Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-12-28
The Fate of Hattie Adams.
DRAWN BY RUNAWAY HORSES INTO 7

W n N
RIVER AND DROWNED.
Yesterday Coroner Jones made arrangements
iOr holding an inquest over the body of the well
known ceurtesan Mrs. Hattie Adams who lost
her life in an extraordIB ary manner al an early
hour on last Tuesday morning. She was mos
respectfully connected in Brooklyn, and her
Relatives, who have taken charge of the BODY
and will have it inferred TO-DAY feel deeplv the
degradation OF her ilfe and the awful fate WI ich
terminated the sad career of Hattie Adams
deceased, IL 9as been aseertained, attended
1un' al at Greenwood cemetery on MONDAY
ait rnoon. Upon her return to New York she
paItcok OF supper in com pany with prominent
Brooklyn politician (whose name is withheld
by the parties familiar with the facts) at her
house in 18th street.
SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT
she lett her place in hired coach drawn BY two
spirited animals, bound for BROOKLYN where
she determined upon seeing her com panion in
SAFETY, as the latter individual is said TO have
been intoxicated. The precious unknown citi-
zen Was deposited in the vicinity of his domiciI
and the coach containing Hattie Adams. ana
driven by one James Gallagher, started on the
home track. About one O'Clock on TUESDAY
morning, as the vehicle in question was in the
act OF turning from Myrtle avenue into wash
lngton street, the wheels caught in the car
track, and the extra strain produced upon the
horses IN consequence frightened the amin ais
so that
THY RAN AWAY.
The driver was thrown from his seat, aud was
badly cut about the head. The horses dashed
on On,h GG%m Washington street, steep, grade
for help echoed on the clear frosty atmosphere:
solitary policeman ran far in the wake OF the
retreeuDg, flying horses There was no hello al
hand. Death alone could stay them.
THE END WAS NEAR.
There was crash as the wheels struck The
string piece Of the dock at the foot of the street
then plunge, and. the coach turning upside
Gown, tOated out twenty feet from the dock
Inc occupant was still in death, the drowning
horses struggled, out died. Police assistance
arriving some minutes later, the corpse was
taken out of the coach and was subsequently,
taken TO the norgue. The inquest will he held
on Monday neXt-N. J. Herald, 27M.
MRS EDWIN FORREST AT HER HUsBANp's
BIER.-Mrs. Edwin Forrest, the tragedi4n's
wife, was, according to the statement of a re-
porter, at her husbands funeral. He saws
"SlttiDg at the window facing Broad street
and with no one near her, her arms resting list.
lessly upon her knees, her fingers nervously
drumming and toying each other, was Catha-
rine Sinclair, the divorced wife OF the dead. If
any one knew who she was they appeared to
keep their distance. She arrived on Yesterday
morning, and entered the house at half-past H.
She was dressed in deep mourning, with dou-
bic black Grape vail flowing nearly to her feet.
She moved nervously toward the rear par!or,
where the remains were lying. There were but
five or six persons in the room. Throwing aside
her vail she stood for nearly ten minutes. 6iaced
ner hand upon his head, and followed the arm
down to the hand, which she grasped for a few
minutes. Then she glided toward the foot of
the coffin and plucked one or two flowers from
the cross which lay upon the dead mans feet
She then moved rapidly to the front parlor
where she was seated until the coffin left the
house."