Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-01-31

him. Deceased was at the time in Baltimore,
and the visitor seemed to regret his absence
exceedingly. Witness took her to the board
ing. house of deceased on E street, and finding
he had not returned, the visitor returned to
Baltimore, whence she had come to Washing
ton. Witness saw the woman who did the
shooting day, ana believes she is the same
woman who called upon deceased last sum-
mer. Upon the return Of deceased from Balti-
more, at the time of the visit, witness men
toned the circumstance to him, and described
the visitor. Deceased recognized the descrip-
ton, and regretted his absence at the time He
spoke OF the lady in terms CT great praise, but
never mentioned ne- name to witness
Justice Handy-Witness testified that he was
sent for, and on entering the room he saw the
deceased, and took from her pocket the pistol,
which she gave to him, and witness committed
her to Jail.
The evidence here closed, the Jury rendered
his room in the Treasury building about
O'Clock y, m. on the goth day OF January, 1865;
aAd that, while on his way through the hall,
he came to his death by ball fired from pis-
tol in the hands of a woman said to be named
Mary Harris, said ball taking effect about two
inches to the left Of the spine, in the region OF
the fifth rib.
The corpse was taken in charge by a relative
ana some friends Of the deceased, and con-
veyed to his late residence, near Franklin
Square, from whence it will be buried The
deceased was married about year since to
young lady of Chicago, and for some time he
roomed on E street, near Temperance Hall, but
recently he has been housekeeping at the above
place. He was fine looking man, apparently
in robust health; and some OF his fellow clerks
who were present when the inquest was held
bore testimony to his good character and efhci-
ency a clerk
The weman, who gave her name as Mary
Harris, is represented to bear the traces Of
great personal beauty, but appears some what
emaciated, with look as if she suffered men.
tally. She is from 22 to 25 years of age, rather
below the ordinary height, with dark brown
hair falling In luxuriant ringlets. At first she
betrayed little emotien, but on the way to the
Jail with officer Walker, it seemed that she
commenced to realize her situation, and the
officer was obliged in great measure to carry
her from the carriage to the Jail.
The second shot, it seems, went through the
glass in the sash on the left OF the door of the
old library, and struck the plastering near the
left casing Of the window, making hole about
half an inch deep. The shot passed just about
face high, but was too much to the left to take
effect.
The statement that the woman was an EN-.
ploye OF the Treasury Department is mis-
take.
Friends of the deceased claim that he was of
unblemished morals, and they deny that there
was any improper intimacy between the pris.
oner and the deceased They state that the
pair grew up together as boy and girl lovers
but with no guilty associations, and
that believing that their mutual happiness
would not be promoted by union, he so mott.
fled her verbally and by letter together with
the fact that he was about to marry another
that he subsequently married this other lady,
d MISS OORRs, anu Win HIS DTlQe mace Wed
ding call upon Miss Harris, a few days after
the marriage. This was about August of 1863,
and they say that since that time Miss Harris
has herself been married, but not living happily,
has apparently conceived sudden feeling of
inj Jury against her old lover, and now, nearly
is months after his marriage to another, takes
this terrible revenge.
Friends Of the prisoner say that she belonged
to oRe OF the most respectable families in Bur.
lington, Iowa; that she and the deceased grew
up together in the most loving intimacy, going
together to the same Baptist Church and the
same Sunday school; that on growing up he
joined the church, and that their intimacy was
Of so close nature as to create scandal in the
church, and he was asked to withdraw from
the church, which he did; and that subse.
Guently he removed to Chicago