Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-06
TIE SHEPHERD CASE. Further iuvcstiga-


that from the It'll to the 18th Of July, two men
named Shepherd, one somewhat larger and APP
parently older than the other, were seen from
time to time about the Loehaber cove, just
above the upper coal wharves On the last
named, they disappeared, and they went to
Mr. Green's, in Prince Georges county, on the
opposite side of the Potomac, aud Joseph Ell
! gagged to work for him, George going Oh to-
wards pi>cataway professedly to bargain tor a
piece of land in that neighborhood. The only
baggage seen by MIR. Green was d carpet bag,
but OF which Joseph took two or three shirts
which he expressed wish to have washed, but
the coored people Oh this side saw, besides, u
large hand-trunk, aud bundle Of gum and
woollcn blankets.
On the 18th of July, Joseph got Mr.. Green $
son, young man of 10, but rather boysh IN
his manners, to 60 fishing with him. At a
Mr. Swift 5, near the river, they met George
Shepherd, who went with them. Mr.. Swift
says he had something on his back which he
thought was knapsack, but which, touching
accidentally, he found to be too hard; he now
thinks it was lite-preservcr.
The boat in which they went fishing was so
constructed that sort OF deck extended over
the stern about eighteen inches, and there was
a rope at both ends. 1t become very dark as
they were fishing off Jones s Point, just below
| Alexandria, and they started to return, but
while forcing their way through the grass the
tide being low, Green, who was rowing, heard
splash when Joseph Shepherd cried out,
My brothers. overheard, what shall we do -
As il was very dark, they pulled rapidly ashore,
and Green was Seut to Mr. Swtt's for help.
1t is supposed that George Shepherd passed
under the boat and getting hold of the rope at
the stern came up under the platform where
Young Green could not see him, and took to
the bushes while he went to Mr. SWlts for
help. Mr. Swift declined coming, saying tn
it was too dark to rescue uIau if he had drol-
nd overheard out in the river, but the next
morning he went down. and dragged for the
body, though Joseph Shepherds apparent iu-
difference, soon convinced him that nobody had
been drowned at ALL They got pair Of panta-
looms which were said to have been George
| Shepherd's but which Mr. Swift thought he
had seen about the shore before; the india-rub-
| Der coat in which he was supposed to nave
| fallen overheard was the one used By Joseph
to cover hinIsef while he lay III the boat. the
colurcd people being certain that they had but
one such coat between them.
On the 10Th Of July, the man now IN prison
here called upon Hierome o. Caughton, esq,
in company with young Green and got him to
draw athiavts as to The drowning Of George
Shepherd, which they executed before Orlando
Wood. esq. a Justice OF the Peace for the lst
Ward Mr. CIaughton asked whether his
brothers lille was insured. He said he thought
So as Mr.. Montague, in Richmond, had sug-
gcscd to him to have his Insured, as his
brother had done" but that he had no papers
to Oxford him any Information on The SUBJ ,ct.
Policies were, however, subsequently, found
upon him as follows $1,000 in the n. \. Mu-
tua| $1,000 in the Equitable, and 81 900
in the n j. Mutual. and MIR. Green says he
saw or heard Of no such papers while he was at
his house.
The appearance of George Shepherd, as he
is described by Mr. Green, ITALICS exactly with
that of the older Of the two men seen by the
coored people on Monday last, and with refer
euce to the pistol which Joseph Shepherd had
in his hand when arrested Iouog Green says
that when he was at his fathers De asked him
to walk out with him, and making mark
upon tree. produced the pistol, and walking
off eight rods, struck the mark with each of the
six balls The Shepherds told MIR. Smith that
they were from Richmond, but to Mr.. Green
| they said they came FROM Albany, n. u, but
had been staying awhile in Richmond.
WooDI.AwN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. AT
| the annual meeting neiu 90 the "a lnsl., tilc
officers of the past year were reelected: Presi
dent Chakley Gillingham; Secretary, n. W..
| Person; Treasurer, r. F. Roberts. The Presl-
dcut delivered an excellent address on the oc-
casiop Mr.. Otis Mason also delivered an in
tcresting address.
BASE BALI-Thc match game Of base ball,
played here yesterday afternoon by the Key
stone Club of Georgetown and the ludcpen-
dents of this city, resulted in a victory for the
latter by score Of % to II. ~,...,.
PKnsoNAL.-Re J. Mckeelrey, Pastor of
St. Mary's Church, Fredericksburg, is in this
city, collecting, among the members of the
Catholic Church, funds towards a parsonage
for his church. ..a
Harrison Bradford & Co.'s,