Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26
HER HUSBAND ACCUSED.
The CorOner's Jury Finds That Mas
tiers Killed HIS Wife.

Elizabeth v. Masters came to her death
December "A, 1893, at PHO East Biddle
street, from injuries to her head Inflicted
with some blunt instrument by Lewis r.
Masters" This was the verdict of the
coroners jury at the northeastern police
station last night. Lewis e. Masters is the
husband of Mrs. Masters. who, as reported
in The Star yesterday, was found murdered
in bed early Sunday morning at her home
James L. Masters. brother of Lewis testi-
fed that he knew nothing of the occur
rences leading to the death of Mrs Mas
tiers. He was asleep In the middle room
and was awakened by hearing his brother
calling his wife. He went into the front
| bed room and saw Mrs Masters dead in
bed, and his brother and his six-year-old
son crying. He thought il was between 5
and O'clock.
Il asked the boy" said witness. IF he
| knew who did it. He SAID he did not The
last time saw Mrs. Masters alive was
early saturday evening, wEen she, her hus-
band. the boy and myself went out. left
them on Gay street 4 wen. To bel between
IL asi II O'Clock. l had conversation
with my brother about the matter xcept 70
| tell him not to talk SO m1cn about the
| murder. i had been drinking freely Satur-
day night and slept heavily. When I went
| to the room my brother said. My God
what do you think Of this? Who could
have done it?
street. the next house to the west of the
Masters home, said she was awakened be-
tween and O'Clock Sunday morning
Il heard noises from Masters house as IL
some one was walking back and forth cry
ing. 1 heard Lewis Masters ask the boy
Charlie ii he had seen anyone in the house
Then heard him say: Poor mamma: now
papa viii have TO go to JAIL A short time
afterward 1 heard voices apparently down
| stairs in the house. II seemed to me that a
man and woman were talking and the
woman was crying.
Frank Grafton, a boarder with Mrs
Stump, said he was awakened by his land
lady some time before daylight to listen 10
noises in Masters house He heard some
one crying. but could not understand what
was said. He had frequently heard voices
In Masters house which indicated that
matters were not going along as smoothly
as they ought to-" Neither Mrs. Stump
nor Mr.. Grafton knew anything OF the muir
der until aft ,r Z O'Clock.
Mrs. Margaret Schleigh. who lives next
door to the Masters on the east, said that
between and o'clock she heard 1. woman
cry twice in distress in the house where TIE
murder took place. About 4:30 O'Clock
Lewis f. Masters called twice at the front
door for Mrs Schleigh's son Henry, but he
did not say what occurred until later.
when he told her son William from the
back yard.
Henry W. schleigh Sail that between II
and II O'Clock Saturday night he met Mrs.
Masters on the street near her home She
requested him to 90 after her husband and
bring him home as he was drinking. He
did so. Masters sent his wife for whisky to
treat the witness. Mrs. Schleigh and Mrs
Masters took a drink, but Masters did not
At IL :35 Mr.. Schleigh went home, leaving
Mrs. Masters sitting on her husbands
knee. Masters was stupidity drunk" said
the witness. His wife was sober as far as
my observation went"
Round Sergeant Wellener and Detectives
Pointer and Hogan testified that there was
no sign that anybody had broken into the
house of Masters.
Sergeant Weliener exhibited a blooly
shirt which he said he picked Up in the
room where the murder was committed
Masters had said il was his shirt. he had
taken IL off and puN ON 4 clean one The
blood, Masters told the sergeant, came
from his own wounds on the head hese
wounds are not serious
The policemen said that Masters told
them ne did not know how he was wound
ed; that when he awoke from his sleep in
the chair In ais dining room he thought he
had fallen AMI cut himself. A pool of
blood was found beside the chair Two
blood marks were on the wall over a lounge
and a towel saturated with blood was
found. which Masters states he used O, LIS
own injuries.
DIR. n. G. kierle testified as 10 Mrs. Mas
ters' injuries. lie said they could have
been made with the hammer part Of Mas
ters' Ratchet, which was found In the pcr-
lor of his home. II had no spots of blood
upon 1t.