Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-10
CITY AND DISTRICT.
MURDER OF THE FISHER CHILDREN.
Adjourned Coroners Inquest To-day.
TIRE MYSTERY NOT YET uNRavELlEp.

io-uay the Jury oi inquest on the Fisher chill
| dren. who were discovered TO have been mur-
dered, on Saturda, afternoon last. on the Bunker
Hiil road (the old Bladensburg pike). was re.
sumed. but little progress was made towards
uhfaVeiling the mystery. there being no direct
evidence indicating the guilt of the old colored
woman. Christina Taylor. Her contradictory
statements tend TO throw suspicion upon her.
however.
THE OLD WOMAN ASSERTS HER INNOCENCE
Ihis morning a STAR reporter visited her in
the cell at the second precinct station-house and
found her at first disiaclined 10 talk but she
gradually became more communicative and
ratified of her former statements as TO her inuo-
cence Stating that they had her there for KILL
ing the children. she added that She did not
see the children that day till after the father
came home and commenced calling the men.
when she Went 10 the house and saw them
When asked about the hair on the washhoard
and whether she had not struck the dor-a
black shaggy anlmal-she said that she west
over to the house with the washboard about
quarter of an hour or 50 before Mr. Fisher
came. and did not see the dog nor child
ren al the time. The door was closed lmt
not locked. and She set the washhoard
down and started away. and the dog got
after her and she picked up a piece Of brush
ana drove him of. She did not know ANYTHING
about any hair on the waShboard. aud she set it
down just as she had washed IL OF when she got
through washing. Her daughter. Rose Taylor.
She left az home ironing when she started with
the washboard and She was so engaged when
she returned.
THE GRANDSON OF THE OLD WOMAN
the boy Cough. was confined in the adjoining
cell and he stated that he knew nothin,. az the
killing till after he came home for he was tend
ing cattle at the time some distance fiom the
house. When he was eating his supper at Mr..
Iynch's his aunt Rose come in and said come
on Tommy: don't stop for nothing. He then
started with her and Charley Red asked what
I HSts, Y bi,,sr
Afterwards lac asked wilat was the matter and She
answered that Mr.. Fishers children were dead
and they had 10 leave. When he got home MS
grandmother asked Rose where she was going
and she said TO the city. and the old lady said
II was too late and She did not 20. Mr.. Kline
came To the house and asked il any one passed
the gate. and she said No. but she saw some
one 20 across the hill. Rose was excited tut
the old woman was the same a. she always was.
ROSE TAYLOR.
in reply to a question said She had told all she
knew and if she knew how the children We're
killed she would tell.
THE POLICE
have been unrcmitting in their endeavors 20
ferret out further evidence in the case without
any important results. The belief has settled
down among the police generally that the old
woman Taylor is the guilty party. She is very
Ignorant, but is sufficiently crafty To try to ward
off suspicion. In conversation Yesterday with
/ one Of. the officers who intimated that her
daughter Rose was going 10 divul@e what she
knew, the old woman said: What she knows
about it. she don't know nothing bout IL: she
want there" and of herself she said: God
/ knows amt goin' TO tell on myself-I don't
know nothin bout the children" Detective
Miller said this morning to STAR reporter
/ that he didn't believe the old woman did the
act; 1T was some other person. on being asked
who could 1t be-as none but tie old cOlored
woman is known 10 have been hear the children
! that afternoon-he said there were Others who
might have been there. too" but further than
this he would say nothing. Capt. Vernon says
there is but one person who knows ANYTHING
about the murder and that is the one who COM
mitted the act, and believe the old woman 10
be the one"
THE wASTIBoARD
! has on one Of the upright pieces two or three
hairs. evidently of yellowish hue ane about
two inches in length. This viii be submitted to
microscopic examination.
TESTIMONY TO-DAY.
! The estigation was resumed at Lieut.. John
sons station Second precinct to-day 10y Coroner
Patterson and the iuIy-James McNabb r.. W
II. Haney. John b. Lord Albert g. Benson.
Louis Behrens and +. oNenreiter-w which had
been adjourned from Sunday last.
Rose Taylor. daughter of the old woman. tes-
| titled that the first time her mother went TO
Fishers Saturday vas between 3 and O'Clock
twhen she took the wash board. and was gone
about quarter of an hour.
A juror.-Why. You told me little while ago
that it an hour and @ half Witness.-Well,
want TO tell the truth. The second time she
went away was about o'clock: Il was after Mr..
Fisher had come home. and she stad till Mr..
FISHER went away. Sometimes her mother
not well and would get fiiglty; have spells i'm
her head for two or three days. Sometimes
she gets fghty and acts Violently aud the others
get out of her way; she has threatened them TO
knock them down sometimes; she seemed al
most crazy.
EXAMINING THE AXE.
While this testimony was being taken Dr.
j. F. Hartigan and detective McElfresh were
examining the axe 10y glass and found some
| evidence of blood. as also tiny hair.
OTHER WITNESSES.
III AIRY Brown testified that Rosa TAILOR was
not at work for Mr.. Fairfax on Saturday En-
ma Green and Ephriam Barnes We're examined,
but their testimony was not material.
LIEUT.. JAMES JOHNSON TESTIFIED
that on the sth (Monday) the old coored woman
said that she would tell thetruth-all about it
If he would let her 90. Since then she flies of
when he asks about il. She describes q man as
with yelowish dress she saw when she was
going to the house. and said she went Ia the
pines to look for him.
This closed< <le testimony.
BLOOD on THE OLD woMAN's DRESS.
While the jury was deliberating on the verdict
MI ,ldiNot lieitphcHt ol'tidtoll lhckeC up lne
wet dress of the old woman. and found smear
of blood on the left shoulder aad il was shown
to the jury, when few ether small splotches
were found.
THE VERDICT.
The jury found a verdict that the deceased
came to their deaths from injuries 10 the head.
The jury are unable to say positively AT whose
hands the deed was committed but from the
evidence adduced the suspicion points strongly
TO CHRISTINA Taylor as the guilt Y person.
She will be held i'm custody foE the present
The South Western Indian War.
REC ENT MOVEMENTS OF SAyAGEs AND OF TROOPS.
DENVER. COL, August l0-The Tribune Santa
re special says Much uncertainty prevails re-
garding the Indians in Socorro county. concern
Ing whom there are MANY exaggerated reports.
General Hatch is at Fort Craig and may take
the field in person tomorrow. Three compaiies
OF cavalry are now after the Indians and an adj
dltional company started out this morning,
Name rs heading the Indians and Las been rein
lara ha He