The times., 1901-04-01
CLUBBED A WOMAN TO DEATH
Charles Williams. CelOred, Charged
With Murder, Makes "a Confession.

A small four-room shanty at l'2 Four
teeuth Street southeast was the sceho1
Of 4 brutal homicide yesterday morning.
As q result the body of Mrs. Mary v
Brown now lies upon slab at the
norgue and Charles Williams. lhT'E
wears old is locked up at Ne. police sta
tiop on q charge Of murder. Prenus fat-
terson is detained as = Government wit
ness. and TO await the action OF the t"'-
oucr's Jury al Zhe inquest, which VIII ~
held al No. 6 stationhouse this morning
at II O'Clock Al the parties named are
colored
Shortly after his arrest Williams nahe
Z, fun confession to the police HIS Sts'tt-
ment was taken in writing ana dulE
signed and witnessed.
/. Williams and the Brown woman had nv
ed together IN the Fourteenth Street house
for several months. Lately. il is said,
The man mad been drinking heavily. Sat
urdav morning ne drew a monthly al
!owancc of 81. which was assigned TO
the Brown woman by q son who is an
electrician ir tie navy and stationed 1T
Cavite A. was his custom, Williams
paid the rent due on the house with a
portion Of the money received. When
he returned home II was late. The Brown
woman who was afflicted with rheuma-
tism. II is said, upbraided him for his
neglect Of her and his dissipation Viii
liams became euraged at the rebube and
struck the woman with n heavy cane
\ struggle ensued in which the bed in
the room was wrecked. Williams finally
oyerpoWered the woman and beat her into
inEensibiiity.
about this time Prentis Patterson ar
rived on the scene. To him Williams
stated that he had had q struggle with the
old woman aud thought she was dead.
! That was about s o'clock Yesterday
morning Patterson. seeing the condi-
/ tion Of the Brown woman. went ia search
OF Il physician. and fa'i'.r TO find one
! notified the poli"e. sgstne Fifth precinct
a. 80 . s.our later.
To Statioukeeper Van Zandt nc stated
that an old coIored woman was dead on
her bed, at 1g2 Fourteenth Street. and
that the Coroner was wanted as soon as
possible as the woman died without medi-
cal attention.
just one hour later. or at the S O'Clock
Toll cali, Policeman Howard was detailed
! 70 Investigate the case. He found the
body Of Mrs Brown lying on the wreck
I'd bed i'm 4 pool OF blood. Evidences o1
J = struggle We're everywhere apparent II
] the room. An unsuccessful attempt had
( been made to erase some of the blood
/ stains on the floor and the walls had
! been washed. Williams coat and trous.
{ ers had also been washed Policeman
/ Howard notified both Williams and Pat
terson that they could not leave tn,
house until the Coroner had investigated
| the death. Coroner hewitt after viewinl
/ the body and hearing the statements o.
| the TWO COlOred men. directed that botl
/ be taken into custody. That WAS abou
II o'clock.
! About an hour previous to the arrest:
Of Patterson and Williams a police on
! cial called uD the Fifth precinct station
I and told that moi hing
known Of the affair other than the state
! ments made BY Patterson at o'clock il
| the morning. Police Headquarters frs
! learned that . murder had been commit
ted shortly before . o'clock In the after
noon, when Coroner NeVitt advised then
I Of the facts IN the case. Detectives Brow
! and Lacy. who were detailed on IN
case. secured the confession from WI
/ Hams.