came 10 his DEATH as related at
the coroner's inquest. are that on the date
mentioned he and Ormsby became involved
in a quarrel in z Street. between Thir-
teenth and Fourteenth Streets northwest
and that the latter struck Galway
blow with his fist which knocked him
down. when Galway was picked up
he was unconscious. He was taken to the
Emergency Hospital. An examination by
the physicians there showed that the base
Of his skull was fractured and he died in
a few days.
Justice Clabaugh will announce his de-
cisions on the motions for new trials in
the cases OF Arthur Landon and George
Ashton on next Friday. Arguments on
the motions were heard on Saturday last
and the court took the cases under advise
ment