Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-09-30
MURDER.
Georgetown the Scene Of
the Tragedy.
A CoIorsd Man cats bile wires
ThroRt.
Particulars Of the Terrible Affair
The CorSRer's Iaquest Rnd
the TesIImOny.
The Hu.bapd Fatty os,,slItsd to Jnu IOS
tho MaTder.

The Husband Fatty sHrslItsd Is Jnu Tor
tho MuTder.
Saturday night, between y and 10 O'Clock,
while Ofioor TTunneIl, Of thu Third police pre-.
clnct station, was patrOlling his boat he met
Oticer whitmon, Of the same station, with q
black man named Henry Kelly, who said man
had killed his vile at her house on Fifh street,
between Market and Frederick streets, The
oihosr Immediately started IOr the polat deslE.
mated, where he found large crowd Of oolorsd
The screams Of the unfortunate woman, Oficer
TTunnel, a. soon A. he heard the particulars OF
the case, arrested a msn nsned CHARLES Henry
man, aud upon the Vfncer taking hold Of hin no
said! "Mr. Truhnell, III 20 with you. You
have always been very kind e me whom you
cutting her thrOatn The prilOnsr was then
brought TO the station. houss, where he was
locked up in a cell. -
Sergeant SWlndell, with OHhoera Warwick and
Cunningham, visited tho premisoa, whom they
found tue woman lying out In IhstsArd among
| . lot Of cabbaHes with her
THRoST cur TRoH EAR TO EAR,
| from the effects Of which she had died almost
Instantly. The body was picked up and carried
and the extent Of the injuries examined. The
| wound In the throat was cut entircly through,
extending from the right ear 10 the lett ear with
I
| her body, showing beyond doubt that she had
| struggled before giving up.
| now THR DEED WAS DONE
The prisoner and his Wiip for some time past
i have been In the habit Of quATTellng and many
| tunes have TesOrted TO blows. On the night Of
| the murder the two had spirited quarrel, the
ny .n%s wRsu iobpSoS TOSpd b "S S"uld UOt
| make anything from quArTellng with his WIFE,
| he picked her up aud carried her bOdily 10 the
cabbage patch 10 the yard, where he leaned her
i maj hs and dE n and hRF
throat, amer which he threw hor to tho ground
| and lett her. He then repaired to the house
and changed his clothes, which were GmeAred
| with blood, for cleaner ones, and thtn walked
| back In the yard and threw the razor into an
adjoining yard and then len the premises,
| The TaIOr was found Afterwards by Sergeant
Sulndell, In hls yard, covered with blood and
half opened.
| q very brown oolOred man, was born In Fairfax
| county, Virginia, where he was a slave TO Mt
/ SWarL Upon the breaking out Of the war he
married this woman, ailsr which he enlisted in
| n cOlOted regiment and served during the war,
| u greater portion Of his time being spent In the
department Of Texas Upon the close OF the
/ war he returned 10 Virginia, where he remained
| but short time, when he came " Washington,
and from thence to 9eorgotoWn. He remained
| 10 the District awhile. when no enlisted 10
| company N, Bth cavalry, and with that reHI.
| ment returned to TFNas and rumalned there
| three years, after which he again returned to
Georgetown and got employment on tho streeiS
| johnson IL about thlriylWO years Of age, I'VE
feet nine inches In height, and rather nne
| looking cOlOred man.
| lew weeks since he was arrested upon the
charge OF committing an assault ami battery
| upon bis vile, Saturday afternoon he called Al
| tue ueOrBetown station to get = warrant for
| his Wlfe's arrest on the charge Of stealing
clothes, and the warrant was given him but was
| not served. He claims that the cause for this
rash act was owing to the proof he had BY her un.
| hate him, and threatened that she Intended TO
| buy some yiIrol and burn him up. For some
| time past she has been 10 the habit OF taking
| things from the house, for which he remOnstra-
| ted with her and told her she was doing wrong
| In response to this she said he could not make
her good husband and that she did not care
| for him. To this johnson replied that she had
| another man, and that he would treather right,
| A few moments AFTER johnson got his razor and
| began to shave himself when she threatened TO
| poison him In order TO become separated. THIS
| the terrible deed above narrated.
THE VICTIM.
The murdered woman was about thirty yeaTH
Of age, and rather good looking, being Of light
copper color. When murdered she was sRcienfe
Her clothes were literally covered with blood,
and from haI appearance struggled hard for
TIE INQUEST.
Coroner Patterson was notified, and yesterday
morning held an inquest, and sumnonsd the
TrundIs, Il. Il. Howss, George A Villa Wm.
Hunter, Jacob Burch, W. b. EaSlon, W: Tracy,
A. DerT, J. Esboy and VIM. Martin.
| hNhAJ tANhy WheIo
| the murder was committed. When no went
into bis back yard % the night q The murder
| he found deceased and the man who killed her
! quArTeling, and Immediately alter heard .
gurgling sound. AZ the prisoner came from the
deceased, witness saw razor In the priloner's
| hand. Witness was In the next yard At tho
| time; there was nothing separated him IRON the
| two but some lev. palluEa, 20 low that he could
| look over them.
Witness oflen heard quArrslinEsin the house.
| He had no AequaintAnoe Win the parties. Wit
| ness heard the prisoner ask decoased for his
! thlnEs, and she said ne had given them 10 her
| He replied That she said she would have him
! put In the penltentiATy, but she denied the
| assertion,
q. ID. Motion was sworn, but nothing Of any
! impoTtAn nee was elielted.
| VIM II. TTunnell sWprn. He was on bis beat
| on Bridge street between hali-past nine and ten
| O'Clock, when ooloTed man came up 10 Ofhoar
| Whitmon and said there had boon \ murder on
| Filth street He came up 70 the place and
| found q crowd, when man said there goes the
man who oOpmltted the murder. He went after
| him and arrested MIN. Tho man whom he ar.
| rested was named ChAS, johnson, and when ar.
| rested said, Mr.. Trunnoll III 10 anywhere with
youi when you arrested mo before you could not
| have talked kinder TO me II you bad been my
brother. Witness then asked THAT tho prisoner
| had been doing, when he replied, 1--WE done II
/ for this lima At that time the crowd triad Ia