The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-24
KILLING OF JAMES ALLEN
A COPOneP'S Verdict Holds Vii
liam Sauer Responsible.
The Death Said To Have Resulted
From Blow Administered by the
District Jail to AuHit Action on
His Case by the Grand Jury.


His Case by the Grand Jury.
jury Of inquest convened by Coroner
carr at No. Station at 11:15 O'Clock this
morning. decided that James Allen mey hiss
death at Providence Hospital yesterday
morning as the result OF injuries inflicted
by blow delivered by william Sauer.
marine, on tie night of February p The
jury recommended that Sauer be neId fer
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
7. Edward Mitchell.
After the inquest the remains OF Allen
were removed to his late home at 75}
Thirteenth Street southeast Tile f.neral
will take place from there Monuay morn
ing. Services will be conducted az ST.
Peters Church at ? O'Clock, aud .he in
termeHt Will be at Mount Ol.ct Cemetery.
Allen was thirty-four 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
ness examined. testified that Allen was
brought into the Casualty Hospital on the
night OF February i. The patient was
semi conscious and practically rational.
He was operated on for fracture Of the
skull. and showed some improvement.
I Three days later the condition OF Allen
and the limited facilities Of the hospital
required that he be removed to Providence
| Hospital for an operation. Allen was
/ 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 70
the institution about 400 o'clock on the
/ afternoon Of February IS. He was in a
! semi-comatose condition and deIirious.
/ 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 10. 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 Dr. Key noticed that
the skull Of Allen was seriously frac-
tured- In answer to a question. Or. Key
I stated that Allen was at no time after the
, operation in condition 70 make a state
ment as TO how he was injured.
Deputy Coroner GIazebroOk testified 10
performing an autopsy on the body Of Al
len. He noticed considerable emaciJtion
Indicating a serious illness within the past
three weeks The right eye was slightly
discolored- The skull showed unmistak-
able evidences Of an operation. The brain
was soft and had the appearance Of having
been relieved Of blood clOt. The skull
had been seriously fractured Possibly the
most remarkable thing about the skull as
that il was unusually thin. II was what Is
known as paper she'll skull. It's great
est thickness was not quite one-fourth OF
. an inch. while az points IL was scarcely
thicker than an ordinary finger nail In
the opinion Of DR.. Glazebrook death Was
due To the injury 20 the head. The jaw
was not fractured.
] solomon NalIy. Of 533 Sixth Street south
east. in company with his bUOtheT-in-Iaw
was i'm a 50 loon al Eighth and @ Street.
southeast on the night Of February l.
/ He testified that a 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 AlieT
I said Sauer was a liar in accusing him O
/ creating the argument Sauer and Aller
. moved toward each other and Nally and
the bartender interfered. The saloon was
then cleared of all except Nally his broth
er-in-law. and Allen. When this trio lef
I the saloon Sauer aCcOsted Alien. Gale,
him a vile name, and demanded that Il,
take back the epithet he applied in the sa
loon. Allen replied that he had said moth
ing against Sauer whereupOn Sauer sJrucl
him with his first. Only one blow Wa
struck
Allen appeared seriously Eur- and va
sent to the Casualty Hospital. In answe
. TO a question. Nally replied that the blow
was STRUCK in G Street. between EeightI
| and Ninth Streets. Both Allen and Ssue
showed the effects Of drink.
William H. Miller. Of SIS Street south
. east testified that he was passing IN
spot where four men were standing. On
was a marine. He said. Take il back
and then struck blow. causing a man @
I fall. Witness beard no quarrel Whei
r the man (Allenl fell his head struck tn
) pavement violently The sound WAS Iik
the dropping and breaking OF a cOcOanut
After Allen fell Sauer remained and as
sisted IN carrying MIN across lhe StdeNath
Policeman K. +. Lee OF the Fifth pre-
? cinct. who arrested Sauer. testified that n
left Sergeant Ellsworth at the corner o
Eighth and G Streets and walking hal
way up the block found Allen lying on tn
sidewalk. Sauer was not there. All ths
: 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
! Barracks at the Navy Yard where garriso
b roll calls were made Sauer could not b
S found. II developed later when his nam
e was learned that Sauer was not accustOm
7 ed to answer roll calls as his position q
: | assistant baker made him exempt.
y That accounted for the fact that Saue
!, | was not seen by Nally who went to .denti
; ! ~ him. The case was submitted TO tn
: jury.