Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-01-04
BRIGHTFIL CRIME IN HALrrwoHr
By sserteus Murder OF an Aged lad.
Nor Residence Robbed % "a aO.

Brief mention WAS made la Yesterday SraE
Lsmplsy, in Baltimore. on the nirh. ,.-e-
Nious, Ind the finding OF the dead body OF ~.
Lempley, bis wife, an sged Lady OF 3 years
who Was the only inmate OF the house ~ the
tine, and who, IL wss strongly suspected, hAi
been murdered by the person or persons Who
committed the obbery. The sun ct Tits Morn
ing SAYS The house in which the sasu Oc-
CURED is one Of = row Of small twO-sfary ara
attic dsellinss on MuliIkin street. running east
from Aisqulih, between Bond aud D4ias
streets, In . thckly- settled n-ishborhooI. ana
the outrage baviI been perpetrstei as early a.
81 m. Renders 20 oue 81 the mO-. natsa
that has been recorded Ter a hong time pa, ia
Baltimore.
THs scrrE or THE TRAGEDY.
An early wilt "a the n-iEheOrhsOd N.sterdsv
discoytrt a Large coucouTse OF cure0v m
e.ined people Soout tie hoase, vale Knots OF
men we've gathered about the sdj scsot corner
eNcitedly discussing the 'hendish matdor ~asH
Vas generally deciced % b.. " thin tie a q
were the relatives ana TREND OF tue family. the
husband OF the unfortunate dscca--i. and tso
pretty little grandchildren were prattiing IN The
sltchen or the dwelling. In toe Tesr parl1r a.,
lounge, ~as the body O. the old lady. enid ~
Geaih, her teatures greatly enl.rged o. swell
ing. also her bOey. She was plainly risa =,
a light calico dress, with an aaron thro,-o ,,v,~
her face, and the swollen condition OF the eortse
suggested IN involuntary eyprrssOn % 80
picioUs OF poison, which were strengthen
somewhat bv the nEd!ng or n glass 4 IA Uli.s
with vine In the room. No evidences al any
struggle were visibe. A. The s,.ot where a.
ceas MSS found u ING, near tie door ies.ins
from tie rear par.cr % the kitchen there 49, =
strip OF CARPET, somewhat cramplel. Wi a leg
cred 20 death hy the TOhber.
BY 10 O'Clock a m. Coroner Suitzer had "a
ceedod i'm obtaining iUry OF inquest.
EVIDENCE or TEE RusBASD.
The first witness examined Sir. -ls.f
Lsmpley, the husband Of dece ssed. "a Age,
gray -hsirod Old man. with frank and hone q
look about him, who has been engaged g
81 his present residence FOR some Gfteen yea
past, generally respected as Ea-l-wOrking.
thrifty msn. He stood beside the esi body %
bic wife i'm giving ms evidence, anu seemed ter
ribiy griei-stTicken. In answer O. an iDq uiry.
be replied "1hat Was my wife; nv aid IN this
world. The last time | saw her we was last
evening, sitting at the wind0s, cheerful aud
well. had agreed 20 go 90 the the alter 60 see .
play that was being played there (Rip Van
WiDkle) with my daughter. Wife sad: Father,
and take the KEY, as you won't he ho me TN late
repie We'll, mother, III do So started out
and forgot IL, ard came back aud said: 'M0.her,
It's Tad luck TO turn back 80 l came in aud
sat down, and she GOT the key for me, telling me
i had better tell Johnny her som 20 come over
and stay. Witness went over 10 the lager beeg
ny 70 90 home. He said he would go directly.
and witness lett; didn't like % say any more
because Johnny wouldn't take much from the
witness, as he liked his own way witness then
daughter, TO 90 with them and his daughter,
Mrs. John English TO the theater, witness said
he would rather 60 home, but they insisted on
bis going; went 10 the theater, and came part OF
the way with his daughter, leaving her 10 20 20
her home; when near the house he was me; by
q crowd of people. Officer Potter caught hold
OF him AZ hi, door and a minute after 80 ne one
said. ''your house Il robbed and wife rnurered:''
witness went into the house ana found u ali trne;
the money was all taken bat the gold: nv saIi
must have pulled the bell AZ the time, and
alarmed the thieves before they took IT, there
was about 81 200 taken; the trunk was locked
and witness had the key; II was also locked in
q cupboard, and beth the cupboard door ant
the trunk were broken open, aud the papers ifi
the trunk all turned over; my family ali knew
i bad the money. had also told some friend. ont
side that bad some money in the house; Wit
ness found his son IN wess's lager beer saloon
near by; he wac perfectly sober. Witness said,
"a right smsIt outside the family" knew he
had money in the house; parties az the lager
beer saloon and Le2g's "a store near by) knew
that witness was going out that nigtt; witness
told them that nc was going 20 thea where
be had never been before; u wa generally
known about he neighborhooa that Witness
Was going.
The examination was here ended, when W.T.
ness, with mnch feeling, said, looking a. his
sbe would last very long, but IL somebody wAs
only always with her 70 attend 20 her an keel
disease she had. have no reason 70 suspect
any body of killing her. As to the M Jney, WHY
that WAS nothing, shedding tears;l bat that
lunch Of bones, gentlemen, pointing 20 the
corpse was all cared for IN this wOrla-an
cared for" The outburst Of gricf called
forth much sympathy for the aged man from al
present.
JOHN LAsPLEY's TESTIMONY.
The second witness examined Was a sOn OF the
deceased. aged about % years, John LgmpieN,
(the Johnby referred TO by the former witness
VITO testified a. follows Father came 20 wess's
beer saloon after ne about O'Clock 70 90 home;
went home about O'Clock, and went ap the
alleyi sat awhile with mother, and che SAID
mi ht 60 cut for an hour; went back 20 he beer
saloon ard stayed till hxlf-past O'Clock, maybe
longer; then went home again; went I'D the
alley and raped az the gate; foaDd II fast: PUP
raped bard, and then rang the bell, b az got no
answer, and then went around 20 the back gate
DC aiding from q ten-ioOt rear alley Into a stable
the house;l found the back gate standing Wild,
open. and thought maybe somebody lad been
stealing fathers chickens, as he had some nico
ones; went and got policeman Potter and he aud
came In the back way; found the back door
open, and when we came IN found mother living
on the floor; she was dead then; went up stars.
and found the closet door brOk en- open, and the
trunk broken open too, and raRsscked; when
witness found his mother the carpet va. kicked
up, as though there had been scufise; witness
knew the money was up stairs, but didn't know
how much there wzs; witness found the E1id
5000 lying on the hoor up stairs.
-Jobn Lsmpiey, the elder, wac recalled. He
said that several parties had remarked 20 him.
"Hou have plenty OF money, without working"
had heard Mr.. Wess and John Leyg SAP sach
things, and said I shuuned company on that ac-
count; the idlers about the neighborhood all
knew bad money; have had basiness trAnssc-
tons with Wess.
Several other witnesses were examined with
out eliciting any new facts, and the jury adj
journed TO await a. post norton upon the de-
ceased.
CAUSE OF DEArH.
At the evening session of the Jury, .he exam
lining physicians testified rs to result 2 the rOst
mortem. Professor Butler testified that there
was congestion OF the right eye, and decided
diecoloraton Of the neck, ms also on the ppste-
rior Of the peritsl bone, also on the neck aud
back; In the cavity OF the abdomen there was .
great deal Of blood, a portion coaguiatei; the
enusion Of blood in the abdomen coald on.y
occur through violence; what was found was
euhcient 10 account Tor death; there were EVIL
dences Of suffocation or strsnguztion, as there
was stoppage OF the respiratory organs in some
sudden manner; witness thought the death Wa
caused by violence; the injury 70 the abdomen
would have caused IL; the wound on the heal
might have occurred by o fall, a. that alone
would not be likely TO have caused dea.h.
Drs. ClendeDln and Gross confirmed the re-
port a. given above, and both expressed their
opinion that death was undoubtedly caused by
violence.
vRRpIcT OF THE JURY.
After hearing other witnesses, mainly cor
roboratng the above testimony, the iury after
biief deiiberation, rendered q verdict .thaf
deceased came 70 her death by violence az the
nanoe OF some person or persons unkuogn IN