Charlie Dexter
Charles Dana Dexter (June 15, 1876 – June 9, 1934) was a Major League Baseball outfielder from 1896 to 1903. Professional career. Dexter's career in baseball started in 1889, with the Evansville Cooks, a semiprofessional ball club. He played with them until 1894 when he decided to attend . He also played for the Louisville Colonels, Boston Braves, and Chicago Cubs organizations. Iroquois Theatre fire. On December 30, 1903 Charlie Dexter and fellow player John Franklin Houseman were in a box watching a show at the Iroquois Theatre in Chicago when the Iroquois Theatre fire broke out; they were  credited with breaking down a locked door and rescuing a number of people. The stabbing of Quait Bateman. In 1905, he reportedly stabbed Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Quait Bateman in the chest while he was drunk. Dexter was taken to jail. Bateman decided to not press charges as he believed it was an accident and Dexter was released the next morning. Personal life. In 1934, Dexter shot himself to death in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.