Weekly American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1858-1858, 1858-04-10

CoRoSEs's Isouesr was held on Wednesday
morning at No. e2s Pennsylvania avenue, on the
body of Thomas Berry, who was killed there on
| Tuesday afternoon:
Mary A. Deylin, mother Of the prisoners, was
sworn She said she did not consider T. b. Berry
her son-in-law her daughter was married to him,
but be had another wife in Pennsylvania; he came
to her house several times TO see her daughter but
was always forbidden; he came yesterday and
abused heryoungest son; she called her sons out,
and he followed and took his coat off; when he
came he didn't knock at the door; he told her
youngest SON he would give him COMPOUNDED
whipping; no mar. was in company with her sons |;
no third person besides Berry he followed out as
though he wanted to fight he threatened to kill
her youngest son; she never heard him make the
threats herself; Berry said James treated his
(Berry's) wife bad; have seen knife like the one
which was used in possession Of my son John, but
not yesterday. 5g t.s ,..s,
Catharine Shay (servant in the house) sworn
Didn't sec the fight; heard some one tell Berry
his wife was not there; witness was up stairs !;
heard scufie and came down they were scuf.
fling; Berry was down, the two Devlins on him,
beating him saw no other man there's; a man was
| there about four o'clock, but the fight was about
five; no one held him but the two Devlins did
not hear Berry make any threats; saw knife,
the one before her, with John Deylin; the Devins
went into the wood aboat o'clock, and
talked with some one there heard them talking,
didn't understand what about, and didn't see who
with lived there fourteen months Mrs. d. had
four children, two males and two females didn't
see the man in the wood-house; was up stairs
when Berry came; Berry had his coat Off the
others had theirs on. A note was here shown
from Mrs. Berry to her husband, telling him she
would be there about two clock that she wanted
to see him, and was ready to leave with him ex-
cept packing up few things. The witness said
she did not give the note to Berry Mrs. B. put it
in the drawer and told her mother to remember to
give it to him. ...- 80 ~
Samuel E. Smith sworn.-Was with Berry and
others on business on Capitol Hill came up in
hack; two of usgot out at the corner to collect
some bills, and came with Berry to Devlin's; he
said he wanted to get clean shirt he went in
and staid SO long sent the coored man to see
about it the man returned and said there was a
fuss; | started in and out came Berry and the two
Devlins Berry in his shirt sleeves there was
nothing vindctive in their appearance; asked if
he was ready he said, Yes, 60 to the hack !" 1
went, and turned round aud saw them scuffiing !;
the two Devlins had him down--the larger (John)
holding him, the younger striking the dagger into
him, not once, but several times another person,
whom l did not recognize, was with them; Berry
was not intoxicated; his shirt-seeves were not
rolled up; the Devlins had their coats on; not a
word passed between them at the time; the third
man might have hold of BIS right hand while he
was down; the footprints of the third man are in
saw but one of the Devlins and then the day be-
fore; delivered note to him from Mrs Berry !;
he spoke to me very abruptly when told him my
business; am his agent have read many of his
private letters he had no other wife to my knowl.
edge; never heard of it before this morning
A verdict was rendered in accordance with the
testimony, showing that one of the Devlns struck
the fatal blows and that the other one was an &C.
cessory to the crime. The accused are sons Of the
late Lieutenant John S. Devin, ofthe Marine corps
One is a member Of the bar, and the other stu
dent at law. Their counsel is Charles Lee Jones,
Esq.
"a MODEL MAYoR.-0ur present Mayor, will
do him the justice to say, is man possessing many
excellent good qualities, and could he but rid him
self of many moral and political sins, would be a
decent mau enough but habitual ntoIication has
made him beast very beast, and OF course his
influence among our peacelovng citizens has long
gone down, and so he, at the head of our Corpora
ton, sees fit to ponder to this pot house. jail, and
penitentiary influence to canvass for votes with a
view to possible reelection to the Office he now
holds; but am rejoiced 10 think his chances are
small indeed.
AS our municipal election comes on apace, va
rious other aspirants for municipal distinction ap-
pear in the lists, among whom / notice con spicu.
ously the President OF the Board Of Aldermen, who
Is bird Of tie same plumage as the Mayor
Warrington Correspondent Of Police Gazette.
We extract the above from the New York Po-
lice Gazette, in order that the citizens of Washing
ton may know the character which the Mayor
maintains abroad. Who the correspondent Of this
paper Is, we do not know but whoever he il, he
has stated that which has for some time been the
talk Of the city. .#H
With such man at the head Of our municipal
affairs, we would ask the citizens of Wa Ellington,
what right they have to expect any better treat
ment than that which they have receivedi
We attribute most, II not all, the ills which have
been visited upon our city-all the riots, murders,
thefts, incendisrisms, &c, which have been so rife
among us since the first Of June last, to the exam.
pie which has been set, and the encouragement
which has been afforded these rowdies and rascals
by those occupying high places in the government
of the city. We should like TO know how many
groggeries and rum-holss have been licensed 10
sell rum since the present administration came into
power. A pretty Rechabite
0UrRAaE.-As the cars on the Alexandria and
Washington Railroad, says the Alexandra Gazette,
we're leaving the depot, on Sunday afternoon, with
the members Of the Franklin Fire Company OF
Washington, several pistols we're discharged by
persons within from the windows, q ball from one
Of which took effect in the mouth Of colored girl
who was standing near the place. The ball en-
tered her upper lip, knocking out two other front
teeth, passing down through her tongue, and
| lodging in the floor Of her mouth causing a very