The San Francisco call., 1895-08-03

and was discharged by the Coroner this
was unintentional.
No tragedy of recent years in Washing
ton has caused a sensation or been fraught
with more immediate excitement in the
neighborhood of its occurrence. The resi-
dence of General Flagler is in the north
western section of Washington, on Califor-
MIA avenue, and the grounds surrounding
it have been carefully cultivated for the
product of fruit and flowers, and this at
traction was the indirect cause of to-day's
fatal event.
These premises, as we'll as many more
in that section of the city, have been de-
spoiled by youths and in many cases adult
men to an extent that has tried the pa
tience of the property-owners, and to-day
sad elimination was reached when Miss
Flagler, who is between 25 and 80 years of
age, saw some one busily engaged in break
ing the branches and gathering fruit from
one of the trees in their garden.
A demand to leave the premises not
being Immediately complied with the
lady, without, it is asserted by herself
and her friends, any further intention than
to frighten away the intruder, discharged
the contents of an army revolver in the
direction of the plunderer. The bullet
plowed through the body of the boy, who
was about Is years of age, and his death
followed on the instant. An alarm was
sounded and a policeman found the boy
lying dead upon the ground. The bullet
had passed entirely through his body, and
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after he was shot.
In the meantime Miss Flagler had left
the house and her parents, being absent
from the city on summer pleasuring,
sought Captain Shaler and accompanied
him, promptly proceeded to the Office of
Major Moore. the Chief of Police, and sur
rendered herself A police ambulance had
been summoned to take away the yet un-
identified body, and the congregation of
large crowd. principally composed of
colored persons. who we're greatly excited
and murmuring profusely their indigna-
ton at the killing, gathered upon the ap-
proach of the ambulance.
AS many as wished were permitted to
view the dead boy, with the idea of secur-
ing his identification, and one woman pro-
nounced him to be the son of a notorious
colored man who has frequently given the
police trouble, whereupon there were ex-
cited remarks and predictions OF trouble
from the blacks.
The man, however, afterward looked at
the body and said it was not his boy.
Finally the body was recognized by
colored boy as Ernest Green, whose father
is employed as messenger in one of the
executive departments, and very respect
able man, residing on Pierce street, in the
northern part of the city, thoroughfare
numerously occupied by colored residents,
and the excitement then calmed down
considerably.
Whether any demonstration would have
been made against Miss Flagler herself
had she remained at home is rather un-
certain; but while the murmuring and ex-
cited comments were loudest, the lady was
safe in the custody of the Chief of Police
accompanied by Shaler and Miss West.
She was outwardly calm and digniied, and
had little to say beyond acknowledging
she fired the fatal shot and averring it was
not aimed at the intruder, not intending
any effect beyond soaring him away.
She was very quiet during the day at the
police station, where she was detained,
though not under lock and key, in the