Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-09
MURDERED BY WOMAN
Verdict Regarding the Death
of lied" Fisher.
CORONER'S INQUEST.
TESTIMONY GIVEN AT 1NvEsr1-
CATION OF DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
Drs. Glazebrook and Carr Describe Ma
ture of Wounds inflicted Upon
Both Victims.
CORONER'S- INQUEST.


1918 18th street southeast Saturday morn
ing presumably a short time after MID
night The inquest was held over the
hodv of Theodore or Ted" Fisher, ana
the verdict was that he was shot ana
killed by the woman. 1t, therefore, 1ol-
lows that the woman took her own lie.
Fisher. as published in Tuesdays star,
was employed as bartender in Reagan S
saloon at 10th and b streets. He llVed at
the house of his sister on 9th street, put
spent much of his time at the mousse
where he was murdered
There was large attendance OF frlenos
of the dead man at the inquest TINS morn
ing AttorneYsJames F. Scaggs was pres
ent on behalf of the relatives OF Flsher.
The funerals of the victims TOOK piao.
this afternoon. Mrs. Yates was buried at
Congressional cemetery, after services
had been held at the home or her sistel
on Mclean avenue. services over tiie
remains of Fisher were Sonoucteu d. te
home of his sister on 9th street soulh
west. His body was inferred at froape0'
Hill.
DR.. Carr's Testimony.
Tho frsr-wftness examined was DR.. VIII
liem P. Carr. who testified to the nature
OF the wound received by Fisher. 1t was
such a. wound, he said, as was likely 10
n, oduce Inconsistencies instantly. Wit
ness explained that the powder marks
about his left eye indicated that the weap-
on was held foot or eighteen ic!ies
from the victims head at the tune TIC
shot was fired. ~
"Tben too" said the doctor, the man
had his eye opened when the wound was
received. ,,d
The witness stated that Fisher would
have had to hold the weapon az I'm
length and such manner or mnictlhs
wound. he said would seem rather unusual;
DR.. Carr said the blood in the room nau
come from the mans head, as there was
practically no external hemo hraas, iioA'
the wound In the womans breast.
.When the woman received her wound,
said the witness, the pistol was heio oi-
rectly against her breast
Witness was shown the clothing or tne
woman and showed the jury pad she had
worn. The bullet had gone through the
pad. Witness also explained that bioou
on the womans shoes showed that she hao
walked in blood before she 1ell upon 80, are
floor in the room where both bodies were
found Only few drops of blood came
from the wound in Mrs. Yates BODY ana
it was not enough to soak through the
pad 20 ,,,
naper showing the result of shots he hao
fred from the revolver used IN the killing
of Fisher and Mrs. Yates. The powder
of the shots fired into the two victims.
Deputy Coroner Glazebrook described the
wounds received by the victims: ne
wound in the mans head had gone straight
through the brain Fisher was tall man,
and for a woman of ordinary height to nave
fired the shot 1t was necessary Tor MIN 10
have been seated on chair, engaged III
a scuff1e or being upon the moor. LII.
Ola zebrook said Qle had given the question
of shooting some consideration ana was
certain the weapon was at least fourleen
inches from Fishers head when the fatai
shot was fired. He was certain the man
!,
unlikely that the man could have shot MN,
self and kept his eye Open Inc WOUND
was necessarily fatal and the bullet passed
through the most important structures OF
the brain. Witness thought the man could
hardly have given more than one or two
gasps after he was shot. In conclusion
he repeated that the man could hardly
have shot himself
Condition of the Room.
Cornore hewitt explained the condition of
the room and the positions of the bodies
when he reached the house. There was but
a small area of blood in the room, and
most of this was about the man. The
clothing of the woman showed blood stains.
This blood came from the man as she had
not had any external hemorrhage. The
coroner told of the positions of the bodies,
as stated in The Star the day the bodies
were found. Her left arm was under his
head and the left side of her face was
against the floor. He told of the three
empty shells found in the small weapon.
and said he could only account for two of
them He told of the shattered glass stand
on the sideboard and suggested that the
third bullet may have done this damage.
Policeman Hayes Called.
Policeman Hayes of the fifth precinct,
who was called to the 18th street house,
testified that he was called to the house
about 11:15 o'clock Tuesday morning. He
first learned that something unusual had
occurred when he met brother officer.
The latter told him there had been a muir
der and suicide committed there. He hur
ried to the house and found several per-
sons there. Another officer turned the
weapon over to him. He told of the posi-
lions In which he found the bodies.
"Who was In the house when you reached
there?" the witness was asked
There were two ladies and two men," he
responded.
"Who were they?"
lone lady was Mamie Jackson. sister of
Mrs Yates and the other l didn't know.
The men were named Higgs and Stone"
Acting Sergeant Wall of the fifth pre-
cinct testified that he went to the house in
response to telephone message giving the
information that somebody had committed
suicide. 1t was about IL o'clock when the
message was received from Ernshaw's
store. he stated. Mrs. ates' mother and
others were in the house. The mother was
hystericai at times and 1t was necessary to
use force to get her out of the house.
Witness stated that the pistol had been
disturbed before he reached the house.
Mrs. Jackson, mother of the dead woman,
had the pistol In her hand and witness
took II from her.
why did you take the pistol?" the wit
ness was asked.
1T took It," he answered, ito keep her
from doing any harm with It,"
He did not ask her where she found the
weapon. She was so hystercal and ex-
cited that witness had 10 take her out of
the house. Witness told the jury that he
saw one hand of the woman on the neck
of the dead man when he reached the
house
Detective Frank Baur testified that he
was sent to the house to make an investiga-
ton His object was to discover whether
the affair had been between the two per-
sons who were dead or If a third party
Lad been there. He found that the house
had been securely fastened from the in
side Witness told of the broken glass
stand on the sideboard and of the blood
stained napkin.
The napkin. he stated. had not been un-
folded. but had been used by some person
TO wipe blood from Fisher. He also told
of seeing three goblets on the dining room
table In the ROOM Two of them contained
small quantities of beer, while the third one
contained water. There was blood on the
one which contained water and witness ex-