Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-08-03

TIE SUICIDE or UAFrAIn Rura-His 8ody
Recorered.-Ths partacnlars OF the mysserioas
disappearance Of Captain e. F. Run, eie q
in the Indian Bureau. and apprehensions e 40
his ultima fate. were pueitshed In our paper
morning. past II had been his habit to visit
the stesmboat whArves about g O'Clock, aud
make varions fnquiriea a. to the depth OF the
river, Whist was the earliest hour at watch por.
sons begsn to assemble, &C., after which he
would turn away and come back to the city
with d moody countenance, As ii contemplating
determined 10 keep to himself About S
O'Clock yesterday morning be left his home.
and failing to return - usa.l, sus-
R le,o1s were aro S IN 1ns mlnds OF N, hts
self by plunging into the, Potomac
Accordingly search was instituted, and al.
though nothing could be definitely ascerta ined
as 10 the fate OF the unhappy man, yet the
finding Of his hat on sixth street wharf lett but
little doubt that the worst surnaises were cor
rect Steps were forth with taken to recover the
Sos eRa E. ID
without any siens Of 1t being discovered.
About seven O'Clock this morning, however,
the corpse Of Captain antn nv was discovered BY
tug Fisher. The body was floating beside the
front edge OF Sixth street wharf, whereft had
been stirred mp from the bottom 70 " min utes
before by the evulutiOne OF the wheels of the
United States revenue steamer Northerner,
which had lust arrived from Baltimore, The
corpse was lifted on the wharf, and covered
with sail TIL Coroner woodward could ar.
rive and hold an inquest.
The deceased was man OF rather fine an
pearaHce. about 50 years OF age, and had hair
pretty freely sprinh with gray; he was
when the deed was committed, and was dressed
in genteel suit OF black cloth, with cloth shoes,
almost new. tipped with patent leather. His
BODY was somewhat swollen from the inhala-
tiOD of water. and blood OOZed slowly from hla
mouth and nose. s-5e
Captain Ruth was . man respected by all
itary in his family, and for some days past he
has frequently expressed q dread of being sent
to an insane asylum. He was native Of Ten
nessee, and q SON I'm law of Professor Dimitry,
Of Louisiana. He leaves wife and four
At II O'clock this morning, Coroner Wood
ward held an inquest, and the following jury
". J. Stephenson, H. NJ Green, E. b. LATER.
ty, John Watt, ]. W. Gessford, Z. II. White
more, Charles Wilson. John Boyle, VIM. A.
Dezouchl, A. Mcdonald. Alex. Skinner, and
Sergeant Joseph Campbell. ~ 80 f.
But two witnesses were examined = Mr..
Bowen. who testified to taking the body out
after its discovery by the officers OF the revenue
sented the family. and who testified to his un-
sound state OF mind The jury rendered a yer.
dict s'that he came to his death by suicide from
drowning. while laboring under insanity
On his person was found q ring q medal, %
cents in money, knife and razor His BODY
was, after the verdict, removed to his resi-.
dence, and his funeral is taking place this af-
ternoon. LIE
ORPHANS COURT. Judge Purcell-The last
VIII and testament of j. Andrew Fisher OF
Washington, ID. c.. deceased, was filed ana
partially proven. He constitutes and appoints
herein his wife, Margaret Fisher, as hls ex-
ecutrix. 90 re
The will of ]. Philip Wetzel, OF Washing.
ten, d. O., deceased was filed and fully proven,
and letters testamentary granted to Mary Wet
Eel: bond $4,000. ..".
The fourth and supplementary account OF
the executor of Susan II. Swahan, deceased,
and the first and final account OF the guardian
OF Augusta seiz ,(now Chapman) were ap-
Wallace st. c. Redman was qualified as ad.
ministrator on the personal estate OF John W.
Burke, deceased; bond $4,000
VIM. 7. Fendall wasl ualifed as admins.
fraior ON the personal estate of Edward q.
Morgan. deceased, bond SI,5g0.
mary Wetzel was appointed guardian to the
orphans OF Philip We'zel, decd; bond Sl,000.s
John De Vaughn filed his oblectlons to the
probate Of the will of the late Sam'l De Vaughn,
giving as his reasons that the proper probate
is NOT the last will Of the deceased, and was re-
voBed, cancelled, and annulled; that it was
procured by undue influence and fraud, and
was not properly executed.
The Pearson VIII case was taken up, the
tor TO take charge Of the estate during the pen.
dency OF the appeal taking from the revoca.
tion of the letters, and Mr. Cox for the lepatee
argued against the appointment of the collec-
tor. Messrs. Davidge and J. II. johnson ap.
pear for the contestants Of the will.
SMART THIEvRs.-There seems to be a gang
OF thieye5 operating systematically over this
city. This morning two colored men named
John Gray and Richard Ross entered the gro.
Gerry store of Mr.: William T. Given, corner OF
18th street and l., while Mr.. Given was at
ireakfast, and a clerk was in attendance Gray
;sked for some butter, and while the clerk was
q the celior getting It, Ross jumped over the
ounter and robbed the money drawer Of about
25 He then decamped. The clerk having oc-
aston 10 go to the money draw before GRAY
eft with his butter, discovered the loss
nd Gray was arrested. On his way to the
station house, Gray pointed out his accomplice
en- the street., and he was arrested, and most of
he money found on his person. Both Gray
nd Ross were committed in default OF security
nd Ross is q notorious small fry thief
Within the lnonth Mr.. Zachary's store, at the
corner OF 18th street and Massachusetts, ave.
nue., has twice been robbed.
CONTRACTS AwARDED.-Colonel Bell, Com
missary OF Substance, Of the United s ates,
ha1 awarded contracts for furnishing soap for
Il Jewell, of Washington, 10000 lb-. a. 8 cts
per pound also, to the same party, 10.0 900 lbs,
AT 1920 cts per pound; George Rhinehardt, of
Washington, 5000 lb". at cts per pound; Jos.
Radcliffe, OF Baltimore, 5000 lbs, at cts. per
pound.
The bids were opened on Thursday, and the
quantity originally advertised for was only
lo,t0o pounds: but as the proposals offered
were at such low figures, it was deemed best
to enlarge the purchase
BASE bALL-A match game of base ball
was played yesterday afternoon betw een the
second nine of the Eagle and the second nine
OF the Creighton club. The score stood Eagle,
2s: Creighton, 81.
The Nationals have accepted a challenge of
the III utual Club. of New York, to play q Sc.
rles OF home land home games. They VIII
visit New York in September. In the interim
the Athletics and lrvlngtons will visit Wash
ington.
CAMP MRKTING.-The Laurel camp.m meet.
ing OF the Methodist Episcopal Church South
Will be held on the land OF Mr.. Smith, one
1ourth OF q mile southeast from where it was
held last year. 10 commence August 22d. Per.
sons wishing the meeting from Washington
will go TO Hanover Station, Washington
Branch rsilroad, where they will find means
OF conveyance to the ground
POLICE SUMNARY.-The business Of the
police yesterday stood as follows:-In the
Second Precinct, arrests, fines SO: Third,
arrests, fines $50; Fourth, arrests, fines SO;
Filth. arrests, fines $15 Sixth, 8 arrests
nnes 80; Seventh, ~ arrests, fines "a: Eighth,
arrests fines 80 The total number Of arrests
made were 81; the amount Of fines imposed,
2122.50.
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