The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-12-20
HORRIBLE DEATH.
A Thief ssa"cated In 40 Unoceu-
= MAD Hama

thief, vas found on saturday afternoon IN an
inoccupied dwelling house on q street, be.
tween Seventeenth and Eishteenth streets,
Under oircumstanees showing that he met nj,
lesth 10 shorrible msnner. The coroner, W,
Potter, held an Inquest over the body yestcf.
day, when the following facts were ELECTED:
The house mentioned 10 the property OF the
Lawson estate, and 10 known to many OF our
citizens as at one time the residence OF Elish.
RasEsr 81 the aasr,srms.t sse; aspsitmsat,
and Colonel Bell. Of the commissary, United
States army. For some time past It has been
unoccupied, and the police have been keeping
q lookout upon 1t for fear that an attempt
might be made by an inceudisry TO FIRE y, "a
Thursday last one OF the offcers OF the Fourth
precinct went through the prenises, found
them we'll secured and everything APp,ren'Iy
On Saturday, about one O'Clock, 4 pium b,r
named Brady went to the house for the pur.
po,e OF prep.tins an estimste Of the cost Of
This he had been engaged to do BY the ialIcs
Of the soldiers and Sailors Orph.n Asylum.
who are making arrangements to lease the
building. 10 making his examination Mr..
Brady was surprised TO Had that a number rf
the pipes had been torn from their places, and
upon going into tho bathroom, In the beck.
nud the 6sthtub torn from It's place, aGd in
one corner to see one-half OF the body Of
man protrudius from the hole In the floor
through Which ,as w.,,o,plps LED to the room
hed Othser Fiheld OF the fact, and Ia company
with other Individuals they went to the roo N
and extrieated the body. From appearances
II was supposed that the dead man had cut all
lssd-ptpes leading from the tub, jerked It out
Of Its place. and after knocking up = portion of
the floor and the ceiling Of the room below,
(which was locked,) had made, as he sup.
posed, hole sufficiently large through which
he could descend to the apartment below and
obtain aiong section OF the large lead waste
pipe.
Of his body through, his arm became wedged
In to the side OF his chest, and his violent
efforts to extrieate himself only teudin to In.
crease the pressure around the chest, he was
suffocated. On the walls In the room below
were traces OF blood, from wounds on his feet,
caused by his kicking 10 endsavoring to free
himself He was h idsa.insa By nanSer Of the
II was In evidence that he had frequently been
arrested and punished for petty thcfts OF the
character Of that he was attempting when his
expressed his opinion that he died during
Friday. The jury, sffet hearing the evidence,
rendered a verdict that the deceased came to
his death In house No. l,73+ u street north.
falling through the floor Of the bathroom while
attempting to rob the pre- The body was
plsced in charge OF the Sanitary police, who
buried II At the expense Of the corporation.
A New MEDICAL SooIETr FoRNEp.-The
Organization known IS the Washington Medi.
cal Association, which every physician pro.
expected to connect himself with, was applied
TO sometime since BY q colored physicisn for
membership, aud, after considerable discus.
sioD, his application was refused.
A number of medical gentlemen, some of
them members OF the above society, feeling
that such action was not doing justice to the
oolored physicians here resident, determined
to form an association to which all regular
practitioners, without distinction OF color,
could be admitfedi and consequently issued =
call, which was published In the REFuBLTCAs,
for = meeting to discuss the propriety OF or
ganizing new medical association.
This meeting was held on Saturday evening
In the Congregational church, and was for.
mally organized by calling Dr. Reyburn to the
chair, and the choice of DR.. Gray as temporary
secretary.
On assuming the dulles as chairman, d.
Reyburn, 10 explaining the object II the meet.
Ing, stated that u was 10 fItm medical assn.
citation to admit mem ,ers OF the medical pro.
fession into membership without regard 10
race or color.
An inquiry was male by DR.. Verdi as to the
meaning Of the term regular physicians, rs
announced 10 the call for the meeting, which
was replied to by the chair that II mesnt TO
lnclade all practitioners OF medicine who
would be recognized by the American Medical
Association.
The following resolution, offered by DR.
sutherland, was, after discussion, laid upon
Reiolped, That all members Of the association
shall hold diplomas from some college Of
medicine and surgery recognized by the Amerl.
can Medical Association.
The following, offered by the same gentle.
man, was adopted:
ReioIrsd, That the term regular, 10 the call
mi.s.I,aa .,,ass - uue's'oou 10 mean those
On motion OF DIR. Augusta. the meeting re-.
,whish ~ 49, eueal sssoclhnon, OF
n,a.ia.a II nsyVuta was choson pelmsnent
Er Stevsn.an movs3 P pS., nn, seG,eay
appointed to draft a constitution aud bylaws
~ S,. xIn 'hs MosiA'i9n, anu Dfs; heJoutn,
apuoiated '"S ""u "'''' were
The following resoIutIon. ogs,s, hv Dr
5outbxo,,b ,,s,o ,s,.a..1, pnereu ny ".
on tbs rinns,,l wo sna a 70 s.e oo"ai''ee
Rrso,rrJ Th.t m.mha, - ~ .,i.,to,
shall moi .dyer,iss IN a srs.tsr cs,o1t t M an
hn".s iocstinn 80 IN" 800" ' eN'o"' I'M"
Tbev al III he u,nn,i,Inoa.s ~ ,o.o,o.. -,
n.a,.ins 10 IL. s.p,,i v .n IL ~ e ,, y,
rnIos "' W '"' 'eSu'"' W 'o'0'''eu '''op''hi'
a. They shall he willing IN co,,,I, ,vi,,
.ny r%y,sr nrsctior"r 70 HInst WIN
refv. withont re.nect 20 s,,.tS,. e anu suI'
Color or nrevians "onsit,nn ''o""''''' 'o''''o"'
onnsi,tio, ~ nSs p.,,as. eohm n,
nan w.s apnointed To sxsmino ,ha n,aban,isi.
OF ali appIiesnts for membersSin' 0 '''u'"''"'
adjourned to meet on Thursday evening next.
Among the physicians present we noticed
Dp. Reybutn, Gray, Stevenson, Rowland
Verdi, Southworth, Puryis, johnson, Au.
susta, Sylvester, Patterson and Others.
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A ,,,. ENp of Tue pisoRDkhLn TnlAL-THE
49,, Dsh.sEp-Jnstlce walter opened
nisht ~ ~ aIaeimehs ehsmoet, on saturday
.ns. ~ ,ns pIesenes OF quite NUMBER OF per
,eI.I - usu 70 wthess the conclusion Of the
$780, James Sfoggon and l. NJ
on tne charge OF disturbing the meet
,hs ~ , W. Snseh rrnnchlse ASSOCIATION on
w..ahssa y, sne fh " peesmper. Inc fearful
~. .nir,,s ~ u, 70 nave hau 40 effect upon
.nu,PPa, - ~, sno e.owu rs wen rs upon me
AT. nud she sceuseu parties, MT. J. H.
msstIn, IA !. =, ' nv ne vas present. ~ ne
part OF the accused The case of Mr.. Croggon
was then closed, and 4 few moments were
spent by Messrs. Hine, Cahill, and Barrett
This over the trial OF Mr.. Graves was com.
menoed, after an Intellectual attempt on tho
part OF Mr Cahill to have |. continued MIR.
Hine plead the informality OF the warrant, and
MS We've being coincided with by the Justice,
anon's,it was entered Justice Walter then
summed up the case Of Croggop, saying that the
pr, Boyd. The evidence OF the other parties
uid not show that Mr.. q. was disordeflyi he
would therefore dismiss the case, The trial
was over at eight O'Clock, much to the di sgust
OF those VINO had gathered in anticipation OF a
repetition ofthe l7st Saturday nights fun
A SCENE IN A JrsrtcK,s Comm .yi
dent tn at the shirt of fun perysIes .nme Of ,Lo
msgIsrrAte.i cnIiTts Of the rIty az ,vitn,., IL
late scene In the Aldermen. cha mhnr aniI,te
As exhibited on saturday in he eourt Of In,
for debt, In which Mr.. ]. McC. Perkins an.
II Marsh As attorney for the other. IN, r,..
"a "a .lInd and AZ n'n,a ,ha cnn,an1t,' -.