Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-02
Daily Press,
Hampton bureau,

lIuill lItSS,
Hampton bureau
PHOEBUS. VA, August l.-Garrett
Walsh. Il first class fireman belonging
to the crew of the United States bat
tieship Maine, is dead; Chief Master
alarms i. +. Maddox and Chief l,a-
kcr j. NJ. Alderman, OF the same shin
are wounded, the former probably ia
tally, as the result of Il row with Fred
Gutierrez, Il beach wagon" driver in
me Palace Hotel bar tonight about 10
O'Clock Gutierrez used long knife
ana with ii he presented such Il for
midablc aspect that he succeeded in
escaping from the bar and reaching
his home in Asylum street after the
fight He was arrested ~ Town Ser
geant Williams and OFFICER Johnson
who hurried him over To Hampton ana
lodged him in Jail there
On account of the large number of
soldiers and sailors on The streets and
the excitement which prevailed. Ser
geant Williams feared that an attempt
To lynch the prisoner wuuld he made
If the man WAS kept AT the Ph0ehus
station. Some of the solsiicrs and
sailors talked freely oil lynching ana
trouble probably would nave resulted
II Gutierrez had not been taken away
quietly.
Maddox Fighting for Life.
Several doctors are workine ON Mad.
doX and at II late hour tonight it
was said that the mastcr.at,arms had
lighting chance for life. lie has n
stab wound over the heart ana IS cut
in several places about the body.
Dr. j. Is. Vandcrsllcc, the coroner,
after dressing Ackerman's painful
wound, had Il jury summoned ana be-
San an inquest over the dead body OF
walsh. The personnel OF the jury is
as follows: w. G. Morris. c. w. Sey-
mour, William Ormsby, Lawrence Boy
han, John Tcemcr and II |. Nicholas.
How Trouble Started.
c. j. Smith, a first class seaman,
of the Names crew, who was an eye
witness To the tragedy, gives the fol
lowing account of the affair:
Maddox, Walsh, Alderman. Smith
and soldier from the fort, whose
name could not be learned. met GU
tierrcz at the corner of Melicn and
Mallory streets. and engaged him to
drive them. with r. j. McGnty, an
other sailor who had his ankle
sprained i'll fight Wednesday night,
to Old Point. The party went to
Mason's saloon and there picked-up
the man with the sprained ankle;
then the "Lcach wagon started for
Old Point.
When the Palace hotel, at Howard
and Mallory streets, was reached. Gu
ticrrcz stopped and announced that
he was going in to get IL drink. He
invited his passengers to have d drink.
too. and all except McCarty followed
him into the hotel bar
EiQht Started in Rnr
When they entered the bar. the sail
ers found il was after 10 o'clock and
they began urging Gutierrez to fore
so his drink and drive them as soon
rs possible To Old Point, as they want
ed to catch the 1880 o'clock launch
out to the ship
At this point an argument over the
fares started and some hot words were
passed
Gutierrez, according to the story.
caught Walsh in the collar and pulled
him out the back door of the bar. Ack.
erman and Smith followed: then the
driver drew a long knife and cut at
Smith, who lodged and got away
Then the driver attacked Alderman.
stabblng him in the left upper arm
and inilictnS an ugly. tearing wound.
Tragedy in Rear Room.
fIourlshing his knife. Gutierrez
scattered the sailors. and Walsh fled
INTO rear room of the hotel The
driver followed, leaving Maddox, Smith
anu Alderman outside. In few mo
ments, according 10 Smiths statement.
gutierrez appeared i'll the doorway.
Drandishlng his bloody knife. ana
threw himself upon Maddox. Before
the mastcratarms could FREQ himself
he had received half n dozen wounds
about the body.
Gutierrez Escapes in Darkness.
After finishing with Maddox. Gu
ticrrez disappeared in the darkness
lack of the hotel and for time it
seemed that he had made good his
escape.
WafBh WnS found dead in lhn rnar