Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-02-18
THE LATE MURDER.
Inquest on tho Body Of Mary
2. ~ Lea. VI.

Inquest on tho Body Of Mary
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As announced in the REPUBLICAN Of
yesterday, the coroner, DR.. Potter, held an
Inquest on the body Of the eolorod woman,
Mary Lee, who died at Campbell Hospital
from the effects Of wounds received on the
10Th Inst. A Jury was empanneled and
sworn. An autopsy OF the body was made
y Din. heyburn, Hartlgan'and the coroner,
examined,
Or. Reyburn was sworn, and testified that
ne IA In charge Of the Freedmen's Hospitali
shat ne hrst aaw Mary Lee on last Wednes-
gay morning, the 9Th lnstantj she was
oIongnt 70 the hospitalI made q casual ex'
made . careful examination, the patient
being under the influence Of ether, and he
removed portion Of the skull bone, which
was loose The bona was removed without
any inlnfy 10 the Membrane of the brain.
The portion oflths skuli rsfnoved, and the
brain were here produced, and tho direction
Of TIE fracture shown 70 Che Jury. When
she nrst came In she was in seml.oomatoso
condition, and an evident dullncIs Of intel.
lect. She would answer questions, however.
He asked her who Injured har, and her reply
was that II was Geo. Stokes, sometimes
called Slim, (sinos arrested on suspicion Of
being the murderer.) She then commenced
telling about a quarrel with the man Slim,
whlch she' had soHcslnie previous. After
the operation she appeared to rally, but be-
came dellrious on Friday night, and con-
tinued 90, with slight intermlssion, up to
the time Of her death, She did not recog-
ufue he vas. taken to her 70 be Identified.
On The morning she was brought to the hos
pltal she said George Stokes, sometimes
| called Slim, had a dlf1culty with her
daughter. Al tho time he frat saw her bho
was In a condition % answer questions In.
diligently. Her death was caused by the
wound OF the skull. q III. ST..
Dr.. HartIgsn testified that he was present
az the post-mortem examination. The
wound was the Cause OF death. From the
character Of the fracture tho wound was no
doubt made by a blunt Instrument,
Sarah Lee, the daughter Of the deceased,
testified that ahe saw her mother on Tues
| day night about o'clock; that she [hsr
motlsr lNtHftod 70 Roto Mn. stm's house
on j. street. Sho next saE hen about 10
O'clock at the station.house; she was then
laying Oh q sofa With wound In her head,
and ala MOI recognize witness. Did not
know how she received the wound. ThTee
weeks before this her mother had some
words with George Slim about her, the wit
moss, but II was made up on his part, he
begging her pardon; but her mother said II
was not upon her part, a. ho had talked
about her daughter. She never heard slim
threaten her mother. Her mother did not
recognize her after she was hurt, but said
colorod man struck her,
Mari Ann Washington testified that she
lived A. Mrs. Drape's house on / street, be.
tween Ninth and Tenth streets. She saw
Mary Lee last on the Friday previous. On
that occasion she related 10 witness the DIM
Guilty between her aud Bllm. On the Satur-
day night before Mary Lee was hurt she had
overheard two colored men talking about
MARY Lee, one OF them saying that Mary
Waited that house lately %-polntlng to Drans's
house--and that II he got lick at her she
would never be Of any use to herself again.
NRobSrti Lee, daughter OF deceased, testI.
hed that Mary Lee, her mother, told her
that she had some words With George Slim.
She was With her mother the Might before
she died, but sho aid not say who hit her.
Elizabeth Thompson testified that she
lived Ia Pnthers alley that Mary Lee was
at her house on Monday before she was
hurt that she said George slim had been
sianderlnR saiy's character. She saw her
the next morning amer she was hurt, at tho
station-house, when she said she had been
hurt by George Slim, and on Friday she
repeated the same words to her at the hos
pliai. 10y. -,
Several other witness were examined but
no new faets ellolted.
VIM. sheperd, the policeman who arrested
Slim, testified that when arrested ho pro.
tested that no was innocent, aud at bis
house with another man at the time the din.
Guilty was said to have occurred.
Justice Thompson testified that during
the preliminary examination, both Slim and
his wifo testified that they were together
a. home on the night OF the occurrence from
o'cloek until the next morning.
Al the conclusion Of the testimony the
Jury returned the following verdict, That
the said Mary Lee came to her death at
about IL O'Clock a. m. on the 10Th day OF
February, 1870, In ward Of the Freedmen's
Hospital. We further find that the cause
Of the death Of the said Mary Leo was
wound on the right side OF the head which
fractured the skull, that the said wound was
inflicted with blunt instrument on the
night Of the Sth OF February In the hand Or |
some person or persons unknown 10 the |
jury. :, -
Yesterday Judge Fisher Issued writ Sf |
hG6sds corpus, requiring the warden OF tic |
lAu 70 produce the body Of George Slim b. |
lore him In chambers tomorrow nfteTnoon. |
Slim confined In jail on suspicion Of hay |
Ing committed the above murder. |
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