Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-16
Four S.sot. im,he Head.
A PT:ESSNAS'S DESPERATE ATTEMPT All WIFE


A PEEsSNAS'S DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT WIFE MUIR
pER AND SUICIDE.
Considerable excitement was created ON 9th
Street, between anu G. northeast about O'Clock
last evening. By the desperate conduct OF a Young
man named John Dawson, who ATTEMPTED to XIII
his wife and himself Dawson. who Is q pressman
al the government printing Office was It Is stated,
deeply under the influence OF liquor. He assaulted
his VIE with a pistol. and fired at her The ball
L1"eier, entered the wSll OF the house, though
Dawson apparently believed that he shot her lie
Then went up stairs, shot at himself four times In
E,cuhS wounds In his head c0Olly placed the pistol
In It's place III drawer, and lay down upon q bed
10 die. Drs- Norton and SOtnOron were called in
and discovered that none Of the bullets had men,
etrdted DawsOn's skull They had simply iDf,tctei
painful scalp wounds, the bullets having glanced
NON ;he skull DawsOn's first inquiry of the ply
elclanS was as 10 whether his wife dead or not
II is supposed that he was crazed with liquor.
ARRESTED WITH RAZOR AND ACTING IN SrsP1-
CIOUs MASsER-A cOlOred man named William
Hepburn WAS before Judge Mills In the Police
Court, this morning. charged with being a "s,lspl
ciOUS character. and carrying Seadly weapon
20 wit: razor Mrs George L. Burrows I5o,
Madison street, testified that the defendant has
been lettering about her house, acting In a suspI.
Clous manner, Tor two weeks past ON one occa-
Zion he followed her husband Officer Hart test
ned that he arrested the defendant, and he was un
able TO give 4 good account or himself. The court
lined him $50 or ninety days for carrying the razo,
aud required him 10 give bonds In default or ninety
days Tor telng unable 10 give a good account Of
Himself
1HE LETTER CARRIERS ESTERTA ISAEST.-Thf
program arranged for the letter carriers entertain
Ineht at the Athletic park Monday afternoon EN-
braces Sack races, wheelbarrow races, foot race.
Tor the championship OF the District bicycle poll
match between MesSrs. Smith and Robinson bicy
Gle races with twenty five entries and a coinpeii
tive Grill between the National Rifle Cadets ant
the lEion veteran corps The flags offered fo
competition arc on exhibition AT seInken's.
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POISONING VALUABLE Docs AT MOUNT VERNON
Gel H0lingSwOrth, superintendent In charge O
Mount Nernon.met with quite a loss on Thursda-
or This week, through the poisoning OF two YER
valuable Spanish collles. which had been recenrl
sent 10 hun as a present from New York. That Tn
poisoning was intentional is established teyoni
Doubt by the dlscOyery-Of & huge chunk OF inca
which had been fixed FOR this purpose and thrown
INTO the Enclosure where the dogs We're kept I'll
pCrpetrator OF this ViilainO decd Is as vet uknoyr
though every ae..:.S IS nEw being used TO discOVe
his Identity. since SthsE y Us'ie Sttz Is kent O.
tie place, tie toss II wi!I.i would prove riatte
o. Sr-t-siS moment
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