Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-09-10

NV BoWo40 0otet0S W00 Killed BY q
eide.
An aniay which occurred In Dennis McCar.
shys grocery stoee. on Trumbull street between
ID and ~ streets, In the county, on the night
August 2Sd, and to which little attention was
paid ut the time, was raised In criminal dignity
last night By the death at the Freedman's hospi-
sal OF Edward Shields from the effects OF q blow
then rsceivsd. Shields was engaged as q
lAoorsr on the works At the new reservoir and
was % years old. David Fitzgerald, the man
Win whom be had the afffay, is about Is years
oto, ana works on the farm ct the Soldiers
Home. On the night In question they had an
s!tercaton, during which It is charged Fitz-
gerald struck shields on the head with .
and iori.issd oo,isss1 IN Ia. fO,os Court
Snieids was charged with disorderly conduct
and Fitzgerald with assault and battery.
rently uninjured, and the affair was soon for
gotten On the 9Th instant Shields was admit
20 70 to
BEEN produced by the blow struck by Fitzgerald:
Monday night the physicians reported that
lice At once took Fitzgerald into custody. and
ne,a nim as prisoner at the second precinct
pSa,ce ssatson. Shields died last evening littie
e1ter y O'Clock. The coroner Investigated the
ease this afternoon
THE INQUEST.
Shields' body was ly ing in the dead house at
the Freedman's hospital when IL was viewed
1t one O'Clock by . coroner's jury, composed OF
Henry Seebode. F. w. Koss, George L. Eberly,
Goodwin. Upon the left temple was a small
abrasion, q trace of the wound inflicted, il is
tied around the face to hold the Jaw in place.
Inc Jury heard testimony in the operating
room In the college building adjoining the hos
PitA. fitzgerald, the prisoner, brought
from the station house and listened to the tes-
tlmony. He is q small and rather mild looking
man.
The first witness was Dennis Mccarthy. the
keeper OF the store where the fracas occurred
Inc witness described dispute he had over
MS accounts with Shields.
Messrs. Fitzgerald. Maginnis. LOTUS and
kersiing were then In the store. Witness
showed his books to Shields, who called witness
mar Shields put up his guard. the witness
said to strike him, when witness told him not
70 strike him. Witness told Shields to get out
OF his place. Shields refused to go using much
Shields finally said he would clear out all that
was IN the house. Witness came out from be-
mind the counter and Shields caught hum 10y the
tSnroat, forced him towards the door and tore
ms pantaioons Witness had Shields by the
s6ra. ana SS;o, when he got to the door he
of He did n Saek str aed sbi shask T HEM
witness and others put Shields outside the
door. Shields returned and broke in the door,
he had a little cut on his forehead, and witness
noticed that Fitzgerald had a cut on his hand.
he mao a cane In his hand and when he came
IN ne slapped fitzgerald on the cheek with his
Ieit hand. Then they again elected Shields,
who became very abusive and profane, threat
enlng 70 watch there till morning for a
chance to take the witness life. The
witness first noticed the cane in Shields
hand when they put him out the first
time. Fitzgerald stayed there that night with
the witness. The next morning Shields came
into the witness store and apologized for his
conduct of the day before and said he would
not hurt hair of his head. He said he would
not nave done what he did If he had not been
put up to il by Mr. Goodwin The witness
thought that the cane Shields had was Fitz-
gerald's cane.
The hearing of testimony was still in progress
when our report closed.