The national Republican., 1867-11-23
Rates OF ADvHKTfsisa
LOCAL DEPARTM EN- T.


BY The name Of Adsline Harris, wss shot In the
bead and Instantly killed By colored. man
named James Henry Carter. Tbs mnrder 90
. cured IN frame shAnty, occupied by sns Abra.
ham Hiii, on street, between Four-and- a-half
and Sixth strssta.- -Islaad. The shanty has but
ties, pane, dishes &c,, and the interior presented
most wretched appearance at the inquest yes.
teriay morning.. The room In which the mur-
dor Was committed Ia small--about 10 BY 10 !;
Astovs, and three boards for q bed and bed.
stead, Substituting the sntirs furniture Five
person. we're present ,, At the time Of tho murder,
viz Abraham Hill, 1Emmstt Stark, Edward
Cross, Elizabeth Davis and Mslvina Harris. the
20 latter q sister Of the dscessed.
II appeared that Carter was slightly under
the influence Of liquor. and was aourishing .
pistol. The pistol was taken from him Of one
time By Gross, ono Of the Witnesses, and carried
out Of the house but was afterwards returned
again at tho request Of Hill, the proprietor, TO
whom II belonged. The entire party, seven In
number, were hitting in tho back room when
Carter dropped his scarf which he had around
his neck. Adeline Harris. tho deceased, picked
Il up. and at Carter's request handed II 10 him,
A word or two passed between them, Csrter re.
marking that II she said those words again he
would shoot her. using horrible oath. Hs i'm
mediately fred from the pistol which he had In
bis hand, and the girl fell to tho floor. The
light was sxtinguished at the same moment, and
all Of those present, excepting Hill and Garter,
isft the house. Tho girl died In few moments,
and no word was communicated to the authori-
ties BY any one, and the murder was not known
until yesterday morning. ur 'rBal
0fieer Fainter, Of the First precinct whilst
patrolling his beat on Thursday night heard the
report Of the pistol bat could not discover from
whence II was fred, though he searched diii-
gently. f.. ~ .as T.r. -4.fr.T s'-E
Aftsr shooting the girl Garter carried her from
whsre she fell to corner Of the room behind the
door, wiping the blood from her face. He brought
water from without and washed portion Of the
blood od tho floor. Ho laid tho revolver, which
was Of the Colt pattern, similar To those used In
tho cavalry, upon one Of tho upper shelves In
the front room aud then went out Of the roar Of
the house. andhas not since been heard Of
In the morning, when the authorities wore
notified, . jury Of inquest was summoned, In the
absence Of Coroner Woodward, BY Justice
Tucker. The parties in the house, at The time Of
the occurrence, were arrested BY the police and
held at the First precinct station. 's7h'
The jury visited the house where the deceased
lay, DR.. James R. Riley making an sxAminstion
OF the body. Blood was upon tho foor In every
nook and corner, and the corpse presented a
4horrid sight, Alter examining the body, the
Jury adjourned to the station. house, where the
witnesses were examined. H-
DR.. Jas. R. Riley. sworn: have szsuinsd
the body. The wound was from pistol shot
Sufficient to cause instant death. (Pistol was
shown witncss.) Thought shot from such
pistol might have made such wound. rtss
MslvinA Harris, sworn. I am the sister Of the
deceased Twas with her whom she was shot.
James Henry Carter shot her In @ street In =
house Mr.. Hill kept the store. She did not do
anything to Carter. Carter had bssn In with
the pistol went out and returned again. They
had no quarrel. Carter played Of drunk / do
SS S2T YhG 'S IL asS II A q Gs5
Ha hat har H.
not quarreliDg. He threatened to shoot ber.
She had his comfort, playing with 1t. was
behind her when she was shot. He did not soy
anything after hs shot her. Carter moved her
after he shot her from the bed TO the door,
Elisabeth Davis. sworn. was at the house II
the timo Adeline Harris came In. Was there
whom she was shot. Carter came to the house
with her. There was no quarreling. He dropped
his comfort she picked II up. He said II she
did that again, (usipg an oath) he would shoot
her. He had hardly the words out Of his mouth
when he fred II wnAlarge pistol. Cross was
AFRAID that the pistol, which they all had been
showing, would DO the cause Of trouble, and had
1t sent away but 1t was brought back again.
Carter acted as u he was drunk. Carter was
washing the blood OF the floor when left, after
tho shooting She was not quite dead when I
went away. She gave one breath that / saw,
Carter stopped with his mother. I asked Carter
u she was dead when i saw him laying her out
He said, no, she would get over it. After he
shot her the Light won't out, and Carter said II
she spoke word hs would let 20 again. She
never spoke aftor she was shot. ..'..r.E
Edward Gross sworn. went to Hills about
9 O'Clock, by myself Hill, stott EliI. Davis,
Melvina Harris, and the deceased were there.
Carter was not thore when FIRST went there.
Carter did not bring pistol when hs came He
took pistol from Hill. II was cavalry pistol
Hill and Kwers talking about oysters when I
heard the pistol 60 of. Tho light went out I
heard no quarreling. There were three loads In
the pistol. But one shot was fred. had hold
Of the pistol before, for was afraid might
get shot. took the pistol out Of the house, but
brought u back again, for Hill wantsdit when
I came back with the pistol, Carter said he
wanted his comfort. The girl had the comfort,
and he took II from her. saw no LIQUOR drank
In the house. Carter was not drunk, but
thought At one time he was, and took the pis.
tol away from him. When the shot was fred,
got out Of the house. Carter was 10 liquor some
but not drunk
Emmett Stark sworn. / was at Hills last
night; went there about 7 o'clock. was lying
on the bod when l saw Carter with the pistol
He said to the girl, 'If you say that again, I
will shoot you got up and started out, and
when got to the door the pistol won't of. Car
Ter did not seem to bs angry. ran out Of the
house as soon as the pistOl was arsd. did not
80 back afterwards. ] was afraid, and won't
home. did not know whether the girl was
hurt or not. The pistol belonged to Mr.. Hill.
l was not acquainted with the girl saw her in
HIS for the first time.
Abraham Hill, sworn told them all to get
out Of the house about II o'clock. had the
pistol In my hand when Carter took IL away
from me. told him ho might shoot somebody.
was sitting on the table when the shot was
fred. The room is about IA feet wide. 1 ana
not hear Carter say anything. The women q have
been coming to my place for the last six weeks,
tried to keep them from coming to my house. I |
had been drinking last night. Carter was not |
drunk The pistol was a cavalry pistol 1t had |
three loads in 1t. Assoon as the pistol went of the
light went out. Carter did no 20 away at ono Q |
about twenty minutes sfterward. He lighted
the lamp The girl lived about fifteen minutes,
told Carter, NOW look what you done.n He |
said, did not 90 to do it, Carter threw the |
pistol downi picked II up and gave It to him,
and told him to take II and 70 give himself up. |
Aiter gave him the pistol he went back into
the house with 4 bucket of water. went out.
sids OF the house, and whom left did not lock |
me door. l did not 60 right away to my home;
not for an hour. Garter came outside Of the
house and told me she was dead IIe said he
was going up to the station house