Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-03-21
AND DEATH.
A MOURuFUL TRAGEDY,
Sudden death o. your & and Beautfi II Woman
Who is Responsible?


4other-Wds ii Hurd, Who are the Crini-
ndlsi-Tae Autopsy-Ihs Coroner's INQUEST
81 'dage D,eeLf msHts-AH Irregular Ps =
siCidn"-Ars. Lepis alas Madam Turner"
Yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Sarah Lewis, who
re. ides on the northeast corr er OF and 1o;t
streets, northwest, sent Information to ~ 4
Police Headquarters thas young woman. a
stranger to her, had died sudde y in her house
The police on making further inquiry were IN
formed that about IL O'Clock yesterday morning /,
YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL WOMAN,
neatly alfred, passing the corner OF c and
10th streets, suddenly stopped as IL faint, tot
tered to the door of the house occupied by
Mrs. Lewis, and rang the door bell, which being
answered, she asked PERMITS ion to stop there 4
few moments as she was very ill. She wa ir
vited to lie down, and Mrs Lewis observing that
she appeared greatly distressed letC her by her
self, and on returning to Ter shortly after ARD :
found her
IN COMMISSIONS.
DR.. 5. 4. SShuman was called in and some
s. mulants were admins we'd but she showed
TO symptoms of recovery, and
SOON AFTERWARDS DIED,
sur was the Information impaired - the
police, and Sergeant Vernon was def lied -
take charge OF the body until it could be i,'en-
uned, ps no one appeared to know who the uu-
.ortunate woman was. The officers removed
Ine oouy 10 the central guaTdhon use, and Coroner
Potter was notified. The deceased app lred to
be about twenty-five years OF age. She was
"A HANDSOME BRUNETTE,
WIN biOHn HdlT ana eyes, and attiTe1
IN brown merino dress, with LOUNGES a black
velvet hat with feather OF the same color
ChCckeu Woolien shawl. and buckskin ploy-
o On niger or her right hand was gold ring,
on which the letters "H. P" were engraved
ana on the left hand were three plain gold
Lhgs' She wore earrings of gold and carbuncie
aIter she 1acts became known crowds gathered
around, ana all were permitted by the police TO
lCOk at the remains, with the view of identiaca-
uon. rinaiiy she was recol lized by some one
as henrietta q. Psddon, who resided in the
northern portion of the city, and was recently
DIVORCED FROM HER HUSBAND.
george Is. Weles to whom she was married some-
Hme during the war;, he being a sol iier in a
ing the mother OF the deceased who i've On
sth street, between and streets, went To
the station. house, having become anxious about
ner daughters being absent so long, and for
the first time, she tnere became aware o. tho
1acts atoye related, and on being Conducted ~
.ne Geao Do0y, at once recognized II as that of
ner daughter. Inc poor woman was almost
FRANTIC WITH GRIEF
over the sad fate Of her child, and the manner
IN ~Llc she gave way to her feelings at the
station mouse was distressing in the extreme to
witness. In the meantime Dr. s. j, Todd dan
NY coroner. arrived, and with the assistance Of
DIS Hartigan, Brookheimer and Rodripue pro
ceeoeo 10 make a post m0rtem examination,
heart were in healthy condition. but there
were evidences that rong medicines had been
. used TO produce abortion: After the operation
remained at the station he use Last niaht.
THE DIVORCE.
On the 10th day Of December last. ,yudoe
divorcing the deceased from the honda of matri.
mony with George b. Welles. The petition.
hled september 9Th last, stated that the parties
were married January 18th 1853. bv Rev Mr.
Ryan; that the defen liant at the time was q
soldier in the 9Th United States cavalry and
they llvt together until August 1861 whan
n n deserted her; that prior to tn 1T time
ne mad given himself up to drunkenness and
adulterous practices with one JCjephine PelIi
tine in the city of Baltimore and Others. tbat
during TIE entire period he lived with her he
refused 10 contribute anything towards her sun-
port and that OF bis ch lid.
, Notwithstanding the plausible story of Mrs
SsIsh Lewis, alias MADAM Turner" as re-
lated above, the police suspected that she And
Dr. Shuman knew more of the matte tha,,
they were willing to divulge.
DIR. sHUMAN,
"ho ~ gwen such rnenviable not oriety by this
terrible affair, a. will be seen by the record of
tpe testimony before the coroner's inquest. is
doOat % or 81 years OF age, and is well known
IA shis CITY IL Is said he learned the drug bus
htssl III the r rst ward, and ten or eleven wears
ago opened a drug store at the corner OF 9th
street and the Avenue, and for several yesrs
was in Baltimore. J9"''
SARAH LEWIS ALIAS MADAM rrpvpp
he woman at whose house the death occurrad
eft lar home last night, and it was thought She |
,urposed laying the elty. Officer McHenry |
raced her e. So y "a The neight Orhood or |
he railroad ., .lis morning took her |
nto CUSTODY 80 brought FER to the Central |
juardhous (, .cIe he Will be re- sined to awaiC |
he result OF the investigation by the Eor0ns:.
THE INQUEST.
At noon to-day, Dr. s. j. Todd held an INQUEST !
II the Central GuardhOuse, the following being
he jurors A: DuvaD, j. w. Marin, ID. |
4. f. Cremer, T. M. Rudd. II. q. |
Peakes, james Gooch, Michae' K. Coombes, q. |
W. Drew, Z. IL. Bates, j. ID. Robinson, aud |
George Seitz, who were sworn in view OF the |
body, which had been placed in q coffin in one |
Of the rear rooms OF the Station. Ine tvatu,tSS ,
Of the deceased were as calm and undst lrbed |
as II she was asleep. |
DR.. J. +. Hartigdn was frat sworn, and testified
that he found no external marks of violence
during the autopsy made at O'Clock yesterday.
~ ne ,h oIan aPpssrsd deeply eongested, and one
spleen, and kidneys we're also coDgested. De-
ceased was enciente probably for ten weeks past
All me organs Of the body appeared to have
about four ounces OF dark fluid floating. on
which was some foreign substance.
Question.-in your opinion, what was the
Answer.-The administration Of some instant
animal or vegetable poison, included in the
class OF medicines known amenagOguee.
tate the stomach, and cOngest other organs.
He believed that the conte nts Of the stomach
should be anaiyzed, for the precise cause OF
poison used-until such an ANALYSIS was made.
DR.. A. 4. Roderioue, sworn.-Witness was
present at the autopsy as an assistant, and cor
DR.. M. BrookheimeT testified that he assisted In
the autopsy, and corr0bOrated the testi mony of
DIR. Hartigan. Has heard OF DIR. Shuman
through his advertisements, and formed the in
preston that he was
IAN IRREGULAR PHYSICIAN"
A lady called on witness saying che wanted An
abortion and he refused, when she said DR.
Shuman would do it tor 40 OF els, never saw
him until this morning.
W. II. Parker, sworn.-witness lives On l.
street, 623; had known deceased years; saw her
Oh Friday night between and 81 O'Clock on ID
street near 9Th, in company with
A YOUNG MAN NAMED WILLIAM GODDARD,
She went To the corner OF 10th and q streets
northeast cOrner-and with Goddard went in
the house. This was the house in which she
died. Did not know the character of the house
at the time. Witness was lighting lamps at the
time, and they walked along his route.
John 4. O. Clark, sWorn.-Witness IL the agent
for the renting OF the house, which belongs TO
Dr. Brown, OF Alexandria. On Tuesday last
PARTY REPRESENTING DR. sHuNAN
called on him to rent the house, and returned
the next day, when the lease was made. IDr
b. T. Shuman, who had been arrested by Ser.
gent Vernon, was here brought in, aud identi-
he'd There was provision in the lease that
he should not sub-let 1t, and he objected to il:
but Dr. Brown assured him II he put in respect-
able persons he would not be troubled.
Officer Edmund J. DurdI sworn: Witness saw
woman 60 into the house No. 935 about TX
O'Clock. and about 2 or 2I saw Skumsn ring
he