Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-07-21
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

son, Tor me wHT0sr OF HdTCsbhs St00pS--W men
ourreport closed, yesterday twenty Ave talesmen
had been ordered by the Court, from whom TO
make mp the panel in the pending case and they
having appeared In answer to the summons their
names were called, as follows:
Francis NJ. Jarboe and r. Owen Berry were
disqualified by reason Of having formed or ex-
pressed opinions on the case,
Solomon Slower excused on the ground that he
was opposed TO capital punis hment
John Cassell was challenged.
Edward Chapman and Amos Young were ex-
cu~ed on account Of III health.
John ii. Waters was excused by the consent of
counsel on both sides on account Of peculiar bus
moss engagements.
u: Dorry, Esau Pickrell, Benjamin Darby, A.
w Delzsll, John Cruiksbank, William Dow.
ling, Benjamin III. SOihorOD, and George W.
The jury wero all sworn except the one last
chosen, and they were dismissed until to-day at
40 O'Clock.
The Court then adjourned
SECOND DAY
To-day, the twelfth Juror Mr. Geo w Bohrer)
was sworn the prisoners having been brought
into court and placed in the dock. the trial was
The clerk read the charge AGAINST the prisoners
Mf Cross opened the case to the jury the
part ot the Prosecution. He repeated the law in
IeE"ion to homicide, in cases where more than
"Iie person Is implicated in the case He detailed
The facts expected To be proven for the Govern
ment in the course OF the trial, and concluded by
NAuoEtiitU tnc Jury 10 discharge tne1r uuty truly
and impartislly, let the event be what II might
He was followed OH the part of the defendants
by Mr.. Norris, who spoke briefly Of the charge
against the prisoners, and stated that the only one
point that remained for the Jury TO investigate fas
the fact Of an atrocious murder having been CON-
United was conceded ) was, Who committed tue
act-who were present on the OCCASION and who
participated as primo pal and second? He differed
WIZ the District Attorney as 10 who the perpe-
traitors were lie charged the young man Swyper
johnson, the prime pal witness for the prosecu-
lion. with the der IL no I'll
stances OF the case, he contendsd, went to show
hm IN that light, and on him the prosecution
depended 10 fix the Internal crime, which he had
committed, upon the two prisoners at the bar.
The prosecution then called
DI D"homeI, sworn.-ExamfBed the body of
ihe deceased man, Stoors, on the night he was
shot; was called up by an officer 10 90 and dress
The wound Of a man who had been shot; went to
ne spot and saw the young man lying bleeding
bolcrd The wound, and found IL was necessarily
fatal; found no pulse; held his ear over the heart
but II had ceased to pulsa,e: the ball had passed
.ut1ngh the aorta, or great blood vessel leading
To the heart; the wound on the right breast
between the second and third ribs; the wound
caused the young mans death undoubtedly.
WtHtdUi JOaHSOH, sworn-On SATURDAY. night
The ID of April about nine O'Clock George John,
500, Augustus Heissler, Thomas Brown. Edward
Meads, and witness, started from the Northern
Liberty mATket-h house; went from there to the
corner Of nj and Fourteenth streets: the shooting
took place at the corner OF New York avenue and
Ninth streets in front of Nugent's barber-shop;
OroI"e Johnson, Heissler, and Brown went in
The barber-shop, and said they were going to stay
tbsre.all night; John Nugent tcolored) Kent the
eeep; bat was not there at the time; there were
chars, sofs, aud looking glass in the shop;
naoosd Meads and witness sat down on the
ssenE fronting IA street; while there, saw Stops
xsdkfhan named Manyett- coming, down Ninth
sff6ff.t towards the barber shop; when they got
t638Rth and h streets, witness went up to Stops
VINO spoke Ia witness; he spoke before witness
went to bimi while witness was talking with
Stoops, HelsSieT came out of the shop; in the
Insantime, Meads Joined witness and Stoops
s,andihs oehind witness; while in this position,
heissieI came out, and going up to Manyette,
Knocked him down; he was standing b. the side
Of Stops; Stoops then started to run; and
Augustus Heissler drew out pistol and shot him;
NJ ran two or three feet, and fell; he was hat
t'w feet from Heissler and fell immediately To
the pavement; George johnson came out of the
shop immediately after Hrissier; and was on the
spot before the shooting took place; the name of
the deceased was MarceIIus Stoops: when Stoops
addressed witness, he said "heilo Swyrnr y
that you'' and witness made answer "Ycs;n
StooP> was In front of witness, and Meades W as |
behind witness; Manyette was by the side of
StooPs when Heissler came out; witness stood
within half a foot or foot of stoops; witnesses
hand was not on Stops, nor was StoopS' hand |
on witness, that witness remembers: witness
does not feel positive TO this hut thinks N is
So He1ssler did not say anything; did not hear |
Scoops saw anything to HeissleT; after S:oops AZ
shot ali the parties Tan of; they ran towards |
Tenth street witness and Brown ram to the cor
per Oh Nlnih and street; witnesS Lad known |
Stoops two or three wears.
This witness WAS not examined
trsderieE HdHyetfs, sworn.-Was with Stoops
on the night he was killed, on the Sd of last
April; Stops came tc witness at his boarding
house, about eleven O'Clock at night and asked
witness to 20 with him down the steel: witness
went with him. and at the corner of Ninth street |
ana New York avenue saw several ner,ons ,:ttjug
on the steps Of The barber-shop; as they got to
the corner some one spoke; witness did not no.
lice who spoke or what Was said, as he wds talk |
Ing to S!oops at the same time; witness was
walking along, and walked few steDs still |
talking, and hearing answer from Stoops
turned round and saw Stoops with some man, |
" IN had ia md
IN front OF Stoops; witness INSTANTLY walked /
hack and caught Stops by the arm and told |
slm 70 come along: as witness spoke to Stoops |
ne eSCleimed Oh, you Swypers, don't kill |
me - witness was struck at this moment and |
kpocked down, and on the same instant Stooox
wa, shot; as witness fell he heard the pistol 20
oh, when witness got up h. Stops living about
Three feet OIL while witness lay on the ground |
StoopS said some word about being shot which
witness conid not understand; as soon as witness
got up- he heard the parties running Off and he /
ran on also; did not so back there that night; had
Intended TO- but was prevented by friend At his /
boarding houSe, who advised him not TO, as he |
hlgnt De waylaid and shot bv the parties on his /
way neither of the parties who were with Stoops
could have struck witness, they were all in |
'front.' Of witness, the next dav, at the guard.
house, witness recognized one of the naTt,e.
tWm Johnson) as the man " no had his hand on |
sIo"pss shoulder. -Four e ntiemsn here stood |
together, and the witness, by placing tn m H.
n'strated the relative position of the parties al
The moment he was knoc ked down.
-, ,,s' s- - Was summoned to the
who had killed Stops; the only one OF the par
Ties witness recognized was William (Swyper)
JohnNoni Stops did not attempt to run before
witness was knOc ked down; the bar Der shop has |
dooT ON Ninth street and a door on New York
avenue witness and Stoops Were in front of the
Nin'h street door, about two feet north of H. |
Wh'ch would he about on the corner; witness is
pima OF one eye, and il any had come ont of |
Ihe Ninth street door he could not have seen il |
Gone; Sioops said either ooh Swypern or son
Swypefs,' witness does not Tecollcct which. he |
."uId not nave more than spoken the words when
he was sho'j witness d not see a pistol In anv
body's hand that night; witness was no, more
than two or three feet from Swyper johnson
wneh NJ waS knock ed down; witness was struck
was Knocked of from the pavement into ths
gutter; witness could net state who i1ed the
Fl>toi, Dut hs could state his opinion about II
from the position of the parties
SUDDEN DEArH.-Yesterday,a about 2 O'Clock
Id. Mr. PoIi