Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-26
ANNIE DEAN.
HER FRIGHTFULDEATH



WRs-she IL Buried ID the Psttsr's Field.
Yesterday morning, til o'clock, Coroner d
.. Patterson held an Inquest over the body Of
that fronts on tho north side Of y street, be.
tween Second and Third streets, on Thursiay
night, under suspicious circumstances. After
the Summoning Of Jury, the witnesses were
called and testified as follows
Thomas Wlcks, cOlOred, testified that he lives
next door to the house Of the deceased that
about two weeks ago he heard the cry Of "mur.
Ter ln this house, and ran out and into the
shanty, where he found this woman quarrellng
with a colored woman. He separated them and
left AfterWard he heard that this cOlored
woman had cot AnnIe's head. Aunt Nancy /"
was there hut he did not know the name Of tho
colored woman. Saw Annie Dean aitoTwnrd.
Witness had been living next door about six
weeks, but had not heard any disturbance since
this affair the woman with whom deceased was
lighting was short and stout, hut u was 90 dark
that he could not recognize herr when he next
Noble Jenkins, colorod, testlhed that he lives
on y street, between Second and Third streets
On one night, about three weeks ago, he heard
p,s going 90 u t S, mani bo nv hsST moi
Nancy" tell the woman to 20 out Of her house.
Shortly Afterwards heard the cry Of murder, and
went into the house, when he saw this colored
woman standing 10 the same corner where Annle
was found dead. Heard Aunt Nancy call her
GeOrglaua; she vas standing at the loot VI the
bed on which Annie was lying heard Aunt
I
saw her have . bottle In her hand, and heard u
man named Saunders tell her to go outI the
aOlorpd woman replied that she would not, as
she had PaSS quarter OF 20 & thST T
Nancy cry out "murder" again; returned and
saw the colored woman leaving, and on light
being struck BY Aunt Nancy, be discoyered that
the deceased's lace was covered with blood, He
went and got spirits Of turpentlne, and asked
Aunt Nancy to bind her head up, as she seemed
In much misery; Afterwards, on the same night,
t6ogsnt Il vas tne same woman Who had beat
Nahcy; witness had never seen this woman be-
lorei heard Aunt Nancy say that she was from
m folder, HS@s yeTT Tpgse people frequent
CroSGsEamlnedi Annie was lying on this
bunch Of rags In the corner, and the oolored
woman standing over her, with bottle In her
went In, but after no returned to his room he
thsto vas katie In the EoHapis hand, but VII:
moss DID not notice Il. NO several occasona had
assisted in putting men out Of the place for
lighting and quarsllng. Tho front part Of the
house was occupied by man named Saunders.
Robert Winston, colOred, teslihed that he lives
in Inc house adjoining; that on the night in
question, about three weeks ago, no hoard the
lighting, and went out TO try and get the police,
W EiIISbeth S6SsoS, coIorsd, testified that she
lives 10 the house adjoining Aunt Eancy's, on
the same lot, In front; heard the quarrel, and
heard Nancy tell her not TO hghti did not sec
tDn M0lMhnt AnO unb uNANN uANiNh JNhhuuht VI
GeofE cana, and who was trying to beat Anblel
heard Aunt Nancy cry out murder" and,
running into the house, saw q oolorol woman
bS9ilng Annie with q bottle. She had knife
IN her hand, which she put on the table. THIS
fuss took place about THREE weeks RgoI had seen
9oorgOans there three or four times before.
she IL . stout llEhtsklnned woman. Aunt
Nancy keeps q bad house, and there has Otten
beon lighting theTsj had seen men Jumping the
fence during the hghting.
Cross.eNAmined; When this woman was heat.
ing Annie she never said q word, but was lying
on the door, with her hands to her face, heard
the cOlorsd woman say II Nancy would pay her
back twenty Ave cents she would leave; had
seen hsT n IsS[alsEatS GtHme2. che vas 'II It'll,
day before yesterday she heard quarrel IL
NGnoy's, and, on going out to look, saw white
man leaving the house, and hoard Nancy say
that he had been kicking Annie; this man had
| red hair and Whlskers; did not know his name
| Il vas about o'clock In tho day time. On Mon
| Day last Annie pSmB into witness house, AMI
seemed gerangei, anl san tn9t dohHninI S va,
| Witness advised her to 20 back into the house
/ but Afterwards heard her pounding on the paTti
lon wall, aud crying out thH he intended to
| kill her.
| Martha Smaliwond, colored, testified that sht
| lives with Mrs. johnson IN the next house 1
/ Nancy's; heard Lizzie johnson say that th
woman johanna had beat Aunlo Dean to daslh
i knew nothing about the kioklng by the whit
mani heard Mrs johnson say Annie had los
Aunt Nancy" was then sworn, and said he
| name Is Massey Williams; Annie Dean has beel
living with her of and on for hye years. she wa
| so fOTgetful that she did not remember WheI
| the woman struck hBrI heard Annie say tina
| woman was there; her name ls GeOrgiana, bu
| she does not know anything OF herj she came II
and commenced on Annie, quarrelinR with her
she knocked Annie down with bottle she hat
| in her hand and then beat her, and anerWaTd
drew knife and hit her In the forehead,
CrOssexamined: A white man came In da
before yesterday, and asked TO lay down; wilt
moss gave him leave to do so, and he commence
to quarrel with Annie, and said no would kic
heTi witness told him II be kicked her. she Twill
ness) would kick him; they went on so high tina
men came 10 and made The white man leave, bu
he never struck Orklck ed her; deceased had bee
living there three years; Annie went to Bait
more to live with the sisters; but cam
married her fathers eOachman 10 Now HOr
city and afterwards ron away with him; who
she first came here she LIVED at Mr.. WilardI
| and her husband deserted herr her fathers fan
ity Esro very rich, and they all turned againi
her, and her brother was going TO shoot her hui
band and ran him Oh; witness denied that sh
ever lot men aud women come to her house 70
DR.. j. =. HartIgan testified that he he'd a
autopsy on the body Of the deceased he fOun
two wounds on the hoad Of deceased, tTlangula
shaped, which communicated with the skull bone
| but there was no fracture, The brain was In
eOngested state, and that portion nearest to tn
wound In . state ofinhRmmAtioni examined th
chest and abdomen and found condition O
Ipneumonla, or Inflammation Of the lungsi tn
heart sack paTtOOk somewhat II the same stat
Il contained about half a pint OF huld blood. Tn
liver appeared IS II affected by continuous drinI
ing Of spirits. The kidneys were congestod an
The upper portion Of the body showed the effect
llof exposure TO the cold weather; the whole bod
allowed the effects Of long continued dissipation
There were two Immediate causes Of deaih-On
OF the brain and the other Of the lungs inflAn
nation OF both, but due TO different causes; tha
OF the brain TO excessive dissipation, accelerate
blows, and the congestion Of the lungs from tn
exposure.
CrOss-oxamIned: The blow was not sufficleH
TO produce tho results, without the eNpOsuT
mentioned thought afteT the blows were n
oeiysd Il tended to produce the congestion who
hAstsped death; Of tho blows on the head on
was inflicted by knife, and the other by som
blunt Instrument, and must have been receive
three or four days previous to the death; fOun
the body In a very debilltAted state; stimulani
seemed TO have kept her up for some time pas
the state she was In may have tended to give III
wounds tho fresh appearance they presente,
there was no evidences Of hsT having receive
kicks or blows on any other portion OF her bod
his opinion was that death was caused by II
condition OF the brain and lungs, which was II
duoed partially blythe blows but he could M
say that the blows caused death.
The case was then given 70 the Iug, who In
few minutes rendered verdict that the deoease
! came to her death from congestion Of the brAi
and being superlnduced by blows In flcted on Il
head by some person unknown to the Jury; ali
| from lntempeTAnoe and exposure.
VINO 10 BHEf
Last night the town was rife with varlOl
theories and stories as to whom this most unto
tunAte Annie Dean IL. A majority Of the bei
Informed strongly inclined to the opinion thu
she Il none other than tho celebrated Mi
Boxer, OF New York, who about 1850 MARI,
her fathers cOaehmRn. The statements Of O
! Nancy, the negro woman with whom ahe live
tend to confirm this theory. Nancy says she HI
known her four or I'VE years, and that Ann
often said she was the daughter OF a WeAltl
New York merchant, and had incurred h
fathers dlspleasure by marrying his cOac
man.
OuR THEORY.
II Is our opinion, from all the facts before u
that there Is not a word Of truth in tho stat
ments she made 10 old Nancy. Having Il
name Dean, Il was natural enough for her
seek nOtoTloty In borrowed capital. And yet
J Is evident enough that she was woman Of 8
periOT intelligence and birth, as traces Of 4 e
J msr delicate personal beauty were plainly rI
ORnlEsd even while she lay on her pallet Of TAI
In cOnVulbivS death. Within the period Of h
aoquAintanoo with Nancy n story very simli
, | appeared IN the National IRtFNigsHCfT OF n
city concerning one Annie Dean, then 40 inmA
I | OF q house Of prostitution, The article, viii
1 had a wide circulation In the journals OF h
. | country, the New York Sun being among 4
fTst 10 copy II, and libel suit resulting, II "
clearly proven that Mrs Boxer. Dean was at IN
time living In good circumstances with her hu
0 | band 10 Brooklyn, and q judgment was obtain
I - a.. "a At L. T..