Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-05

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TAULkLLE


THE coRoSER's JuRr pkrxRxrxs THAT n
WAS CAUSED Br a blow GIVES 1T MRA
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The coroner impaneled jury this morning
at house No. $40 l7th street 20 Investigate the
death Of Robert Miohell, Frenchmsn, who
died In his lodgings at that house Monday
night OF erysipelas Circumstances connected
with the case led 20 the suspicion that death
was primarily caused by blow, said 70 have
woman, duringa quarrel AZ her husbands place
oftbustness, 6l5 14th street Nine. Taulelle.
att ah sa vivacous little French woman,
white teeth, and a pretty red hat attended. the
inquest this morning. When speaking OF the
shoulders and said, III ees ali lie"
The jury today was composed OF Messrs.
Schneider, II. Walker Tucker, samuel N Free
man and Benjamin l.. Wheeler
THE TESTIMONY.
Dr. Ia v. DovfIliers testified that he was sum
moned about o week ago 10 attend Micheil
found him In bed suffering from erysipelas AZ
the face; he had been sick FOR two or three d.
he grew steadily worse Saturday evening the
witness called In DIR. d. r. Hagner ia cons lta.
ton. The tirst iniima,ion witness had thsI the
deceased had been injured by n blow tsl re-
cefved from Mr.. Leon Genexte. TIE SIKH on
tne nose and forehead was slightly abr ded.
Leon Seneste. young man living al tho iouss
where Michel died, testified that a weed avo
last Friday he went % Micbells room. A. he'll
was washing a sore on his Dose ana said THAT he
had gotten up iu the plight aud Knocked his
nose against the door. Monday morning Mich.
ellis wife told witness that Micbeli Was sick
aoeu. W men the witness saw him Michel cusn-
piatned OF violent pains IN his head. On Tues
uay his face showed signs OF erysipelnS and VIII
thursday witness, upon examining Mirbelis
head, discovered Tor the first time a br'lise on
the right side OF the scalp about the size al n
haI-ooliaf piece. The inst witness heard of n
blow was on the Saturday before Michel wa,
taken sick. Witness father told him that tie
deceased had not Knocked his nose aRalr,sl the
coor; that deceased told him that a certain Ia
Page had come Friday evening FOR him (Mic,-
eiQ while ne was lying down, to go 10 Mr.. Tau-
wine; and that while there Michel got into a.
fuss with Mr.. Taulelle, and that Tauieile's wife
hs aa p,es NJ w soihe ihsfuheht anu knockcd
MIN on tue head and nose; that La Page was
sitting down looking on.
Leonard Geneste. father OF the preceding wit
ness, teslned that on saturday, April 2Sth
Michel told him that on the night before la
iage took him TO Taulelle's 10 explain some
words which Michel was reported 10 have
spoken derogatory 10 liquors sold by La Page.
There Taulelle called Michel liar and Mcneil
| struck Taulelle. Then Mrs. Tanlelle took a
clothes brush and struck Michel Ia the face
The witness, who spoke I'm broken Enrii.h.
said Michel told him that Mrs. Taulelle Alter
sirikihg MN with the brush, struck him with a
club. La Page Is now in New York.
Mrs. Michel, the widow of the deceased. who
was next examined, showed great distress
while In the witness chair. She spoke RAPIDLY
In broken English. She gave a statement SINH
lar TO Mr.. Leonard Geneste's she snid her
husband told her that Mrs. Tsuele struck him
twice with something like a poicemans club.
she said that she undo rstood the Taulelles had
bad feeling against her husband because he had
sent customers for wine 70 otter places
Dr. Lachlan Tyler, who made the post NOR
tenn examination, testified that the cry gipelas
was caused by blow
Mrs. Delpbine Taulelle testified that Michel
was brought TO her house last November by Ia
Page for board, ana remained there a few
weeks. While there, she said, he treated her
sister I'm disrespectful manner. She testified
that La Page brought Michel TO their place on
account OF what Taulelle said Michel had said
about La Pages wine. During the quarrel Tau.
lelle accused Michel of being insolent 70 hts
sfster-in-law. Michel seized Taulelle by the
nose and throat and struck him. Witness sMid
she struck the deceased with a light cane bes
longing 10 La Page on the hand, 10 make him
let 60 OF her husband.
THE VERDICT.
The jury found q verdict that death resulted
from inflammation OF the membranes OF the
brain, following eryspelas, which we believe
from the evidence was caused by blow on the
head, inflicted with "A cane or club, I'm the hands
OF Mrs. Delphine Taulelle, on the 23d Of April
1856. We further find that said blow was In
htcted without intent To take life or do t-riey-
Gus, bodily HARM"
The coroner accepted Mrs. Taulelles Der.
sonal recognizaEce, and referred the papers 10
the district attorneys Office.
Michel, the deceased, was 80 years old, and
had been In this city a few months, employed
rs walter Ia private families.