Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-15
WINSTON GUILTY
Jury Says He Was Responsible for
His Wife's Death.
had FREQUENTLY MADE THREATS
Coroner's Inquest Over Remains of
the Murdered Woman.
RECORD OF ACCUSED MAN

Coroner Carr held an inquest this morn
ing over the remains of Emma Winston.
who was murdered Monday by her husband
| at their home in South Washington. Dep
rty Coroner Glazebrook had already made
| an autopsy.
Lizzie johnson. colored, sister-in-law of
| the deceased, testified that she was in the
| back room on the lower floor rocking her
| baby. when she heard a noise in the house,
and, thinking something had fallen, she
sent her child, five years old, to the front
| room to learn what the trouble was. The
child discovered nothing wrong, and re-
turned. Witness then concluded the noise
was upstairs, and she went to the stairs
and listened. She heard Mrs. Winston say:
Lord, have mercy She started out to
look for a policeman. and when she reached
the sidewalk she heard two shots fired.
Witness said that Winston entered the
hcuse before his wife returned from work,
and when the woman came home she had
her breakfast before she went to bed. Ask
ed concerning Winston's reputation, wit
ness said she had learned since the Shoot
ing that he was a bad man. She had been
told that he was jealous of his wife. Win
ston and his wife, she said, were the only
persons in the room.
Policeman Nicholson related to the jury
the scene presented in the house when he
reached there. few minutes after tn.
shooting.
1.-The door was locked" said witness.
and smelled smoke from the outside
Broke Open the Door.
He broke open the door and entered. The
woman's dead body was lying on the bed
and the man, unconscious was partly on
the bed and partly on the floor. Witness
saw that the woman was dead and he
then did what he could to relieve the man.
No one other than Winston, the witness
said, could have gotten in the room and
fired the shots.
The blood-stained weapon was produced
and witness said he found it on the bed
about six inches from the mans hand.
DO you think the weapon had been used
before asked one of the jurors.
Il think it had not" was the officer 8
response Il think it is new one"
Witness said he did not know how many
shots had been fired, but there were four
empty chambers in it,
Numerous ORenses CHARGED
Blake Johnson, brother of the dead
woman, appeared as witness, and in his
testimony he accused the wounded prisoner
| Of numerous offenses. He said when his
sister married Winston the latter was
walking the streets, and he only wanted
her to support him and give him money
| for whisky and gambling. johnson told
| OF numerous troubles between Winston and
| his wife: said he had threatened to kill her
| a number of times and had served in the
penitentiary and Jail for murderous as
sauits. On previous occasion, ne said
Wtrstoa bought a revolver, with which he
intended to kill her, but his heart failed
him. Mrs. Winston he said, managed to
get the pistol and hide 1t from him. She
had been once forced to leave him and had
concluded to leave him again after Christ
mas and go to Philadelphia. The day be-
\ fore the shooting. said witness, Mrs. Win
ston gave her husband a registered letter
| containing money to send to her brother
| in Philadelphia. and he robbed 1t. This
| money. the witness declared, Winston used
for purchasing the pistol and getting
| whisky.
| Coroner Carr asked witness why he had
| not taken his sisters part and had her
| leave her husband and he replied he did
| all he could and would have done more,
| but he knew that people who come between
| husbands and wives always get the worst
| of the law. Witness told Of Winston's re-
| peated threats.
| The Autopsy.
Deputy Coroner Glazebrook told of the
| autopsy. He found three distinct bullet
wounds in Mrs. Winston's head. One bullet
| came out near her forehead, another was
probably expectorated and the third one
| was found in her head.
| Lucy Nichols, sister of the dead woman,
| testified that Mrs. Winston had been treat
| ed shamefully by her husband. She told Of
their separation only few weeks ago, and
| of her sister having hidden the revolver.
| Winston came to her house and she heard
| him say to his wife:
| you think there are no more pistols.
| She said he also told her that he would
| reach her no matter where she went Her
sister, she said. had concluded to leave her
| husband soon after Christmas and go to
! Philadelphia. She had made arrangements
| to give up the house and store her goods.
%pI1 1or ohn q n
| put off going until 1t was too late. That
| was the last time she saw her sister alive.
Coroner Carr said that Winston had con-
| cluded he would make no statement. This
| closed the case and the jury returned a
| verdict holding Winston responsible for his
/ Wife'S death.