Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-07
BEFORE THE CORONER
INQUEST OVER REMAINS OF
HENRY T. HALL.
His Death : Resulted From Knife
Wounds-The Hearing Not
Concluded Today.

Henry T. Han, colored. forty-eight years
DID, Of "a Logan place, near the corner OF
North Capitol gand L streets, who was
stabbed in froAt Of his home by Thomas.
alias .'Yakum.x Joyce. colored. twenty
three years of age, about II o'clock Sat
urday night, died at the Homeopathic
Hospital about y o'clock last night Joyce
managed to eFlde the police until last
night when he was arrested by Bicycle
Policeman Mullen Of the sixth precinct.
Coroner hewitt at IL o'clock this morning
conducted an inquest over Halls remains
at the sixth precinct police station. Sew
eral witnesses testified and further hear
ing was continued until tomorrow. when
additional Witnesses will appear before the
jury. z u
Every effort was made by the police to
capture Joyce after the trouble. and De-
tectives Baur and Muller spent cOnsidera-
BILE time in trying to-locate the man. The
last named went to Baltimore Sunday to
look for Joyce. Yesterday circular. CIV
ing his description, was sent out and a
reward OF 500 was offered for his arrest
Halls Daughter Testifes.
Lottie Hall Joyce. wife of the preceding
witness and daughter of the dead man. was
the next witness called. She declared that
she heard the prisoner announce his inten-
ton OF killing her father and also her
mother. She said that her father had a
Ratchet in his hand when Joyce went to-
ward him. but he laid it down. and then
the two men exchanged blows. Joyce. she
said, struck at her father several times.
but she did not see anything in his hand.
She said her father did not know he had
been stabbed until he went into the house.
AT this point Coroner hewitt announced
that the police had been unable to locate
several important witnesses, and continued
the inquiry until II, o'clock tomorrow
morning. ss
The Evidence Submitted.
DR.. W. r. Buchanan, resident physician
at the Homeopathic Hospital. the first wit
ness called, testified that Hall was brought
to the hospital about II O'Clock Saturday
night. He was placed on the operating
table, the doctor said, and on examination
1t was found the man had been stabbed in
the abdomen, the wound extending through
into the abdominal cavity.
DR.. Buchanan said that he asked the
wounded man how he had been hurt. and
that he replied he did not know he had been
stabbed until friends told him.
In reply to a question by Coroner hewitt
DR.. Buchanan said that he placed the pa
tent under the effects OF cffloroform. but
the patients condition became such that he
could not be operated upon.
Deputy Coroner GlazebrOOk stated to the
jury that he performed the autopsy on the
body and found a cross-shaped wound on
the abdomen-> He said there was evidence
of peritOnitis. and that Halls death proba-
bly, resulted from shock caused by the stab
wound. >tsss ~
Prisoner Chased Witness.
Lethia Shorter, a -seventeen-year-old col
ored girl, who resides at 81 Pierce street.
said she wasin front Of Halls home. "a
Logan place, labout IL o'clock Saturday
night when the prisoner chased her into
Halls house,. The door. she explained.
was then locked and Joyte Knocked it
down. Hall came down from upstairs. and
Joyce leftstheihouse. The witness said she
did not see the men pass blows, but did
hear Joyce tlifAaten to kill Hall.
Fred Joyce brother of the prisoner, and
husband OF HID daughte1s Lottie. testified
that his bretl1 Vas fntoxica ted Saturday
night
Hall run at my brother with Ratchet.
striking him on the head" the witness eX-
planned.
did you see them exchange blows?"
Coroner hewitt inquired.
Yes SIR" he answered.
What did your brother have in his
hand?" the coroner asked.
II didn't see anything the witness re-
piled.