Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-24
He KILLED HIS BROTHER
John Lock Inhicts Fatal Wound
With a Barlow Knife
SLABS CLARENCE IN THE NECK
Last Saturday Near The Cannery and Is
in Jail Awaiting The Action Of The
Grand Jury-The Funeral.

Grand Jury-The Funeral.
John Lock. aged about Is years. son
of Mr. and Mrs. John Lock, residing
in North Martinsburg near the can.
nerv, stabbed his brother. Clarence
Lock. in the neck with barlow knife
last Saturday, and as result Clarence
Lock is dead and his youthful assail-
ant is in Jail here on charge of
murder.
The tragedy occurred at the home
of the bows during the noon hour.
The bows had gone to dinner from the
cannery, where they were employed.
Shortly after entering the house they
became engaged in quarrel, during
which Clarence, who was aged about
20 years, struck his younger brother
with his open hand. The blow an
gered John, who states that Clarence
was in Jest. John then threw stick
of wood at Clarence. The latter also
became angry, and told John he would
fight him as soon as he put his shoes
on. John then went outside. saving
he wouldn't fight in the house.
He opened his knife, barlow with
a blade about two and half inches
long, and had it in his hand when his
brother came out to continue the
quarrel.
Clarence then struck at John with
Tab,
his right hand, in which he held the
knife. Whether he actually meant to
cut Clarence, or was only using the
knife as a display of force to keep his
brother off. no one known but the
prisoner himself However that may
be, the knife blade struck Clarence on
the left side of the neck, near the coll
lar bone, penetrating about an inch
and almost completely severing the
jugular vein.
Clarence ran onto the porch, where
ne fell, with the blood squirting in a
terrible stream from the wound. John,
remoiseful and frightened. went to his
brothers assistance, rendering what
aid he could. but Clarence was beyond
help and died in few minutes.
Dr. Mccormick was summoned and
hastily went to the scene of the terri
BILE affair. The Young man was dead
when he arrived, and over the blood
stained corpse crouched the stricken
mother and trembling boy whose hand
had sent his brother, hot with anger,
into the presence of his Maker.
John surrendered the knife to DR..
Mccormick and accom- panied him to
police headquarters, where he surrend-
cred himself to the authorities.
He was taken before Justice SNYDER,
who committed him to Jail. at the
suggestion of States Attorney Lind
saw. pending preliminary hearing
On the streets Saturday night and
Sunday the tragedy was the chief
topic of conversation. and many ex.
pressions and opinions as to the de-
gree of guilt of the youthful prisoner
were heard. Some unconirmed ru-
mors about a revolver playing part
in the tragedy were floating about, as
was also story that the prisoner
might have been roughly handled after
the death of his brother had it not
been for the presence of his mother.
These. however. are believed TO be
idle rumors. and gained little credence
from those who were disposed to view
the distressing affair from cool and
unbiased standpoint.
Interest in the affair did not abate
on Sunday, and hundreds of people
from nearly all classes and sections of
the city visited the house where the
dead youth lay, drawn there by a
morbid curiosity which would not DO
denied, and which respected neither
the narrowed feelings of the grief
stricken parents, nor the cold. remorse-
less dignity of death which sat en-
throned on the pallid brow of Clar.
ence Locke. All day long stream of
people poured into the house. only
ceasing when the curtain of night was
drawn over the regrettable scene.
THE FUNERAL.
The body of the dead boy lay in a
bare. unexpected room onthe first floor
Monday morning the arrangements
for the funeral were completed. the
body laid in it's casket and then taken
direct to its last resting place in Green
Hill cemetery. The funeral was very
largely attended, hundreds of people