Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-03-11

An Old TRAGEDY RECALLED.
THE R.SRRIS-BIRR0lG MW.Hs-
llDE.
Hopeless Insanity Of Miss HARRIS.
She isas To- be Sent to the Insane A>y.
Iunn.

/ Many citizens OF " ashington have painful
remembrance OF the tragedy which occurred
| i'm this city four or i've wears since, I'm which a
| Treasury clerk named Burroughs was shot ani
killed by Mary Harris, a young woman who
charged that he had broken his engagement 10
marry her. Many also remember the excite
ment occasioned by the deed; the long trial
that followed; the able defence of the prisoner
by Mr.. j. II. Bradley, ST.; the scene in cour,
when the jury pronounced the verdict mo-
guilty" and she fell iainting into the arms OF
her counsel, who shed tears OF ioy over his tri-
umph, ami in the ecstasy OF the moment
| sALUTED HIS CLIENT WITH KISS
Id the presence OF the court and spectators
oompoS meHfis. and was placed i'm the govern
ment insane asylum, where she remained about
year and half. On leaving the asylum She
went to Philadelphia, wfNre she was employed
IN the post office, AMI afterwards TO Rich
mond, where she was employed i'm dressmaking
for some time. Subsequently she returned 10
Washington, where she has been employed
under the name of Mary Harrison for over a
year past i'm drafting models for the Patent
Ofhce-a branch OF business in which many
ladies are employed. Since she has been i'm
this city her conduct has frequently been very
strange, and at times alarming-so much :,
tnat for months past her friends have been con-
WINGED that
HER REASON Is PERMANENTLY AFFECTED.
Since her residence here, Mr.. Bradley aud his
FAMILY have been very kind "a her. and she wa
onered home at their residence i'm Montyom-
cry county, Md, some distance above George
town. This offer she declined. however befny
OF a very independent nature. and preferring 20
work for her living. She WAS in the habit OF
paying frequent visits to the home of Mr. Rrad
ley, and once while there last summer
ATTEMPTED To COMMIT SUICIDE
py taking laudanum. This circumstance wa
no'ee at the time i'm the Georgetown column of
The STAR. Her life was saved, however. by the
ninety administration of antidotes, and >he sub
sequentiy resumed her work i'm the Patent Office
She was occasionally troubled by tits OF me an
cholla. and when in these moods her conduct
| sometimes
She repulsed her best friends, and would some
times suddenly leave her room and WAN for
miles in the country, as If Ia be alone with her
thoughts. And here il is proper to state that her
health L. greatly impaired, and that medical
gentlemen, Who have attended her. attribute
.er uisirbed intellect to the pecaliarity of her
raj occasions of late her conduct became so
alarming a. Ia arouse the most serious appre-
hehsoh not only for her own safety, but for
the safety OF Others. On two occasions with ina
couple of weeks past. she
ARMED HERSELF WITH A REVOLVER
anu travelled several miles with the avoweu in
tent of shooting some person who she fancie.i
had injured her. She failed to find the marty
she went in search of, and thus, in all prob
ability, another dreadful tragedy was avertei.
Stiil persisting in her purpose to kill this per
son. she again armed herself and started out
An acquaintance OF hers, knowing her inteu-
tons, hastily went 70 gentleman doing bust
said she was going, and notified him of the fact
He at once engaged a carriage, and driving
rapidly 10 his residencefound Miss Harris there.
and seizing her arms forcibly took a loaded
seven-shooter from her pocket. On consults-
ton with her friends il was determined to have
her examined by physicians with a view TO a.
certain her mental condition. This was done:
able physicians pronounced her insane, and on
Saturday evening last she was forciblv
REMOVED TO THE GOVERNMENT ASYLUM roc
TnE INSANE,
near Cniontown where she now j. AMI -,
II is more Than probable she will rem aim 80;
Her friends now wonder WHY they lii M. ~. me
to have her placed I'm an insane asyIo,,, nr''
ago, and congratulate themselves tbs, IN IN III
tnem no harm when in her violent moods ~
II viii be remembered that Miss Har.i. an
moi charge her victim, Burroughs WIFI se,a,.
uon-in fact she has always stSutiy denied If
D1t only with breach of promise. She snoie al |
the sad anau but seldom, and then .imniv al
luded TO II as ''my trouble" She possesses an /
wtn1Iy EDUCATION, Is quite Intelligent, and
wn viz nef mind was notdisturbed, was vivacious
me WHY IN conversation. She is native OF |
ne'aho, ana Is about thirty years Of age.
PAROXSsNAL INSANITY.
m Ine medical CON mission who examined Miss
na5rls consisted Of Drs J. G. Hall and Thomas
Muller, Of this city, and Dr. Davidson, OF Mon
gomery county, Md. They are agreed tha,
sne Is anitcted with paroxysmx insanifr q,
me worst form, .. e, insanity, which recnrs y,
intervals OF two or three weeks. Between Ties
1uaeks she may De as sane as any other nerson
yust prier 20 taking her to the asyiu,n ons -,
,ns aooye named physicians gave her ssvsra,
po~etiui anssthetics, including ahvnerlsr.ns'.
'''1"n' WITHOUT a satisfactory result.