Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-12-24
LOCAL NEWS.
ANOTHER ASSASSINATION.
sUoCkING AND MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
The yfetfm's Head and Face literally
Hacked 60 Pieces.
Ne Clue 20 the Perpetrators OF ths
Bfoedy Deed


ing, IL Was startled by news OF q more terrible
tragedy. being the mysterious murder last night
OF an unknown man, by an assassin OF assaSsins,
also unknown, who mutil&ted the victim hOrri-
bly,, 30 that recognition by his features was i'm
possible.
Francis A. EidTell and Alice sorreIl white
passing through the alley between 9th and 10Th
and ID and 4 streets southwest. noticed the
body Of msn lying apparently hfeless they
Who FASTENED TO the spot Indicated, where they
found
TIE DEAD BODY or NAN.
Conveyance wss at once obtained and The
hedy Was carried 60 the FIRST precinct station
house, where, on examination. IL vas found 4,
De that OF white man, with a red beard
checked undershirt and brown pants, taeke
into q heavy pair Of boots Around the thigh
was double strap, tightly bnckled with sim
lar fastening about the neck. The head vs.
covered with cuts and bruises; the top Of a
skull crushed In ~ IL by some sharp instrument
with the brain oozing through the spertur
thus made. A number OF incisions were on a.
forehead, as II made by picksxe. and
TIE FACE Was LITERALLY HACKED TO PIBCES
evidently with the same instrument The no
was completely severed from the face, aud g.
hacked 70 pieces was the head and face that r.
coenitlon by the features was impossible. Mo
Of these wounds appeared 90 have been ms
nom the right side Of the head, and the b.
had the appearance OF having been draggt d
seme distance, there being a great deal Of q r-
on the clothing. Dr. Leitch vas called In, g.
pronounced life extinct.
IN ONE or THE POCKETS
was found an envelope bearing the inscription
samuel Rogerski, l0l5 7th street, wsshiny-
ton, ID. o., Dee. Do" also, an empty tobsccs b.
and Sergeant Lsrsbee and other officers pr
cured lantern and set of 90 obtain q clue,
possible, 20 the murderer or murderers, b.
were unable 70 md the first trace, and returned
RI n 81 nm nrA ea1a h.sA 60
various stations, and soon after an oficer ar
rived from the fourth precinct station 20 ask IL
the bedy was that Of John Lyden, who kiIled
WEIGH on Saturday night, = rumor having
gained currency that the man resembleA h,m.
but the oficer failed 10 recognize any simiil ".
IL seems probable that the body was draggs1 -
described, and the wounds may have been IN
ficted elsewhere The body was sim warm
when found, showing that the murder had been
committed not long before.
Later Developments
THK BODY OF THE VICTIM IDENTIFIED.
The body OF the murdered man was recog-
nlzed TO- day by several OF his acquaintaRces a.
that Of Samuel Rogerski, q Pole, who has been
in this country about six mOsths, EN- Dloyed In
peddling and hawking fancy goods His family
ale IN Poland, and be has been boarding of late
on street, between 18th and 9Th, aud II IL said
by his friends that he started out Yesterday
morning with package OF dry goods and fancy
notions strapped 20 his back, leather bag OF
vslise in his hands. and some 600 in his pocket
and Was seen, by some one who knew him ,
TO get on car coming from Georgetown
about O'Clock last evening, when he started
towards the Island. The straps about his legs
and throat are thought 90 be the same he used
in fastening his bundle 70 his back.
The sexton OF Rylsnd Chapel, Mr.. Simmonds,
reports this morning that about o clock last
night he met two men near the church, one OF
whom carried valise answering the des criptiOn
OF the one deceased IL represented 90 have car
ried. Theee men, he states, inquired for the
h go M "a fn h.. -frau
Many persons called In to view the body
curing the morning, and among them many
Hebrews who recognized the deceased by hay-
Ing met him At the Synagogue on sth street, he
having been an IsTselite.
This morning the body was stretched out on a
door on two barrels in rubbish room in the
rear of the station house, and presents a most
revolving appearance. Blow after blow must
have been struck until the head was literally
mashed, and pierced with large ugly holes, a.
about the neck ard legs; but one thing il re-
marx able about the corpse, which is the absence
OF blood, and il is thought that the face must
have been washed after the killing took nj ace
The murdered man was about thirty I'VE years
OF ege, of stout build, about 1--WE feet six inches
in height, and weighs about 10 pounds. The
snpposition Is that he Was robbed and after
wards murdered 20 hide the robbery, and car
ried 10 the place where he was found in q cart
or some other vehicle. Up 20 noon no clue
had been discovered Is % who are the ga lily
parties.
Lieut.. Gessfcrd's officers Summoned the fol-
lowing as jurors, and st one O'Clock DIR. Patter-
son, the coroner, proceeded TO hold the in
guest Simon Joseph, john Green, Thoma As
F. HALEY. Thomas A. King. A. b Lacey, w.
X. Hunt, 4. Ksttman, Chas. II. TYLER. John II
Dowell, George A. Sbeckell, Clinton II. Emer-
son, Francis Reside.
Several physicians were In attendance and
aided Dr.. Hartigsn in the autopsy, among them
Drs. hcWilliams, BoRrman, Leitch, ROLAND
and Broekheimer, and q consultation was held
n "A ~ Of
ceased, IL having been decided BY several OF
them that more than one instrument must have
been used In inticting the blows; but nothing
clio sed.
Major Richards with Chief ClarvOe. Detec.
tives McElfresh, McDevitt, Assistant District
Attorney Harrington, and several reporters OF
the city press, visited the spot where the mur-
dered man was found. aud after considerable
search several drops Of blood were discovered
on the snow and ice leading to the west side OF
the square from where the body was found,
indicating that IL was brought into the alley
from that direction. The man bled very little
after ne was laid down, as not much stain wa,
At the request of the police authorities the
inquest was held with closed Doors even the
members Of the press being excluded from The
room. Mr.. Francis A. KidGeil testified IN fnd.
ing the body, and Miss Alice SorreII, who wa.
with him ~ the time, corroborated his testi-
mony. Mr.. George IL. Newman, who owned
the carts near by which the bodies we've found
Ia
ing the body lying on the face.
THE WOUNDS.
Drs. Hartgan and Leach, At the post mOrtem
examination, found in all twelve wounds or
the head, which appear TO have been made
with q Ratchet, with the exception OF that on
the forehead, which seems to have been made
with O pointed instrument.
The Jury found
THE FOLLOWING VERDICT:
THAT one Samuel Rogerskie came 20 his death
on or about the sd day Of December, A ID
| 1872, between the hours Of III q. M. and 70. m
IN the city of Washington, In the District of Co.
lumbia, by violent blows, inflicted with an in
strument or instruments, delivered on the head
and face by some person or persons unk Known "a
the jury"
CHRISTMAS AT THE TBEArnRs.-Manager
Saviile's new Christmas pantomime at the
| National-"Fe-Fi-Fo-Fu m"-contalns CREATE
number OF novel tricks and transformation.
| than any previously performed in this CITY, and
Clown, Pantaloob, Harlequin and Columh
are all excellent Representations. Davis
| derful trained dogs and the dancing and
| Of the Francisco sisters are alone wor' So.
see than the price Of admission n N s,oee
mime. There viii be two perforr , ~. nsn,
row Christmas day., one int -as1oes ~ -
one in the evening. All the -ae afternr,n -.
see The new pentomime young folks shonI
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