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

William Stump will be put on trial this
morning in Criminal Court No. /, before
Justice Clabaugh, charged with the muir
der of James Lee. colored. on December
| 16, 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
necesstated 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 oc-
| CURED in 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
meal of yictuals. Seeing that he did rot
| intend to 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
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, will 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 it occurred. McUin met Turner near
the corner of East Capitol and Eleventh
Streets northeast. The latter was accom-
panying young woman to her home
which was two squares distant.
1t 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 a blow OF
his fist 1t is also stated that he knelt
over Turner and struck him several more
blows. The young woman screamed and
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 to the provocation ,
which led to- or the circumstances con- I
nected with the Killing of Turner.
1t is expected that the trial of Stump |
will be concluded on Wednesday. In that |
case McUin VIII be called to trial on
Thursday morning
After the trials of Stump and McUin, 1t !
is expected that that OF Charles Ormsby,
who is held responsible for the death Of |
Charles Galway on November % last will |
come up. The circums tances under which |
Galway came to his death. as related at |
the coroners inquest, are that on the date
mentioned he and 0rmsby became involved
in quarrel in E Street between Thir-
teenth and Fourteenth Streets northwest,
and that the latter struck Galway a
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. i' fhs