Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-29

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,;.,D,, ~. Aims fiouse 1T 30 p. III.
cnSuei T,m,,,r,acp Meeting OF the Reform
Cub at ) p. III.
TIVE TRAGEDY N WAsuINGroS. lie
killing of II! john Grimes IN aS"'nS'o u
ON Thnisdl, might by LOUIS karche' 'on
,inues TO excite much interest mere "nete
the deceased passed the MAJOR portioi ~ n'9
III. The ;ac;. in the case since ueEeloPeu
Gifit.r but !ittlc from those published III yes
,..r,,, : G ,ZEtrrE. karcher and his vile
hsd not iveri happily together Tor some
time. Oh account of the supposed lhlde!'ty
-, IA, wife, ANA Grimes who was sewing
m1rhiue agent had, il Is said, heen ire''''n'
VISITOR 10 the house during the husoah'
sb.rnce, ostrusib'y to learn Mrs. n, now 10
ram u sewing machine ne hau soiu "ei'
hurcl.rr, who is II Government elhploHee'
Sn. absent from home nearly every uas
from morning tlli uight, and he had oiteh'
II seems, had suspicious that tnihGS were
not conducted properly during his absence.
When he entered his house Thursday niSnI
he heard the voice of a man III ms vines
bed-chambci. He crept up to the door ann'
looking through the keyhoie, sa" MS "llr
in a nude condition standing by the SIDE Oh
Crimes He raped for admission nut re-
ceiyed no answer. He knocked several
tines. but still there WAS no response. Inc
Iu.uratcd man then went into IL rear room
and srasping Ratchet and refoi-
yer OF 81 calibre, went TO inc uoor
again and with the former instrument oe'
gnn 10 batter down tho door. Upon enter
lpg the room he did not find the man, hut
visible traces of his preSence-a Shoe, collar
and hat-were lying upon the bed. W bile
karcher was searching about, the VILE, VINO,
as stated above, was without garment,
hastily slipped her dress on, leaving her un-
lercOlhes behind, and rushed liantlcally 10
the street Hatcher opened the door "i q
closet. aud there found Crimes huddled up.
He ordered him ont, and as he dld 50, h'to
three shots, QUE Of which entered the night
corner of the mouth and the other two the
breast Karcher then made MS way to the
street and yelled murder" several times
harcher and his wife We're both arrested
aud locked up, and yesterday had prelm-
mary examination, when the husband was
committed TO jail and the woman released
karcher is a small man with grey nous
tache, wears spectaces, and has a haggard
look. He is about IS years old, five feet
eight inches tall For twenty nine years he
has been employed at the Coast Survey OF
ice. and bears an excellent reputation.
He married bis present wife about five years
ago, he then being a widower and her mai
den name being Molly Mitchell AT the
time of her marriage she was employed as
cook at Mades' Hotel cornerof Third street
and Pennsylvania avenue. She Is about 80
wears old inclined to corpulency, and might
puss for good-lookiug. Mrs. karcher was
reared in the family Of Mrs. Herfurth in
south Washington Mrs. karcher's face
bears the appearance of dissipation. In
fact, it il notorious that she is Il hard drink
er. When ask yesterday if he had Prev
ously entertained any suspicious of his wife S
inidelty, he replied: "Oh, yes. She has
made bubble house Of my home for long
time past, and am only sorry now that
did not leave her before DR.. }. +. HART.
gan who made an autopsy OF the BODY OF
the dead man, found three pistol shot
wounds. One ball entered at the right side
of the mouth, wouuding the lips, tongue ana
plouebiug through the teeth on both SIDES
and making its exit at the corresponding
Dart at the other side. This ball he found III
!, pool of blood OH the floor The second ball
struck the left collar bone, traeturing II,
and was found lodged in the muscular It's
.u. beneath. This wound WAS the lmme-
date fatal one. The ball making this wound
entered between the second and third ribs
about an inch aud half below the second
wound and passed downward, penetrating
the left lung in two places and driving be-
fore it portion OF his clothes. Death re-
suited from internal hemorrhage and shock
from this wound. The ball making the last
wound WAS not found The coroner's Jury
brought in verdict that the deceased came
TO his death from q pistol.shot wound O
the chest, inflicted with a pistol, in the
hands of Louis karcher." Grimes body
was turned over to undertaken Demalne, Q
this city, yesterday, and brought here to
day and Inferred in the Union cemetery
III. deceased leaves a wife and six smal
children.
CITY SCHOOL BoARD.-1t was $50 las
night before quorum was obtained, con
sisting of Hon. Charles 4. stuart, Chair
man, Superintendent Carne, ana trustees
- I a,Jbaotor ManslD. MSrDurt