The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-08
ROBERT STAFFORD DEAD
Boyd Wallace Held for the Murder
of His Stepbrother.
The Men QuarreIed Over Woman
Last Night. and in the Fight That
Followed the Older Man Was Bad
Iy wounded-A Coroner's Inquest
to BE Held Tomorrow Morning.

Robert Stafford eoleTed forty years old
who was stabbed by his half brother, Boyd
Wallace. twenty eight years old. during a
quarrel over woman at their home, COZ y
Street northwest. about 1880 o'clock last
night. died at the Homeopathic Hospital
as the result of his injuries, IL is said, At
6:i5 o'clock this morning The assatlant
is In Z cell at the District jail awaiting the
action OF q coroner's inquest, which Will
be held at Nc. 6 station at 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning. He rs charged with
murde' and has been photographed and
measured for the rogues' gallery.
The body of Stafford is now at the Nor
que where il will remain until after the
inquest. Acting Coroner Giazebrook has
ordered that an autopsy be performed this
evening.
The stabb,ns of Stafford appears TO have
been deliberate and the motive for X vas
Jealousy. The woman in the case is lIar-
Tiet Jackson, colored, and she appea 10
have been the object OF the attenl i.r - OF
both Stafford and Wallace. The Woman
and the two men occupied rooms az the
building, COZ y Street. which Is conducted
after the fashion OF a tenement. Wallace
had favor in the eyes OF the Jackson wo-
man until recently when Stafford sup
planted him. The result was that an i'll
feeling was engendered- That feeling
reached a climax last night when Wallace
on returning home learned that Stafford
had taken the Jackson woman to attend a
camp meeting at Anacostia-
Wallace, ii is said, became greatly en-
ragged, and waited about until the return
of his rival and the woman. An argument
then arose, and, one word leading 10 an
other. the men adjourned 10 the rear yard.
when fight occurred.
Wallace claims that Stafford first as
sauited him, and that he used his knife
in self-defelce.
Just how the stabbing occurred is not
known, as there were no witnesses, as
far as the police know. a colored woman
who was walking on n Street.. near the
scene of the trouble, heaHi cries OF help
and police" and went TO the Second pre-
cinct station TO sound an alarm. Police
men Trumbo, Evans, and Cook responded
and found Stafford lying in a pool of blood
in the rear yard. Stafford was weak from
the loss of blood, but was able TO tell who
stabbed him. Policemen Evans and Cook
then took the injured man TO the hospital
in the patrol wagon, while Trumbo went
in search of the assailant-
Wallace had fed Immediately after the
stabbing but he was located within thirty
minutes at the home of his mother, 1928
Madison Street, where Policeman Trumbo
Iound MIN cooiiy rocking IN ehair.
When Stafford arrived at the hospital it
was seen that his condition was serious
An examination by the physicians revealed
the extent of his injuries to be deep cut
under the left arm, extending about eight
inches across the back, and "a severe cash
across the abdomen. The latter wound
reached the fntestines, and an operation
was necessary to prevent instant death
After Stafford's wounds were dressed he
was sent to a ward where he fingered until
this morning