Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-08
AT WORK ON MYSTERY
DETECTIVES INVESTIGATING
MURDER OF W1LFoRD CARTER.

Coroner hewitt will hold an inquest to
morrow morning and have jury of ST,
| men pass upon the circumstances of thu
death of MILFORD Carter, colored, who
was assaulted while in front of the
Brunswick Hotel about $50 o'clock last
Friday morning. and died at the Elmer
gency Hospital the afternoon of the same
day. Daniel Hinton, colored, who was
Lille Fade, also colored. as the assail-
ant of Carter. is still in custody. Hinton
who is Familiarity known to his friends as
"Dennie.' denies that he struck the fata
blow. He says he was under the influ-
ence' of liquor when he returned home
Friday morning, but knows he had nc
trouble with anybody.
There, was no reason why l should
have struck Carter he said. I'VE were
good friends and had never had any
trouble"
Lille Fade says she is certain Hinton
is the man. although the detectives take
the view that it may possibly be case
of mistaken identity. If Hinton is no,
man who struck the blow is the image OF
him. Hinton spent the evening at the
dance of the colored bartenders' Organi-
cation, but. it is stated. did not return
home on the car in which Carter and
Lille Fade were passengers. Members
of organizations with which Hinton was
connected are assisting the detectives in
their investigation of the homicide.
Statement by Carter.
The police have the picket which, it is
believed, was used by the assailant OF
Carter. 1t was taken from the fence In
front of a house adjoining the Bruins
wick Hotel, and was found near where
Carter fell. Had 1t not been for the state
ment of the wounded man the police
would not have delayed SO long in investi-
eating the affair Carter denied that he
had been assaulted. telling the police he
accidentally fell to the sidewalk and in
jured himself.
An effort is being made by the detec-
tives to find motive for the assault. 1t
was suggested yesterday to the police
that robbery may have been the object,
although only one man figured In the at
tack. according to Mrs. Fade, and the
police do not think one man would have
attempted such an effort while the woman
was with Carter. The latter haG charge
of the door at the dance. and while he
handled some of the funds he did not
take the money from the nall with him.
Mrs. Fade says the assault could not
have been the result. of jealousy.
Detectives. policemen and friends of the
deceased were at work on the case until
a late hour last night, and their efforts
will be continued until something is ac-
complished. Friends of Carter will have
his body removed from the morgue as
soon as it is released by the coroner,
which will be after the coroners jury is
impaneled tomorrow morning.
Malcolm I. Hawksworth, chef and stew
ard on the private car Brunswick, en-
ployed by Burt NJ. Robinson, New York
city. states that MILFORD NJ. Carter was
employed under him as a porter for about
two years, and was always peacable,
sober and reliable in every respect Il
am confident he said, that he was not
under the influence of liquor at the time
of the tragedy. He was not that kind
of a man. He comes of a splendid family
in Richmond"