Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-08-06
Is THIS ANOTHER Goss CASE.
sus s'fefous Circumstances and Ar
Lest-What Has Become Of George
shephard. whose Life was Insured
for -. 900

for $1,000.
The Alexandria Senftnel of last evening says.
For some time past two men have been lurking
in the neighborhood of Lock Hsrbor, a small
cove of the river, a half mile above the CITY
coal wharves. They had boat and showed
themselves occasionally on shore, and asked
the colOred children of tae settlement above
the canal basin a number of questions about the
police, &c, but never conversed with grown
persons. Capt Webster having his attention
called to il instituted a watch on their move
ments, and this morning, learning they were
there sent Policemen Arnold, Webb, Mcdowell
and Hepburn to arrest them. On arriving they
found one man only. He was asleep Ia the
boat and lying with Colts revolver in his left
hand and a slung shot in his right hand. He
officers have been watching for the other
man, but so far without success. The
man gave his name Joseph Shepard.
On his person were found a number of suspi-
cious documents, to wit: Three life insurance
policies; one of 50 ,0Oe, in the New York Mu-
tual, dated November 30th, 1872; one of 50 900,
in the Equitable, November 18th, 1872, and one
of 81 zoo, New Jersey Mutual date November
Goth, 1872, all on the life of Geo. Shepard;
afndavit of Joseph Sheppard and JAS. Green,
taken before Justice Orlando Wood, of Alex
andria, July 10Th, 1873, and setting forth that
the two atlantis were In a boat with Geo. Shep
ard on the 18th July, 1873, and were fishing in
the Potomac, off Jones Point, and that
turning to the Maryland shore George fell over
board and was drowned and rose no more, and
that the two Shepards were working at the time
Tor Waddell Green, the father of James, the
afiant. A memorandum book, containing de-
scriptions in pencil, of the different Masonic
and other secret societies symbols of distress,
grips, &c, and a number of recipes, maps, Sc.
Colton's map of Virginia, and several copies of
secret alphabet of letters and symbols. Also,
the following letter (Which we give ver6sttml
in an envelope addressed to George Shepard,
1901 18th street, Richmond, Va:
p. p. STATION, OHIO.
MISTER JosErH SHEPARD,
pensl to write you few lines, left Nv last week
and am now TRAVELLING would like very mutch 70
hear from you but our friends watch US so close
don't think it is safe to write often if sus-
ofyour writing and don't write unless yeu have
hi tS say and then be cautions caa'ion is the
Charlottesville Indiana from yoNr friend
MARY ANN BROWN.
On the back of the sheet is written
dante be in hurry for haste makes waste.
Al wilt be well some time but must close Father
Will be watching me seon
1 think all is right but there is big watch.
After making these discoveries, Policeman
Hepburn was sent across the river to see Mr.
Green, with view of examining into the al
legged drowning case. Mr.. Green had gone to
Washington, and the examination was there
fore delayed till late hour this evening, and is
not concluded as we are preparing to go to
press. The rumor about the matter is that the
youth Green was taken into the boat for the
purpose of witnessing the falling overheard,
and was Ignorant of the design of the men, but
that the drowning was a mere sham, and was
intended to be set up in order to recover the
Insurance money, and was doubtless suggested
by the late celebrated Goss case in Maryland;
that the water where the man fell overheard
was only four feet deep, and the brother exhih-
tied no concern whatever about the matter,
and the body has never been found: that after
landing, Joseph Shepard sent this boy Green OFF
to the house. and 1t is said that the boat was so
contrved as to give the man who fell overheard
place to come up under the stern and keep his
head above water, and that there was a rope by
which he crept from the bow (where he fell Off
TO the stern, till the boy went away.
After the examination of several witnesses the
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Real Estate Transfers..
me Following transfers OF real estate have
been filed in the office OF the Recorder OF Deeds
since our last report:
,s Jql Io; Aw y H Ward trustee to j Z Rgglc,
Baden, lSt y part square U.s. is; Ia
city,; Maria Nc Dono ugh to Michi Nc Don6SaSS
Loohboiler, part lots snd 3, square SIS, 50; Geo.
Barber t. Chss A. Hammer, part sub. 8, square 5s2
500; Hayes 70 r 6aiiPs part 1T sa SQUARE are
81 70 80, square l52, sfj,5oO. ' ~ II W. ' SUBS
July % George Burgess to George Francis, snbs
nta to Maggie 4. PinmieS lot & nSaTs az w s
r: A: Mitchell to Annie 4. Looms, part is, square
Warner, do, 5000; B. H. Warner to Pumphrey.
= RoS o Rsrs N rs IT, SS
ssnsis GS an to a,o Samuel strong pat aud
Sub l. square 2s, 400; American ard ~ Go Sr
1a, for Foreign Missions to Abbey E. Hail.
JSy e y IL, Tgshs9 to A ByIns, part -
Mat rgly, cubs. 76 to IS, square 100, = Mating
to vi OF ~
s Rra 49, 'q 70 saGs.s s Sarah
soO hp Freeman trustee. t. Ghristo r0P Soa
meyer, subs; Y to Is. square sos, 81 sos.
fs Ssri snisIsst let st E.
Crafty sub 80, square 1876, . 800; II. NJ Baker to
L. Brand ,i tfnste Ss sS Rar s
Lot o 10 square a. and subs 8, AM s. square 4s,
i 4 B 81 fHTsI: 3a Esna1 fTp;sSs'
part 2, square 4l9, Sl.OcO
Howard Unvs GSfyf 70 NJ Witt, 10. H. block
CT Of Eepghsm place, sStl: J. T. W. Dean ct al .
e ssfae 0ts g .1g of Shirts
to to sheehey, west half Al, Mt. Pleasant, s725;
rs%sfGg FnS oamBb. as
70 Ruin. g Nd A. Collage groa9d
Do 500 same e Joha aoTPson E lot IS, na Do %,
S 81 M Ba Etc.. to MARY aaadsi sts
Sit 4 sG ciaSP R 9;s
tSn, Port Aaron, harboro road 1 Eme Hs
i1gs 2s5 sophia f. Hainesd to B. i''S W. r Rcc,
p Carpenter to Jane. Hill, 1T. 5, SUB Of
yes:PR Davis %, A. tlo aGTs,d EnsEsn ss s.
W. A. Gordon TO A. A. Emery, lot 2, section a NJ
Pleasant, 81 O38; 7. 3 Dyer TO A. Afalman, lot To-
square J., esta'e of G. Dyer, SIS; II B. i ,odhead H.
P Glen lot 2, block D. Emngham, 5 ,21J; A -
Houser TO Elisha Goddard. lots % and IS east haf
q and west haIf &c, block 9, Meridian Hi, as7s1,
T.. TsggaTt, trustee, ct al to II B. Riston aud
Henrietta h Fowler, 3l5z acres on Auacostia roaa
ard IA Acrrs on Eastern Branch, =; Blake =
ely, extcrtors, to s. p. Brown, part pleasant
PiaiI 5, Slo,,!7; Harriet McCeney 10 Edward NJ
CeBey, 40 acres CuckOld's Delight, $500; same 10
same, y214 acres do Sl3,sS7; Sophia s Kali Ia w
Myers, lot ?, snb. Of Z, Of Widows Mite 2I acres
$1,000; Peneroy ct al. trustees, to Spencer Lee lot
g,section ), Barry Farm, $50; u. II. PhilbrOok et
al. 20 Lizzie p. Plumb, lot 5, block 4, -; Howard
University to u: Wallace, west half lot 9, block is
KmBghsni, slS7; same to g. Dean east half lot o
40 90. SlH; Pomeroy ct al. trustees, to G, W
Davis, lot 5, section Z, Barry Farm, $3.50.
ACTION FOR SLANDER.-Messrs Riddle spl
Miller have for Patrick Maher entered a 81 I
against John Fletcher and Bird get his wifi.
for SANDER, in that the said Bridget Fletcher
on the 10Th of Nav last spoke of and concernin,
the plaintiff the following "You are a muir
derer, You killed a colored woman at the IN
sane Asylum" and ''You stole h air at the In
sane Asylum and made a msttrass of II. and
had TO run away from there in the night %
Damages are laid at $1,000.
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