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Show Former Constable Ben R. Haddock Interferes in Quarrel Between . His Daughter and George E. Porter, Her Husband, I and, It Is Alleged, Was Choked to "; 1 rj Death by the Latter. ; Benjamin R. Haddock is lying dead a,t his home, 025 North Seventh West street, in this city, as the result, it Is charged, of injuries received in 4- -f a fight with Ills son-in-law oi;er family matters lu the home at a late 4- -f- hour last night. George E. Porter, the son-in-law, was having a quarrel -f 4- with his wife at the Haddock, home, and Haddock interfered to save his -f- daughter from abuse and injury. Then, according to the story told by members of the family to the police. Porter turned upon his father-in-law, and a fearful struggle ensued in the preence of the members of the fam- 4- -f- ily. Haddock was a man well along in years and had but one hand, so 4- 4- that he was no match for Porter, who is 21 and active and strong. It Is 4- 4- asserted that ho secured a strangle hold upon the older man and choked 4- 4- him into insensibility. He then left him and took his wife to the home of -f- 4- his own father. Later he was arrested and placed In the city jail. 4- 4- Charles E. Porter, a brother, was arrested also, and will be held as a wit- 4- 4- ncss. Haddock, lived a short time after the choking. 4 As the result of a family row about 10 o'clock last night, Ben R. Haddock is dead and his son-in-law, George E. Porter, 21 years old, is in Jail charged with murder, while a brother of the latter. lat-ter. Charles E. Porter, Is held as a witness. SECURED STRANGLE HOLD. The Haddock homo is at 525 North Seventh West street, and the Porters-have Porters-have been living in the house next door. I The Porters last- night were packing f their goods preparatory to removing to Ogden, they having intended to leave on the 11:00 Short Line train. It peems that about 10 o'clock George Porter and his wife, had some trouble, in the course of which Porter is said to have beaten his wife. Haddock came over to interfere inter-fere in behalf of his daughter, when Porter grappled with the older man, seizing him about the neck with what in wrestling parlance is called- a "stran-i "stran-i gle hold." STORY OF THE CHOKING. With his arm about the old man's neck, Porter choked Haddock to the iloor, and then, it is saldr Mrs. Haddock, Had-dock, who is quite a heavy woman, also mixed in tho affray. At this Porter soon withdrew from tho contest, and, taking his wife and brother, drove In the express wagon which had come for his goods to tho homo of his mother on Second North street, between Fourth and Fifth West, having given up leaving leav-ing on the night train. Haddock, while apparently suffering considerably from the effects of the fight with his son-in-law, was able to walk unaided to his own home, but upon reaching the house sat down in a chair, unable to talk, and in less than three-quarters of an hour was dead. J Mrs. HaaMock made several'; Jneffc-ct- k H I ual attempts to secure the services of a , 91 M ' physician for'-her injured- husband, and k .5he finally walked all tho way to the ED JH police station to Inform the authorities ffiflM of what had happened. SergL Hcmpel fOB and Officer Clive went to the house, but PH they foundi Haddock dead upon their IffI arrival there. The police department fuM was almost as unsuccessful ns was jrj Mrs. Haddock in the matter of finding W'm a doctor, it having beon nearly 3 o'clock I'M this morning when County Physician ? M Mayo and Coroner Clark started) for the f I home of death. . f i, U HOW THEY WERE FOUND. - If The officers found Porter and' his ijf (I young wife at the home of Porter's "If'B mother. Mrs. Porter had a had mark if'H on her forehead, which had been in- r lH illctcd in tho skirmish with her hua- jt H band, but she roundly abused her fath- H er, who she did not know yet was dead. and became hysterical in her opposition to tho offlcers taking her liege lord from ''H her. Tho girl was not Informed) last idght of her father's death. j Porter expressed great surprise, which j ' H was doubtless unfeigned, when he was 1 JR- told that he had killed hia father-in- 1 law. He did not, however, appear to f feel any deep pajigs of regret. - S "I don't know how I could havo killed i-H (Continued on Page 2.) ff FAMILY ROW ENDS IN DEATH AND AN ARREST ' - (Continued from Pfigo 1.) him," said Porter, in giving his story of the trouble. "I only choked him a little and I wns glud to get out of the mess, when the old lady pilel on me. Tho way It started, I picked up an old guitar which I thought wasn't worth moving and smashed 1L One of tho pieces struck my wife pn the head and hurt her pretty bndly, and then the old man came over and started for me. I met him and grabbed him around tho neck and choked him down, and then the old lady Jumped on both of us. I got out from under as quickly as I could and left the place. 1 had no idea that the old man was badly hurt." Haddock was about 50 years old and had lived in this city many years. He was active in politics and was constable consta-ble of the Third precinct prior to the city being made a single precinct. He leaves a wife and several children. The two families have been getting along very badly for some time, and quarrcla and fights are said to have been of daily occurrence with them. Arrangements wero being made at an early hour this morning to remove the body of the murdered man lo the undertaking establishment of Joseph William Taylor, and it is probable that an inquest will be held today. |
