Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-02-17
The Murdered woman, Mary Lee.

THE INQUEST ON HER BODY
An inquest was held this morning by Coroner
Potter on the bod>of Mary Lee, the colored
woman who died at Campbell Hospital yester.
day from injuries received on the 10th instant
by being knocked down and her skull badly
fractured, as stated in THE STAR The post
and Mas after
Hartigan and the Coroner, when an exfensiv w.
fracture was discovered in the skull.
The jury was empanneled THIS morning at IL
O'Clock, as follows: -Dr. f. H. Lewis, foreman.
John STANDBY, Otis Tucker, Casper Herbert
Edwin koughton, John T. Mahornev. Georgs
Thomas, James Morrison, James Turner Basil
Frayser, Eugene johnson, and James Ross
The jury, after viewing the BODY. retired tn
the Office Of Campbell Hospital.
pr. keycnrn was sworn, and testified that he
Is In charge of the Freedman's Hospital; thai
he first saw Mary Lee on last Wednesday morn
ing, the 9th instant; she was brought to the hos
pital. On examining the wound he found the
external wound appeared to be about an inch
and half in length and an inch in width, on
the right front Of the head, extending upward
and backwards; this was a casual examination
On Thursday he made careful examination
the patient being under the influence of ether,
and he removed portion of the skull hone
which was loose The bone was removed without
any INJURY to the membrane of the brain, though
the hemOrrhage was profuse. The portion of
the skull was removed. and the brain were here
produced, and the direction of the fracture
shown TO the jury. When she first came in she
was In semi-comatose condition, and an evil
dent dullness of intellect. She would answer
questions, however. He asked her who injured
her, and her reply was that it was Geo Stokes
sometimes called Slim. (since arrested on suS-
picion Of being the murderer.) She then COM
nenced telling about quarrel with the man
Sllm, which she had sometime previous. After
the operation she appeared to rally, but became
delirlous on Friday night. When she first came
In she would answer questions, but would
suddenly relapse into a sleepy condition
She continued delirious up to the time of
her death, which occurred yesterday. The
man Slim, who was brought here to be con-
fronted with her, was not recognized. she being
delirious at the time. The post norton was
made by himself, DIR. Hartigan and Dr. Potter
and the result showed that her death was the
result OF the wound. When Slim confronted her
he heard her mutter the word 'Slm." On the
morning she was brought to the hospital
she said George Stokes. sometimes called
Slim, had a difficulty with her daughter. At
the time he first saw her she was in con-
dition to answer questions intelligently
DIR. Hartigan testified that lie was prese mt at
the post mortem examination. The wound was
the cause of death. From the character of the
fracture the wound was no doubt made by a
blunt instrument.
Dr. keyburn was recalled. and stated that the
wound was open, the scalp being parted, with
blunt instrument.
Sarah Lee the daughter of deceased, was next
sworn, and testified that she saw her mother
on Tuesday night, about O'Clock: that she Iher
street. She next saw her, about 10 O'clock at
the station-bOuse; she was then laying on sofa
with wound in her head, and did not recognize
witness. Did not know how she received the
wound Three weeks before this her mother
had some words with George Slim about her,
(the wltness,) but 1t was made up on his part
he begging her pardon; but her mother said il
was not made up on her part, as he had talked
about her daughter. She never Heard Slim
threaten her mother. Her mother did not re-
cognize her after she was hurt, but said col
Ofed man struck her.
Mary Ann Washington testified that she lived
at Mrs. Drane's house. on street, between 9th
and 10th streets. She saw Mary Lee last on the
Friday previous. On that occasion she related
TO witness the difficulty between her and Slim
On the Saturday night before Mary Lee was
uurt, she had overheard two cOlOred men talk
ing at the corner of the alley about Mary Lee:
one OF them saying that Mary visited that house
lately-pOinting to Drane's house-and that If
he got lick at her she would never be OF any
use to herself again.
Roberta Lee, daughter of deceased, testified
that Mary Lee, her mother, told her that She
had had some words with George Slim. She was
with her mother the night before she died, but
she did not say who hit her.
Elizabeth Thompson testified that she lived
in Prather's Alley; that Mary Lee was at her
house on Monday before she was hurt; that she
said George Slim had been slandering Sally's
character. She saw her the next morning, after
she was hurt, at the statiOn-house, when she
said she had been hurt by George Slim. and on
Friday she repeated the same words to her at
the hospital.