Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-03-14
ACCIDRNFAL DEATH.
ruE aEsUL rog NOW.
A Husband Kiiis . wIfs--Inauest and YER
a'st-Ths Prisoner Dtseanrsed.

Isaac Bell, . coiorsd employee at ths eoat
vharyes in ueofEetoun, and rvalilng in : ffamS
house in an eIley On Faystte street, between
Prospect and frst streets, on Tuesiay might
about $50 o'clock, while 10 bed had an slterca,
tlon with bis wife, Anna Bell, and struck her 4
blow which resulted IN her death. Information
O the affair va. forwarded % the Third pre-.
snS Sss ssS oSs.
scene Of the tragedy, where thsy fOund the
woman still vnrm and 10 tbs bed, And her has ).
band sittlng IN = ehnir heldlas baby. Ths
death, and Isaac asksowisassd ssas <. had nsi
slapped her IN the iaao noaf the tempI, with
bis open hand, and the cause fsr % Doing wts in
lmlnsllately sent Tor Drs. Appisoy, soats@or.h
and Klelpsohmidt who % thslr ARRIVAL pro.
nouncel The woman decd The olAesfa thsn ar.
r' i: s IA i IL Rss az S S:!s IL y:
years, aud have two children, one o. whom Il
Two Year, old, and the other three Years Old.
IN. children Slept an night in bed With their
Isaac L about "a year. Of age, ana n. on,e.r.
say that, II the tims Of bis arrest, he was sober
Coroner Potter vas notinsd, and yesterday aftsr.
nation was made in the morning b. Dr. j. II.
HArtlgan. The jury were etnpanhslsd b. ON .
GER Warwick, and proceedsd 70 the station.
hous where the witnesses we're szaminsd Dr.
ned that he saw the body Of the woman on the
night Of the occurronce having arrived al the
house about 1l.5o o'clock. He found no n Arka
Of violenco upon the body, except On the chest,
He aceounted Tor the cause Of death from con.
gestion Of the brain, and did not believe II 70
hayo ceen caused By any external Violence
DR.. ]. y, HartlgAn tesudsd that dsath was
produced By the apoplectic condition oft brain,
and IN the absences Of any external marks OF
yiolence the Presumption Ia that the woman
Caleb Williams, who resides IN the siuia house
with Bell, was then examined, and tentined
that he heard the woman ask her husband for a
chew Of tobaoco, 70 which he replied that he had
none. She then, 10 an angry tone, aid, HYou
never have any." Az this Tine $3.50 o'elook)
Isaac and his WHO wore IN bed. He afterNarJs
one charging the other with taking double
share, aud . few moments thereafter noise
Was heard, sounding like . fall upon the n0cr.
The uitneai then put on his cloth u And came
down stairs, where he found the woman dead.
He then Informed the police, who called Dr.
southwulh, who found her dead.
Charlotte Williams, the wife OF Caleb, cor.
roboratsd the statement Of her husband.
The prisoner wAs allowed 70 make q state.
ment which was substantially the same As the
testimony given above,
The cass was then given TO the Jury, Who 70.
turned the following verdict That the deoeased
came 70 her death at about 800 o'clock D. a., on
the lsth o. March, At her residence, BY rea.oa q
a violent congestion OF the braloi they md that
the said congestion Of the brAia was due 70
natural causes and not 70 external violence.
Bell was then released RON custody
s The house whore the tragedy Oceurred IL a
miserable shanty with but two rooms, one above
the other. Bell says that hewhs not married 70
ths woman, although they have two ehildren.
fully together, N.# ~