Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-11-22
BRUTAL MURDER OF WOMAN.
RER ASSASSIN A COLORED Roy.
He shoots Her I'm the Head, Indtct.
ing n Fatal wound. Because
She Could Not Pay Him
Twenty Cents.
A Race Of woman killers,

Another terrible shooting affair, which will
almost certainly result fatally, occurred this
morning ON Z street, between 18th and 18th
streets, at No. 1915, in one Of the houses known
as kutherIord,s row. II appears that Mrs
lives in the rear part of this house, yesterday
employed a colored boy named Samuel Agge to
saw some wood, promising TO pay him twenty
morning Sam went into the back way and up a
fight OF steps to the door of her room, and,
calling Mrs. Kelly out, demanded payment of
the money then and there. She replied tn At
she hadn't IL just then, but Acknowledged that
Il was due him, and that she would give IL to
him later In the day. He told her this was not
what she had promised, but gave him to under
stand that the money was ready fer him when
the work was done; that he wanted it, and IL
not given TO him then he would have satisfac-
ton. She was then standing in the passage up
stairs, distance of eight or ten feet from him,
when he pulled out a single barreled pistol AMI
discharged it at her, the ball entering at the
outer angle OF the right eye and lodging in the
brain.
SHE FELL IN THE HALL WAY,
the blood flowing in a large stream aud cover
ing the floor. Seeing what he had done he
retrested down the steps leading into the back
yard and made his escape. The husband of the
woman was sent for and in few minutes after
wards Dr. Hartigan was summoned by some OF
the neighbors and was soon by the side of the
unfortunate victim. She was placed on the
only bed in the house, when the wound was
probed and pronounced fatal, the ball having
iOtscu DcyOhu lne reach OF surgical skill to eN-
tract it, Everything was done that could be
for the sufferer, and soon afterwards Dr. Bulk
ley arrived; and after consultation with DIR.
Hartigan they both decided that it was impos-
sible TO extract the ball without causing death
THE VICTIM.
Mrs. Kelly is about thirty-fve years of age,
and the mother Of two interesting little chill
dren, their ages being five and seven years re-
specuyely. The husband is employed In the
junk store of Mr.. DonohOe, on B street and IL
said to be an industrious man. He is in great
1-f ~ ow.l enx
nothing could be done to save her life, started
at once for Father Kane to administer spiritual
consolation to the dying woman. Father Kane
arrived about the time the wound was dressed
and was admitted to her bedside, AL others
being excluded.
THE MURDERER,
Samuel Agge, is about seventeen wears of age,
and lives with his parents Hezekiah and Mar
tha Agge, in Slate alley, just in the rear OF
where the shooting took place. Lieat. Skippon,
with a number of his force, were shortly after
wards at the house, and after placing a guard
around the door TO keep the crowd out started
III pursuit of the murderer, but up to the pres
ent time he has eluded arrest. 1t is believed,
however, that he will be found, as he is we'll
known.
A BRUTAL BOY.
The mother of the boy states that she knew
nothing OF the occurrence until hearing the
shot, and that Immediately afterwards Sam ran
past her door and flung the pistol in, saving, as
he did 80, God damn her, I've done something
now that viii send me to hell or some other
place" She says sam has been a bad boy
always, and that she is afraid of him; that THIS
Is the second one of the family who has killed
women; that VIM. Henry AAe, his oldest
brother, killed a woman in Virginia about
twenty years ago, by knocking her brains out
with club; that he
BELONGS TO RACE OF WOMEN KILLERS,
ana she hopes he will now be put in some place
where he can do no more harm. She also
states that he is very cruel to his Younger
brothers and sisters, often holding them by the
throat until they are nearly strangled. Martha
states that she Is the mother of n children, and
that on the fathers side it is bad race
The pistol used is a small single barre. breach
loader, and Martha delivered it up to Officer j.
IL. sutton, who found the empty metallic car
fridge in the barrel.
THE DYING WOMAN.
At l. O'Clock Lieut.. SkippOn sent for Justice
q: IL Glark 10 take the an -mortem statement
OF MIS- Kelly, but when he arrived he found
her in semi-unconsciOus state, with occasional
lucid moments, but not IN a condition to con-
verse, and was obliged to leave without any
declaration on her part. Since that time she
has sunk INTO a comatose state, breathing heav-
hy, ana with the pulse quite low. No one, it
appears, was present when the shot was fred
but she stated TO several after its occurrence in
it happened. The physicians think that she
cannot survive throughout the day.
AGGE'S ESCAPE.
Agge had not been arrested at our hour of
gong 10 press. He made his escape into Z
street, and ran down 18th, into the Division,
where he is supposed to be hiding. His brother
and mother state that he made threats last night
that If Mrs. Kelly did not pay him this morn
ing he would kill her. This morning early he
got up ard started TO the Center market, and
soon afterwards returned with the pistol which
he purchased this morning. Last night his
brother, In his endeavors 10 restrain him from
assaulting Mrs. Kelly, got into an alteration in
the alley and caught hold of him to drag him
into the house, when he turned on him with a
knife, and he was compelled to let him go.
If Health.