The times., 1900-12-25
A QUARREL'S FATAL END
frank Hook Stabbed TO Death by
Ernest Rogers.
The Victims Throat SInShed with n
Pocket Knife-The Outcome of
Drunken Row at FOur-and-a-IaIf
and Streets Southwest The
sinyer's Statement TO the Police.

During a drunken quarrel near the cor
ner of Four anda-Half and C Streets
southwest. last night, shortly after 6
O'Clock, Frank Hook. a colored man. was
fatally stabbed by Ernest Rogers, a negro
driver. Rogers escaped, but was arrested
ABOUT an hour after the crime was COM
mitted and was locked up at the Fourth
| precinct station. Hook was taken to
Emergency Hospital in the ambulance. He
taken to the morgue.
Rogers is twenty-three years old. and
lives with his mother at 616 Third Street
| southwest. He had been only short time
out of JAIL where he had served an eight
months sentence for stabbing a negro
named Charles Johnson, during a fight.
| HOOK vas cart driver and lived with a
sister in Broad Alley southwest
The killing last night was the outgrowth
OF few angry words. There had evident.
iy been no previous ill-feeling between
| Rogers and his victim, for they had been
together all day. The stabbing took place
on Street, between Third and Four
and-a- Half Street, where Rogers and Hook,
together with Clarence Hook. a brother of
the dead man, and Louis Lomax. had gath
cred. after leaving a saloon on the corner
OF Third and Streets southwest, where
all had been drinking. Both Clarence
Hook and Lomax witnessed the stabbing
and claim that they attempted to prevent
it,
About $50 o'clock the four negroes met
in the saloon. Drinks were ordered. and
after they had been disposed of the party
left the saloon. Frank Hook began to
argue some unimportant matter as the
men left the saloon, and Rogers took up
the discussion, apparently becoming in
censed at the words of Hook. Clarence
Hook attempted to interfere. and asked
Rogers not to molest his brother In
spite of the protests his brother Frank
ana Rogers came together in a fight
which proved a death struggle for as
Hook closed with Rogers he was
stabbed twice in the throat with a pen
knife. Hook staggered several steps
backward, then fell with cry, and lay
writhins on the sidewalk, the blood pour
ing from the wound in his throat. Rogers |
returned the knife to his hip pocket. and
without speaking started to walk away. |
Clarence Hook ran to his brother, and |
with the help of Lomax and George |
Ihomas, also colored, removed the dying /
man into Abell's drug store. Four-and-a- |
half and Streets southwest A clerk in |
the store ran hatless to the Fourth pre- |
einct station, and told Sergeant Williams |
and Stationmaster Vinctstein of the trag- |
edy. Word was telephoned for the ambii-
lance, and Policeman McGrath was sent |
hurriedly to the scene of the killing In a |
few minutes the ambulance arrived and
took Hook to the hospital The victim.
however. died in the ambulance
News of the killing reached headquar-
ters about $50 o'clock and Inspector
Boardman at once detailed Detective
Tyser. Lieutenant Hollinberger, Sergeant
Williams, and Policemen McGrath An
derson, Kemp. and others on the case.
Several policemen in citizens clothes !
also, were placed on the Long Bridge
so as to prevent the escape of th3
negro by that road. When it became
known that Rogers was at large Major
Sylvester. from headquarters, offered a
reward of S100 for his arrest, and extra
detectives were detailed on the case
Shortly before o'clock Policemen An
derson and Kemp were walking along f
Street, west of Four-and- -a-half Street
southwest, and saw Rogers coming toward
them He made no attempt to escape
and was taken to the station. There he
made the following statement of the af-
fair to Lieutenant Hollinberger:
II left home about $50 O'Clock this
and soon met Frank Hook.
Henry Smiley. and John Allen in Broad
Alley southwest where we were Joined
afterward by Clarence Hook and Louis
Lomax. We spent some time shooting
crap in the alley. and toward noon mad
some drinks al Jerry Dovney's Galoou.
or which Clarence Hook paid. We sepa-
rate' for a brief time, but l again met
Clarence Hook. Frank Hook and Lomax
outside the saloon during the afternoon,
md we took other drinks within the place
About ) o'clock we left Downeys saloon.
md outside Frank Hook beRan to ,ggra-
rate me with argument in which | was
lot interested. He squared himself to
strike me. and we closed after which | ;
'emember absolutely nothing until I was
arrested" ,
Frank Hook was twenty-seven Years ,
I'D. and unmarried. The police have the ,
inlfe with which the killing was 5one.