Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-07-16

Il
itan' for mrdsr-The jury in the above case
| yesterday remained in their room for four hour,
before being able to unite upon their verdict. At
| four O'Clock. p m, they came into court with a
| verdict of murder in the first degree as TO Cbss
| Barrett: and Henry Williams guilty of man
| slaughter. The prisoner, Barrett eyinced con-
| siderable emotion when the yerd ict was an
| Notwithstanding into tears he was unable to
| rePress until he arrived at the Jail williams
also was anllcted with the result of the trial but
| aPpaiehtlv In greater degree for Barrett than
for himself
In tue Jail, after the prisoners were remanded,
Nllila,Ils went TO Barrett and put his rm around
| MN Barrett looked mp and saw that he had at
| least the sympathy of his confederate, and burst
| into Hood of tears file seemed to be completely
| nnneTved, and his every act indicated the ex-
| tremest agony. Deputy Marshal Phillips, with
| i guard consisting of one of the Jail guards the
| court baliffs, and detachment of eight of the
| city police, attended him to the prison On the
| way Barrett appeared TO be very weak and IL
| was feared he would fall to the ground D,putv
| Phillips was continually exhortiny him not TO
| give way, TO sustain himself az man But il
| and in the prison his conduct wa, much more
| affecting than ere arriving there He seemed to
| think himself already sentenced and observed
| that now the irons would he put upon him, and
| ohiy hc removed when he should 90 upon the
| Scatiud
| The trial Of Heisler for the murder Of Young
MarcellnS Stops. was set 70. next Tuesday and
| the court then adjourned.
To-day the case of Michael Shea was tried In
which the prisoner was charged with assault and
battery on Joseph Fletcher, with intent to kill
| him on the eth OF June, 1858
| Joseph Fletcher, the prosecuting witness in This
case, testified that he was the corner of Fourth
| ana sachusettS avenue; a crowd coming
up and walked across the street, when people be-
| gan TO run and witness ran off throuy6 an alley
| ana while running heard shot, but did not
| low who fred II; thought he heard a | all was
| NOT MT, ana went INTO his sisters house, knows
The prisoner at the bar, but did not him shoot;
| II was election day, witness was so frightened
| that he could not say whether he heard the ball
| or not
Mary She0hnn testified that she wa. standing
| al The back gate, and saw the prisoner draw
| something and shoot; but witness did not know
| what IL was whether it was a musket or a pistol;
saw Fletcher run through the alley, but don t
| whether the prisoner fired at him or not
| nv HAN testified that he had Just returned
| h0ins ana saw tn prisoner, who told him that
| The had Just shot At Young man who was run
nlng through an alley, and that if he had not
| lodged he (PrlSoner would have killed the s-n
| of b-Ch y The prisoner said to witness that
| the Young man he had shot at had pistol in his
band this was in the afternoon of election day.
| the prisoner lives next door TO witness
| James krrdHGrgh saw them standing AT the
| corner oil the alley with pistol; didn't who
sh"t; only heard the report of pistol; didn't see
Fletcher have pistol that day.
| Eretint HumphrtyS heard Shea say that he
| had shot al one OF them. There was consider
| aole confusion in the neighborhood Didn {
|
| John Snitiran, called for defence knew pris.
oncT between four and five years. He is DIS re &c:
able man as witness ever knew
| Mich Waller knows shea He is industrious
| hard working and honest This is the first time
witness ever heard of his having iii ulty with
| any man
| The Jury returned verdict of not guilty.
OnT report closed here.
| 'SF"RrUNATE kOCCURRENCE.-Do Douglas and
Richard Harrington, sons Of Mr.. A. r Harring-
ton, OF this city, returning yesterday from Prince
| ueo'%e county, Md came TO the Anacostia at
| the Licking Banks, above Benning's bridge. and
| IN their anxiety to get home as soon possible
| determined To attempt the passage Of the river
| by swimming II. When near halfway Richard
| the younger brother, called o Doug lass to turn
| pack as the current in the channel was so rapid
that ii they kept on he (RiChard) would certain
| ly drown. Douglass made no rrply and Rich.
| ara turned back, but had not gone far before he
| turned to see if his brother was cominy-but he
| had sunk. Richard gained the shore. and went
| ABOUT TWO hundred yards to where a number Of
| persons We're hauling seine, and got them to q
win their net and assist him to seek for hi,
brother. They dragged until they tore their net
I'D pieces, out without success Richard then
anne 10 Inc city with the atfi letting intelligence
| for the family.
Ihe unfortunate young man was between - and
% years OF age, and a member of Wesley Chapel
SrnOOl-thdn whom no other was mo p beloved
ana respected Dy his fellows. nor was there a
more exemplary or more promising youth in his
death has therefore caused deem sorrow 10 A aro.
number OF SymP3thiZing friends The notice for
meeting OF the School named above TO take
place this evening has reference TO the sad event
dhu we uHst Will be attended by all its members
| WATER, WATER. WATER On the day be
| fore Yesterday, We published commune alton
| severely censuring Commissioner Rawlings, who
has charge of the supply OF water to the citizens
| of the First and Second Ward. of this city for
~ IA D- hNyN hiCh "A
| few individuals We're privately supplied Yes
| today. We also published Il complete vindication
or the commissioned from the aileyat ons of that
| c"Innunl cation, signed by d number of worthy
and we'll known citizens On this subject w.
| have 10 say that there can lie doubt of the
| ehciency, integrity and entire imp1halitv of
| the manner in which Commss oner RAWLINGS
| disc hdTpes his duties There will ALWAYS G,.
| cases wherein III protecting the rights of the
community he must trench on the privileges
| enjoyed by few private individuals which
| tn ~ fancy, Of course tn be rights ia so doing,
one IN his position must expect 10 he regarded
by theln as sort OF hyena rhiaoCeTos, or hi po-
| p"tdInus bent on crushing their individual RIG hts
| Win one crasl-tog-theT of his terrible otic ial
| teeth we presume that by this time his official
hide has become a. tough that of either of the
| bugaboos mentioned above; and that CONNIE
| h-ndlng the fact TINT the public understand that
individual chdgrin is at the bottom of mi
| nt The assaults through the press upon persons
IL his position, he allies that such as are aimed
al hin "rr regarded ds being simply proof that he
| discharges his trust without fear or favor
| IHE NEATHER.-Ranye OF the Thermometer
from Thursday noon, July 5, to this morning:
Morning. Noon. Night
Suay -....' -.....-... $40 so
| riIudy. ................... 80 IS 80
| 't'utudy ............ ~ - -
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