The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-19
4 TRIO OF INQUESlS
Suicide Was the Verdict In the Case
Of Two Of Them.
AN EYE WITNESS TO TUESDAYS TRAGEDY
Eva Cleveland Tells How Fred Mar
tin Shot Blanche White end Killed
Htmseir-The Inquest Over she
Remains OF Mamie Brickboaso,
Who Shot Herself sunday.

VINO mot Herself sunday,
Blanche Martin, or Blanch White, as
ner real name appears to be, died at st.
Hlncents Hospital yesterday morning
at 8 O'Clock from the effects OF the
wound inflicted by Fred Martin, her
lover, before he killed himself Tuesday
a art The body will be shipped to
PENNSYLVANIA to-day for burial, the re-
mains having been turned over, by re-
quest, to Eva Cleveland, under whose
orders they were prepared for burial.
The body of Fred Martin, the suicide.
and author of the tragedy. remained In
the morgue all Tuesday night and were
yesterday turned over TO Funeral Di-
rector Cox for interment. The funeral
VIII take place from the residence of
MI; r. d: Reynolds. in Berkeley, at IL
father. who had been telegraphed to,
arrived yesterday afternoon over the
Norfolk and Southern railroad to be
present at the funeral.
A VERDICT OF SUICIDE.
Coroner Newton had the following
jury summoned to inquire into the cir
cumstances connected with the mans
Hess, F. G. Story, Jr.. W. H. Hargrovc
and G. g. Moore. The jury convened at
1880 o'clock q. m. in the office of the
heard.
Eva Cleveland was the first and most
important witness heard. She was a
friend of the dead woman, and testified
that Blanche visited her before going
to her boarding house and was taken
away by Martin. who came for her.
She went around to Ashburn's after
wards to accompany Blanche to the
steamer upon which she was going to
Newport News. She went in without
knocking at the street door and went
up to her friends room; found the door
locked; knocked and was admitted;
found Martin in his shirt sleeves and
Blanche standing near the bureau
dressing. The latter asked her to ac-
company her to the dressmaker's
which request was refused, whereupon
while she was gone and try to console
him" While Blanche was putting on
her nat Martin picked up the revolver
! and shot her. She exclaimed: MY
God, Eva, ! am shot" and fell. Martin
then shot himself. Witness ran from
the room and met the landlady. whom
she told that Martin had shot Blanche:
she heard another shot and left the
house. She told the people in the street,
VINO asked her what was the matter,
that drunken man had shot himself
THE OTHER TESTIMONY.
ledger, Mr.. A. S. Morris. Officers
Caffec and Heppel and Messrs. ]. VIM.
w. j. Peel and DR.. Newton were the
other witnesses. Their testimony did
| not develop anything additional to that
already published in The Virginian, eX-
cept that Mr.. Peel stated that Martin
came from Michigan twelve years ago;
so FAR as he knew he had always been
straightforward man; never knew
him to drink to excess and never heard
him say anything of the woman he
shot.
The jury brought in n verdict of sill;
eide. after which 1t proceeded to St. Vim
cents Hospital, where an inquest was
held on the body of Blanche White. the
other victim.
WAS KILLED BY MARTIN
DR.. Lavender. of the Hospital corps.
was the first witness and said that the
woman when brought TO the institution
was suffering from internal homorrhage
10 such an extent that an opera ton
could n0t be performed At that time.
| though later She rallied sufficiently un-
der the influence of stimulants To render
| an operation justifiablc. The abdomenal
cavity was opened and discovered TO be
| full of blood. The patients condition
became 80 serious that further opera
ton was then deferred; the wound was
sewed up and She was put TO bed. She
| died at O'Clock the next morning.
Eve C.cveland's testimony in this
case did not differ materially from that
she gave in the case of Martin She
said she had known the decreased ever
since she came here from Philadelphia
some time ago: knew her by the name
of Blanche White and Bud White.
THE VERDICT OF THE JURY.
After hearing this testimony Mr.. j.
l.. Nash was selected as foreman of
the jury, which returned the following
verdict: Blanche White, alias Blanche
Martin, came to her death by ball
fired from pistol in the hands of A.
f. Martin"
Mamie Brickhouse, dhe woman who
fired shot into her stomach at 1853
Washington street Sunday afternoon,
because her lover. r. ]. Powers an engi-
| neer on the steamship Grand Duchess.
refused TO resign his position to live with
her. died yesterday al 81. Vincents Hos
phai. where she has lain since she fired
the fatal shot. a jury was empanneled
by Coroner Charters, who, after viewing
the body brought in verdict that
Mamie Brickhouse came TO her deat TN
from a pistol shot fred by her own
hands" The body will be taken charge
of by friends, who Will see 1t is given Il
decent burial.