Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-03-31

The Inquest To-day.
His Name Henry YoUng, Alias
charley Williams"

Sation has been the late atrocious murder in
AImory square, and all day yesterday crowds
of persons visited the spot marked by pool of
blood six or eight inches in diameter. There
were probably six or eight thousand visitors to
this place, but the corpse, which remained at
the central guard-kouse, was viewed by COM
paratively few persons, only the friends of the
deceased and those who had business there.
The body was attired in a suit Of black, white
shirt and black necktie, and was placed In
handsome walnut coffin, with silver handles
and trimmings. The remains will be sent by
the undertaken, Mr.. Buchly, to HIS late resi-
dence, near Woodstock, Va, tomorrow morn
ing, in charge Of his personal friends.
The detectives, hours before the public knew
of the murder, were actively at work, and hsy-
ing visited the locality and noticed everything
from which clue could be obtained in
GLIDING
which were exceedingly small, and Were gene
rally supposed 20 have been those OF female,
they after consultation adopted a theory of the
case. and tent yigilantly to work. They soon
made I'D their winds that
SOME NOTORIOUS PARTIES,
who hang up about ..Willow Tree, "'!Fighting,'
"TIn Cup and ''Louse" alleys, and soma
times seen about Mrs. Sheas, who, it will lie
recollected, killed Officer Doyle, knew some
thing about the murder.
THESE PARTIES WERE WELL KNOWN
20 some of the first precinct officers, and on
Saturday night several of these officers were on
duty in citizens clothes, working under the
direction of the detectives. Up to last night
the following parties had been arrested, some
being locked up at headquarters, and others at
the central guard house care being taken in each
case to keep them from conversiRg together:
Henry Dorsey, alias Big Six, Samuel Rainey,
Thomas Hawkins, Robert johnson, Andrew
jackson, Jerry johnson, Jenny Peck, and
Margaret Murphy, the latter was afterwards
released.
The ImOuest.
This morning Coroner Patterson appeared ut
the statyon-honse, and at 10 O'Clock the jurors
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Harden. Henry King, Jacob Eeihmyer, Samuel
Shreyes, John Dunn, Henry Stubener. WIN.
Clark, and Frederick Meyers.
Mr.. Clark failed to answer, and Mr.. Edgar
Beach was sworn in his place.
THE TESTIMONY
was geographically reported by Mr. Jas. D.
ClephaIe for the government.
The first witness sworn was Columbus Scriber,
coOred. Witness resides near the corner of Sth
and + streets, on the Island. Was on his way
home from lodge meeting, having left the
lodge-roOm, on 18th street, below the avenue
about i or 4 O'Clock on Saturday morning
Came up Pennsylvania avenue; passed over
where the bridge used TO be across the canal;
overlook two members OF the lodge about 100
wards south OF the bridge site; one of them said
he
HEARD NAN GRoANING,
and they stopped and went over into the lot;
witness proposed that they go back tor an Of
hoer. aud they returned. One of the party u.
Edward Murray went down the avenue, and
he and his friends came to the guardhOuse.
Officer Noss told him to an officer; witness
and his friends went down where the body was;
met Mir. Holden, las they subsequently ascer
tainei,) who had told the hackman Muliins)
about hearing the groans; witness and his
friends, with Mr.. Holden, and the hackman.
went down, when they found the deceased. and
they placed him on piece of fencing, and
brought him to the station. Witness returned
with the officer. and
SAW SOME FOOTPRINTS
like those OF "A female; also, some stones and the
piece OF billy. This witness is not a private
Waterman, a. stated, but a feed dealer.
!. EdacGrd Murray testified that some of the
party heard grOaDs, and TO returning to the
Avenue with ScTiber. when Scriber and the
others went to the guard-house while he went
down the Avenue 10 look for an officer. Wit
ness testified 10 seeing the hack drive down eth
street, ami TO joining the party when they re-
turned. While standing near the place waiting
for an officer the hackman drove up, and they
together went in and brought out the deceased
1hoS. Holden testified that i'll going over 9Th
street, about twenty minutes OF two O'clock. he
met the cOlOred men; about one hundred yards
further down heard the moaning; went down to
Mary land avenue;
BLEW WHISTLE
for AN oficeT, and while waiting for an answer
the hack man drove up; told the hackman. and
both returned, when thew found the coIored
the lot; found the man, and the hackman drove
OF and found Oficer Harding, who returned with
him, and they placed the man on a piece OF
fence aud brought him to the station.
JehR NlctolS corroborated the testimony OF
ScTiber and Murray:
VIA, payreIIus NaIlen testified tina. he started
from PeDnsy lyania avenue and eth street about
l. O'Clock: met Holden at Maryla.d avenue
who asked him if he had heard the groans, and
they came hack. Witness found the eoiored
men at the fence, and they went in and tOund
deceased, being attracted to the spot b. a sound
a ii party was strangling. His head was ly-
ing in the road, and his feet were on the bank
Witness further testified that he returned TO the
place with pr. HartIgan and others, after Dor
rowing light from the switch tender eff the
Baltimore aud Potomac read, and found the
billy. stones. railroad ticket, &c. The witness
identified the billy or siung shot-a piece OF
IL adj about inch in diameter and y or 3 inches
long, sewed in piece of sheep skin, apparently
the lining of a boot-the handle of which, a
boot strap, had been broken.
DR.. J. Fronk HaytiJon test fed that he had ex-
amined the body. There were two wounds over
the right eyelid with jagged edges; two Others
fifth wound be hind the right ear. The nose was
slightly scratched, apparently from falling on
il. The base of
The SKULL BAD BEEN FRACTURED.
and il was his opinion that the wounds had been
Unlisted within an hour of the time when he
was found. He hardly thought the wounds were
inflicted by sharp instrument. but by heavy
blunt instrument used with great power. The
billy could have produced the wounds behind
the ear and the temple, and the wound near
the eve might have been made by the edge of
the instrument; some of the wounds may have
been made by one or more of the stones found.
Thcm0s Humphrey testified that with his brother
in-law he was standing at the corner of eth
street and the avenue about 9 o'clock Friday
night; saws
COUNTRYMAS AND CoLOEED MAN
pass down; heard the white man ask. "Round
this way" The other answered, eyes" The
white man went into the American House. and
witness and friend went there also; saw the
white man looking on the books. The colored
man remained outside, and when witness and
his friend came ont he was still leaning against
the post. He and friend then went home on
car. Witness saw deceased Saturday morning
and is satisfied that he II the same party. The
negro had on short coat and cap, and witness
Is pretty certain that he had seen him at police
headquarters. The negro is Of dark ginger
cake color.
Ctfcer Wa. N. Harding testified that he heard
an alarm about O'Clock Saturday morning
from eth street and Pennsylvania avenue; ran
down and found a hack driven by Mr.. Mullen
and Mr.. Holden on the box; was told that a
man had been murdered; went over and found
a man bloody; he was brought to the station:
Dr.. HartigaD was sent fer, and on his arrival
pronounced him dead; witness, with Others, re-
turned to the place; found the ear ticket the
hat OF deceased, the railroad ticket, and a por-
ton of the siung-shot, (all of which he identi-
fed.) there were
THREE POOLS OF BLOOD,
and the tracks indicated that there was a
scuffle.
Mr.. L. N. RinksI testified that he left the de-
ceased at the droye-yard, Droyers' Rest on