Evening star., 1869-04-10
The Supposed HsnSeiAe Csrsner's In.
QDeses

lished the particulars OF the Aeash OF MI.
Prank Harrison, for some time past engaged at
Metropolitan Hall, which occurred on Thurs.
wound received in the abdomen ahout cen days
SINCE at the hands Of Mr.. william n. Brown.
The circumstances being such a. 70 justify
thi- morning at 10 O'Clock Corouer Potter
called Q jury Of inquest AZ the centre station.
house to investigate the matter. The Jury en-
Psnnelled consisted OF Msof:: Arthur Shep-
George +. Hoichkiss, Rudolph Richards, Jas
A King, william Hurdle, r. Williams, e. @
Humphreys, william W. Reynolds, Drury
O'Neill. Wm. H. Miller, and J. w. Frauklin.
Dr.. y. Ford Thempson, sworn.-Stafed that h.
had made an autopsy of the body Of the deceas-
ed, and described the wound. Witness found
and some Inflammation, with q perforation
Just above the wound. THIS p-rforation did
not Seem 10 have been caused by the irscisiuu
Win the Knife. The kDuckle OF the intestine
required some force to withdraw ~ Pound
lungs, heart, spleen aud liver all healthy.
above the knuckle the stomach was filed with
nIla ana iPud matter, while below. the stom
an was empty. The examination exposed tn.
Iset thai an operation might have relieved tn
man.
Dr. ID. r. Fagner sscorn.-was present at the
G@toPsy yesterday, and agreed with the state-
nsnt above of Dr. Thompson. The cause of
death was the stagnai on Of the bowels, and, in
oplhioh OF whine s, etagnation would not nav,
m
p ration a. first en made, the life of deceased
n ht nave been saved. ID not think the in =
te-IiDe was toucbsd bv the knifr but that SAG.
IatIoE ensued from he intestine getting into
tn wound
KT. 4. I. r.. G0rHek svorp-Was called IN
ihs deceased the morning he died. Thought il
physicians nrst In attendance had uuderstood
hr enafacter OF me wound (which II was i'm
possible Tor tnrm 10 have suspected uutll Ger.
taIh symptoms appeared) an operation vou,a
baVe been performed which would have savsd
hIs ilie Believed death was caused by strau.
quence of the wound.
Hr. w. q. IdiRter concurred in statement in
every respect. made by DIR. ID R. Hagner.
. DT. James 4; iouEg, thought that an opera.
ION AZ an early Stage OF the wound might hay
been OF benen'. but that it would have prssery
ed ne life OF the deceased he was inclined I,
doubt. "
DIR. j. ". BsItly, testified as to his trea,mep,
OF the case and corroboratsd the testimony
previously given in regard to the autopSy
George Bauer, sworn.-Witness keeps a bow.
ling Salon 32l ID street, between IIth aud l2tb
streets, saw deceased last on April Ist, about
O'clock r. m, in company with VIM. Brown
As sotn as they came deceased commenced to
take the hats OF the heads Of some of the
s,rangtrs. who were In the saloon at the time
Dec' ased was very much In liqnor One of IN
strangers outted deceased in the back. when
deceased tuped round and strnck tn
msn IN the face. W itness told deceased not IN do
that agsin; Brown then came up TO the decea sad
and told him IN a mild tone TO spologiz. to the
man he struck. Deceased refused 10 do so
when Brown remarked that be ought to be
ashamed Of bis conduct. Deceased then
sad 10 Brown, "God damn you, I'u
slone." Brown was then standing near
III" outside door, through which he passed out
return deeeased advanced towards Brown with
cienched fs's. Brown remark ling, You would
not hit htrle man like me-" Deceased an.
Feared angry, while Brown was smiling. DE
sad ~ u
struck him, and both clinched, backing 70 r.rd.
Of deceased. who had Bro wn in the corneT.
and pulled him of Warned HIM TO
police officer. Before the scufI,e Brown had
a small penknlfe in his hand, cleaning his
nneer nails. but struck deceased with the other
haLd. When witness returned they both were
coming from the rear portion of the nall. ann
there was some blood on the head OF the
deceased. Witness visited deceased often
during his sickness, and deceased re marked
that he did not blame Brown in the matter: he
Only claimed the whisky, and if he ever got out
again be would not drink another drop
brown was very kind to the deceased during
that he had thrown the knife away
Edward Dubant, John Travers, Frank
Myers were sworn, but no new facts were
elicifed.
The Jury rendered the following verdict -
That the said Franklin N. Harrison came 10
painful death, on the night Of the .th day of
April, at s-Sl from a strangulatton of the intes-
tines protrudiDg thro1Rh 4 wound in - Dor.
tIon of the abdomen; and the jury further find
that the said wound was infected in an acci.
dental manner by pen-khife in the hands of
William 4. Brown during scuffe which oc.
CURED between the deceased and the SAID Wn
r. Brown. on the lst day of April, 1869, at the
bowling saloon. No. 32i ID street, between I'm
and lzih streets. in the city of Washington
The counsel for the defendant made imuedi-
ate application for a writ OF hrbeas corpus
with view to the discharge Of their client
from Jail.