Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-08-02
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

as having been arrested a few DAVIS AGO ne,, R,,
densourg, while In the act of driving OF ,o,,
cows. The ownership Of which was supposed 70
oe rataer aPochryphal, was brought before Ju,.
hce Williams on last Saturday afternoon. Al a
O'Clock, for the purpose of having an jnvsstio,
lion Of the charges preferred.
John Norris, Esq appeared for The n,iso,.-
who, having been brought from the Jail. The trial
commenced nun
Samuel b. CIsmsnts being sworn for a.. r.o-
"cution, testified that he was living for the lime
with his uncle in Bladensburg; his parent, wers
~ of I,I OF mashinsfon city; that on the 10Th
Hd( OF July ne was at Bladensburg, and saw his
iathers COW on the commons, and went and
drove ner all the way back TO the toll gate
tu'ouRh winch he had her driven, and started
nor on her way homewards; that shortIv af,e,-
wards he saw the prisoner driving her back in
company with three others, which he was driy
in2l apparently, from Washington; witness rac
ogalLing the COW as that of his father w.pt M
70 inc prisoner and attempted to take her a,vay
ana " prisoner prevented him from doing 40
ana threatened witness for hinderinO bis 49, 80
'xTeSs; witness insisted that the couy IN ,n..tti
was owned by his father, and ordered tbs 49, -,
i've hef up, when he told witness that the cow
MHLSu witness claimed, he 1.-THE prisoneTI had
paid sFO for that the other Ibree h. III nnu
chased IN Alexandria for MI McFerson in Rai
..nole, 20 whom he was now driving them. he
pangbt Sala tns cows belonged to Mr.. Bogo-
uSut, gentleman of the neighbprbood. bs
too witness two or three contradictory tales abont
me ne COWS, and witness went for a constable and
a''Ssteu witness knew his father had
-. V, tue cow 10 any one, as his father was an
ss1t IN virginia at the time the COW was taken
-. oeou, constable testified that he ar
Irsted the defendant at the instance of yonns,
CI'ments; he charged the defend M With ,,aaS
nS MS iatbers COW, witness took defendant be-
,co,n. "a, lie, who asked him if he could
hOt do so % satisfy the magisfrate. b.. ,nIS 49,.
R.o S'o .es about them, and finally said that Mr
~ .aught, who lived near by, knew him and
It'd vOuch for him; just at that moment the
alluded W. we'll
witness, happened TO pass by and witness called
hin IN; be did not know the prisoner at ali: the
prisoner then said that the cows were Mr. Meier
son OF Baltimore, and that Mr. McFrrson mad
paid hun 81 81 per day to 90 to Alexandria and
get them for him; he said BE had shipped nine
cows that day to Mr.. McFrrson by the railroad
be was then committed to the Jail al Nj rboro..
witness, in taking him there, asked him if h.
could account for the cows, and he said that two
OF them belonged to Mr.. McFerSon but he could
not account to witness for the other two; witness
turned the cows into lot, and few DAYS after
several gentlemen came out and identified their
took them AWAY ' ~
Mr., Babbin$ton testified that Mrs. Brown sent
Ioi MN 10 look for a COW which she had lost
witness went, and hearing that a man had been
arrested in Bladensburg for stralinv cows wit,
hess took his horse and rode out there and fonnd
COW which he identified as one he had previ-
enSly sold TO Mrs Brown; brOug hit her hack. wit
ness has known the prisoner several wears and
MS EeneTai Character for honesty was good as far
a. witness knew.
aitei she was gone several days he heard of the
analT at Bladensburg, and went ont there and
found his COW, which he identified before the
magistrate, and drove home.
HHHtGm h'Hg "a little bOy) testified that him.
self aud another little boy Charles lettings were
employed by The prisoner TO assist him 10 drive
louT cows az far as PiPrce'S mill; defendant Of
Tered them seventy five cents each TO bpIp him As
idT a. Bladensburg, but they refused. and hs
gave them Thirty seven and half cents zach 10
70 with him as far as above mentioned He took
the cows out from herd of Il dozen or twenty
which were grazing on the common outside IL
ny, laying That he was going TO drive them To
pasture al BiadenSburg
MesSrs. Eaton, fzgsTnId SHVdsT. Cool.
NaSoH, and others were called to the charac-
yer OF the prisoner for hon sty. same of them
had known him for years, and spoke in strong
trTnS OF his previous excellent char cter amon9
all hrs acquaintance
After hearing the above statements, the magis-
udte held Fitzgerald (whOSe real name j. John
fitzgerald McQuadeJ TO bail in the sum of 500
in each case, making total Of : 1000 for his an
Pe1'dncs az the Criminal Court 10 swer c barge
was Temdndsd 10 the iail
We hear that warrants pending against
Fitzgerald In two other cases Of similar char
actsr.
IHE WokKHoUsE-The running away OF one
or TWO prisoners from the workhouse is no un-
common occurrence, and never creates surprise
lnaSmuch as there few guards over he pris
Oners who are at work in an open field, which
thirteen prisoners at night from the workbouse
might, without explanation, lead to the suspicion
CT neglect OF duty. AT the time Of their escape
mere Were slghty-fO prisoners in the work
house, and desperate gang they were The
Baltimore rowdies were well represented, and
two desPeTsdOes OF the suburban gangs OF this
city were there. The prisons consist Of wooden
sheds, temporarily constructed for use until the
new building is completed; and these being in
Sun1cienf, the hencooP Was brought into equisi-
tiOn The lntendant's house, a. well as the gar
dsneTs and other aids, are all distant from the
sheds 80 there was no probability OF arousinp
them by the n / e made in attempting TO escape
HE material Of which the buildings are con-
structed could be forced without even arousinu
the prisoners N adjoining rooms so no blame
can be attached to any OF the attendants
bt those decdmped we NAV mention the entirs
Baltimore delegation; the two desperadces re-
feTTed TO; and the balance consists of WORK hou<s
patrons who will finally desert their old quarters
Ole OF those gone, IN a fellow called ssHuut day
JONES' Tor whom, IL il said there are two l. =
WARRANTS for offences recently committed He
shOuid have been removed To the County Jail a,
s.o' as X was known he was At the wOTkhouse
There are now at tn, wOTkhouse 81 prisoners and
IN the POOfhcuse 81 persons
TRIALS At The GUAKD-HOusE-GussW Walter
b. Alexander, drunk tine and costs 81 10; Theo-
dore Mclaughlin, drunk and diSorderly; work
house 90 days. VIM. Walsh, do fine and costs
50 Is. Alfred Carter coIored, profanity in IN.
market; held for further hearing Charlotte Tin
slco, COlofed, dunk in the street; workhOuse so
dsvs VIM Dyson, coloTed; Peter Clancy, COL
oTed; William Scales, cOlorsd; John Allen sIaTy
Jane Taylor, cOlored; Mary Jane Ward, colored:
end Rachel Harper, colOTed; unlawful assembly
fine and cost 80 Is each. Laurence Quinlan
drunk, diSordsriy, and profanity do. So IS cts
Hugh flanagan, drunk; do. So Is James
White, drunk do. So IS. John ShekelI ATTEMPT
at robbery; Jail for Court Daniel Long, profan-
ity, aud assault on Lieut.. McHenry One aud cCs,s
eii Is; same, for selling liquor without license:
hRe and costs SIS 81. James Cannon. profanity;
hne and costs So H. James Trainer proranity.
dismissed jeremiah O'COnnor, disorderIy; Fl ne
aud costs s3 IS sarah Ann Johnson, coiorsd
profanity, - IS.
RESISTING An OFFICER Last evening, Lieut.
McHenry came upon trio consisting Of Daniel
Long. James Cannon and James Trainer near
the corner Of h and Fifth streets, using prorahe
language. He went 10 arrest them and they ran
In a house. the officer after them. There ne ar
rested Long, but the prisoner and the females