The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-02-02

TOwsoNTowN, Feb. l, 1889.
CIRCUIT Court FOR BALTIMORE CoUNTy.-Before
Hon. Judge Price. Richard j. Cuttings, ESQ.,,
prosecuting for the State.
THE EIGHTH WARD MURDER CASES.
State us. Charles Riley, VIM. Quinn, James Fos-
sett, Michael Murphy, Henry Burns, Peter Ward
M. J. Grady and Thomas Murry, jointly indicted
for rioting and being accessory to the murder of
police officer VIM. Jourdan, alleged to have been
committed on the 10th day of October, 1857 at or
near Jackson Hall, corner of French and Buren
streets, Baltimore.
Messrs Preston, Cowan, Carr, Snyder, and Gra-
son for the defence.
The Court ordered the prisoners to be placed in
the dock and try them all together.
The prisoners were then placed in the DOCK and
the following Jurors sworn, viz: Richard eson,
j. Edwin Kemp, Jesse Upperco, VIM. Kahn, Morti-
more S. Watkins, VIM. Parks Thomas Hook, John
S. Jones, Emanuel C. Wade, John C. Armstrong,
Ellingsworth c. Carman, and LysanGer McCol-
Tough.
The several indictments were then read, which
occupied the attention of the court for an hour,
after which Mr.. Cuttings, States Attorney, stated
the case to the jury that the day of the murder
OF officer Jourdan an election held in the city,
and riot having occurred at the eighth ward polls
the Mayor dispatched Jourdan and other officers to
quell that riot on their approach to the polls, the
rioters fired at the officers, shot of which
resulted in the death of Jourdan. The pris-
oners were present and aided in that murder
He then read from Wharton, and contended that
if the State could show that the prisoners were
present aiding and abettng, then they were in the
eye of the law, guilty of murder; but the jury
could, from the evidence, bring them in either
guilty of murder in the first degree, the second
they could also render verdict of granddaughter"
''nOt guilty"
Mr.. W. c. n. Carr next addressed the jury in
behalf of the prisoners. He said the Grand Jury
of the city of Baltimore had indicted some thirteen
persons and two unknown, for the murder of officer
Jourdan, and said they might well have indicted
all French street. or parties residing in the neigh
borhood of Jackson Hail. as the prisoners at the
bar and said the evidence the part of the defence
would show that the prisoners were merely lockers
on at the riot, and not participants, until their
homes were assaulted; and that the police were the
assailing party, having banded together with GER
tain rowdies for that purpose.
Mr.. Preston next addressed the jury, and said the
result of Jourdan's death was political fight, the
police coming to Jackson Hall, and, as it were
sptting fire." amid the shrieks of women and chill
dren; then the prisoners acted on the part of the
defanca-
Lieutenant Wright, sworn.-Knew officer Jourdan
and was with him when he was shot; witness and
and Jourdan went with ''squad" of men to sup
press riot at the 9Th ward polls; went out Ho-
day to Hien; before witness reached High street
fall on the corner of High and Hillen
passed up to French and man in Humes street
with gun; he was pointing it at the officers; next
saw a party firing from the windows and on the
pavement at Jackson Hall; one shot took effect in
officer Jourdan's abdomen, and another in George
Thomas hand; at the time Jourdan shot he
was turning the corner of French and High streets;
Jackson Hall was about one and half squares off;
recognized Grady on the pavement in front of the
Hall, he had gun and fired at the officers; saw
the smoke coming from the gun; also
a party fired from the window of the Hall;
there were some five or ten persons in front of the
Hall with guns the officers did not fire a shot at
the crowd, but man named Lynch wanted to rush
the party at the Hail. he had stone in his
hand, officer Jourdan caught him and pulled him
back, when at that moment of time Lynch received
a bullet in his right shoulder; after Jourdan
shot, he was carried away Mr.. Emmit was the man
who received the shot at the corner of High and
Hillen; he lost leg from the shot, and is in Court
By the defence.-Grady was before witness on
former occasion; he came to claim gun which be-
longed to a member of the Law Greys; was never
before witness on a criminal charge; on the day
Jourdan killed Grady was dressed in light
clothing and not in military uniform; he however
had long gun, but cannot say whether it was
rifle or musket; witness did not hail omnibus
load of ''Rough Skins on the way from the 5th
ward polls to the Sth ward polls; person except
officers was in company with the witness; heard the
Sth ward boys was going to take the 5th ward
polls; did not hear to the that the 5th ward
boys were going to take the sth ward polls; did not
see the omnibus loaded with "Rough Skins" armed
to the teeth going to take the Sth ward polls Jour
dan was shot about o'clock, A. NJ; did not see
party dressed in light jackets in company with the
officers when they were coming from the 9th ward
to the Sth.
Without the witness concluding, the Court took
a recess of three-quarters of an hour.
EVENING SESSION.
Officer Wright, recalled.-Knows where Letter
mans alley is; if shot was fired from the alley
witness does not know it, there were, however, at
the time Jourdan was shot, great many shots
fired; the windows in Jackson Hall was filled with
men pointing and firing guns at the officers; Jour
dan was the only ofiicerwh went around the corn
facing the hall, others merely peeped round the
corner; they were no doubt afraid to venture as
Jourdan did.
By the, ,State.-The next witness saw of Jourdan he
was laying in drug store expiring, and had no
other wound Saw Grady at the hall on the pave
ment before and after Jourdan was shot.