Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-26
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
OF CURTIN MURDER
CASE BEGAN TODAY.
Medical Witness Declares the Man Was
Dead Before Being Thrown Into
the River.


ALEXANDRIA, Va, January 20, 1906.
The general interest which is being taken
in the endeavor of the local authorities
to bring to light the mystery which mas
surrounded the death Of George r. Curtin
was well demonstrated this morning by
the crowd which occupied every available
inch of space in the police court when
Harry Meeks and Herbert Foster were
arraigned before Justice Harry b. eaton
on warrants sworn out by state Attorney
Front charging them with murder. Meeks
and Foster were arrested ABOUT "eeh
after the body was found and cohnheo IN
the station house without bail. 'on the
,,orninp after their arrest they were given
a, preliminary hearing before Justice Catoh'
but on motion of State Attorney Brent.
the case was continued until TINS morning
in order that witnesses be secured. Inc
case was called at 10 o'clock, after the
regular morning session of the police court
had been concluded.
Mr. John M Johnson appeared Tor the
accused and occupied chair on the pat
form close to his clients. while the inter-
ests of the commonwealth were !ookeo
after by State Attorney Salnuei ". fnr,,nsj
the autopsy on the body Of Curtin, was
mt upon the stand to testify as 10 the
findings of the post-mortem
Report of Autopsy.
He said that this proved conciusNelS
that Curtin had been murdered. One lung
the left one, had been removed through
wound in the back which, he SAID, ne
thought had been made by some sharp,
heavy instrument, such as a hatchet OF
ak He said the back OF the man Skull
had been crushed like an egg sheil, dhd
that there were severe WOUNDS On Nis
,r,I TelCrl
When he opened the chest he found the
right lung filled with air, which showed
he said that the man had been throW1
into the water after death, 1or haa sinsie ',
in fine water there would have been some
water In the lung. and, he stated, there
was not a drop in It.
when cross-examined by Attorney john
con he said that any one of the several
wounds would have certainly caused death,
Mr.. George Patterson, manager or the Ton
fine Hotel, was next called. lie stated that
on the night of December 70 Curtin and
Harry Meeks had been In his place drink
ing at about II o'clock, and left the place
together.
Mamie Wood. who lives on Princess
street testified that MeeEs and Foster had
been in her house with Curtin on the night
in question between II and l O'Clock.
Meeks she said, left the house few min
utes before Curtin, who was accompanied
by Foster. Annie Lee, who lives at the
same house identified Meeks and Foster
as two of the men who had been with
Curtin about / o'clock Saturday night. She
also said there was another man with Cur
tin. She described the man as wearing a
short light oyercoat. and partially identified
a picture which Mr.. Brent showed her as
the person who was with Curtin. She said
this man was known by the name of
Lucky"
William Maupin was next called. He said
that he had seen Curtin sitting on q door
step about 1870 o'clock. and there were
two men with him, but he could not iden-
tify them He said Curtin had told him he
was sick. A number of witnesses were
stiu to be heard when this report closed.
General Items.
Charles NJ. Cuviilier, a foreman of con-
struction on the Chagres river division of
the Panama canal, yaho has been spending
several weeks with his family in this city.
left today for New York. and will sail Mon
day for the canal zone. His wife, who has
already spent considerable time at the
canal zone. will accompany him.
The remains OF Louis Schenebel whose
death occurred Wednesday In Washington,
were brought to this city this afternoon
for interment in Bethel cemetery The de-
ceased was thirty-eight years old and was
a native of Germany.
Admiral f. w. Dickens announces that he
has received orders to take the coast de-
Tense squadron, which consists of the bat
tieship Texas. the monitors Arkansas, Flor
Ida and Nevada and six torpedo boats, for
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