Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-03-27
WAS WlNDLE MURDEREDp
lie Dbd''atthe Police Station, Yesterday
y Morning, Apparently From a
Fractured Skull.
h TAKEN IN FOR DRUNKENNESS
WAS Said He Was Struck
by Albert Wright.
1T is HELD TO AWAIT AN INQUIRY

s1E1|#ardWindle,a aged about 40 years, of
ItnAtt Square, Pa. who came to vii.
5Iffn&fpn Tuesday, was arrested shortly
68fe8n 5 o'clock in the afternoon, ut
W{tHX and Shipley streets, where he
WILL Wing on tho sidewalk, apparently
inkbxicatod, and died vt tho police
AtAfien at about G.30 o'clock yester-
|tiay apparently from the effects Of u
Fractured skull, sustained in falling on
4he sidewalk
Aftar Windle's death Alfred Wright,
4 lllia le-agcd colored man, who lives
orii Bhlpley street below Front, was ar
yest&d by Sergeant of Police kelleher
psl 8iaspioion Of being responsible for
WlndIe's death. Wright was arraigned
tlifhp City Court yesterday and
wls8 held without Eail to await tho
aSS1ida of the coroner After Windle's
ds5ktA the body was turned over to
G6runer Frick and removed to the
jadle was arrested by Policemen
fHintFlp and Burchinal at Water and
Ehiplfy streets about I.i5 O'Clock.
TueHf3ay afternoon. and when he was
takenRto the stationhouse u Charge of
driinEenness was preferred against
hims It was supposed that he was
dead drunk. About O'Clock yesterday
,nofnfng Windle's condition aroused
thN sjispicions of Acting Turnkey lief
rpli}Hho attempted to arouse him. Tho
Btt4fApt was unavalling and House
Sef&&Ant Durney was notified. Tho
llattfrsummoned Police Surgeon Joseph
Pst'Nales and on the advice of tho
physiclan canlphor was applied. to the
nqakfils Of the apparently Sleeping
IMAM ind he was slightly aroused, but
wasiif such u stupor that it was ap,
parent that his condition was serious.
EHU&s were made to revive him, but
with6ut success, and at q. 80 O'Clock he
The police Immediately began an in
inAtigation, which resulted in the
ssftst of Wright. 1t is alleged that
Windle, while apparently under the
rn11uence of liquor, went to the resi-
danfse OF Wright Tuesday afternoon
ind made several attempts to enter, and
it,isSsaid that each time he was elected,
andSthe last time, the police have been
fnfQrned, he was struck and fell to tho
sii3ewalk, striking his head on the
Ibr5tks, which evidently fractured his
skillk The blow which caused him to
I1ttlIS dlleHnu TO nave Dbpn uulnlnlS-
bofed by Wright. There we're several
Nitliesses to the occurrence, including
JOHN Stewart, plumber, who was
working nearby at the time. While
Mindle was lying on the sidewalk, ap-
Farently unconscious, Wright called the
officer and asked that he be placed
under arrest, and u bystander is said
to- hnye remarked that Wright should
njsplhave been arrested, but the officer
Ailpposed that Windle was simply drunk
a1i8 had been annoying Wright, and
| H{4 not think it necessary TO arrest
WfiRht at tho time.
Windle was in such a helpless con
ditlbn when he was first seen in the
vl6inity of Water and Shipley streets
o Tnashay afternoon that some are OF
-. thS opinion that he may have been
! drhgged and probably he had been helC
Q upzby highwaymen. The post mortcn
+, exarnination will show, however,
] Whuther his skull was fractured. and il
Il the Skull is fractured that is gooC
r{a<;on to believe that that injury wa:
. Tho result of the fall just before hi
arrest After Windle had been takel
9 from the cell an examination revealed
/ what appeared to be a blood eliot, which
. is1bclieved to have ou2ed from u wount
y which was noticed on the sido of the
IL Head This will probably cut somt
II Hgnte with the coroner's jury.
II Windle's body was identified u,
!. Eeorge Lancaster, who is clerk in
It local grocery store For several year
n MiAtlle was one of the leading farmer
J. 81 Fairville, this State, but about
% rear ago he moved to Kenneth Square
1t where he and his wife have been con
dnoting u clearinghouse. His wife ha
o been communicated with.