Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-16

ARRESTED AT PROVIDENCE HOS
PITAL, WHERE WOMAN DIED.
Prisoner Accused of Having Beaten His
Wife the Evening Of
March Z.
A sad scene was witnessed this morning
when Detectives Hartgan and Baur led
jeremiah Donovan from a ward in Provi-
dence Hospital to take him to police head
quarters, where he was wanted to answer
to the charge of being responsible for the
death of his WIFE Elizabeth Donovan, who
had died in the hospital only short time
before his arrest. Donovan, who conducts
a livery stable in rear of 1927 goth street
northwest, is accused of having beaten
his wife The night of the eth of this month,
inficting injuries which caused her death.
Who the detectives were why they were
going to take him from the hospital he did
not know.
will you wait minute?" he asked the
officers when they were about to start from
the building with him.
Wait for what?" one of them wanted to
know.
Just till I step across the building and
see my wife, was his answer, and he was
evidently not recovered from the effects of
nervousness brought on by the use of in
toXicantS.
Never mind about going over there
now" he was told. Come with us and
you can attend to other matters later.
Ignorant of Her Death.
Donovan was in ignorance of his wifes
death He had seen her after her removal
to the hospital, and did not imagine when
he leaving the building this morning
that her body was resting in the hospital
morgue Just before starting from the
hospital Donovan asked that he be excused
for minute.
Just wait outside" he said to the detec-
tves, land I'll be there in minute"
You needn't mind me-" Detective Baur
told him. III stay here with you
Seeing he was not going to be left alone,
Donovan stopped and opened the lower
drawer of the dresser. He took from the
drawer bottle containing a small quantity
of liquor and was about to take drink
when the officer relieved him of the bottle.
Where did you get the bother the de-
tective inquired of Donovan.
That don't belong to me- he responded.
1T belongs to one of the other men,
Several of the nervous men in the ward
called and said farewell as he was getting
ready to leave. They called him Jerry"
and one of them patted him on the shoulder
and wished him well. In a room just across
the corridor elderly man, also under
treatment, but he contented himself with
looking through a small opening and seeing
his fellow patient leave in custody of the
detectives.
Makes Statement.
1t was not until the party reached police
headquarters that Donovan was told of the
Of wifi Ha 10 knew
was in a serious condition, and declared
her injuries We're received by fall in their
home while she was under the influence of
LIQUOR.
and when 1 tried to pick her up she fell
again. When she fell she rolled over some
bottles and against a pile of wood"
In Capt. Boardman's room at police head
quarters the two detectives asked the pris-
oner number of questions, and finally De-
tective Hartigan told him Ms Donovan
was dead.
"What?" said the prisoner.
Mrs. Donovan IS dead" the detective
Good God"' said Donovan, turning a
CHASTITY white, with beads of perspiration
streaming down his face.
Several attorneys called at headquarters
and saw Donovan before he was sent to
the sixth precinct station to be held until
tomorrow, when he will be present at the
inquest. Donovan told the detectives that
A Mrs Harvey. he stated and his daugh-
ter Mary, eight years old, were at the house
at the time his wife received her injuries.
The police learned of the trouble in the
Donovan home and went there to make an
investigation.
History of the Case.
Mrs Donovan was discovered by the off,
GERS shortly after she was beaten to be
suffering from number of injuries to her
nd
the hospital. Policeman Rollins arrested
her husband, and charged him with having
assaulted her. The case was called in the
Police Court the next day, but could not
be tried on account of the condition of the
| injured woman Donovan deposited so
| collateral for his appearance, and this
money is still being held by the financial
| clerk of the Police Court. The death of
| Mrs. Donovan will end the prosecution of
| the Police Court case. After the prisoner
| had been sent to the sixth precinct police
! station today the detectives went in search
| of witnesses to the alleged assault, and
| will have them at the inquest.
Donovan. no is n native of Ireland has
| been in this country about twenty years.
| He conducted a livery stable at the place
| stated. and occupied the upper part of the
| building as the home for his little family
| During his conversation with the detectives
| today he denied that he had been in the
! habit of getting drunk frequently. He said
/ he did drink too much occasionally, but
any trouble.
/ Had you been drinking the day YOUR
| wife received her injury? he was asked
| Il had taken a tip in the morning" he
said.
| What do you mean by that?'
| About as much as a 'naggin', was his
| response.
| rs that about one-fourth of a pint?"
Just about"
After Donovan had been questioned and
sent to the station he appeared more nerv-
| Gus than he did when he was taken from
! the hospital. On his way to the station he
| repeated his protestations of innocence and
| asked that he be permitted to see his
child.
Autopsy Performed.
| While the prisoner was being questioned
| at headquarters Deputy Coroner Glazebrook
was performing an autopsy on the body of
his wife at the morgue. Several other
| physicians were in attendance and assisted
in the work. The doctor found that the
woman had received a number of bruises
about her body face and legs. and there
was evidence of cerebral hemorrhage. Her
death, the doctor concluded. brought
about by her injuries. How she had re-
ceived them, of course, the doctor could not