Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-08
CORONER HOLDS SIOUX
Robert McCuIic Charged With
Murder of Fink.
NO EXPLANATION OF DEED
Christmas Woman Tells of Attack on
Herself and Man Killed.
INDIAN BEAT THEM WITH CLUB
Victim Was Asleep on Sofa When
Attacked-Five Witnesses
at Inquest.
VO EXPLANATION OF DEED
INDIAN BEAT THEM WITH CLUB

Robert McCulic. or McCullougf-as his
name is sometimes spelled-a full-blooded
Sioux Indian, almost surely will face a
charge of murder In the first degree. He
was held today by the coroner's jury for
the action of the grand jury. charged
with responsibility for the death Of Carl
Fink
Fink died yesterday at the Emergency
Hospital as the result Of fracture of the
skull. It is alleged McCulic caused the
injury and also the injuries exhibited by
Edna Christmas. colored. by beating both
with club last Saturday in the home
of the Christmas woman in Government
alley northwest.
The inquest in the case was held at
the morgue today by Coroner hewitt.
Only five witnesses were called. Their
stories served to give a complete outline
of the assault and its fatal result.
DR.. William c. Sparks of the staff of
the Emergency Hospital told of receiving
Fink. a white man. about forty years of
age. in the hospital last Saturday. He
described the wounds on the mans head.
Fink was suffering from a fracture Of
the skull and cerebral hemorrhage. the
doctor said. Fink became steadily weaker
until death occurred.
CLUB Taken From Stable.
John r. Freeman, an employe Of the
government stables, where McCulic also
formerly worked, testified that he saw
McCulic get a heavy club from the
stable Saturday evening and later return
it. Witness identified CLUB exhibited by
Coroner hewitt as undoubtedly the one
with which the assault was committed.
Still suffering greatly from wounds on
her head and back. inflicted by McCulic.
Edna Christmas. the only eyewitness of
the crime. told a dramatic story.
She had known both McCulic and Fink
for seven or eight years. Fink took his
meals in the house and McCulic rented a
room from her.
Pointing at the Indian who was facing
her in the inquest room. the Christmas
woman said:
He came in the house some time after
6 o'clock Saturday evening. / asked him
to eat something. but he wouldn't, and
he went right out again.
Fink was asleep on the sofa In a
In his hands and hit me on the head and
on the back. Then he turned toward
Fink.
when saw him clubbing Fink ran
out and called the police"
Witness declared she did not know the
cause OF the trouble
Archibald Mcdonald testified only that
he met McCulic in the stable and the
latter said he had been in trouble, but
1t was all over.
Policeman William G. Stott of the third
precinct. who made the arrest. said Nc
Culic's only remark when on the way
to the station house was:
"A man does things when he is mad
that he is sorry for after it is all over"
Deputy Coroner GlaZebrook testified
that Fink showed every evidence of hav-
ing suffered a terrible beating. Death
was due to fracture of the skull and
cerebral hemorrhage.
Verdict Of Jury.
After deliberation the coroner's jury re-
turned its verdict as follows:
Carl Fink came to his death October Z.
1908, at the Emergency Hospital from
fracture Of the skull and cerebral hem
orrhage. Said fracture was caused by a
blow upon the head, due to being struck
by a piece of wood or plank held in the
hand of one Robert McCulic. We. the
jury. hold the said Robert McCulic for the
action Of the grand jury
The members of the coroner's jury were
Henry Saur. William L. Lynn. George
Smith. E. r. Brooks, L. Sacks and r. H.
MOreland