Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-05
Al ExAMDRiA AFFAIRS
Police Looking for Boy Accused
of Murder.
SAID TO HAVE KILLED UNCLE
Father of Lad in Room When the
Fatal Shot Was Fired.
E-MORTEM STATEMENTS
Testimony at Inquest-Adjournme
Taken-Few Cases in
Police Court.
Special Correspondence of TIE Star.


ALEXANDRIA, Va, July 8, 1906.
NJ L. Kidd, a truckman. fifty-nine years
of age, died at 5 O'clock this morning from
bullet wound In the abdomen, and his
nephew, William c. Kidd, aged seventeen
years. is being sought by the police as re-
sponsible for the murder. The shooting
occurred shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon at the home of ]. M Kidd, the
father of the youth and brother of the
deceased, $40 North Columbus street.
The police have been unable to learn what
circumstances led up to the shooting. ].
PM. Kidd states that he and his brother and
son were lying ON the floor In the par
Tor and that he was awakened from sleep
by the report of a pistol. His brother, he
states, had the boy by the throat, and the
latter held a pistol in his hand. In a
few seconds the wounded man sank to the
floor and the boy departed from the house.
Police headquarters was notified of the
tragedy, and Chief Goods and Policeman
Smith responded They found that Kidd
had been shot in the abdomen, and he
was hurried to the hospital in the ambu-
lance. There he was attended by DR.. S. B.
Moore.
Remained in Neighborhood
Immediately after the shooting a search
for young Kidd was instituted. The police
learned that he remained in the neighbor-
hood of the house until their approach, but
FASTENED away when warned of their COM
ing. He ran in the direction of the county,
and today Chief Goods and Policemen
Jones and Carney are securing the outly-
ing districts in search of him.
The deceased was employed as truck
man at the Southern Railway freight sta
ton on North Fairfax street, and the boy
had until recently worked at the Belle-Pre
glass factory, where his father is night
Waterman.
Ante-Mortem Statements.
Dr. Moore. the coroner, conducted an In
quest at IL o'clock this morning. DIR. w.
NJ Smith, who performed the autopsy, tes-
tilted as to the nature of the wound Sew
eral witnesses were called. William Skill
man, the first witness, who went to the hos
pital in the ambulance with the wounded
man. stated that DR.. Rowe had asked the
wounded man If he could give any reason
for the shooting. and the reply was: THE
boy said: You have been trying to raise
fuss all day and l am going to put an end
to IL b."
Henry Borden, who also rode to the hos
pital In the ambulance with the wounded
man. corroborated the testimony of the pre-
vious witness. William H. Simms who was
standing on the sidewalk in front of the
house where the shooting occurred, testified
that he heard the boy say:
Il am going to blow your d brains
out
]. NJ. Kidd, father of the boy, stated that
he knew nothing of what preceded the
occurrence He said that he was asleep and
awoke when the shot was fred. He stated
that his brother was of quarrelsome dis
position and had threatened to chastise the
boy.
The coroner's jury then adjourned until
this afternoon when the sister Of the boy
who was in the room when the shot was
fired Will testify.
In the Police Court.
only three cases occupied the attention
of Police Justice Cation in the Police Court
this morning, unusual record for the day
after the Fourth of July. Willis Petit
was accused of beating his wife and Gre
ating a general disturbance of the peace
in the neighborhood of his home. He was
fined $50. Mac Braxton, colored, was ac-
cused Of assaulting his wife with a razor
The fine was $40. Howard Banks coIored
for assaulting Luella Brockley was fined
SO.
Charles o. Pullman reported to the police
this morning that strange coIored man
had entered his store and had attempted
to get away with three pairs of shoes. A
young woman employe at the store grabbed
the man, but he made his escape.