Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-02-18
THE LOVEJ9Y-K KEEFE POISONING
CASE.
Investigation by the Coroner.

Last evening Coroner Patterson notified Lieut.
Austin, OF the seventh police precinct, that he
would hold an inquest to-day over the bodies OF
Mrs JohannaALoyejoy and Miss Kate keela, the
two sisters who died Wednesday night LIST at No
1859 II street northeast. under circumstances that
gave rise TO a suspicion that they had been malic-
lously poisoned. Last night wake was held It
the hon%e over the dead. Arr ngen.entS were
made ihis morning 10 hold an inquest at Jne house
where the women diei, at noon. Lieut. Austin.
talking In STAR reporter this moratn., said that
the affair WIS still wrapped in mystery: while
there appeared no doubt tnat the sisters died from
the effects Of poison, nothing had been found 70
lnpllcate anyone In Their deaths
THE JURY OF INQUEST.
Coroner Patterson arrived on the Scene OF the
tragedy at 1853 III street northeast at noon. The
two bodies We're lait ont in a bare unfurnished
room In the Seconi-Story, with liberal allowance
of lighted candles on "A table at the head The
jury, who were present when the coroner arrived
was composed OF Messrs. August Long, Tobias
Ialbert, D. Z. lost, Joseph Muiigan T.. ~. Ben
son and c. b. West When the jurymen had been
sworn in, they went through the usual form OF
viewing the bodies.
THE FIRST WITNESS
was VIM Henry Lovejoy, the husband OF the de-
ceased Mrs. Lpvejoy. He came into the room in
tears and choking with sobs He testifi a that on
Monday morning at 6 O'Clock when he went to his
work he LEFT his vile and her sister Kate appar-
emily as Wen AS usual. Al IL o'clock his sister
in-l w Kate came after him and told him 20 come
home right away, that Johannah tnis wifel was
very sick; when witness reached home
his wife was in bed, and looked very
bad; she told witness to go for the
doctor. Witness went for Dr. johnson.
but ne had just lain down and did not come that
day witness wife seemed TO get better towards
evening. When he came from the doctors he
found his wife's sister Kate sick in the same way.
When he came home at half-past i've they were
ia bed; his wife seemed to be a little restless,
Kate kept complaining about her head During
the night the witness said ''they kept turning
and twisting" AT four O'Clock am she said She
1eit very cold, and complained or pains about
her head. She said She had lost all Use
or herself, and her hands and Ieet began TO
draw uP. Witness, at her request, rubbed them
witness went after doctor, and when he returned
she was ''raving and pitching" and could not talk.
That was about half-paSt seven Tuesday morning.
She kept the motions, or spasn up I'LL wednesday
The witness said he never had drop OF poison
in his house for rats or anything else The girls
had got no medicine th1t he knew OF except
solution OF chlorate OF potash, which they got Sat
urday night He knew OF no opportunity any one
had 10 give them poison, and had no suspicion OF
any one, as every one who knew them thought
the world OF them. fIe knew nothing OF bottle
given to mis- wife by her mother. His brother-in-
law had told him his wife's mother had given her
a bottle.