Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-10-13
LOCAL NEWS.

OBJECTED TO BEING BURIED ALIvE-Satur.
day, officer Carraher, Of the First Ward, tou I'd
the body OF man, wrapped in tent, lying in
the ''White lott south OF the Presidents Mau.
sion. An inquest was held by Coroner Wood
ward: and the jury returned verdict Of death
from causes unknown. Papers found Oh de-
ceased indicate that his name WAS Arthur
Dennis. and that he had been employed as a
watchmau at one of the Government st .bles.
Sunday morning about eleven o'clock Ser.
geant Hurley, passing through the same ground,
found man wrapped in tent, and very sick.
He gave his name as VIM. Densmond, was q
teamster, and came lrCm New York city. The
sergeant sent 1Or an ambulance to take him to
hospital but before the ambulance arrived
the poor Il How expired The body was inferred
by order of Capt. Tompkins.
a rather curious circums stance is cOnuec ted
with these deaths. 1t seems that two old teuts
had been left in the lot by men who formerly
quartered there After the inquest was held
We're directed to 60 to the lot and coffin the
body. which they would find wrapped in q
tent. The men did as they were directed. and
were about lifting a body to the coffin. when
the supposed corpse tQrred over in their hands,
scoring both the men and the "1ubjcct,'' who
wac naturally not little frightened, when
told they were directed to bury HIM. He in
sisted that he wa not a candidate for burial.
and further search being made, the tent in
which Dennis was laid was discovered, ard
Dens mond cheerfully assisted the men to cot
fin Dennis. 1t is presumed that Densmoud
laid himself down gain in the tent cloth where
he was found by Sergeant Hurley, and died
soon after.
The White lot has been for many months a
common lodging place for men and womea
who can find no other shelter.
POLICE REPoRTs.-Second Preciact-Jno, Y
Bouminger, racine dismissed. Patk O.: =.
drunk and disorderly; military
Third Precinct.-Charles Jenk:ps, grand Ia, .
cenyi dismissed: Lewis Douglass, di-orderly;
$5.72 Thomas Biscler, Jas. Dungly, do: dis
missed. Richard barnes, VIM. johnson, do:
Oh
ure to take cut license; &4.25 each. Jas Len
net, drunk: dismissed. Ann Dove and Fanny
Smith, do; workhouse.
Fourth Precinct.-Samuel Jackson, assault:
bail for peace. James Riordan, drunk: a2'
Curtis Ruthbon. do; workhouse Patrick Rms.
SELL drunk and dIsorderlyi 81. Daniel Scap.
i Rn;, 90 ass.n TIM no 9Gonael do 3d. Hezekiah
Stah Precir et.-Maiilda Irvine, trespass; bail
for court. John Mitchell, obtaining money by
laise PIetsnee; bail for hearing. SamI Ireland,
Wright, drunk and disorderly; IS. Margaret
White, Co.: 81. Harre. Shorter, threats; bail
10, Tor peace race R9t ,rs Hall, do; do. Jas. CORN
derby; 80 each. George Davis, petty larceny:
dismissed: Thomas e. Johnson, drunk: -
JACOB Collar, creating nuisance; Ss. John
world, sleeping il market dismissed. John
military. Robert Hall, disorderly; Ss.
Tenth observation-disclosures H. Popkins, and Ha
m ma1n Heeht, threats: bail for peace. Mary
Mclntyre, disorderfy; dismissed. Jno E. Rem.
nett, do; 90. Harriet Bennett, do: 81. Jas.
Cunningham, do; 81. Een.j. Thompson, sell
Ing liquor, unlicensed; dismissed. Francis
Ir,nneli, entieing to Prostitution; IS. BENZ.
+. Langley, taking pos session Of a girl by mar.
rage under age: dismissed. Isabella Lar gley,
absconding from her father: returned t. Fer
tather. A. Cumberland, assault and battery:
bail for peace. Bridget Kane, prostitution:
workhouse. James Kane, assault; miiitary'
Fannie Lyons, drunk; dismissed. Joseph
Halton, do; military George Jones, carving
weapons; $50 John Carroll, refusing to re.
move nuisance; S20-workhouse in de,ault