Fleet Walker
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| Fleet Walker | |
| Moses Fleetwood Walker | |
| Bat/Throw: | R/R |
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| Weight: | 159 |
| Born: | 1856-10-7 at Mount Pleasant, OH (US) |
| Died: | 1924-5-11 at Cleveland, OH (US) |
| Interred: | Union Cemetery in Steubenville, OH (US) |
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| Statistics: | Retrosheet |
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SYRACUSE, April 13. - Patrick Murray, who was stabbed at Syracuse Thursday last by Moses T. Walker, the colored ex-catcher of the Stars, died at 3 o'clock Friday morning. Walker dropped into a drunken stupor after his arrest, and when he awoke he stretched himself and asked an officer in attendance: "Who was that fellow I cut? He made a bad move when he came for me." Walker was a student at Oberlin College one year, and was also a year in the senior class at the Ann Arbor law school. Murray had served a term in Auburn prison for burglary.
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SYRACUSE, June 4. - The case of Moses F. Walker, indicted for murder in the second degree, went to the jury in the Court of Oyer and Terminer a few minutes before 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. There had been no agreement up to 6 o'clock and a recess was then taken until 7:30. Justice Kennedy was on hand at the adjourned hour, but did not take his seat until the jury, twenty minutes afterward, sent word that they were ready to report.
Walker was brought from the cells and he found his wife awaiting him in the courtroom. The jury announced that they had found a verdict of not guilty, and immediately a shout of approval, accompanied by clapping of hands and stamping of feet, rose from the spectators. Justice Kennedy broke his gavel in his endeavor to quell the disorder, and threatened to arrest the whole crowd. After the tumult had subsided the jury requested that some good advice be given to Walker, and the court complied, telling him that if he had been addicted to the use of liquor, this was a good time for him to swear off. An order for his formal discharge was then entered by the clerk.
Walker was warmly congratulated all around on the result. Both he and his wife were kept busy for several minutes shaking hands with the people who swarmed about them. Mrs. Walker was introduced to Justice Kennedy, and she received a warm greeting.
The result of the trial was not unexpected. Public sympathy was with the prisoner all along, and though a few people thought that there might be a conviction of manslaughter in one of the lesser degrees, the general opinion was that Walker would be sent forth from the court room a free man. The Justice's charge was thought to be very much in the prisoner's favor. [2]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Catcher Walker A Murderer", pg 1. Sporting Life, 1891-04-18. http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1891/VOL_17_NO_03/SL1703001.pdf.
- ↑ "Not Guilty", pg 1. Sporting Life, 1891-06-06. http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1891/VOL_17_NO_10/SL1710001.pdf.
