Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-11-06
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
cOlored, was brought up on the charge Of George
seidenspinner, shoemaker, Of having broken

WALKER. -Cndrles Uhnt,
cOlored, was brought up on the charge Of George
Seidenspinner, shoemaker, Of having broken
open his shop, and abstracted therefrom four
pairs of boots and one pair of shoes, all of them
new. on the night Of the 2lst ult IL appeared
that the man Cant had stolen, among the others,
pair Of boots which had been made for gen
tIcman with a short Ieg-the heel being length
ened 80 IS to make the head even; this pair OF
boots Cant sold to another colOred man, and he
took them to a shoemaker to have the long heel
shortened: and the shoemaker, on seeing them,
Recognised the work Of Seidensplnner. and de-
Tained them in his possession until he could send
for the owner, who, being shown the boots, rec
Ognised his own property and, on making in
quiry Of the cOlOTed man, the theft was traced TO
Cant Justice wakeT-at the request of the
cused. who stated that he could prove that a man
who lived in his house was the one who robbed
Seidenspinner'S shOp-cOmmitted him 10 Jail for
further bearing.
John Wirtenberger came to complain of
James McGran, messenger in the State Depart
ment. whom he charged with eXtOTting from
him fee of so, for services which were not
rendered. warrant was issued. and Mr.. Nc
Gran was arrested aud brought before Justice
Walker for hearing. The evidence was as fol-
lows Mr.. John wiItenberger came to Wash
tngton, some time ago, to obtain warrant
for ~ acres Of land Not being very well posted
as 20 the MfOdRS OperGHdi. he consulted some per-
son with whom he fell in, as to how he should
manage, and was recommended to Jas. MEG ran
~ the man to do his business. He accordingly
went to the State Department and found McGran,
who agreed, for the sum of $40, to do the Job for
him. The two went TO a magistrate to have a
declaration drawn up, and the magistrate on
learning of the agreement informed WirtenbeT-
ger that that sum was precisely twice as much as
was neceSSaS4-tO pay for obtaining the warrant
NiTienbeISer did not, however, object to tie
amount OF the Zee, because he was anxious to gel
his warrant and 20 home. The declaration being
written, was placed in MeGran's hands by the
magistrate who was promised by McGran his
pay for writing il; and Mctiran and Wirtenber-
;,eT proceeded together to the Office of the COM
missioner of Pensions, who refused TO recognise
-hcHTan ~ an agent TO prosecute claims before
the Government, and made out the WARRANT
which he placed i'm the hands of Wirtenberger.
McGfdn afterward insisted on being paid his fee
for his alleged services; and, finally, friend Of
NlrteRbergeris went TO him and paid him SiO,
which he received. and Wirtenberger then left
iowa. some two weeks afterward the magistrate
who he'd drawn the declaration called on Nc
Gran for his fer and learned that he had received
the 40 ffom Wirtenberger. The magistrate ac-
COTdlnglv had MCCiran arrested and brought be-
fore him. He was held to bail in the sum of 500
70 appear al the next term OF the Criminal Court,
20 answer for the same.
The law prohibits anv employee OF the Govern
mrnt from prosecuting claims while so employed
aad tue penalty of taking fee for such service is
imprisonment IN the Penitentary for a period of
H"t less than one, nor more than eight years, for
each offence.
CASE UNDER The MARINE LAw.-Yesterdar,
Captain EbOr =. Montgomery, of the brig Mary
Cobb, now at the stone house wharf with load
of stone for the Government. was arrested by
Orflcer Suit for an assault and battery Joseph
Wilson, a seaman. belonging to his crew The
case was taken before Justice Goddard
Wilson swO:e that he went into the cabin and
asked the Captain if he allowed him fresh meat
for dinner, and the Captain told him il was none
of his business and ordered him to 90 forward
He told the Captain he wouldn't 90 until he gave
him an answer, yes or no. The CAPTAIN said if
he didn't 20 he would boot him He did not uo
and the Captain kicked him from the cabin do0r.
head.
The Justice asked bin. f he had eaten his din
He said yes. He had SOUP, soup meat, pota-
tOeS. SC-. but the meat AL bone
Captain Croweil who was dining with Captain
Montgomery at the time. said that the COMPLAIN
ant came into the cabin with a bone on which
there was meat enough for two 1r three men He
complained If his grub. and Capt Montgomery
told uTu tp 90 forward aTd he would see to IL
The complainant behaved impudently and Can
tam Montgomery told him to 20. or he would
give him his boot" The man bloc aded the
door - that the Captain couldn't get out and he
kicked him on; or pushed him cut with his foot
and struck him with pump hook. Whent this
was done two other men rushed to the door and
he thoGgh t mutinv was on hand
Justice Goddard read the law relating TO sucb
cases, wherein both seaman and master ha ye
their remedy, the violation Of which involves
penalty Of - 600 or five years imprisonment or
BON, according To the nature Of the offence The
law protects the master against nutiny and in
rdInltiOn. and secures the command of the
sup 10 him. and a. the same time protects the
cures to him proper food. The Justice decided
that the ohrncs appeared to b. on the side of the
Cu'HPia naut. and he should >nIiSs the cast
captain Montgomery said that the whole cause
oi the q ri~1iiy was rum Ills crew without his
consent, lad got liquor aboard. and had bccon
mI'inOu>- He gave his creyg The same grub in
al -eSpeCt>, a. LIZ had himself and had never
before heard = complaint from theu
TIVE PfSToL SHOOTING EPIDsNIc -Yes,erday
evening, several hack drivers and runners, both
white and colOred, were assembled on the steam
boat WHAT, waiting the arrival of the Page with
the mails and passengers for Baltimore, when
tAcY got SkyIaTkin2- and all began to move up
towards 1homaS'S Hotel in BODY Tunnini1
alter zach other, and Colo,ed driver. nam-d
C2trieS DTuC". called out tn q white man naTu-d
john Crook, who h1d drawn a revOlve. and was
>Hd?TlnE u At some Of the crowd, 10 shoot and
a''"sd.H2ly Crook fired, dis. harging two shots.
~ FaaGUrn apparently. One of the balls how
eve, slightly wounded u man named Samuel II
donaldson wing was standing on the porch of
me hotel, the ball striking him in the groin
Donaldson exclaimed 10 Crook to De more careful
~" he shot next time, aS such thing repeated
might cost Linn dear. Crock made reply that he
cared nothing what il cost and would shoot again
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