Evening star., 1896-08-06

the shot from It, This barrel. however.
mad been fired recently, and the paper used
as Vad was an old piece of greasy paper .
as Matthews had said he used But he
had failed to fix the other barrel however.
for the wad in this of piece of the
populist publication heretofore referred TO-
and piece of the same paper was found
In the pocket of the prisoner 1t was a
piece of this paper too that was taken
from the brain Of the dead man. These
connecting links. the states attorney
thinks. are enough to fasten the crime upon
the man in Jail. But to make 1t even more
certain that the gun had been used recently
the cap on the reloaded barrel was new
and shining, while that on the other bar
rel was old and had corroded. .,
In addition 10 all this the shot taken
from the barrel that had been loaded for
some time were Of the mix sure of the shot
taken from the dead mans head, and
in the house.
Poison Found.
Besides this, a bottle of strychnine was
found In the house, and some small balls,
supposed to be poison were In the pocket
of the wet trousers. This bottle of poison.
1t is thought, was intended for use on EN-
ma 1rwin's husband jim but the
woman. 1t is thought. weakened and pre-
ferred that Matthews should do the deed
which would make her eligible to his heart
and hand. If the man was ,secreted IN
home, which is not at all likely, he must
have been in the garret, but It is gener-
ally supposed that he was outside and was
told to climb in the side window when
Jim was asleep and in good condition to
fall victim to the midnight assassin.
Mrs Irwin during the course Of her first
complaint told of a noise made by the
slamnlins of a Gcor and this 1t is thought
was true. The noise was made by the door
being slammed by the escaping murderer
as ne went down the steps and made his
escape through the dining room window,
which was kept 1aised by means Of one of
the tobacco sticks.
Ihe gun which now plays so important
part In the case is the property Of Charles
Goode' and was borrowed on Monday of
last week. 1t Is known that Matthews
had not been in the habit of using a gun
Tor there had been a gun in his house for
hunper or months prior to a few weeks
ago. and he had never even handled it,
bad Reputation as to Women.
George Matthews did not enjoy a good
reputation SO far as women were concern
ed, and has been in trouble before because
OF his breaking up family in this way.
with the exception Of the taking of life
he has child living at his house and this
child, 1t Is said. Is his own, the mother
having dlec IN Washington hospital He
Is ahother Cooking, so the people here
think, and no one has any sympathy to
waste on him. Mrs. Irwin comes in for her
snare OF the censure also, the feeling
against her being worse than that against
the man: All the good citizens about here
are advising that the law be allowed to
take Its course. although the people gen.
eraiiy are loud In their denunciation of the
laws delay. Under ordinary circumstances
the grand jury will not meet here until Oc-
toper' out a numerously signed petition has
Deen sent to Chief Judge Briscoe asking
that the grand jury be convened next week
IN order that speedy trial may be had
II the Judge finds that he can grant this
request he will also convene the Prince
Georges 81 and jury to try the colored man
Jim" Smith, who so fouily murdered Miss
marguerite Drown at the Seat Pleasant
house last week.
states Attorney Posey Congratulated
States Attorney Posey is receiving con-
gratuiations on all sides for the ability
he has displayed in the investigation of
this case He now has plenty of circum-
stantial evidence upon which to hold the
prisoner for the grand jury. and 1t is also
believed that the woman will be held with
MIN as a co-defendant. The attorney Is
only about thirty-flve years old, and is an
able lawyer. who has represented the coun-
ty In both branches Of the legislature. To
him belongs the credit of the investigation
OF the Cooking murder case, in which evil
dence OF guilt was obtained which would
o1spel any doubt of the guilt of the man
who was afterward lynched. b. -e.e-. ..