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Cynthia Vaughn came Tuesday night to the street where her brother,Jerry Hurt, was attacked that afternoon, hoping to find the man whokilled him.

"I wanted to ask him why he had to hit Jerry over the head withthat pole," she said, tears welling in her eyes. "I wanted to seewhat kind of heart this man has that would do this to my brotherfor the dollar that was in his pocket."

Hurt, 46, of 1507 Washington Ave. SE, was walking on 14th Street SEtoward Second Avenue about 3:15 p.m. when a man on a bicycle cameup to him, police said. The man got off the bike, picked up a pieceof pipe from the street and hit him in the head with it. Then herode away.

Hurt was taken to St. Luke's Hospital, where he later died.

Vaughn, of Cedar Rapids, said witnesses told her the name of theman who attacked him. She said her brother had a "beef" with theman, who was an acquaintance of Hurt's through other friends, andthat the man punched Hurt last week and stole his money. No onereported that assault, Vaughn said, because her brother didn't wantto.

Tuesday afternoon, a chalk drawing outlined where Hurt fell, with asmall pool of blood inside the round circle indicating his head. Acrowd of neighborhood residents milled around the block as policeconducted their investigation. Fourteenth Street was blocked offwith crime scene tape, and a yellow tag marked where the pipe wasthrown near the curb.

Later that night, Hurt's nieces and nephews gathered on the streetwith Vaughn and another sister, Annie Mullinex of Cedar Rapids, toconsole each other and remember their relative through laughter andtears. Hurt's mother, Daisy Hurt, was at home nearby still in shockover the news, they said.