Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-01
WITH THE CORONER

Coroner hewitt had an extremely busy
year. Not only was he required to call
at hundreds Of houses and issue certln-
Gates in cases Of sudden deaths and those
in which there had been no physician In
attendance but he was also required 10
PASS on many cases of accidental deaths,
suicides and hoYnicides.
InQuests were held in a number OF cases.
while in others 1t was possible to dispose
Of them without going through that for
rlalIty. Those who found life too heavy
a burden employed various means OF put
ting themselves out OF existence. some
sought the river, others Inhaled iiium-
mating gas, many used the revolver AZ an
easy way TO take life, while great many
took carboIic acid. In several instances
the unhappy ones committed murder be-
fore ending their own lives.
Two men were executed at the District
Jail during the year-Albert Brown and
Joseph Baolucci. The former paid the
penalty for the murder OF his brother.
while the latter, an Italian shoemaker,
was executed for the murder OF his sweet
heart.
Jacob Gerstenberg. fifty years Of age,
who was employed as superintendent of
the German Orphan Asylum. led the years
suicide record. ending his life January 8
by shooting himself In the head. He was
suffering from dementia. Others who
died from self-inhicted wounds during the
Year were John W. Crawford. George E.
Decker, Georgiana Harley. Julia De Pass
Wagner. Herbert T. Lipp, Thomas Jones,
Peter stohl. William A. Ridgley, Frank
II. Hosford, Henry Silas. Cornelius ]. Des-
nond. Edward R. Taylor. Robert L. Rob
inson. william J. Kelley. Eta Miles. Ed
ward Kennedy, Mary f. Cole. Walter
johnson. Mary E. Hinton. Myrtle Moran.
Ella johnson. Joseph Pospisiel. George w.
nrfN g
p Jouy. Harry Wood. Aida L. Pitman.
Thomas O'Dowd. Harry Loeffler. l.. Pohl-
man. Bertha Brenard, Nathan G. Martin,
William c. O'Meara, Claud Harris, Anne
liza Fisher. Arthur D. Adams. Anna Biggs.
Giuseppe Crio. Josephine Kasche. Bar
bara Pope. Thomas l.. Collins. Judson C.
Simpson, Eugene w. Pratt, James Cogan.
William II. Heard. Blanche Cross, Marie
Gross, August Gerhardt. q. II. Cusick,
James Evans, Henry Fisher. James Dan
iei. Otto Glein, Edward Hunt, Rose
Byrne and Howard w. Silsby.
Two dozen homicides claimed the atten-
ton of the police during the year, the
most exciting having been the killing of
Mile Follin and Patrick Maloney. the
former a patient and the latter an en-
ploye Of the Government Hospital for the
Insane. They were beaten to death by
an insane patient. Cecilia Silas, colored,
was shot by her husband: Henry Silas, the
latter afterward ending his life. Walter
Johnson, colored. shot and killed Joseph
Sudsburger and then killed himself rather
than submit to arrest The murder and
robbery Of Henry W. Reid, a saloonkeep-
er, remained a mystery several weeks.
An arrest was made and the man was
indicted, but the case has not Yet been
tried. The murder of William Kirby.
an aged man. for the purpose of robbery.
was one OF the most atrocious crimes of
the year. He was followed home by two
colored men and beaten to death in his
home.
Detectives Baur and Cornwell hold the
record for arrests In homicide cases dur
ing the year. making four. Two of the
defendants have been tried and convicted
one exonerated and one case has not been
tried. The names OF the victims In the
homicide cases are recorded as Henry w.
Reid. Charles F. Stegan. BENJAMIN Robin
son. William Kirby. Winfred N. Carter.
William johnson, Cecilia Silas. Joseph
Sudsburser. Thomas e. Russell, Ernes,
Lewis, Maria Martin. Eugene James, Ed
ward Caesar, Andrew jackson. Maria
Jett Carl Fink. Millie A. F'ollin, John A.
Mcpherson. Patrick Maloney. Edward
Baker. George Plummer. Matthew Nc
Crossin. George B. Gascoisne and Robert
Chambers.