Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-19
ACCUSED OF MURDER
Richard Maenkin. Held for
VIM. Hurley's Death.
CORONER's INQUEST
TESTIMONY OF THE WIDOW AL
LEGING ASSAULT.
Other Witnesses Heard and a Warrant
Prepared for the Man I'm
der Charges.

Richard Maenkin. formerly employed as
bartender at the Iryington Hotel, Tenicy-
town, stands accused of murder. He was
held responsible by jury of inquest this
morning for the death OF William H. HuT
ley. whose death occurred at his home Fri
day afternoon as stated in Saturdays Sta-.
A warrant charging murder against Maen-
kin has been prepared by Assistant District
Attorney Gordon and will be forwarded t.
New York in the event of Maenkin's arrest.
The bartender came here from New York
about the time the Grand Army encamp-
ment was held and found employn,n. at
the Tenleytown resort. AT the time the
affair occurred the proprietor was not pres
emit. and it was not until some time after
ward that he learned of it. Maenkin was
arrested, but the case was not prosecuted
and his services at the saloon were dis
pensed with. The proprietor Of the hotel.
Mr.. Loeffier. attended the inquest This
morning, as did Attorney Albert Shoemaker,
counsel for the Anti-Saloon League The
government was represented by Mr. Peyton
Gordon, while Attorney Joseph Shillington
was present in the interests OF those on
the other side of the case.
After the jury heard the testimony of
number of witnesses a verdict accusing
Maenkin of murder was returned. The
funeral OF Hurley will take place tomorrow
afternoon from st. Adams Chapel.
Mrs. Hurley's Testimony.
Mrs Virginia Hurley, the first witnesl
examined, told the jury that her husband
died Friday. He had been sick since the
10Th Of December. when he was struck.
did you see him when he was struck"
the coroner inquired.
81 did" was her answer.
Where was he when the blow was
struck?
"Under the porch in front of the sa-
LOOM"
"Who struck him?'
Mr. Maenkin. the bartender"
The blow. she stated. knocked her hus-
band down. and he lost considerable blood.
Policeman Riley and another man, she
said. assisted her husband home, who was
unconscious She said that her husband
remembered nothing of the affair. The
man. who assisted the policeman was
shoemaker.
Mrs. Hurley said she was at her own
house when she saw her husband struck
and she called to her daughter: BERTHE,
they are killing your father over there"
Her daughter was the first to run across
the street DR.. Ray, she stated, was sum-
moned He cut the hair from the back of
her husbands head and put one stitch In
the wound. The day following the trouble
her husband was able to leave the house
and walk about the streets. Last Tuesday.
however. he became i'll that the doctor
had to be called in. Besides suffering from
the injury her husband had a cold. The
witness was unable to say whether tine
bartender struck her husband with his fist
or his open hand. When her husband be-
came Ill and thought he was going > die,
he requested that an autopsy be perform
ed, as his head had troubled him SO much
DR.. Ray Witness.
Dr.. Anthony M. Ray testified that he at
tom a6 d,,ri 10 loo 10
said he was called to see Hurley about 4
o'clock. the afternoon Of the Goth of De-
cember. and he found him lying on sofa.
The injured man said he had been but
slightly injured and did not want to be
treated. Witness dressed the injury and
left. While in the house witness heard
statements to the fleet that the man had
ion Of the witness Hurley had been drink
ing. Four days later the. stitch was re-
moved and witness saw no more of Hurley,
professionally. until last Tuesday.
Witness considered the abnormal condi-
ton of Hurley's mind was due to alcohol
and not to the injury. When witness was
called to the house Tuesday he found the
patient feverish. He diagnosed his trouble
death, witness was informed the sick man
was out on the street. That night he was
unconscious. but the next morning his mind
was clear. Witness said the wound was
less than one inch In length. but did not
go entirely through the scalp.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Gordon the doc
tor said hemorrhage Of the brain would
probably have caused the symptoms noticed
at the time he was called to see him.
Miss BERTHE Hurley. daughter of the de-
ceased, testified that she did not see her
father at the time he received the INJURY.
She reached him while he was lying on the
pavement. Her father complained about
pain in the back Of his head and could not
sleep. She told the jury that her father
had been out of work before he received
the injury. Witness could not remember
that her father was out OF the house after
the Goth of December.
Policeman's Statement.