Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-05-03
DEATH BY HER OWN HAND.
The Shooting Of Lucy Jones.
THE CoRoNER's INQUEST TO-DAY.

Coroner Patterson held an inquest this morning
at Joseph c. Lees undertaking establishment over
the body of young woman, Lucy Jones, other
wise Molly Kirk, who died yesterday at the Provi-
dence hospital from the effects OF pistol wound
supposed to have been inflicted by herself at house
jury was composed OF Messrs. .Herman Schmidt
man, Richard Schneider, VIM. Hageman Chas
Brill, Chas Mades, and j. Arthur McDermott.
TESTIMONY OF THE MAN WITH WHOM SHE LIVED.
VIM. H. Gibson, OF Ali 14th street southwest, with
whom 1t was reputed the deceased was living said
when he went home last Tuesday evening the de-
ceased and two ladies were In the yard Witness
did not see them dntil he got to the house. They
then went In and fastened the door. This was
done In play. They were laughing. Witness got
In by key. When he went In the deceased went
over and fastened q BOUQUET on the witness lapel
Witness went out again in a Few minutes, but re-
turned and talked with the ladies' Meanwhile he
sent to the city for some clans After the company
left the deceased went up stairs but returned in
ever. returned before reaching the head of the
stairs, and coming to witness, put her arms around
ana S say TN IN !ae ehalr with n Where ne was
ed up again. Witness said to her, "Lucy, get an
Irish potato peel it, and cut 1t up, SO it will go into
to DOW to put into stew. You have got to wait
until 1t boils." Witness said, "Al right go ahead
she went up stairs, and it was hardly second af-
Then she cried out, "Bnly, Billy, come up here!"
Witness rushed up stairs and found her lying over
f6s sage Of the bed Witness said Lucy for the
my clothes on" witness began removing her
clothing, and because he seemed slow she said,
She did so, and witness examined her to see where
..Lucy, for the Lords sake, what made You do
th1s?" She told witness to go and get Mrs. Hunt,
who lived across the street. Witness got Mrs
Hunt, who went out and got two other ladies' Wit
he thought there was little hope OF her recovery.
and that he had better take her TO Providence hos
ptal and upon that advice he took her to the hos
pltal. In the ambulance deceased told him that
"Seeing you cut those CLAIMS made me feel So that
you might just as well stuck knife into me" "She
cut up those kinds of capers often" said the wit
ness, "telling me what she was going to do. have
taken bottle OF laudanum away from her, and
have taken this pistol away from hes." The wit
ness said she had threatened suicide so often that
he paid little attention to her. They had had no
quarrel
"This wound was in the left side9" said the coro-
ner, fDQuiSitivey.
"YeS, SIR" said the witness.
"Was she a left-handed person?"
mo, SIR" said the witness
OTHER TESTIMONY.
Miss Terie Garrett OF liO6 street, testified to
the deceased attempting suicide by taking lauda-
mum when living at witness house on 18th street
about year ago. Witness had heard her often
threaten to commit suicide. She often had spells
when her spirits were depressed.
Lillian Berry, who lives at 404 18th street, test-
fed to calling on the deceased last Tuesday after
noon, and remained there till half-past six. While
came there When witness went away she In
vited the deceased to call on her the next day The
the door tomorrow" Witness said: "You do not
expect to die soon, do your" and the deceased re-
piled; "There are many deaths from one day to
Martha Raper, 110S street, testified that about
four months ago she took laudanum away from the
deceased, and that she had taken the pistol away
from her about year ago when deceased tried to
shoot herself. The deceased occasionally drank
deeply.
by the deceased last Thursday at the hospital He
went with Drs. Hamilton and Bayne. Witness
represented himself as doctor in order not to
fHghten her. Her statement was substantially
what has been published In The STAR-that She
did the shooting herself She said she shot herself
with the left hand, although she was right-handed
She said Billy (Gibson) was In the house at the
time, but not In the room. She declined to state
the reasons for the shooting. Witness asked her II
there was any nl-feelfng between herself and Glib
son, and she said there was little quarrel The
witness was satisfied that 1t was suicide. The
Dr. HartSan testiied to the e nature II df the
wound. The ball entered the left side OF the abdO-
men and lodged m the spinal column. HemOrrhage
death. deS DECENTRALIZATION '0N0"'nS Tue "0ono caused
VERDICT OF SUICIDE
This concluded the testimony, and the jury re-
turned q verdict that the deceased came to her
death from q pistol shot wound OF the abdomen
self-inaicted, with suicidal intent
The River and Harbor Bill.
TWELVE AND HALF MILLION DOLLARS APPRoPRr-
ATED.
The House committee on rivers and harbors has
completed the work for the river and harbor bill,
and win have It drawn up ready to report on Mon
day. The appropriation for the Improvement Of
the Washington harbor. as was forshadowed In THE
STAR last evening, Is $250,0N The entire appro-
priation Is nearly twelve and half millions. Two
.ntnfon,6hree hundred thousand dollars s given to
slhae tmippl making the entire appropriation
loGfehat Yiyef this year s. 800 000 &69000 Is given
% tho Missouri river, and e25000O TO the Baltimore
hA1hnEs 0no hundred and i've petitions Tor I'm
pruyeGnents we're disallowed altogether.
s.s fi3ilAoH LICRNsES-MarTiage licenses have
- -. h tho. clerk Of the court TO Pat Blair
- No1EyTepfmnn, Daniel Clancey and Margaret
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der OF John w, GTtmeA has been. by agreement be
tween Judge T. J. Nackey, his counsel, and the