The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-08-19

yesteray ics5 O'clock 4 from ne eu i"u Se
AT about half past one o'clock Justice Har-
per, acting coroner, panneled . Jury Of i.i-
guest, whose names were as followa VIM. A.
Boss, foreman, Isaac Hess, jr., Nathan q.
Draper, Frank l.. Payne, Henry X. Halliday,
Curtis 2. Graham, Dec. wasoner, George ".
Abraham Rice, and John Wolf.
The jury then proceeded to the room where
the deceased lay and examined the body, after
second sioFy, when Dr. 70 George H. Miller asked
leave to make preliminary statement, be.
lieving. that a .pcst-norfem examination Of
MT. Boss objected to him making any state
ment only under oath.
The Doctor We; then sworn, and testified
Saturday last, about p. m, and found DR..
| Stone with him, who IN company with his
father, Dr.. Thomas Miller, had dressed the
| wounds and administered stimulants to the
suffering man; had some conversation with
the deceased which led him to believe that he
inflicted the wound with his own hands; at
enmity with any one; is satisfied that he came
to his death by the wounds inflicted; had
| stated no reason to him for committing tho
act.
| Mr.. Henry Orth, sworn: Is clerk OF the Owen
House; Mr.. Bingham came on the 5th of Au.
gust, In company with q Mr.. Goodwin, per-
made by deceased to commit suicide, was on
Saturday last, when the chamber.msid called
to him to come up stairs, which was on the
18th instant, between u and O'Clock p. m. 4;
from the 9th to the 18th, deceased was under
the influence Of liquorj has known him for
many years; had long talk with him the
evening previous to the commitment Of the
deed, when he appeared Eighty; was under the
Impression that night that deiirium tremens
that Mr.. Brigham came from Richmond, but
heard that he had been In Norfolk previous to
coming here; he was not naturally a dissipated
mani everything had been done from Saturday
up to the present time TO save his life; doctors
Col. S. W. Owen teStiGed that on Saturday
last his head servant called to him that a man
In room 10 had cut his throat; he went up and
| for, who came immediately deceased had no
money or baggage with hint a friend left %
| for him since he committed the fatal act; he
1sp1ed the Jngy thss no and and hs servants did
Margaret Shea, the head ehambermaid,
sworn: About 1880 O'Clock last Saturday she
went to the door of room 10 and found It
4 locked; went into another room, returning In
few minutes, when she heard some one
groaninB In room 10. She ran down stairs
and told the clerk; ran up stairs, and, before
any one got thore, bursted the door open;
| found Mr.. Brigham sitting on the bed trying
to cut his throat with knife; he was covered
with blood he made no attempt to speak. A
pocket-knife stained with blood was then pr
sented, which she Identified as the one Mr..
Brigham had In his hand.
Nelson Parker, coloIed want, sworn !
chambcrmaid gave the alarm; he ran to room
| No. 10 and found deceased standing in the
middle OF the floor, In the act OF falling, when
he, witness, eased him down and sent for doc.
| tors; Dr. Stone came first; sat up with him
every night since he cut himself, and abous
j o'clock this morning he got violent crazy
| and wanted to jump out of bed. Thought the
cash In his throat was cut first, as the blood
there was dry.
DR.. Thomas Miller on being sworn, testified
| that he had been sent for by DR.. Stone to as
lTpaaiug lncnnAplfa
and found eleven or twelve In his side and one
| across the throat 1t was their idea that IL
was insanity which caused him to commit the
deed, and insisted on post norton examina-
tion being made. MIR. Brigham stated to him
that he had been discharged from office, and
falling to get rei1statcd, caused him to en-;
BY the wounds inflicted In his chest and not
the throat, ms the latter was not sufficient to
cause death. He said that the deceased was
very anxious to recover from his injuries
The jury decided not to order a post norton
examination, hut to leave the matter to the
doctors and friends.
THAT the said ]. q. Brigham came to the
Owen House, on Pennsylvania avenue, be-
| tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets west,
kept by Col 5. w. Owen, on tho 18th inst;
that between the hours of II and IL O'Clock,
| on the said 18th day of August, he was found
| In his room apparently in dying condition,
with a knife blade three inches In length) in
| the left side OF the breast, over the region OF
the heart, and the jury believe that the dece ased
his own hand; and further, that he left no
| property; and that during the whole time he
| received every attention from Col. S.W .Oweni
and furthsr, that he was attended BY Drs. r.
| X. Stone, Thomas Miller aud Geo. II, Miller"
In accordance with dispatch received by
| Col. Owen from Mr.. Henry u, Rice, brother
in.law Of the deceased, the remains will be
prepared for moving to Boston, whittier they
will go under the charge Of Mr.. Lewis 81 g
ham, 4 brother OF the deceased, whom It WAS
said would arrive here last evening.
BOARD OF FIRE CoMMIssIoSERs-APro
MENr or OPPICgRs AND MEN.-Last evening
the Board OF Fire Commissioners held an adj
journed meeting in the basement of the City
Hall, when the following appointments were
made, and other business was Transacted
Union Engine No. l.-Foreman, John Luck
etti engineer, Isaac Hurdle; fireman, Eaoch
| Perry; hostler, Thomas Sewelli extramen,
Edward Trimbie, John Bayley, Charles H.
Foote, George Edwards, Julian P. Chester,
u" frsaiiin Engine No. 2.-Forcman, John Dick
erson; engineer, Martin Cronin; fireman, Geo
S. Langleyj hostier, Hichord Johnson extra
yernillion, Hugh Meyer, James Elwood, and
CoIumbia Engine No. a.-The old members of
MI HoSS ana issd No. rhoma.
Finley hostler, John Waldenj tillernian, WAL
ter Nicholson extramen, George NICHOLSON,
M EEESSs p sa R W. %!a sops SGAn Dawson
Tho following communication was submit
| ted TO and accepted by the Board;
orS'cE co~s's'IRRssssI va PoE PEI
TO &c PrssSasg2i AID &s@JeSs S ~ Ia Hoard NJ
GENTLEMES The committee appointed to
investigate the taking OF property belonging
to this department by the ex.flremen, from the
several engine-houscs, such as old hose, hRr-
ness, pictures, q eciera, most respectfully beg
leave to make the following report;
After a careful investigation OF the several
engine.houses we have not found any prop
erty missing belonging to the fire department
The pictures and property which have been
removed belonged to the members OF each and
every company, having been presented to
them as giits by their pers@SnHI friends
GEo. W. GooDALL.
After the Board adjourned they proceeded
to box 81, Bank OF Washington, when an
alarm was turned in by President Thompson
sponded to by the large bells at O:2l. Hook
and Ladder arrived at 0;2i; Columbia hose
carriage, 9;2j,3; Franklin engine, 9:2O; Rucker,
GU. ST. 9:2G; Columbia engine, 02T; lIibcrnia,
~. ST. Os2s' Tho Franklin mistook the box
and ran to box IS, Central Euard.house.
We are informed that an axle OF the hose
carriage OF the truck was broken while run
ming TO the fire.
AT Up. m, on Monday next, the Board will
meet for the purpose of investigating the
charged OF incompctency preferred against Mr..
J. IL. Larcombe, the superintendent OF tho
fire alarm telegraph, and also AS to the burn.
ing OF Raub's factory and other property re-
Gently destroyed.
The meeting was most harmonious one,
and all agreed that change In the fire depart.
mcnt was An absolute necessity. We think
they have done wisely The men who now
compose the fire department are all white but
none OF the new appointees are from among
the old members.
GRANT AND CoLPAx CLun.-A business