The evening times., 1900-02-24
KILLING OF JAMES ALLEN
A C0rOner's Verdict Holds Viii
liam Sauer Responsible.
The Death Said to Have Resulted
From n Blow Administered by the
Accused, Who Is Committed to the
District Jail to Await Action on
His Case by the Grand Jury.

A Jury of inquest convened by Coroner
Carr at No. Station at f1:15 o c!Cck this
morning, decided that James Allen iner his
death at Providence Hospital Yesterday
morning as the result of injuries inflicted
by blow delivered by William Sauer.
marine, on the night of February y. TIE
Jury recommended that Sauer be neld Ter
the action of the grand jury.
Coroner Carr then committed the man TO
Jail to await further proceedings. Sauer
was represented at the inquest by Attorney
T Edward Mitchell.
After the inouest the remains Of Allen
were removed to his late home at 733
| Thirteenth Street southeast. The funeral
! will take place from there Monday morn
ing Services will be conducted at ST.
Peters Church at 9 O'Clock, and .he in
terment will be at Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Allen was thirtyfour years OF age, and
| is survived by widow and three children,
the oldest of whom is seven years.
Dr. Frank T. Chamberlain. of 226 New
Jersey Avenue southeast, the first wit
!
brought into the Casualty Hospital on the
night of February p The patient was
semi conscious and practically rational.
| He was operated on for a fracture of the
| skull. and showed some improvement.
| Three days later the condition of Allen
! and the limited facilities of the hospital
required that he be removed to Providence
/ for
then unconscious. In answer to ques-
ton. DR.. Chamberlain replied that Allen
made no objection.
Dr. Sothoron Key, of Providence Hos
pital testified that Allen was brought to
the institution about 4:5Q o'clock on the
afternoon of February is. He was in
semi-comatose condition and delirious.
An operation was performed by DR.. Kerr
who cut a horseshoe shaped piece of bone
from the skull, removed blood clots, and
| packed the head with gauze. After the
operation infusion was resorted to, and
the patient rallied. He then relapsed
| slightly and rallied again. only to suffer
another relapse, until Thursday night
when he began to sink rapidly. Death
came at : o'clock Friday morning. Dur
ing the operation Or. Key noticed that
the skull of Allen was seriously frac-
tured In answer to a question, DR. Key
stated that Allen was at no time after the
operation in a condition to make a state
ment as to how he was injured.
Deputy Coroner Glazebrook testified TO
performing an autopsy on the body of Al
len He noticed considerable emaciation,
Indicating a serious illness within the past
three weeks. The right eye was slightly
discolored The skull showed unmtstak-
, able evidences of an operation. The brain
/ was soft and had the appearance OF naVinB
been relieved of blood clot. The skull
had been seriously fractured. Possibly the
NEST remarkable thing about the skull Was
that il was unusually thin. IL was what Is
, known as paper she'll skull It's great
, est thickness was not quite one-fourth OF
an inch while at points ii was scarcely
thicker than an ordinary finger nail In
, the opinion of Or. Glazebrook death Was
: due to the injury to the head. The jaw
was not fractured
, Solomon Nally. of 533 Sixth Street south
east in company with his brother-in-laW,
, was in a saloon at Eighth and Streets
southeast on the night OF February L.
He testified that crowd of marines and
| others were present. They were arguing
, and Sauer volunteered the remark that Al
len was the cause of the whole shooting
match. meaning the argument. Allen
. , said Sauer was liar in accusing him oi
, / creating the argument Sauer and Aller
moved toward each other and Nally and
I the bartender interfered. The saloon wa;
+ then cleared of all except Nally his broth
: er-in-law, and Allen. When this trio left
y the saloon Sauer accosted Alien, calle,
! him vile name, and demanded tndt h'
, take back the epithet he applied in the sa
loon. Allen replied that he had said moth
ing against Sauer. whereupon Sauer strucl
= him with his first. Only one blow was
struck.
, Allen appeared seriously kur: and va
! sent to the Casualty Hospital. In answer
! to a question Nally replied that the blow
was struck in G Street. between Eeightl
and Ninth Streets. Both Allen and Saue
showed the effects of drink.
William II. Miller. of SIS Street south
east, testified that he was passing tn
spot where four men were standing. On
was a marine He said Take it back.
L and then struck blow. causing a man L
j fall. Witness heard no quarrel Whel
+ the man (Allen) fell his head struck tn
C pavement violently. The sound was lik
: the dropping and breaking of a cocoanut
After Allen fell Sauer remained and as
I Policeman R. E. Lee OF the Fifth pre-
e cinct. who arrested Sauer testified that h
4 left Sergeant Ellsworth at the corner o
| Eighth and G. Streets and walking hal
1 way I'D the block found Allen lying on tn
3 sidewalk Sauer was not there. All tina
v Lee could learn was that a marine com
: mitted the assault. His name was no
then known. Later Lee, accompanied b.
Nally and two others went to the Marin
u Barracks at the Navy Yard where garriso
S, roll calls were made. Sauer could not b
S found 1t developed later when his nam
a was learned that Sauer was not accustOm
;, ed 10 answer roll calls as his position Q
- assistant baker made him exempt
=. That accounted for the fact that Saue
:! was not seen by Nally who went to identi
y fv him. The case was submitted TO III
j. jury