Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-12-26

/ r, iiNS OF JAMES SIMMs AT fonr o,l,
afternoon, Chas. Wiley. wa. ,,r..
' tue Jali 10 the guard house for hearin,
lay ol shooting James simms, the nigs, ~.
and the Mes. case was laid before Justice Dom
me defence. The following is The counsel 70
| the evidence ELECTED " INC substance Of
s, m,Tsaya Jones, sworn WAS at wiuev,..
Si,,, come In, spoke to him and he 49,, saw
| oihs was his name; called him IT,; nIeu ina
q second time; and he said + I'M sPeaEine
| WIlisv anS u y was mistaken; he wsnt :,
| GIey ana asked for sometbino - Meht te
herman accent; afterwards I yyept =, 70 u 1rnk IN :
1,,snt IA sums wasa German; be said No. S}y ano
Reeves picked 81 on barrel; saw a knife dron
wrong; he didn up; told Wiley something wa,
| stood all uIaht understand me. he 49,
S,en, nhaiV and went and shut nm ths IL slueI
| 81 ana told WIN. Jones what We -1n; uoori
man con1au,, nad better tell his wife as the old
4 ter ouuu understand well; heard the 49,
| 60 saw " liley's wife; went in the bon.a nj az,
aouna Slmms lying on the floor Reeves as ana
d. HrS Se; the front door with two Others.
| e. ~ auS gus, Sworn.-Simms w,s hront,l. 4.
ane Ihnrmary about II O'clock. had ougn, 70
Gou19 ~ the left shoulder; he was 49, IN sIot
| aIiva hr. myself and other students. he y y
aAipe: put In critical condition NC IN
| hHhdrd Jones, recalled -Willsv am, -. =,
no's emo OF his counter writing, while pa nne
a., Hlnnls Were talking; the counter is dtvidaJ
=" allow pass way; they talked a, a., uisiu VIZ
Tone; their manner induced ms 10 ,, - "a a, 1huer
rsI "a Jween and 9o'clock when Ieft. no dn,r
nm. Mae, swern.-About nine o,cIocL ma
came and told me Wiley lad SI, 'toeA man
went round; saw Wiley with a onn on Eia pouy
VI asked MIN where was the man. ha - a..
| two men h"Idin IN and saw man on the floor,
~ en n0ldlng him; the smallest said 6. NJ
- ne ami shot we took the clothes off. I ia
-, - Nho' clean through;' saw his watch
rouIu us neck aud asked for knife TO cnt II OF
10 one gave IT, and Simms said tbers1s - L - on
Nv IL along side; while was wo, kinv at Sima,
DOM men lei; the knife was on his 9irbt S;%s
TWO ieT on it couldn't have fallen from The
ca'n' saw y" lIley at the corner of the aIIe,,. b.
| Came IN after ] fixed Simm,: ViiIer - ne
noile WHISKY and water for SimmS; Simms ganc
no account of the aff,ay "i" gave
| IL "m. JONES', sworn.-Beiween and o o,cIock
Nv 'ones CARED Al my house for me-: hp AL Ell mo
10 90 10 wiley, as there was sonletbinv yoim%
wrong; l teid him TO go for Mrs Wiiier? ns
T,s J,9S SEWm MIs. Wiley came ont and said
Jun SlflnS;' when | got there no, "a IN
SEn 90 on l. Went in the bac k-door and met Mrs
! IT. 49, coIllhg out back; saw Simms sitting on
an, oo I anu no one there but myself | turned
| anu "aIktd out; didn't speak to him; I Shortly
"TnI In and found Reeves there; | asked him
w mar made you run just nov:,, he said . 81,
"itc9' and dive at the FASH, was ont
sue When Mack came, but went in and Iv.s
Standing by when he was at work o'
| ~; HtHefi, sworn.-A gentleman came fur
| M' ven down. saw crowd in the house:
| NJ anu MIS- Wiley Were there: Siuus w.
lying on the floor; found the wound a. -, los
Dr. Hudgins; ordered some stimulus, and WI
icy got Tor him; he said liz felt badly his shin
was on found sheath for knife susnended
Nv leather string; Wiley asked if he rnnst
Wdlt Tor tue officers or go himself; he anpeareS
o"Aous 10 rather than be taken by the offcsrs
come 70 ,h ~, sworn MIR Jones told me to
ooi,ie 10 the shop, something was wronU. went
ana saw Reeves standing by the stove. and Simm,,
ny the counter; Wiley was stand mo- nv tba I,..I
uins OesSed Wiley to get rid Of them, and
sHs tntm anything they asked, he said he had. 4
ou nm TO send for help; he said be had semi for
MI. Ouest, but he was not in; went ont nd gu,
S Jones; and said to him, % My God! it's that
Silniils; wiley called Inc back and a. T ,yant
pdCh, saw SiHns, with the knife in his ri0bt
handi Wiley said, three times Go back nr
ne SHOOT HING he didn't stop; Mr. Wiley fred
ANYTHING. ' uiu HUI say
Justice Dom decided to hold Wiley TO hail fcr
q hra'lns at tue Criminal Court, in the sum OF
Last night Reeves was arrested for ,obhi,o, a, -
uIawer at w ilIey :, and this morning was Com
United 10 Jail for court ~ 0oii
NhhiSIAAs DAY AT THE MARINE BARRACKS
VIC" served up dinner was given to the men
s'dlloned at the Marine Barracks. on Yesterday
W oIoer oil Brlgadier Gen. Henderson, at which
upwards Of one hundred and fifty rank and file
participated. AS Is his usual custom thu vete
ran cOInmandant of the corps paid the merry
crowd a short visit previous to their being seat
90 at table, and greeted them with hearty good
VIII. Ii was an exciting sight on the departure
OF the general, to witness the manner In which
ca man tried to out-shout his npighbor in pay-
ing him round OF cheers. The dinnsr passed
HANBACK, 's.-Hamuack has added to his can
ital establishment, in Willards' Buildings a
private entrance and pair of private rooms for
the due entertainment of the guests of his house
which, together with his former conveniences
make his establishment unsurpassed in the Uni
ted States.
MAsoNIC.-St Johns Lodge No. IL, held an
election for officers last night, which resulted in
the election of the following. Hopkins Lig htner
w. Nj Thomas II. Baird, Jr., 5. w; j. d. Ry-
nard j. w o.; Christopher Ingle, 5 G. Cammack,
sr., P; 6. w Hall, Tiler.
WATCH RETURNS, Dec 2ith.-Michael Carey,
Ireland, drunk; workhouse, 81 days. John Du-
laney, Mass, drunk and disorderly, do Fred
erick Rigbev, Germany, do do Walter Clark
do. Charles McManus, disordeTly, do John
Kelly, Ireland, drunk aud disorderly; fine and
costs, % 81. John Lee. colOred ID. C, do and
profanity, do George King, ID. C, disorderly,
do. John ReedeT, Md, drunk and disnrderly,
dismissed c. b Collier, ID. c., do. fine and
costs, 3 a.; Tor carrying pistol, $50 IS Rob't
Walter. Md, drunk and disorderly, dismissed.
James Roach, Va, do, nne and costs, 81 "A cts
Noah Shields, colored, ID C, disorderly at
Church; tine and costs, So "a. Charles Vigiled
cOlored, ID. e, fugitive slave; Jail. Frank Sell
by, ID G, disorderly; fine and costs, - a; and
security for peace. William Berry, d. c. do
VIM. Il Tolliyer, Del do fine and costs 50 A
VIM Weldon, ID C., do do.
2jth.-Charles McCOigan, Va, drunk and dis
orderly; fine and costs, 81 "A. Daniel Lynch,
Ireland, do; wOrkhOuSe 90 days. Benz Purcell,
h G disordcry, with Pisto' dismissed. Jos:
Swigert. ID. G drunk and disorderly; fine and
costs, 80 Al. Wm. Reeves, attempting to steal,
sent to Jail. John w. Thomas, ID. c., disOrderly;
fine and costs, 81 ~. J, W. Webb, Va, do; do.
samuel Gates, Va, shooting Mrs. Callahan.
Twenty-nine lodgers-one resident Of the Dis
trict.