The sun., 1879-06-20

Eiilan's friends say that Miss Hearn was
jealous Of Corbin a lank youth who. seemed to
Nov. 4 Lillian visited Ella. The visit was re-
turned In the evening. Miss Hearns sister
her mother sent for her. Corbin and one
Hughes. a sutor Of Elias sister, were there.
The time passed pleasantly until 10 o'clock.
Lillian went to the door with them. The con-
yersatIon at parting was about either, ,Corbin, or
Ella Foster. Louisa swears that Lillian be-
trayed jealousy OF Miss Foster, and Lillian
swears that Ella expressed her jealousy OF Cor
AT So o'clock the next day Lillian entered
Mrs. Hearn's house. She found Ella seated at
u sewing machine In the sitting room. Mrs.
there was quarrel between the girls. in which
Lillian snatched Elias work out OF her hand.
So w6en Lillian riS "nH nTose TO- S so Cordial
relations had not boen reGstabished. Ella was
backward about going to the door with her
she followed Lillian into the hallway. closing
the sitting room door after her. Not long after
ward the mother heard heavy fall in the hall
girl chatting laugh inRly near the foot OF the
stairs: The front door was open. negro.
says he saw Lillian standing near the front gate.
talking. with Ella. who was on the threshold.
she heard a pistol shot in the hallway. She
opened the door. Her daughter had grasped
tnS kn10 ana @ was trying to open IT, 0ne hand
were loose, and blood was trcking between
her fingers. I'm shot" she said. and she
staggered to the lounge on which her mother
Mrs, Hegrn screamed. Tho outer door was
open. but Lillian was not in sight. Ella arose
from the lounge and followed her mother
around the table several times. saying. Oh.
Mr. Wm. J. s. Clarke heard tho screaming
from the wharf hack OF the house. He mot his
wife near the front gate. She also had heard
the screams. They ran through the front yard.
entering the sitting room by a side door. Ella
sat on the lounge With her hand over her
mouth, moving her head to and and fro She
Miss Dner. pistol in hand, was walking back
ward and forward in deep distress. " My God"
shall shoot myself" She shook the pistol con-
yulsiyely. saying. Il did Il with this. .unlnten-
dt96G51{ doo5 1ca i was an accident Is she hurt'
MIR. Clarke took the pistol from the girl. He
spent about twenty minutes in the house. and
The ball had knocked out Miss Hearns eye
tooth and lodged In the cheek bone at the point
OF the concentration Of the facial nerves.
CONTRADICTORY TESTIMONY
Thus far all IL sworn testimony. Lillian swenrs
that she remained at the scone OF the shooting
fully two hours. She took Ella up stairs and
was not seriously Injured Mrs. Duer tells me
that her daughter returned home In tears. and
seemed much detected. The mother says she
5. Holland however. says that Ella and her sis
ter arrived at his hotel in Halltown. Accomac
County. Va. on that same evening. They were
mpanied by two young men. and seemed
much east down. Mr.. Holland was not sum
moned as witness for the prosecution. Ella
swenrs that she returned to Mr. learns house
on the following morning and offered To- send
10 philadelphia for physician. Mr.. Hearn
that he then nsked her how the shooting
happened. and that she replied TINT she did
not not know; HI she % said she thought that Ella
Hearn said that that could not be so. for there
was no slant to the course Of the bullet. il went
straight in her face. Miss Duer then said that
Ella was coming out Of the parlor. Mr.. Hearn
replied i Miss Lily e1 DO not think You know
lIearn | DO not" The father thon said, Ella
has refused to give me the particulars but
when she gets well III have her tell me Il / have
terview was IN the parlor MIR. IL earn asked
ner how the shooting was done. She replied
home before the shooting. Ella called her back
and asked about n verbena that she had prom
ised her, While they were talking Ella closed
took out my pistol" Lillian continued. and
iSid her that had INTENDED to shoot
gether. Ella was leaning against the door.
and was leaning against the balustrade ut tho
loot OF the steps The pistol was in, my right
hand, i was holding II at half cock with my
thumb, and turning the chambers with my
right hand, looking TO see which were charged.
Ing that afternoon II we had gone out She re-
piled that had done SO well tho last time that
looked DOWN to % hs T oof and sad r. Ss9 Yes that is
always my luck That moment was putting
the hammer down with my gloved hand, and Il
Slipped and the pistol was discharged. had
not tho least intention Of firing the pistol. and
did not know II went OF. IL was purely unin-
tenuonal i looked up and saw Elias mouth
bleeding. / opened the door for her and Ella
wont into the sitting room"
This Is Miss Duer's sworn testimony. IL con-
tradicls the testimony OF Mr. and Mrs. Hearn
point blank. At Elias request Lillian paid her
2 last visit On saturday Mrs. Hearn swears
said what at did py6 You vPetYS DO Il Miss Daea @
replied. Gro 70 sleep. Ella, and whom you awake
tell you all you want 70 know" Ella said.
/ Will not 20 TO sleep until you tell me-" Miss
Ella answered, 4" Yes yon did. Yes You diid,
You know you did, and want 10 know what
you did il for" Mise Duer said. "Oh. don't
talk that way II you do. Ella they'll put mo In
arm around her neck and they convorscd in "a
tone so low that Mrs. Hcarn could not catch
what was said, This testimony was also con-
tradicted by Lillian, who swears:
when vi-ted Ella on Thursday her father asked me
% be present when she told her story Of the AFFAIR told
up stairs and Ea .a There % r * i weS MO To
10 6 s st s', & HGn' o sns & SSs aS s wsS i1
hsd hanpensd, and tod her she had been shot She
You iian in,c nd = do IL ald yosi They told yoa
y"S had the oppoTtasy woaId You tod her no She
ASKED dd 20. IoysGer ana tcld her Iloyed her TOO
sent down stairs and passed ofthe door heard
about her She did intend 10 kiIl you" Jennie Hearn
then told that her father dld not want
urday was with Ella alone for minutes Ella said
htAkeu heF papa 10 ret me COME put hef
arms around my neck and hugged me closely. re-
mained an hour or more Louisa Icarn told u GO
saying that had tired to kin Ella on hearing this Ella
told her she ought t. be ashamed Of herself
This wns Miss Duer's last visit TO Mr. Hearn's
house. Ella fingered n month and three daye
dying at twilight on Friday Dec 8. A Coroner's
jury found that she came TO her death from a
wound made by a pistol in the hands OF Miss
Duer. They expressed no opinion as to
whether the shot was wilful or accidental Miss
Duer was arrested and baied IN 81 800. The
Grand Jury found true bill against her In the
latter part OF May. Her friends say that there
were only two men from the Pocomokc region
on the Jury They voted against an Indictment
The trial was begun on the Goth Of May.
CoNJECTURAL.
Jealousy nnd mOmrntarY anger were tho
motives assigned for the shooting. The prose-
cutiOn did not charge that jealousy was inspired
by a feeling akin to that Of Mile. Giraud but 1t
IL evident that they believed il. 1t is n common
topic among those who attended tho trial. This
Prapian or Lesbian theory has given the case
much interest IN Baltimore New York. and
other great cities. As far IA | can learn, IL 10
based on rumor alone. II hAs been asserted
that Miss Duer IL not a perfectly developed
woman. Her mother, her nurse, her physician.
and others deny this. and their denas nre con-
elusive. Her masculine bearing, II she has any.
is pure affectatOn Sho strides along the street
swinging her arm as a Bowery shop girl does.
Her voice Is soft and wonanly. She Dresses with
exquisite neatness, and wears no Jewery. Her
features are beautifully rounded. and she has
expressive dark gray eyes. A perpetual flush
plays around them, IL is tho flush so charac-
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