Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-02

on A CoLoRED MAX.
A mysterious fatal shooting affair, about
which the police have more theories than facts,
occurred about II o'clock this morning at No.
BIS New Jersey avenue northwest
The victim was Mrs. Julia Barrett, an elderly
woman, who resides at the number stated.
Exactly how the shooting occurred
the police do not know, nor have
they any knowledge as to who
fred the shot, except what the wounded wo-
man says. The report Of the pistol attracted
4 large crowd to the house and caused
some excitement in that neighborhood.
WHAT THE DOCTORS FOUND.
Among those who heard the report Of the
weapon was DIR. Adams, who, upon gong TO
learn what the trouble was, heard some
one call for doctor. He went
into the house and found the wounded woman
In serious condition. DR.. Chas. A. Ball soon
arrived and did what he could with DR.. Adams
to relieve the sufferer. The doctors found that
the bullet had passed entirely through the neck
and what slim ulants were administered ran out
through the bullet wound
THE SON ARRESTED.
Policeman LYDIA Of the second precinct, who
was near the house at the time, arrested Corne-
Illus Barrett son Of the injured woman, and
locked him up on suspicion of having done the
shooting. 1t is said that his mind is affected.
When placed behind the bars and questioned
about the shooting OF his mother he laughed
as though he considered the affair Q huge
joke.
MRS. BARRErT's sTArEMENr.
Sergeant Brosnan and Policeman Riley went
to the house soon after the shooting occurred
and interviewed the wounded woman. She
told them that . colored man named James
Harrison shot her.
Harrison, she told the officers, had been in
her employ and she paid him of this morning.
When he got his money, she said, he
went of and returned again about ii
o'clock. Then, she said. he was under the in
nuence Of liquor and made a demand for
more money. She declined to give him any
more money, whereupon he said:
money or your life." She said that he then
Knocked her down. beat her and fred the
pistol After that he left the house.
She gave tho officers a description Of Harri-
son and they went out in search of him.
~ In making the Investigation this afternoon
the police could find no one near Mrs. Barrett's
house who saw the colored man leave it
POLICE THEORY.
The officers making the investigation are Of
the opinion that the son either did the shoot
officers state that il the shooting was
done by the colored man Harrison, as Mrs.
Barrett says it was, that the shot WAS fred
while attempting to quiet the son, who is now
under arrest
Mrs. Barrett is a very feshy woman, appar-
emily sixty years old. She is a widow and has
daughter employed in the Government Print
ing Office.
Her son, Cornelius, who is under arrest, ap-
pears to be about thirty years old. He has but
little to say and seems not the least con cerned
about his arrest.
This afternoon the wounded woman was
much weaker and she was sent to Providence
Hospital. Her wound is pronounced as ex-
ceedingly dangerous.
DIR. ADAMS STORY.
II was on my way from the Capitol today
about noon when pistol shot rang out" said
DR.. J. o. Adams to q STAR reporter. 1T
seemed several squares away. / didn't
think much about it until had
gone square further, when I noticed
large crowd in front of sis New Jersey ave-
nue.. They were calling for a doctor, when
drove up and quickly aiishting l hurried into
the house.
In large easy chair sat a woman ap-
profusely from gun shot wound in
the neck. 1 made hurried examination
with DR.. Chas. Ball, who had arrived in the
mean time, and discovered that she had been
shot in the 9sophaSus and that she was in
critical condition.
She asked tor water and glass was handed
her, but when she tried to drink it it ran out Of
the wound in her neck, showing that the ali
mentary canal was closed We ordered her
sent to Providence Hospital.
In reply to my question how she was shot
she said that she didn't know. She
was sitting in her room, che
said, when large man entered
and grabbed her by the hair and demanded her
money or her life. Before she had time 10 re-
ply the man shot her in the neck and then ran. {"
DIR. Adams said that the woman was about
5 feet inches tall and weighed about 2lO
pounds.