Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-09
yesterday, Seven of the cartridges had
been taken out.
Exhibited the Cartridges.
Coroner hewitt exhibited the cartride

G4ulp1Ced the cartridges.
Coroner hewitt exhibited the cartridges.
There are 1forty-three of them in the
box" he stated at seems to be a new box
+ of 22-caliber Cartridges and the weapon is
of the same caliber"
Mr.. Scaggs suggested that he would like
to have the witness asked If he knew any
thing of a prior occasion upon which the
woman assaulted ihe man.
Detective Baur Bald he had summoned
witnesses to tell Of that.
The cut ON the neck and vitriol, do
you mean?' the detective said.
Yes, replied Mr.. Scaggs.
Witness said he learned of an arrange
merit that had been made between Mrs.
Yates and neighbori whereby the latter
was to take the milk left at her door if
she happened to be away This neighbor,
he stated had first taken the milk Satur-
day morning. Fisher had not been at his
place OF employment, Reagan's saloon,
since Friday night
Was at Work Friday
Maggie Prue, colored, who did washing
for Mrs Yates, testified that she ironed
clothing at Mrs. Yates house Friday. She
went ard got beer in a bucket twice that
afternoon. Mrs Yates and woman friend
had dinner together
Il don't know what time it was when
Mr.; Ted came" the witness stated
~ no is Mr.. Ted?" she was asked.
i7iIci, WAS TtT TtSpODSt
witness said she took a note to a drug
store Tor Mrs. Yates. 1t was for tele-
phone message to be sent to Mr.. FISHER,
and when an answer had not been received
at y CLOCK she returned to the house. Mr.
F1sher entered the house just behind her
and Mrs. Yates asked him where he had
been. He told her he had been standing at
the corner talking. and she accused him of
having been with a red-haired girl. They
quarreled and witness threatened to leave
there. Mr. Fisher told her that Maggie
was fussng all the time.
Mr. Fisher was standing in the corner
near the closet all the time they were fuss
ing. the witness said.
Witness said she heard Mr.. Fisher say;
stella, you don't love any more and
she responded, No l DON'T
Maggie said she urged them to kiss and
make up, but her advice was not needed
Inc woman was doing most OF the talking,
the witness said, and Fisher would merely
say, rs that SOP" or make some similar
remark.
About 10 o'clock the witness stated, she
| was asked by Mrs Yates to go down town
and get her a bucket of yet quo meln
(yockamee), and she did requested. She
got lost on the cars and it was after IL.
O'Clock when she returned to the house.
Quarrel Accompanied by Profanity.
There was some swearing INDUCED in be-
fore she went from the house. and Mrs.
Yates asked Fisher If he thought more of
the red-haired girl than he did of her.
He said he did not know, and she told him
he ought to know. The woman gave her
the bucket and the man handed her a quar-
ter to give to the Chnaman at the 'yocka-
NEE" joint.
When she returned with the food from
the Chinese restaurant the quarrel had not
ended. Fisher went out to get a bucket of
beer and said the saloon mad closed when
he returned. This was doubted by the wo-
man. and she told him so.
Mrs. Yates started I'D the steps with a
lamp in her hand, and Fisher asked her
If she were going to bed. Her response
was: 1.-The -, l am
Maggie sad she again begged them to
kiss and make UP. They finally did so, and
each declared love for the other. Witness
said that Fisher took off his coat but put
1t on again when he threatened to leave her
Did Fisher seem as if he had been drink
ing?' Maggie was asked.
He was SOBER" she answered
Witness said the woman had consumed
several glasses of beer and a milk punch,
but she could not say she was Intoxicated
as she had headache. Witness told of
being unable to get in the house when she
returned there Monday She told of con-
versation SheShad with neighbor of Mrs.
Yates.
A small colored girl named Pearl Green,
who had worked in Mrs. Yates house, was
sworn. She said she had never heard
Estella and Mr. Fisher quarrel, and was
excused. ...-. II
Robert Yates, husband of the woman vic
tim of the tragedy, testified that he and his
wife separated after they had been married
four years.
why did you separator he was asked.
Indeed / can't TELL" was his answer.
He said they separated three years ago
and that he last saw her in April of last
year. He then went to see her because he
heard she was sick,
Miss Blanche Jackson sister of Mrs.
in the house Tuesday. Witness went there
because she had not seen her sister since
Tuesday of last week. She broke open the
back door, she said, and entered the house.
1T was dark in the ROOM" she continued,
land | only saw a broken glass. The next
thing | knew l stumbled over his foot
Witness said she did not see any weapon,
as she hurried out for assistance.
Moses Sexton, a druggist. was next exam
ined. He had sent the telephone message
for Mrs. Yates to Mr.. Fisher Witness told
Of an incident at the house last summer in
which it was said Mrs. Yates had thrown
carbolic acid Fishers face. She told
him that Fisher had spasm and she threw
the acid on him because she thought it was
water.
lanes F. Ffgate, manager of Regan's sa-
loon, testified that Fisher had worked for
him and had several times received injuries
at the hands of the woman. His first IN
jury consisted of scratches on his fingers.
"rhey had hardly healed" said witness,
''before he came with his face scratched"
Afterward, he said he had come to work
with a broken nose, then cut in the throat
and cut in his head, and the last time he
noticed any injury she had bit his hand.
Fisher, he said, was quiet and peaceable
man. and had often told him he was going
to leave the woman She came to the vi
cinity of the saloon number of times, said
witness and he had to call on the police to
take her away.
On one occasion. witness stated, she was
taken sick but he could not say that she
took carbolic acid. She had some of the
acid and a knife in her satchel, the witness
stated. and was taken to the hospital The
woman was very annoying, he said, and he
tried to have stop put to her sending tele-
phone messages to the saloon. This closed
the testimony and the case was submitted
DECISION RESERVED.