Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-08-14
TyE SHOOTING or MH. 5. n. csttsERts
re Siiss Of the woZsn0s Receives.
-EFsfssrs az the Coroner FngEsste

NJ NJ Cheeseman, who wa shot by a cGE-
h'Ie IN tie L3:55 Of q Barney" Wood, at tie
stables foot OF to;i, street. Or Morlav night, a.
c:rcunl,Jar5islly related IN yesterdays STAR
died a, the metropolitan Hotel a ts,o5 O'Clock
tbs rorns1g. Late yesterday evening he raj
tIef. and addressed q few wOTis IL a weak voice
Q ne brother. The GOunded II anysEs perfectly
conscious at he time, and inquired II his wife
I'D Children he'd been sent for. auC on beiu :
a answered 2 tic 2f---S-iTe seemed sat- Sc and
sool sank into stupOr. rom which lie did not
again rally. "a wife and chiiSTeE Cid not
reach this city last nigE-. a. i g@s hoped and
ExpeStcs. they wGuld. Information ef the death
OF IL CEeesemar was sen. % COr0ECr after
son EST night, ana he decided 20 hold zsliIguest
tbs L-oTti.ng at u clock.
THE COROyERs - {rEs-.
ire coroner aIT.y6S- a. lie = CtTCy Cl!.CE tel
a Lat LOui thls ilI-nIng, and summoned the
iV-lOW n. jury of IL, Eest Peter +. Bacon, jas.
hcNatb, stephen TiIsy, j. T Molliere, Wn.
4 iiEt. = Il. Ias .JI, y !. Morton, Jas Nc
ia1. =. P. Eirn0n, wv Kennedy, VIM. Bgyar
sTd Lawrence Bess.
VI. haElGsJni. oOiOTtd, vas tie Crst witness,
Sho ses;iLed .E.,t Le vent - the wharf on Mon
Jay night, n ERECTED by Nh. CpeeseElsn, to put
tEe horse al re stable; ~ found Wood, who
CC4d hin 20 50 S<ay and telt Lfr. CIecser.qn 20
g to HciI III Al as horse ami carriage should not
stay here lie then returned sc the hotel and
TO- Ir. CheeseIISu and his brcsheT; they then
al went back together. after ateF minutes tai <
Slt- Wool witness saw fash, and heard Mr..
samuel ". CheeseT1R1 say =" L shot, he
heiptu the elder brother to put She wounded
mar INTO Tire carriage; the shot was tTOIn = win
Gov. some fifteen feet fTGm the groaEd. fEeTe
the Gun. which Is musket cut down, and com
monty known as n 81 bOb-tatl" nusket wss shown
MN but the witness could not identity it
an lanes l.. Cheeseman wss next sworn, and
his Testimony was cOrr0berativS OF that given
by Hammond.
Lieut.. GessfOrd testified that he was called
uIOn BY the detective officers 10 &c with them TO
arrest Wood after the shooting; when they ar.
rived e &c house Wood war in tue horse stable,
and after sO--e cOllOqUy with Wood and his
VIE, he former appeared at the door with a
rusket. aud hearing the click OF the lock, wit
ntss C0iged, When the Load Of Shot hcv over
rs head. At this the all rushed in and secured
lam. When arrested him he had a gun iu his
hand Here witness Vas shown the Gun and
LecOgnizedit as the one which was fred at h.u,7
Wool tesrs a good character when sober, but
Elen dl..'lk Ee Is d perfect L1@te. he has been
drunk 30. about enc month.
Or. isS4Gicy testified That he = - called won
a ~ CLOCK u attend the wounded man. When
be SIf.N CT he fOlld some portion OF Is clothing
% Lac 81, aid Lax lie was badly wounded. a
tfaTge OF about FORT buck-ShOt ents-ed his
u yes ana groin. They were 80 numerous and
- SiJse together that he found Il impOSs. 5ie to
extract tlSLl without giving tie patient sIsat
5..ii' aEa The eleC, BOUlL have been 20 hasten
e o. misc be remained with him alIaoS. CeI-
: an : until hIs death, which occurred last
/. s-t :.'o.t ol1Sk. These wounds we're ne
ctssarily fatal as they had penetrated the ;nres-
u-'SS i..S Bladder. Iho wounded man remained
UNCONSCIOUS until about 5 O'Clock last night
wen L. appeared 20 rails, ana seemed sensible
a: Intervals, bat afterwards seemed 70 be in a
collapsed state uTtil lie died. Stimulants only
. -lC AL -lriS-eTeI.
Dr. y. I. Young testified that he Ess called in
atoat tLtee hours after the mar was broncnt IN
: juno ;ae patent II state CT cOiiatse and
-. - 80, pam. Hc seemed TO be wander
IEg N his mind, in which condition he remained
ali Gav Yesterday. With SYMPTOMS OF rapid sink
ing. Lett k,m At $50 and returned al O'Clock.
gaen "a char ge took place more favorable, as he
4rIe3rel 20 rally, but a reaction set IL at ID
o'clock =. N. fCT the worse The shock, loss OF
hood. and irritation from his wounds caused
Ct ath.
By juror.-vLeu deceased revived last eve
ming he made 10 aliusiOn 70 the shooting what
ever.
Here recess took place il the examination OF
witnesses 10 await the report of the post norton
examination. which was being made b. De.
keybuTl, Buckley and Young.
DT. Robert Peg bUTn then testified as 20 the
post norton eXamiT alton. " hlch he conducted;
found tnlTty-three shot; they were duck shot,
ard lot 80 ls.r rye a. buck shot; found the imme-
date cause OF death 10 he from three shot which
passed through the abdomen and intestines. an
other passed through the bladder which he could
Lot md n the cavity. bat 10 had probably 10 ICED
an the coat Of the bladder; the wounds from
these shots we're necessarily fatal; the Others
I4rtlEh quite HumerOaS, were not. having en-
tered tie feshy part OF the thigh, without in
jay 70 the veins OF arteries they were fired.
evidently, from AL elevated position. Here the
testimony closed, and the jury returned
VERDICT
hat samuel VI. Chetseman came 70 his death
Oh the lSth Jay OF august, Al the Metropolitan
hotel, from the eitectS OF a gunshOt wound re-
Wood about haI1-Uast O'Clock u. m on the I2tb
day OF August. 1872.
TIE BODY OF DECEASED
was then tUrneC ever 20 Mr.. Anthony RuchIv
w dertaker, BY Mr.. j. J.. CheeseInan. with in
sfsuctlCuS 70 have - embaImed and encased in a
proper manner, when Il will be transported to
M.dc'etOv r, Orange cOuGty, New York. bv the
evening train north.
Yesterday about OclccS st the request of
Mr.. y. J.. CheesemaD, Detective COOmes called
in Rev. Dr. Newman 10 the bedside Of the dying
rnsD - administer religious consultations. Find
Iny him unable to converse, though apparently
sens be. DR.. Newman offered up a fervent
PRAYER in behait OF the sufferer. who seemed 70
Ieel grateful for the kind ninistratiOn rendered
TIE WIFE or THE MURDERED MAN.
Ms CheeSeman arrived in the city this morn
ing ard proceeded TO the bedside of her deceased
husband, overwhelmed with grief, in which
st-te she has remained Throughout the day. She
VIII accompany the surviving brother with the
remains OF her husband TO New York either to-
night OF tomorrow morning.