Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-05
The Girls Injuries,

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The Girls Injuries.
The first witness was DR.. GlaZebrook, the
deputy coroner, who testified as to the
character of the wounds which caused the
unfortunate girls death
He described infinitely the condition in
which he found the body when he perform
ed the autopsy. The clothing was badly
torn. On the left side of the neck were
four cuts, made with dull blade
One cut severed the carotid artery, ami
this alone would have caused death. In
DR.. Glaze CROOKS opinion she could not pos
sibly have lived more than five minutes
from the time the wound was made. In as
delicate way as possible the doctor stated
that his examination proved that while the
murderer attempted felonious assault he
was not successful and fled before he had
accomplished his purpose.
The Footprints.
Policeman Charles H. Bradley, whose beat
includes the scene of the murder told how
his attention was called to the murder. He
said that when he reached the scene he saw
a revolver lying on the ground. Footprints
were found on the ground, and these were
traced up the hill as FAR as possible. They
were evidently the footprints of man run
nlng. as they were farther apart than would
be the prints of man on a walk.
So far as he could estimate it, the murder
took place about $50 o'clock. The witness
said that he on the Chevy Chase road
during the afternoon, and saw no one cross
ing the road. VIII Thomas. the colored
mar who first reached the girl. was put I'M
der arrest as witness. The policeman said
that Thomas told him that when he first
reached the scene the girl called to him for
help, but he was SO frightened that he could
do nothing. Thomas said that he saw
man running away through the underbrush.
hut was unable to say whether the man was
white or colored, could he give any de-
scrfption of him at all.
Bradley said that the route the man took
after the crime was the best he could have
followed to insure his escape. This fact, he
thought, showed that the murderer was
familiar with the country thereabouts
The murder, Bradley continued was COM
mitted within five six hundred yards
from where he was at the time. and he ex
pressed the opinion that if he had only
heard her cries The would have got the
man, sure" Instead of that she was down
in a hollow, while he was on an elevation,
and the direction of the wind was also
away from him and toward her, 50 that he
did not hear a sound.
The next witness was A. P. Cunningham,
an inspector for the street and alley depart
ment, who said that as he was struck by
the horror of the crime, he made an in
vestgation on his own account this morn
ing, which convinced him that it would be
Impossible for such a crime as this to have
been committed without the victims cries
being heard by a man at work where Joe
Hamilton was plowlng at the time.
Saw the Murderer.
Will Thomas, who has been employed for
about a week by Mr.. Louis Vollens, the
nearest neighbor to the Kreglos, was then
called as witness.
He said that he was first attracted by
the girls cries. He hurried down to the
edge of the stream and saw the girl. She
was moaning piteously and calling for help,
but he was so frightened that he could not
do anything.
When he reached the stream he saw a
man running through the bushes. All he
could see was the mans back. He could
not see how the man was dressed nor even
whether the man white or black
He hurried at once to Mr.. Nollens' house
and got a horse Then he rode to Mount
Pleasant for doctor. When he got back
she dead.
scene and saw the man disappearing
through the bushes Mr.. Hamilton was at
work blowing on the brow of the hill. Ham
ilton was in sight of the place.
Policeman Bradley had testified that the
footprints he discovered were evidently
made by good-sized boots or shoes Thomas
is an understood darby with particularly
small feet.
Were Close BY.
Joseph ]. Hamilton, n farmer about thir-
ty-fve years of age. who works the farm
shares with Kreglo, testified that he
was at work near the scene of the murder,
but was unable to tell just how far away.
He knows all the members of the family
very we'll and has occasion frequently to
go into the house. He denied that he was
in any way intimate with the girl who was
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The witness said that the first he knew
of the tragedy was when he heard Thomas
calling to him. Then he hurried down the
hill. In this he cOntradicted Thomas, who
had testified that Hamilton came part way
down the hill and then went back and
did not finally reach the scene until after
the policemen got there. He said that it
was impossible for him to have seen any
thing of the occurrence from where he was
at work.
Park Policeman J. J. Kramer, employed
al the Zoo. stated that he was the first
officer a the scene of the murder. He was
coming down the ravine, and when he
reached the spot he saw Mrs. kreglo sitting
in the water. She was holding the dying
girls head in her lap, and was speaking
to her and trying to get her to speak. The
moment he the great cash in her
throat he knew there was no chance of saw
ing her life. He saw the cOlOred man just
as the latter starting off to get a doc
tor. and told him to spread the news, as
he went along, that murder had been
committed. He also assisted in securing
the woods, but discovered nothing of any
particular Importance.
Annie Kreglo, Policeman Kopp and one
or two others testified.
Mr.. James b. Richardson who stated that
he thought the evidence of the next
younger sister of the murdered girl would
be of assistance to the jury in arriving at
correct conclusion, Coroner Hammett
suggested that no further progress in the
inquest ought to be made until the girl
could be produced before the jury, and at
the coroner's request an adjournment was
had at = o'clock until tomorrow morning al
IL o'clock.
The Father Overcome.
Isaiah Kelgro, the father of the murder
ed girl, was summoned to the inquest as
witness, but he was so completely overcome
by the shock that it was impossible for him
to say anything. While sitting in the lit
tie room at the station house listening to
the sad story of how his daughter had been
done TO death he all but swooned away
and it was necessary to remove him to
of the adjoining rooms A physician,
W no examined him, said that he was really
iii very serious condition, for he seemed
Ike a man bereft of reason. AT times he
in dull stupor as though he did not
realize the enCrmity of his suffering and
again he would moan and cry as If his
heart was breaking. Later he was taken
back to mis- home. The doctor said that if
necessary his deposition might be taken,
but it was evident that he could not throw
LIGHT he