Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-28
RAZOR SLASHES ARE FATAL
Negro Cats White Man to Death During
Quarrel Last Night
WHITE WOMAN At BASIS or THE ROW
Harry II. McGechin, n Discharged SOL
der, Dead from Effects of Cuts
Indicted by VIII Miles, a
Negro, at Large.

Harry r. McGechin, laborer employed
at the smelter, received wounds from a
razor in the hands OF VIII Miles, a negro,
during a fight in front Of the Cambridge
hotel about 1880 o'clock last night from
which he died at the Clarkson hospital in
less than two hours after the ARRAY took
place.
Miles and McGechin had quarreled over
a woman and during the debate Miles drew
a razor and slashed McGechin across the
face and neck, infiicting wounds on the
left side Of the neck which caused his
death. Miles has not yet been arrested,
but is we'll known to the authorities.
Although the police we're notified imme-
diately after the cutting had been done the
wounded man received no surgical atten-
tion for nearly an hour after he was cut.
Surgeons Langdon and willis were both
absent from the station and efforts to To-
cate DR.. Ralph were fruitless for time.
He was finally found, and after giving the
wounds temporary dressing, had the man
taken to the Clarkson hospital, where he
died soon after arrival.
Murdered Man an Ex-sOIdier.
McGechin has been living at the Cam
bridge hotel only three or four days and Is
not very we'll known by those who have
seen him around the office. 1t is known
that he is employed at night as laborer
at the smelter works and has been there
for several months.s Prior to going to work
there he was a private in Company E,
Twenty-second infantry and was stationed
at Fort Crook, and about five months ago
he received his honorable discharge. His
parents live in New York state
Florence Fleck, the woman about whom
the two men quarreled. lives at the hotel,
a Al. 1. -
dissensions OF the two men until she saw
McGechin lying on the floor of the hotel
Office with blood pouring from the wounds
in his face and neck.
Bertha St Clair, who lives at the Cam
bridge, was the only witness to the fight
that could be located. She was arrested by
oficer Dan Baldwin and is being held as a
witness. Florence Fleck is also at the sta
tion being held as a state witness.
Captain Mostyn detailed Detectives Pa
tullo and Horne and Off1cer Dan Baldwin
on the case, officers who are acquainted
with Miles.
Cause of the Quarrel.
1t Is reported to the police that the Fleck
woman and Miles had been living together
for some time up to about three months
ago, when McGechin came on the scene
and Miles accused him of alternating the
affection which the white woman had borne
for the negro. Yesterday Miles wrote three
notes to the woman begging her to come
back and live with him, and when Nc
Cochin returned home late in the after
noon the notes were shown to him. When
the two met in the evening the quarrel re-
suited.
Miles has been working in one of the
packing houses in South Omaha and Is
known as a man with a bad temper and
very quarrelsome. He is we'll known to the
police, having been arrested several times
for petty thievery. Telephone messages
have been sent to Plattsmouth, Nebraska
City, Lincoln, Fremont and other nearby
towns, and all the outgoing trains are be-
ing watched vigilantly in the hope of To-
eating the fugitive
McGechin is not unknown in Omaha police
annals. He was sent to the penitentiary
from here for a one-year term and has
been out only a short time. He was con-
victed of stealing elevator fittings from
the Dellone hotel building.