Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-09-18
GEORGETOWN,
The Boy Shooting Case.


AND SURRENDER OF THE SHOOTER.
An inquest was held yesterday at the
house of Mrs. Hoover, In Browns alley
Georgetown, on the body of James n q
colored boy, who was shot in ~ al, 49,, q
on Wednesdsy night las. oy another colorei
cation Liggs died yesterday morning about
"a clock, after intense suffering, notwith-
DIS: APpleoy and Tyler. The coroner was
notified, and soon afterwards Deputy j. +.
Hartigan proceeded TO the place and made a
po sn MsS eTsmi1ation. Jury OF six
as foreman. Some important witnesses were
absent, out the examination was proceeded
win. Mrs. Tomisa Durkin testified that on
the evening OF the 18th instant, between 10
and III O'Clock, while crossing the open space
where The ARRAY took place, she saw Ira yers
curtis lying on the ground, and James Digs
OD Top OF MN; they seemed to be fighting, and
witness parted them; after parting them.
there were words passed between the bows
snd witness tried TO have them go home and
tEought III was all over; witness then starta,;
TO go home when she heard more words and
turned To go back to them but before She GOT
10 Them she heard the pistol go of. Immeti-
ward and said: "Ohi" Witness said Curtis
shot the 'stol; saw the pistol in his hands;
was about ten feet from them when the shot
was nred, ana the boys were not more than
SIX rect apart. Curtis said, before he fred
that the larger boys imposed upon him ~ d
ihat he vas going to Kill some of them. This
WA lttT witness parted them,
TT. Hartigan testified tat he made n mist
lnOTtem examination, and found a small
pistol shot opening between the seventh and
eighth ribs on the light siie, half an inch
from the m ddle line of the cody: followod
The course of the ball, and fouad il had en-
Tered the ~ ioric END of the sto,lach. the
aLcrPas and vena ctva, and dging in the
f sm ISnaS mus e, ihe abdomen cavity WIS
nled Win blood; of course the wound causol
death; no MEDICAL or surgical treatment
would nave been of any avail; it was as' IN
fishing that he lived So long
The jury found verdict that James Diggs
came to- his death by reason of a wound i'm the
abdomen. inflicted with pistol held in the
hands of Travers, alias Traveller Curtis.
Surrender OF THE Roy WHO SHOT DIGGS.
p, Last night, about 8 O'Clock, John (alias
Traverse) Curtis, delivered himself up at
Lieut.. Austin's sta ton, EAST Washington, !
saying mat he had committed a crime, and
wished 10 give himself up. He said he had
shot boy In Georgetown, and had since
been staying about in Scagg's woods, ne ar
the camp meeting grounds, and he hoped the
boy was not hurt He was locked up and
this morning taken TO police Headquarters,
where Lieut.. Hurley, of the Georgetown pre-
elnct, recognized him, and told him that
Dlggs was dead. Curtis burst into tears and
sobbed for sometime, saying he was sorry for
what had happened; that he and Digs were
the best of friends, and he had no
ihonght or hitting him when he fired
the pistol, his only motive being to brighten
MN away, as he CDlggs) had him (Curtis)
down and was beating him. He showed
scars on his face, neck and ear, where he mad
been wounded in the fight. Lieutenant Hur-
ley states that the boy has heretofore borne
a good character, and has been at work a
long time for Mr.. LightfOOt. a butcher. He
Is bright mulattO and intelligent says he
Is fourteen years of age, and that the pist toll
used was one he paid Il dollar and quarter
for last Christmas day. He was taken back
10 The oth precinct station for a hearing on
Monday next.
GRAIN Trade 900 bushels OF wheat
ofered at the Merchants Exchange to-day.
No tales.
RIVER AND CANAL.-Arrived-S
Sue from Baltimore, consigned to j. q. Il j.
NJ. waters, with general merchandise for
District merchants. By canal-BOat William
Jackson, with corn for j. G.. Il j. NJ. Waters