Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-30

md said bst he believed dea.h was occasioned /
Or. A,e.; Nc wllians e@eroborated the tssti-
mony of DIR. Hartigan.
Ednand y: Dupah policeman, sworn:-wlt-
ness stated that xnen he started 10 60 behind
the window. and As he put his hand ON the conn
Ter she SID, " You little - Of A., II you
lay yorx hands on anything here, win cut your
nsss: outl WANT to see your warrant for pro-
warrant had been served on the proprietor; tat
she had heard it read, and knew what he caxie
after. She then seized the butcher knife and
her and held her back, while she ceasanued ps e
knife a. his breast several times oca nad PAN sas
came came to hs assissance. Whife they were
ness) backed cut from behind the &C counter
and then tried to get the crowd out, and when
ne got to the edge of the door 1t was slammed to
threaten oascer Pfaff 70 cut his heart out If he
did not get out; then heard the scuff1ing; de-
manted that the door be opened two or three
open 1t; thought Pfaff was in a dangerous place.
and witness kicked the PANEL in, when the door
was opened ard Pfaff backed out, she menacing
n.m with the knife; witness told Pfaff to knock
he got on The outside the door was slammed to
and bolted. She then went up stairs, opened
the window and showing the revolver told wit
ness ii he put his head in that door she would
blow his brains out. She said the other
officers could come in, but he should MT.
Witness went to the Police Court and got the
search warrant, returned and demanded adj
mittance. Officers Gates, Doyle and Pfaff were
present, and they begged her to open the door
She refused to let him in, but said the others
could enter; that If he (witness) ATTEMPTED TO
enter she would blow the little - Of As brains
out. Held a consultation, and Gates and Pfaf
went to headquarters. Gates retained, and they
decided to 60 in, witness having previously at
was then sitting al the window, behind the
counter, with the revolver cooked. Witness de-
manded admittance, and in reply to the request
to open the door, she said she would to others,
but rot to him. After demanding admittance
several times, witness went to the door and
knocked at 1t three times, the third time nearly
falling in. CAFES took hold of him and said
NED, for Gods sake don't 60 in first" and he
weda,ed In, getting inside. She had then got
from behind the counter, and, with pistol in her
five OF six feet of the door. Gates said, " Mad.
am, for Gods sake don't do anything like that"
She replied she would, or words to that effect.
Gates jumped at her and tried to catch hold of
the pttol, bat docs not know il he did. At this
time witness, with Doyle and Aldrige, entered
Doyle got on witness right, and while they had
hold Of her the pistol went off; don't know whe-
ther Doyle had hold of her at the time. Wit
ness thought at first that Doyle had been struck
In the face. Witness is certain that Gates
had hold Of her when the shot was fred, and
thinks that he (witness) had; don't know hat
she took any aim; did not know that she intend
ed it for any one else than himself; she made no
remarks at the time the shot was fired; did not
say anything after the shot was fired.
Officer James l.. Gates, sworn.-The witness
mainly cOrroborated the testimony of the other
officers. His account OF the death struggle was
as follows Duvall kicked the door open and she
presented the pistol, when he seized her. and
Ofieer Aldridge took hold Of the hand i'm which
she had the pistol, and she was stopping when
the pistol went on, witness holding the weapon
as near as possible around the cylinder at the
time, and his finger was burnt by the powder
Just as witness grabbed the pistol she said that
she would shoot Duvall il he entered. Witness
was shocked by the report of the pistol and fell
backward, and on recovering he took hold OF
Doyle and asked if he was shot, and some one
took the other side, and they walked out with
him, and in about eight steps he gave wav
entirely. Witness had wrenched the pistol from
her before this. When he entered he held her
arm to keep the pistol up, but the others getting
hold Of her pulled her down as wen as himself,
Officer Thos. AidJiise.-Witness was called by
DuV2li to assist him in serving the warrant and
went to the house, where after some parleying
Duvall kicked the door open, and Gates and
witness rushed in. Witness went TO her left side,
and grabbed for the pistol. Don't think that
Gates had got hold the pistol when the shot was
hred. Doyle was the third one and at the time
was perhaps five or six feet distant. Witness
made but two grabs at the pistol before il was
hred. Gates dropped just before it was fired
thought lie dropped to save himself. The
prisoner gave him some trouble after her
arrest, cursing, &C., and he was obliged to call
on colored man to help him. Witness told her
70,
that she didn't care. but had killed the wrong
one: but the last time he spoke to her of il she
said she was sorry she had killed the poor man.
when the shot was fired.
James Simons, Sarah Green, w. J. Bowl.
Anna Morrison and Jack Williams gave their
estimony, eorroborating the above, aud the
jury proceeded to make their verdict, as follows:
THE VERDICT.
The jury returned verdict: "That the said
I'm. Doyle came TO his death about ) o'clock D.
he Ia do NJ aoo be- ~
premises of John Shea, on Maryland avenue
between Sd and Az streets. They further find
that the cause of the death of the said Doyle was
wound by pistol fired by the hands of Mary
Shea, and the said Doyle was i'm the disch arge OF
at the time."
The coroner immediately filled out commit
ment to Jail for the prisoner.
The VERDICT AGAINST MAX SrRAKoscH.-
The Circuit Court (Judge MacArthur) was oc-
cupied to-day in hearing a motion for q new
trial In The case of Spaulding and Rapley VS.
Max StrakOsch. The trial of this case, it will be
verdict rendered for $500 as against the defen-
dant for his failure to produce the person of
Miss CARA Louise Kellogg in concert. The
principal feature Of objection to the verdict was
that it was excessive. After hearing the argno
ments OF counsel, the Court refused to interfere
with the verdict, and set the motion for a new
trial aside.
The Y NJ. G. A. SCIENTIFIC CouRsE,-Ac-
cordiDg TO the announcement elsewhere the
lectures in this course will close next week with
Prof. Henry Morton's presentation OF his two
subjects. Light, in its Relations to the Mechan-
chaDical Forces, ;" and "Electricity." Prot.
Morton greatly delighted his audiences here last
winter, and we learn that he has latteriy been
devoting himself to the especial preparation Of
new experiments for the illustration Of these
lectures, and that these experiments will be first
presented to his Washington audiences His
apparatus is very extensive, being several tons
in weight.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.-The following Off
GERS of Union Lodge, No. %, were elected last
night to serve for the ensuing term, viz: w. H.
Eberly, w. c.; j. X. Riggfes, V. c.; Wallace
Grant, X. s.; w. ID. Kurtz, F. s.; j. Metcalf
b. Calanthe Lodge, No IL, has elected the fol-
lowing officers, who will be installed on Monday
night, viz: John w. Hayes, c.; w. T. Backus.
V. G.; A. l.. A. Smith, X. s.; Thomas F. s.:
q. j. l.. Foxwell, B. Grand represe natives,
A. Il. Cavis. Thomas Rich, James Morrow, %,
kinmell, and &. j. L. Foxwell.
The NEW YORK SOcIABLE.-The first socia-
BILE of the season given by the New York repub-
hean state association took place at Masonic
Temple last evening. Notwithstanding the in
clemeney of the weather the gathering was
large and fashionable, and the entertainment