The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-01-09
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SUPPOSED MURpER-CoRoXBR' ISQrEsF.--At
an early hour yesterday morning, Sergeant ID.
ID. Monroe of the police force found aman ly-
ing, nearly frozen TO death, beyond the corpora"
tiOn line, between Eighteenth and Nineteenth
streets. His body was partially exposed, and
hc had only one shoe on. The other shoe was
soon afterwards found at the door OF n framed
house in the vicinity. a wagon was procured,
and he was taken 10 the police station and
. every effort was made 10 TCsuscitate him, but
he died about II o'clock A. NJ. He was TecOg-
nized as Edward f. Routcn tailor. II Is
stated that he was on a spree, on sun.
day evening, with n man named Ests,
and that about o'clock the two went
home 10 their boarding house, Mrs.
Sratton's, on Strcckcr's Hill, and went 10
bed; that afterwards Rouen got up called
negro, got his trunk and carried it down into
Eighteenth street, and that, on the way, the
two had n considerable controversy. Nothing
more is known Of his movements. 1t Is proper
that We should state that when Routen was
found he had 4 broad bruise on his forehead,
and that his face was covered with blood. d. A
hat not his own, with blood spots OH it, was
found near him.
After his death. Coroner John =. Little was
notified, and that officer, assisted by High
Constable Crump, proceeded 10 hold an in
quest at the police station, when the follow
ing testimony was elected:
Sergeant D. ID. Monroe, Of the city police,
testified that, about half-past 6 that morning,
he was informed that man was lying near
Hatcher Wehster's stables, III the rear OF
tween Eighteenth and Nineteenth Accom-
panied by policeman Sutherland and Mr..
Hicks, he went 10 the spot, and found the man
lying down, part OF his body exposed and
one shoe of. On looking round, Mr. Suther'
land found the missing shoe Al the door or
frame house about twenty yards distant At
the same time he found 4 new hat, not the
property of the deceased. ROutens hat was
lying 10y his side Sergeant Monroe raised
him up, and found he could not stand, and
that lie was senseless. lie then laid him down,
and ordered Il wagon to convey him to the
station house. On arriving there, reported
the facts 10 the Chief Of Police, and had the
man brought up stairs. His face was covered
wi h blood and there was L mark on his fore
head.
Policeman J. J. Sutherland confirmed the
statements of the previous witness. [Exhi-
bitcd the hat, on which there We're marks of
blood.l Inquired At the house near which the
hat was found, ana the woman who lived
there So id she had sold no spirits 10 any one,
and that Routcu had not been at her house
although she thought she heard him make a
noise ia the alley during the night. The shoe
was lying 81 the back door, and the man atthe
back Of the lot, in the rear Of coloTod per.
sons house. The woman said she did not
know the deceased
At this point Policeman Sutherland was sent
for the woman above spoken Of.
Edward Wilson testified that he knew the
deceased as a tailor He would drink oCca-
sionally. Never knew him to have any diff
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frozen to death, and came 10 the station house
and idcn ntiiicd him.
Rollins Hardesty knew the deceased. On
the previous morning he came by his store,
and asked him where he had been. Said he
had been pretty busy. Some further converse
ton ensucd, and he passed on. lie was ar
fcctly sober at the time. He was not quar-
relsomc man.
Captain X. 5. Belts, OF the police, stated
that after the man died. he searched his poch
cts, and found paper with his name upon II,
and a ten-cent note. lie died about eleven
o'clock He was not conscious from the time
he was brought In until he died. When he
was brought III, he was laid down by the stove.
and stimulantS We're administered. That part
of the body which was exposed was perfectly
blue, and the foot from which the shoe had
been removed was stiff
At this point, owing 10 the absence OF wit.
nesses, the inquest was adjourned over until
10 day at 3 O'Clock, Z. VI.