Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-24

were DIR. A. j. Kenyon, Josephine Beam,
mother of the dead woman; Lizzie Goetz,
sister of deceased; DR.. d. DIN Leech, Otfl-
Ger Charles j. Wagner Charles A Darling,
Representative George d. Meiklejohn and
Deputy Coroner Glazebrook.
Che testimony drew out all the bloody
details of the cruel crime. Some of it tend
ed to show that the murderer was not of
responsible mind. but the preponderance
of it indca ted that the deed was prompted
by heartless revenge. 1t was typical in
quest. The SCARED corpse lay on q. stretch
err The bullet wounds and the incsions
made at the autopsy were covered by a
neat dress. A hideous confused wound on
the left jaw. neck and ears showed where
the murderer had kicked his victim after
she lay PROSTATE and dying An abrasion
over the right eye indicated how she had
fallen. The lips were blue and compressed,
and the finger nails, which were long, and
seemed to have been in life carefully TRIM
med and kept, were very dark.
The First Witness.
The murderer sat through the proceed
ings as stolidly ~ sphinx He manifested
live interest tn the matter. but there
was not a trace OF sorrow or regret in his
manner. ,
After having been sworn in the pres
ence of the Ibodyl the jury took seats fac
ing the coBonen CThe first witness was
DR.. kenyon Hes had been attracted to
the scene Of ahe murder by the excitement
Approaching thef'place he saw woman
rush forward from the yard, where the
shooting was, raised her arms appealingy,
shrfeked and 9elL He went toward her,
but looking up he saw a man covering him
with two revoluers. and threatening to
shoot The man cried II will kill any -
who comes In. - He saw that the man was
| in earnest and witness retreated in quest
of gun. At this juncture, the witness
was excused to admit the testimony Of
Mrs. Beam and her daughter Lizzie.
Mrs. Beam knew nothing directly of the
| murder. She was In bed: did not hear the
reports of the pistol, but heard sounds of
| trouble. Going out she found her daugh-
| ter dead. The murderer was not sane. He
| had not been in his TiP"t mind for sew
! eral years. His insanity due to ex-
| ceSsive use Of alcohol.
Lizzie Goetz, was next called She is en-
| ployed in the office of Judge Weed. She
| strongly contradicted her mother on he
| matter of the mind of her stepfather. He
would drink. but when not in his cups he
was as responsible as anybody. She was
positive that he was perfectly responsible
| for the murder. The witness reiterated
| this
| Appearance of the Accused.
| After this the prisoner was brought in.
| He is a tall, gaunt fellow, with reddish hair
| and red beard, and a complexion indicating
| a high degree of iron. His eyes are arched
| over by heavy brows, and are faded blue
| gray. They have cold, conceited light in
| them which Is offensive. On his right hand
| he wore a massive fifty-cent diamond as
large as fair-size bird egg. Another imi-
| tation diamond ring shone on another
| finger. His blue coat was buttoned to the
| throat, and he wore light slough hat of
| sombrero style, girded with black band.
| He had on red flannel underclothes, which
showed under his cuffs, and he wore brown
| undressed kid gloves. He had on boots,
| which had been worn for some time. He
sat with his legs crossed, and looked the
| witnesses who Identified him sQuarely in
| the eye without apparent concern.
Now and then he would stroke his red
whiskers slowly and almost meditatively
with his right hand, or pass his gloves
| cody through one hand and then the other
! DR.. Kenyon was recalled and told the
remainder of his story, which was that
he helped in the capture of the murderer
on the street near where the murder was
| committed. Accused was excited to the
| pitch of rage. On the way to the station
accused had sought to justify his act by
| saying that he had killed a brute.
| Other Witnesses.
| Representative Micklejohn was next call
ed. On his way from the Capitol to his
| lodgings he had met an excited man, who
accosted him with the exclamation, Are
| you a Mason? l want to show YOU nv
badge" He saw that the man had a pistol
pinioned the prisoners arms from behind
| Assistance came and the weapons were
| taken from him.
DR.. Leech, in his testimony. said that he
| heard that a woman had been killed, and
| saw a policeman coming out of the yard.
| When he got to the side of the victim she
gasped twice, but as there was neither
pulse nor heart action he knew that she
| had been dead some moments. He de-
| scrbed the wounds as he had then noted
Officer CharIestt'J. Wagner of the ninth
precinct told of the part which he oad
played in the tragedy. He was unarmed
and off duty and in civilian dress. He
heard shots and pushed whence they came.
He saw blood, smelled smoke, saw
| face down heard her shrek in an agon-
| izing way, ION, My God!'
| Kicking the Dead Body.
Officer Wagner told of the capture of the
prisoner and of his threats to shoot and
kill anybody who came near him. He saw
the accused kick and stamp upon the
PROSTATE form of the dying victim, yelling
curses as he kicked and ragged.
| Charles A. Darling was the next witness,
but Ills testimony was not material, ex-
cepting that it corroborated that given by
the others. DR.. GlaZebrOok was the last
called He testified that he had performed
the autopsy IN the body eighteen hours
afte, death. He described the shots which
glanced through the flesh Of the thoracic
| parts: those which had pierced the ster-
| num- and those which had penetrated the
| abdomen Five shots had been fired, and
any one of three would have been fatal.
The surgeon produced the bullets which
had been found. One was 32-calber and
| two were 80. showing that the murderer
had used both revolvers. Several of the
| witnesses had seen the murderer extract