Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-25

CRIMINAL COURT.-Tbe Court Yesterday took
~ "a case in which John Heineman alias Nicholas
Heineman, and Mary Heineuan, his wife. are
charged with harboring three negro slaves owned
by James Fowler, Of Montgomery county Mar
lard
JAMS FO.clsr testified that on the night q, ,b,
:.;h OF November he was in Washington and go.
home late; servants all home then NeYt rno,ni
got M very early, and they were gone W. =,
Baltimore to cut off their escape by that Wv,
Then came to Washington and made inouirits
~ o',.neu no ucings of them; but mex, day
about ciocE heard that they were i'm iaiI aud
went 70 Jazz and identified them Two Of tben
Alfred ead Amanda, are slaves for life. the 9th,
,,.f. las Tree man, and was in the employ of
vines Witness offered reward of s15n fo,
'teIn In the Baltimore and WASHINGTON nana,s
Lertaln parties claimed the reward three or four
"l .hem- There were two parties claiming il.
ana witness had not paid it vet to any one Alfred
has been IN the habit Of coming to Wasbington
oiten 10 see his wife. Isaac the free hoy. never
mas Deen here but twice since he has lived wifi
witness. Ii was he who previously told yyitr,ss
'ha' certain negroes in the vicinity were about to
run oil. and they lad persuaded him Hsaac) to 90
"a WIN them They must have left after II
o'clock at night
W Clark testified, that the day the slaves were
-frested he was informed that they were i'm Heine
man house. witness and Downing went Their:
,ue uoofs Were open; witness went in ard asked
Tor the slaves; they denied that any slaves were
There, and witness and MIR. Bowling searched the
hoIse, and found them under a trap-door in the
moor' ana pulled them out and tied them Mrs
Ht,neIian then sent for an officer and witness
IOid her he though ne was good enough an officer
fof such purpose az that. Witness believes there
5 no entrance to the cellar except through the
Tdp-dOOr- Mr. Osborne informed witness that the
slaves Were there Witness armed with q re-
volVef, which he borrowed for the p,1rDOse before
lie went there. Mrs Heineman didn't say she had
ssc'ai times sent for an officer. Jus. before the
,ral-door was opened, Mrs Heineman said send
!cf an O1icer-H Witness has Claimed and eypects
- receive ms portion Of the reward offered by
'oW!ef- MIS- Heineman didn't say ANYTHING
dnout reward having been offered fer the arrest
Of the negroes
Ny SehaHm6srgsr, sworn.-Witness came NV
tne mouse OF Mrs Heineman in the night and
was looking for his dog. Mrs. II. asked witness
II he was so proud that he could not speak 10 A
poor people any more. Witness sid NO. sir ;;
Tney talked about buying potatoes. and witness
wen; IN TO look ~ them They got = candI. and
vent into the cellar to look at them She then
asked witness to take drink Witness told her
res The middle door of the back room WAS
eating and drinking. Witness said s.You Lave
some company She said .sYes. they are bnn.
Sry' They looked hard at witness She eaid
tut negroes need not be afraid of witness as ho
fwitnesS) was her man. She then said thn,- -, =.
runaway slaves, and were either going To phil.
3"fiPhla or New York, and she didn't know how
80 H. .i G1 away except by getting to 90
e" cue railroad and get tickets for them The NJ
goes toi'i witness they belonged to Mr. Fowler
,He OF Them said a man on English Hill named
80 vs. hhew thein and If he knew where they
"ere he would get them tickets Witness offered
" go 10 MN Tor them. Hsineman was to come to
witnesses shop next day to see If witness found
Brooks, and when he came he aid tn nonn.
Were IN his cellar s''
~ Osborne testified that at the time mentioned
n,EVl.nS came To the shop where witness worked
,.' asheo witness TO 20 with him. Witness told
hihi ne would go Bowling showed witness the
paper containing the advertisement Witness then
I-dIieu tue circumstances of the finding of the
'i'ves' as related above by the witness Clark
~ DOtc9'Hg'S testimony, i'm all essential D3r
tculars, corroborated with that of Osborne and
Clark VI ii0 anu
The evidence for the prosecution closed here
NY H'trsr, Tor defence, testified that she WAS
1T helnernan's the day the slaves wore s.d 70 i've
mere, ana YVES all through the house. and no
slaves Were there ~ NV
HTS GiHsnbach-Knows Ueinernan.s folks
was there Monday after two o.clock wben Tho
men came t. look for the slaves Mrs n told
witness she had negroes in the house and was in
t loIols Nhen the men came, one of them said
~ had d search warrant, and that be w2s an officer
w itneSs went out then; was afraid Mr. II WAS
az r'e uhle; ne h3d newspaper in bis hand.
.uTS Hc AdHloTa testified that she is the wife Of
TIiCtf McNam Lives in the nei q hborhood of
htlhenan; remembers the day the slaves were
taken. hat day Heneman came TO witnesses
no"se ard inquired for Mr. McNarama; said he
wanted blTH To come to his house IL WAS abor,
= O'Clock In the day when he came: his wifi,
came the same evening.
NJ DiHs's testified that he knows Heineman:
Ids known him four or five years He is an hon
tsf man. He is laborer He speaks very EitJe
.:nb!lSh; witness always speaks erInan with him
witness never heard him try 10 speak English
W Le'SLeT testified to the same effect as to the
character OF Heinenan
tiTN- Lstgier'S testimony amounted tn the sane
IN effect as that of her husband
tE. SIC NGmdTd knows Heineman: and is him
I'll an officer Always took him III J to be an
honest man. N' ~ " "
counting erideHct.-Mr. Minor, a Juror. testi
,.tu Ihi;t he knows where the He;neInans live
NeEsf heard anything against the man. but has
card his wife spoken of Is a fortune-tslIcr
The defence closed here and the case was oi Won
:" Voc jury, who convicted the prisoner on the two
H,st Two counts in the indictment, and ACQUITTED
"lil on the other This verdict finds them oui ltv
~ harooTing two slaves for eighteen hours
Tie Court then adjourned over until Friday
next, at the usual hour