Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-03-30
The Carey .keOuKh Homicide.

Fsrdict II the jury of Inqaest-KeOvgk conMt,t,d
The inquest over the body OF John Csrev.
who was shot by his step-son William Keough
ON Tuesday morning last, was continued ye.-
terday after our report closed.
Jane keONQh, sister OF the accused youny man
testDed that she was not in the house when the
shooting occurred, but returned home that
morning about 8 O'Clock. and saw Carey outside
the front door; he did not charge any one with
shooting him; her brother William, after the
shooting took place, was mp stairs; he did NOT
seem at all excited; the shooting took place be-
tween and . O'Clock in the morning: the guu
was usually kept in Williams room
DR.. Grouse testified that he was called in 20
see the wounded man about O'Clock; foupd
him suffering from o wound received below the
navel; on examining the wound found tn at the
bali had passed through the body and out IT the
back; the position OF the person who discharged
me gun must have been considerably elevated
above the wounded man; Carey did not say who
nred the shot; witness dressed the wound and
informed Carey that il was fatal; after he hal
crossed the wound, discovered the indentation
IN the noor where the ball hac struck after pass
ing through the body of deceased, and further
alorg discovered the ball, and picked il up from
the moor; William keough came down stairs
but made no remark except that Carey had
called his sister and mother bad names; Mr.
Carey told witness that William had discharged
the gun.
DIS. George kcCoy and Hart,can testified as 70
the autopsy, and stated their opinion that death
was caused by the wound
JOHN H. Murphy, policeman, testified that be
nlaue ue arrest OF w m. heough, on LIST street,
between and ID streets. Witness asked for
the gun, and Miss keOugh brought il from up
STAIRS; asked William If IL Was the pun with
which he shot Carey, and he said it was; asked
MN what he shot him for, and he replied that
Carey had called his sister and mother -
=; that he had repeated il over several times
and he could not stand it any longer.
The jury rendered q verdict that the cause of
ceath was hemorrhage, resulting from a gun-
shot wound in the right groin. produced by the
9lschaTge OF a carbine in the hands OF William
Upon the finding OF the above verdict the ae-
cused WA committed to Jail for appearance
before tae grand Jury.
PALM SUNDAY AND Holy WRrK.-sund.v
next will be Palm Sunday, and the services in
an the catholic and Episcopal churches will be
commemorative OF the entry OF our Blessed
Lord into Jerusalem. The blessing of palm on
that day in the Catholic churches. and disfrib-
nunR II 70 the people, is solemn and impress
a. m. in most Of the Catholic churches, Tie
week following is Holy Week, and the services
on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy
soemnity and the absence of ali ornamsats
from the altar. The pictures and other decor
tons IN the Catholic churches are covered and
s sne organ rs npfhed from Holy Thursday until
the " Gloria In Excelsis." which has been
omitted during Lent, viii be sung, AZ vbirh
time the bells will be rung. and then remain
the Catholic churches on Good Friday Is alSaxs
ore OF the most beautiful and Impressve o,ns
mspts OF that church. The once Of Ten.bra
will take place in most of the Catholic chnrchss
on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday eveni,ss
OF next week. Easter SUNDAY close. ar soIa.IEs
season Of Lent With rejoicing and services conn
our Blessed Lord. sSuoh "
BALTINoEH AND PoroNAc RAILROAD ps
900 sac Of the AUenEe Property.-It un-
usns.oou lnat the proposed purchase OF the /
properly on the south eide OF Pennsylvania svs- |
ppue, from 9TH street westward, to include /
P nyy.ss building, has been abandoned by the /
baltinore and Potomac Railroad COMPANY. AZ /
n ,e AL ior ne present Some time ago an agent
OF the company called on the owners of the
property in question, and obtained from than
a paper that each would sell for q specifed /
SUM within 70 many days, and the time exnired /
on Saturday last Some OF the owners csIlsd an
me agent Of the company and expressed a wish
to close the bargain by receiving an insfslimsns.
bot, the agents declined to accede, and 30 the
seemed very glad the sale was ssoft., as thss
lh iound, on in9uiring for other property IN
ne neighborbood, (witb q view OF lo.stI1,S
mar the Ices Tin consequence of the reporfn. |
lhe saie) had more than doubled.