Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24

business in the town. Burroughs was imme-
diately struck with her beauty and soon Wis
tied her at her fathers home.
Mary had fallen desperately in love with
her apparent sutton, and when ne left Burlmg~
ton and took up his residence in Chicago, she
left her home and followed him there. Soon
afterWard Burroughs left Chicago and came to
Washington secured 81 500 clerkship in the
Treasury Department, and married here. This
naturally proved a great shock to Miss Harris.
when the Information came to her in a round
about way, and bitterness and Scorn replaced
admiration and love-
She came to Washington bent upon revenge.
She had been disowned by her parents for
following Burroughs to Chicago. and when she
arrived in this city she was without acquaint-
anceS and friendleSs. 1t did not take her long
to find the Treasury Department., where the
crime was committed as stated. > s5f
Mary was arrested and the trial began July
3. 1865, her counsel, employed by influential
and sympathetic admirers, being Joseph II.
Bradley, one Of Washingtons most distinguished
Lawyers: Hon Daniel w. Voorhees,, former United
States Senator from Indiana; Judge James
Hughes Of Indiana, Judge Mason of Iowa and
William Y. Fendan Of the District of Columbus.
United States District Attorney e. C. Caring
ton and Assistant District Attorney Nathaniel
Wilson represented the Government.
The able defense Of these celebrated lawyers
resulted In q verdict Of acquittal Miss Harris
subsequently became patient in st. EIizabeth's
y Hospital for the Insane, and In o few years
married the distinguished Mr. Bradley, of her
counsel For number Of years after the death
of her husband she resided on Grant plaoe,
between G and and Ninth and Tenth streets
northwest, though she never seemed to fully
recover from the shock, and spent much of her
time in st. Elizabeth's. Her life was evidently
q very sad one.
At the time Burroughs was shot he was living
In the vicinity of Twelfth and K streets nortA-
west, near where Mrs. Dennis was killed, incl
dentaIly adding another to the unsolved
murders Of this city.
A MOTHER downtown murder which occurred
prior to the Sickles case vas the killing OF
q waiter in the willard, Hotel by q California
Congressman named Herbert, who, because OF
tine refusal Of the house to send his breakfast
up to his room on one Of the upper floors,
blamed the white boy who brought back the
word and called him vile names. The boys
brother, who appeared on the scene, resented
the language used. the result being q free-for-
all in which one Of Herberts colleagues par
Hcipated Evidently the boys must have been
getting the better of the scrap, for Herbert fell
back on his shooting irons with the result that
the waiter was MORALLY wounded
1t was the Congressman'S first term IN the
House, and 1t evidently preyed on his mind, for
he declined to run for reelection, and renewed
the practice Of law. until the beginning of the
Civil War, when he joined the Confederate
Army where he distinguished himself as lieu
tenant colonel. At the Battle Of Mansfield,
April Q, 1864, he was severely wounded and
died few months later
Though the history Of crime in the District
OF Columbia shows q number of murders com
mitted here, the perpetrators OF which have
never been brought to justice yet the same may
be said OF most any hamlet, village city in the
country Indeed, the writer believes that, along
this; line, Washington will compare favor
ably with any place of its size and he also
believes that our police force and system, in
Guiding its detective bureau, are not surpassed
in efficiency anywhere in the United States.
Being comparatively free from politics. it is
but natural that it should be conducted along
good business lines, capable of giving of its best
efforts to the public il serves.