Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-02-08


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Is3eeIeussnsso, fsss4n, W. @. Finney.
E6~21d q Handys Janss Cro0eUn, Roswell
VooA6pfd Hoo. 9. Addipn. Samuel CT
nel;us. Joseph Z. Davis, Nelson Theaxer.
q. T.. w. Sharrsts, Edward w. Hale. and
Charles II. Bissell.
TIE jury hsins duly SVEN. proceeded To
exsmi6e tho body or Andrev .jackson ~.
roughs, who. 6of about eighteen months
past, hes held the positien Of, elsrk n the
once Of Comptroller II TIE Currency. and.
ct the time Of his death. vas receiving Ell.
~ Il 81, 600. He - : nan Of remarka-
bic fine form and bore every appearance Of
eotrect haafto and .erSp6nar ~ dehort1sswt
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entered his hack. about too i6ehsa "a ~.
len Of the spine. In thu resion of the Ann
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coved . female iorm' exclaimed. ION !" and
4uic4eneo ms pace towsras the stairway !;
but, in less than ten seconds, second re-
port announced another fire, and another
wound. Hs reached the baluster and rcclin-
ed against it, when one Of his comrades re-.
turning from below, and ignorant Of NIL that
transpired, supposed he was fainting, in.
quired "What is the matter ?" to which the
sinking man replied. II don't know" He
was conveyed to room near by. and ex-
pired in about fifteen minutes
The Young woman. who gave her name
N Mary Harris and whose aee ia sunoosc.l
"a he about twentv-tvo years having fred
twice. and annear;ns confident that the work
~ a..sl, waI accomplished. remained. and.
evincing no excited feelings. slowly nut her
pistol in her pocket. and awaited further
Developments.
10 Hugh Mccullough, ESQ. chief Of the
Currency Bureau, she stated that the dc.
ceased had violated hin MARRIAGE ENGAGE,
ment with her. lilo had done her no harm.
but was ENGAGED to her for many years
even from her childhood. and hal conf;nne'i
a correspondence until within : month Of
his marriage. He had not seduced her and
she added, with emphasis, "As God is my
witness I az. -:...vus!"
Miss hafrls was about leaving the depart
merit when NJ. Sengstack, the doorkecper.
desired her to remain awhile, which she
!eadny consente0 70 do; and then Justice
Handy came up, arrested her, aud commit
ted her to jail for investigation. She told the
Justice that she had killed Burroughs and
then. taking the pistol out Of her pocket.
handed u 70 MN. 1t was small SharDs'
patent loor barrels, Two o. which were yet
loaded, the other two discharged.
Officer George W: Walker conveyed her
70 the JAIL IN carriage. On the way she
!old MN tnat she asked no sympathy for
herself. All the sorrow to be felt was for her
sged parents She charged that decsased
mad betrayed her, taken her from home and
friends, placed her IN house OF ill-iame in
chicago, and that therefore she had deter
mined upon this deed. For this purpose she
had purchased shc pistol in Chicago, and
nau arrived here on the morning Of yester-
csy: Sne CAV. Officer walker an address,
Devhn' Janesvihc. isconsin: which he did.
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