Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-09
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1s,Tr1H7IuRsDA:Y EVENING, JANUARY 9:

THE MISSING SOLDIER-DEAD BODYelDhtN
rrpIED -MURpERERs IN CUSTODY s: A !, coro-
.ner' 5Sinquest was, held this morning ~ the
county Jail upon the dead body OF the man
found near Glymont, M {, !, on Monday, the !solh
nj ..Iult ! Lieut.. E. Chester, the 4th U.hS.
Artillery, and First Sergeant Driscol and Cor
p,oral Byrnes, Of Go. b, same command, now
.stationed Iat Fortress Monroe, who had been
telegraphed for, we're present, and positively
identified the body as that of Edward Devn,
Il soldier belonging to Co. b, 4th us. Artll-
lery, who hes been missing since the night Of
Thursday, The. It'll Of last November, at which
time his command was stationed atsFurt Foot,
lust below this city, on. the Maryland Shore
The BODY was laid out on the bricks 10 the jail
ward, and presented a horrible appearance, the
whole front Of the neck and lower part OF the
face, as we'll as part Of the right hand, having avn
. been eaten by wild animals during edulghtt
after it was found, when it was allowed to re-
. main d 1unbured, and a large Jagged opening ex
5istinglinethe rightside, through which the ends
of the ribs and q lobe OF the liver protruded
lThelpost .mortem examination having been con
Quoted by, ;Drsaa.: French and Gibson, the ]ary
were invited into the Sheriff Office, where the
witnesses were examined, and the following ev-
idence, was elected: .n q n. Is .saa:rt
SERGEANT DRIscoL:1 Identified the body ~
ing in The ward as that OF Edward Devlin, who,
with Thomas Perry, Philip Karney, and b. +.
Adams, of the 4th us Artillery, visited AT
sexandria. as detailed boats crew, on the even
ing of November last, from Fort Foot. On the
night Of that day, between nine and ten o clock
the moon at the time shining brighty-was
ordered by the Colonel commanding the fort to
take "a. inventory of the effec 8 of Edward
D.yn, reported drowned On his way to- the
icompany' $ quarters met Thos Perry, who had
con 3 shirt and blouse, and who, in answer TO
a question as 10 what had become OF Devlin,
responded In a wild and incoherent manner that
he bad been drowned; on returning: from the
quarters vent to the wharf to which the boat
usually was tied, but not finding it there hal
looed to another soldier to go down to the point
short distance off, and see whether it was
there or not As he hallooed, Perry, who was
standing on the bank above the shore, gave
we'll. and started off atfull speed for the point,
Jumped nto1tthefbon before any one else had
rot there, threw the rudder overheard, and
commenced sculing the boat rapidly out into
the river, hallooing to those on the beach that
if they wanted to find Devlin they must follow
shim. When seen sculling the boat by witness
he had removed bis shirt and blouse. Witness
then. in another boat, searched the river be-
tween the fort and Alexandria, in which
city he learned that Devlin, in company
With Perry, Karney, and Adams, had start
ed Tor the Fort, and that of the four,
.Karneyi alone seemed under the influence OF
liuuor Witness had never known Devlin to
be off duty from the effects of liquor. The
next morning witness examined the boat which.
Perry had set adrift, and found clotted blood
in its stern, blood stains on its seats, and the
prints of bloody hands on the gunwae on which
was also tufts Of bloody hair thought by witness
to be- that of Devliu's head. One Of the boats
oars was broken--a part gone and blood stains
on the remainder. 80 ~
CORPORAL BYRNEs: Identified the body as
that of Deylin-H card Perry say, In the quar-
tiers. on the night of the 7th Of November,
while muttering to himself, that what had
been done could not have been helped as Dew
lin was strong man. Xxx .uf u
q LIEUT.. CHESTER Identified the body. Ex-
,amined the boat the morning after DeVlin was
murdered found blood on it's stern and a !
broken oar-the blade and part Of the handle |
.gone--there were blood stains on the remain
der EDevlin' absence was thus accounted tor
to him by the three men who had been with
him When near Jones Point, Devlin, who
with Karney and Adams had the oars, while
Perry had charge of the rudder, in attempting
to change his seat accidentally fell overheard,
and was drowned, and that ten minutes after,
the oar was broken and the blood in the boat
occasioned by tie striking of Karney over the
head by Perry, in order to keep him quiet and
prevent his upsetting the boat in his efforts to
jump overheard after Devhn @
ANN r. GREENWOOD: Lives near Battery
Rodgers On the night OF the 7th of Noyem-
Der, about half past eight o'clock, heard noise
on the river, land going to her door to see if
there was not disturbance at the Light House.
On Jones. Point, saw a boat near the buoy, off
the ,PointI and the voice of man coming
from it crying out don drown me; I've been
good soldier and fought tor my country like
man. The next morning witness heard that
soldier had been murdered and supposed the
murdered man was the one she had heard in.
treating for his life.
aoJULIAs GREENWOOD. Lives at the Light
House on Jones' Point Heard noise in the
river about half past eight o'clock 90 the night
ofthe. It'll Of November, but did not take any
pains to discover what occasloned it.
DIR. FRENcH-lIad made post norton ex-
ANIMATION of the body, but found upon-it no
external evidence of violence. - = ~.
q DR.. .GIBsoN.-Had assisted in the post
mortem and corroborated the evidence of Dr.
French. 70
All the witnesses having been examined the
Coroners' Jury retired to another room
and In a short time rendered the following yer
dict - aNo4= g
We the Jurors find that the deceased, Edward
Devlin, soldier from Fort Foot, of Company
E; on the way to the Fort from Alexandria,
came to his death by violence at the hands of
Thomas Perry, Benjamin Adams and Phillip
Kearney. oE o, y j. RoxBUsY, Foreman
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