Arizona republican., 1914-03-29
Lewis Chickinny Quarrels With Charles Chickinny and Finally Inflicts Fatal Stab in the Groin Sever ing Femoral Artery
BOTH MEN HAD
 BEEN DRINKING
Aged Mother of Two Tries to Save Her Son, But the Door is Barred Against Her-LeWis Confesses to Officers

Quarreling with his brother Charles
 Chickinny, at the Chickinny home. 6l7
 South Sixth street, shortly after eight
 o'clock last night Lewis Chickinny in
 flicted knife wounds upon his brother
 that resulted in his death within a few
 minutes. Each of the brothers, crazed
 with drink, after an evening spent i'll
 making rounds of the saloons uptown,
 engaged in an exchange of vitupera-
 tions that brought about the death of
 one and the arrest of the other upon
 a formal charge of murder. A prisoner
 in the city jail, where he was taken by
 the police, who responded to the call of
 the dead mans wife, Lewis Chickinny
 last night admitted killing his brother.
 regretting that it occurred but say
 ing that he was goaded beyond en- durance. not only by the names which his brother had called him, but by the threats Charles was making against his wife.
 It was about nine o'clock that Mrs. i Charles Chickinny, in her stocking feet, her hair disheveled and her general ap- pearance indicating that she had been drinking heavily, staggered into the police sttaion and urged that officers be sent to her home where she stated | her husband was bleeding to death i She seemed unable to give further in- formation and she was placed in the
 auto patrol and directed Policeman McGrath and Thurman to the Chick inny house
 Arriving there the officers found two or three men standing about outside and were greeted at the door by the mother of the two men involved in the affair. The old woman told the off cers there was nothing wrong inside, but the younger woman insisted that
 the police locate Lewis who had dis appeared. Guy Barnes who was in the party and was found to be virtually covered with blood, was taken in GUS tody and left in the care of the patrol driver, while the officers entered the house.
 The interior of the dwelling re- sembled a shambles. There was blood upon the floor upon the walls, upon the bed upon which lay the dead body d full of bloodied water used in trying
 to remove the traces of the crime. All those who could possibly have had any connection with the crime were ques- toned and finally the patrol started back to the police station with Mrs. Chickinny and Barnes.
 About two blocks from the house 1n his way along the muddy road. His hands Were bloody and he had every appearance of having been in a fight It proved to be the missing brother and he was taken in custody without any show of resistance
 At the police station he was placed in a cell by himself the dead mans wife was locked up alone and Barnes was detained in another cell as wit ness.
 Coroner Johnstone was immediately notified and in company with Under Sheriff Billy Wolf visited the Chick inny home. It was found that the quarrel had taken place in the kitchen and that before the clash which ended in the fatal wounding of Charles, the
 man who inflicted the single wound. had been forcibly elected from the house by his brother and his brothers wife. He attempted to gain entrance but was restrained by Barnes and two other men named Penn and Thompson A few minutes later, when Mrs Chick inny began calling for help. Lewis forced his way hack into the house A few minutes later Charles staggered from the room into the bedroom in the front of the house and fell across a bed ! with the blood pouring from a wound | in the groin. Despite the efforts of the | mother of the wounded man and Guy