Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-04-14
STAR.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

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morning last. We insert it in the Star with
great pleasure, as follows:
WASHINGTON, April IA, 1856.
GENTLEMEN An article having appeared
in one Of our city papers of the 18th instant
Rejecting upon me for taking the bail did
for Nsyior, will here state the facts as they
occurred. On the morning of the 11th in
,tant, about one O'Clock, light was discover
Al in the shoe store of Mr.. Forrest by Messrs.
MOckabee and Elliott, members of the Aux
iliary Guard. When Mr.. Forrest came down
Mr. HOfer's door was open and Mr. Naylor
was laying directly across the doorway, ap-
psrently very much intoxicated He was
brought to the guard house. / then sent for
Mr. Hammack, who testified upon oath that
NaylOr was at his house after eleven O'Clock
very much intoxicated, and that he wanted
more liquor, and he refused to let him have
il. and requested the two persons who were
with him to take him home, which they
agreed to do, but before they started they
took one more drink In less than two hours
after this NaylOr was found in the house of
DR. Hotter, as above stated. From the evil
dencs of Mr.. Hammack / was inclined to be-
Iisve that the two persons had taken Naylor
into the house with them, and as they had to
make a hasty retreat could not take him eff,
he being too drunk.
/ held Naylor to bail, believing L could not
End anything against him, but that might
fndou something about the two other persons.
Young Domaine, who saw the persons did not
see Naylor with the others, and 1 snpposed
M. Domaine to BE- eVldence for THE United
States, schreh soaS afterwards proceed to the
contrary. There was no evidence, consider
ing his condition, to convict Naylor; and as
far as the examination has gone no person in
their testimony has mentioned Naylor name.
Soon after Naylor left / issued warrants for
the other persons, and gave them to James W.
Allen and VIM. Mockabee, who, upon arriving
at Rays house, about six o'clock, found Nay
lor there They returned, bringing Ray and
Crogan with them, and informed me of the
fact, which created some suspicion in relation
10 Naylor, and cause me to issue a search
warrant for Rays house; and had NaylOr
kept from Rays house it is doubtful if l
-h0uld have taken that course. And if the
goods had not been found there was no evil
dence to hold either Of the others, but the find
ing of the goods was the only evidence.
also had Mayor house searched, and there
was nothing found and no evidence that any
thing had been there. JAMES Ii. BIRCH.
The " city paper" referred to by Capt. B.
il the Star. We have therefore to say, that a
sense OF duty to our fellow-citizens, suffering
so grievously IS Of late from burglary and
arson, impelled US to demand the investiga-
ton into this matter for which we called.
We knew a few circumstances bearing on
the question of the propriety of the act of the
Chief Of the night watch in admitting Naylor
to bail, with which that gentleman was evil
IDENTIFY not familiar at the time, judging from
the tenor of his card
First. That HOffar's is directly over both
Hare's and Forests, and that NaylOr was
arrested IA Hars's baek shop, lying nesr
Hare's mot Hofar's,) door-the premises Of
the latter being up stairs only.
Second. We knew that Mr.. Forrest, and Mr..
nrha w n Nit leA tha
rest, believed MAYORS drunkenness wholly
feigned, as it turned out to be, and that For
rest had objected to the act Of releasing him
at that hour on such bail.
Third. We knew that MAYORS character
was VIGOROUSLY as bad as that of any man in
this community who had not been in the pen
itentiary, and that the two men Ray and
Crogan) whom Hammack, in his testimony,
said were with him at III D. m, two hours be-
fore MAYORS arrest had been under the sur
veilance Of the police for some time.
Fourth. We presumed thateyery one Of Cap.
tain Birch's force was well aware that neither
Hammack nor Naylor were worth a dollar;
and we did not see how Captain Birch, even
If himself not aware Of that fact, could have
failed to regard their having testified that
they IoeTs men of property, as sufficient to
cause him to reject Hammack's testimony
that NsylOr's feigned drunkenness was real.
Fifth. We heard that at the time it was in
evidence before the Chief Of the night watch
that three burglars at least, had been passing
TO and fro, between Forests, Hare's, and
Hoffsr's, getting ready plumber; and that the
means Of getting from Forests into Hare's
was through an aperture in the partition sit
uated at q height from the floor making
it impossible for a very drunken man to pass
through il without being handed through it
by the burglar. who had been using it.
Sixth We cones lived that all who were in tt .
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discharged on $500 worthless bail, that he was
found in Hare's back shop when q burglary
was being committed.
Seventh We knew that the law, under
which the Chief of the night watch assumed
% bail Eaylor under such circumstances, is as
follows:
Persons arrested may during the night be
brought at once TO the guard house." or
lodged in clock up house." at the discretion
of the guard making the arrest; and in the
morning shall be brought before a police
magistrate Of the city Of Washington at as
early an hour as may be convenient, in all
cases before nine o'clock, a. IN. after which
hour no person shall be detained in said guard
house without the authority Of q magistrate.
- But nothing in this Rule shall be con-
sIrued TO prevent the Captain, he being q J us
ties Of the Peace, from dischsrging the duty
Of such Justice in pressing cases of arrests
made and brought to the watch house, and
receiving such fees therein as are allowed by
law; bat he shall not act as Justice in any
other cases.
We make these explanations that the com
muIity may understand that in criticising the
act Of Captain Birch we were governed wholly
by proper sense Of duty to the public.
Masonic FUyERAL.-The members of Fed
eral Lodge, No. 1, accompanied the remains
Of their deceased brother Arthur Limit tn
Alexandria, yesterday, together with mem
bers Of other lodges, and long procession of
relatives and friends. The procession was
marshaled by q. A Schsrzman, &. NJ &. L.,
with Josiah Essex, of Federal Lodge, Master.
The pSll-bearers were S. p. Hoover, J w.
BOteIer, A. G.. Hall, Charles G. Mills, John
A. Calvert, and L. A. Magee. Websr's ex.
cellent cornet band, with their new instru-
ments turning over the shoulder,) ofticiated
on the occasion. Tho steamboat George Page
took the funeral party to Alexandria, and
there it was met by Washington Lodge, with