Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-05
KILLED IN A SALOON.

so cOlOIcu, ehVi|J o..hnast
last night in saloon on the northeast
corner of Princess and Royal streets'
The tragedy is believed to have oeen
caused by jealousy over young mulatto
woman named Estelle Bouy. The evi,
dence shows that four shots were hred
bv tanks The first ball missed Elzey
and passed through the pocket of a COL
ored man named Gus Griffin, who was
playing piano at the time.
Banks left the saloon after the shoot
ing and made his way to the home OF a
relative on north Pitt street, where ne
remained until an early hour this morn
ING He later went TO the station house
and delivered himself up to Lieutenant
Smith.
As soon as the shooting was reported
at he station house Lieutenant smith
teiephoned to Washington and requested
the police of that city to box out Tor
Banks and detailed Officer Knight to go
to that city. He also sent Officers Fer
guson and Belts in buggy into Alex
andria county with instructions to search
all the brick yards for the fugitive.
Banks and another negro named
Henry Clark, who is suspected OF being
a party TO the killing, were brought De-
fore Justice Thompson in the Police
Court this morning. The examination
on the part of the State Was conducted
by Mr.. S. &. Brent, COmmonwealth's AT,
torney, and Mr.. L. II. Machen appeared
as counsel for the defense.
Charles Jones, colored, the bartender
in the saloon, was the first witness put
on the stand. He testified to the elect
that there had been bad feeling be-
tween the two men, and that he had
warned Banks OF the consequences Of
causing a row 10 the place. The shoot
ing, he said, occurred in the rear portion
of the saloon where number OF men
and women we're assembled.
Estelle Bouy. who is believed 10 nave
caused the friction between the two men,
followed. 1t seems that Banks had be-
come interested in the woman, but his
advances had not oeen looked upon with
favor, while Elzey had been enjoying the
oompsnionshiP of the woman. Inc
witness said during the afternoon a
colored girl named Theresa (witness did
not know her other name) had taken
Elzey's hat; that Banks had interested
himself in the matter and had struck
Elzey. The men had met in the saloon
again last night when the trouble had
been renewed, during which Banks had
applied vile epithet to Elzey's mother.
Elzey, who was in the act OF drinking
bottle of beer at the time, threatened to
strike Banks with the bottle If he re-
peated the language. Fne shooting &C.
CURED soop after. ,
Henry CLARK who, it was said, had
before the shooting uttered the words
"Now is your chance, Banks, was
later put upon the stand. He testined
to having heard the two men quarreling
and hearing the shots. DE denied nav
ing used the language attributed to him.
Chief Goods testified that he and OH
Ger Beach had found the pistol IN the
Mace where Banks told them it had been
placed. go &,
Officer knight followed. He testified
that Banks had told him that after the
shooting he made hi6 way to the river
ON the northeastern boundary Of the city
and threw the weap'n into cove; thst
later he went near Hume's Spring, IN
the county, and slept 10 barn.
Bessie Keys was then put upon the
stand. she said Banks and Elzey were
ouarrelng in the saloon, and that Banks
had used the language regarding Elzey's
mother as averred by the preceding wit
nesses and that Elzey had threatened to
use the bottle on Banks. The dead man,
she said, was walking away from Banks
when the latter discharged his pistol,
shooting Elzey in the back.
Ida Fuller testified that yesterday al
ternoon Estelle Bouy, who was in the
saloon, was sitting in Elzey's lap, and
that at that time Banks and Elzey were
at variance with each other.
Walter Elzey, brother Of the dead
man, took the stand. He said he was
in the saloon at the time Of the shooting.
He said the first ball from the pistol
went through the pocket of Gus Griffin,
who was playing the piano at the time
His brother Tom, after the first shot,
ran. when Banks fred four shots in bis
body. His brother, he said, was about
rs years old.
No other witnesses were examined,
and Banks was sent on TO the grand
jury.
DR.. Moore, the Coroner, conducted
an inquest this morning at Domaine u
Sons undertaking parlors. DIR. Smith,
by direction of the Coroner, made an ex-
animation of the remains of Elzey. The
following was his report:
One bullet entered the back between the
eighth and ninth ribs on the right SIDE,
breaking the ninth rib and passing into the
lower lobe of the right lung where II was
found. together with fragments of ribs.
Another bu let entered the back on the left
side, about four inches from the spine, pass,
ing through the large bowel. the left lobe OF
the liver, through the diaphragm, the apex
OF the heart and was found lying in the peri
cardial cavity. Two bullets entered the right
liver of the back, one and half inches from
the spine and cut tn rough the blood vessels OF
the right kidney and the large bowel, and are
probably lying in the intestinal canal some
where.
The jary was composed OF Messrs. T.
NJ. Graham, foreman; F. F. Marbury,
A. H. .Oehlert, @. P. @. Timberman, j.
T. Haring and F. Ii. Harper.
The same witnesses who were before
the Police Court testified at the inquest,
and their testimony was substantially
tho sana