Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-08
K|LLEOBY HIS BROTHER
Henry Chase Dies From Blow
on Temple.
THE MURDERER CAUGHT
BLACKSMITH SHOP IN SOUTH
WEST SCENE OF TRAGEDY.
Richard and Henry Chase Quarrel
Over Work and Former Strikes
With Hammer.
THE MURDERER CAUGHT

Will adI1ucI.
| Henry Chase was struck on the temple
| with hammer and instantly killed by his
| brother Richard during a quarrel in a
| blacksmith shop in Christian alley south
west early this morning.
The murderer was captured an hour later,
| after an exciting chase by Sergt. Dunnigan
and Officers Davis and Donovan of the
| fourth precinct. He was considerably I'M
| der the influence of liquor at the time and
| was locked up at the fourth precinct sta
ton.
When the prisoners condition permits he
will be taken to police headquarters to be
photographed and measured coroner's
jury will hold an inquest tomorrow.
Sounds Of Strife.
The murder occurred at about o'clock
this morning. The Chase brothers came
from their home, In the southeast section
| Of the city, to the blacksmith shop in Chris
tian alley southwest between F and G and
Half and list streets for their days work.
Soon after they arrived at the shop those
living nearby heard them quarreling. AL
bert Young, colored, who lives nearby,
heard the sounds of strife and went to the
door of the shop to investigate He left
soon after, however, without learning the
cause of the trouble and leaving the broth
ers still quarreling.
Just few minutes later the noise In the
shop suddenly ceased and Richard Chase
dashed out of the doorway. He was deadly
| pale and very much excited.
Il told the - l would kill him. he
cried to two colored men he met he sped
UP the alley. Then the murderer ran
around the corner of the alley, into G
street and to the saloon at the corner of LIST
and G streets southwest. There. the police
COZ hn nh f.in nod 6rir Of lyIyn In
formed the barkeeper that he had hit his
brother.
The two colored men, Joseph Sewel and
Henry Ford, who had met the fugitive
to the silent shop. There a CHASTITY sight
greeted them. Harry Chase lay near the
door. bleeding profusely from a wound in
the temple. Near him was a heavy ham,
mer such as are used In blacksmith shops,
the big iron head covered with blood and
the handle broken. The injured man was
still alive, but expired before the police. who
had been summoned by the colored men, ar
rived on the scene. Officers Herbert and ].
F. Davis accompanied Sergt Dunntgan in
the patrol. Notification of the crime was
at once sent to police headquarters.
Police Start After Fugitive.
When the officers arrived at the black
smith shop they found that Chase was dead,
and Officer Herbert was detailed to take
the body to the morgue in the patrol wagon.
The other officers started out at once to
locate the murderer. Richard Chase they
learned. had last been seen going toward
his home at 118 Van street southeast. and
in that direction the officers went. When
they arrived there they learned that the
fugitive had been there and had changed
his working clothes. One of the officers
overheard remark that the fugitive had
gone toward Anacostia. Officers Davis and
Donovan jumped on car of the 18th street
southeast line. while the sergeant commu-
nicated with the station house and started
on foot.
AS the car sped down 18th street Police
man Davis saw Chase standing on the cor
ner Of 18th and M streets and jumped
from the car. He offered no resistance.
Meanwhile Detectives Peck and Warren
of the detective bureau had been assigned
to the case by Capt. Cross and they were
on the track Of the man. closely following
their brother officers. They learned Of
the capture almost Immediately.
He wouldn't stop his fooling and
stopped him." Chase told the officers while
they were taking him to the station house
The man was somewhat under the In
fuence Of liquor and could not tell a
straight story 1t is said by the police
| that he remarked to a barkeeper from
| whom he got a drink:
I've hit him and I've fixed him"
Brothers Had Been Drinking.
| AS far as could be determined by the po-
| lice from what the man under arrest said.
and from what they learned from those
| who lived near the shop. Richard prior to
| the quarrel had chided his brother about
| doing his work. Richards claim that
| Henry was not working as hard as he
| should apparently brought on the dispute
| The two brothers have been working to-
| gether for some time and last night they
| were seen carousing together. NO APP
parent hard feeling existed between them
| but neighbors say they have had quarreis
before Both are short, but powerfully
built, Richard being the heaviest. He has
| powerful arms and massive shoulders
After he arrested today and while en-
| route to the station house he begged for
| drink.
Richard Chase, also called Hillary
Chase is not unknown to the police OF
| the city. He was arrested some time ago
| for assaultng a man with II heavy wagon
| tongue and served sentence or SIX
| months in jail for that assault He has
| been in other trouble at different times
and the officers who captured him today
knew him by sight. AS soon as the pris-
oner was put in the cell at the fourth pre-.
cinct station he dropped on the IRON cot
and was soon fast asleep and apparently
did lot realize the seriousness of the
charge against him.
The shop where the murder occurred Is
owned by Abe Wilson, huckster; IL Is
small building and Is filled with wagon
wheels and ordinary tools and equipment
of a blacksmith shop. Henry Chase. when
struck fell over a pile OF wheels near the
the place where he lay. After the fatal
blow he did not recover CONSCIOUSNESS.
When the body was taken to the morgue
1t was found that the hammer had LANDED
on the temple and had pierced almost an
inch into the skull.
Inquest to Be Held Tomorrow.
Coroner hewitt was so occupied with the
two inquests which were held at the
morgue this morning that he did not fix
any definite time for the holding Of the In
quest in the case of Henry Chase. But 1t
is expected that 1t will be held tomorrow
at the morgue after which Rishard Chase
will be committed. pending the action of
the grand jury.
Many police officers and detectives were
after the fugitive this morning after the
crime and before his arrest. Practically all
the officers OF the fourth precinct station
on duty at the time were engaged in fol-
lowing up various clues. AS the man
wanted lived in the fifth precinct the men