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EDWARD BEGLEY MURDERED. LHE DIES WOUNDSFROM THE IEFFECT8 OF INFLICTED BY A NEGRO11, atHarry fitnilb, ;Hho Kan *o Ills Friend'* ■lUn IIy Iho llleek I ncri«ail. WHt» Made Kl» tinea |»e Funeral | r* tu Take I* I ace To-raorruw.Tbe anoala of the history of the city of Wtlmiugtou base again been dyed fcy a cold blooded murder. The victim Is Edward F. Begley, of No. 812 Mary laud avenue. lie died at b o’clvek on Saturday night fivm the effect* of wounds lufllcted ou the previous Sunday even***• * '■ * * * * if-miOn the evening in queetlon Begley andthree other* were returning from theP., W. 4 B. depot aud at Heeond and Weat etreetH they Beparted. Uegioy bad not proceeded far wheu he was at-lacked by Alexander Dan ridge, who baa more than a doten aliases. Both men flinched and Begley cried out. 'T in stabbed*’ Harry Smith, one of hlacompanions. rau immediately to bia aaledalHtanc* The negro turned and slashed at Smith, cutting him with a r»r.or* Alarge crowd gathered immediately, and tho injured men were all that wa* con abler, d at the time, and the fiend escaped. U* ran into the Mount £nun Baptist Church and told the trustees that bn had been attacked by a party of white then aud thus accounted for the Wood stains on him Acrom pan led by the trustee the negro re turned aud obtained bis bat which be bad lost. .. - jsMedical aid was Immediately summoned and It was discovered that Begleveventhhad a slight cut between tbe seven! and eighth rib and a deep cat of four inches long ou the left aide reaching to the abdomen.Begley lost a quantity of blood on the occasion, but ’It was considered that i e would survive. On Friday his condition became alarming and an ante mortem sta ement was made to the police. Begley leave* a young wife aud a baby.The Browuson Library Association, of which deceased wa* au active member, held a meeting last evening aud adopted resolution*of condolence aud respect. A committee on floral tribute* was ap pointed and six nu mber* named as pall bearers.Tbe murderer ha* not been captured up to the present. It Is believed by some that he ha* left tbe city. The authorities will make every effort to secure him
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Wilmington Evening Journal
Wilmington, Delaware, US
Mon, Sep 18, 1893
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