Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-11-13

i doors, wnBt every man that 10 in the house ar
him and brought him 10 the watch.house Bur
ley was doing nothing at all; only arrested him
because he saw him coming out Of the building.
Didnf recognize any Of the participants.
M: Samuel Strosg. Onterrcgating witness. }
What did you do with Mr. Donohoo after arrest
Ing hinI :, -, - :.
seen him since
Mr.. Strong We shall call two witnesses, sir,
70 prove that you put your hands upon him for the
purpose apparently Of arresting him a. directed.
Justice Mr. Foust sweas that he saw you
arrest Mr. Donohoo; and some other officer arrest
| person called I" Doctor''
Witness II did not see Donohoo there.
Lieut.. McHenry.-l saw him In the passage as
/ came down.
| Justice-Mr. Foust, understood you to state
| in your evidence that Mr.. Handy arrested Mr..
| Donohoo?
| Witnsss.-Yes, sir, / did.
Justice.-Do you know Mr.. Handy!
Witness Il do, sir. That's the gentleman,
| lpointtng to Mr.. Handy j saw him take hold Of
MIR Donohoo, at the direction Of Lieut.. McHenry,
| who told Handy to carry him to the Guardhouse.
He also told officer Henning, some one else, to
| take the doctor" down too.
Guardsman Handy.-Mr. Foust, you must GER
| tainly be mista ken. e -e.s s. -sr--
Mr. Foust-Oh, Mr. Handy, have known you
too long not to be able to distinguish you In the
| dark as well AZ in the light. Mr.. McHenry told
you to take Donohoo TO the Guardhouss. You
| of him afterward.
Mr. McHenry.-I don't know when 1t could
have been. II must have been after got out Of
doors
Mr.. Foust, ito McHenry )-You went out Of
doors after you ordered this man to be arrested.
yustice.-Are You positive on this point, -
MIR. Foust Il know all the parties, Squire, and
cannot, therefore, be mistaken.
Jsstice-Mr Handy, did you say that you were
within the building at the time referred to-
MIR. Handy could not have been there at the
time Donohoo was, because If / had seen him
would undoubtedly have known him. He must
have got out before got there.
Mr. Berry.-You are quite positive, Mr.. Foust,
that when you descended from the roof You saw
In the building officers McHenry, Handy, and
Henning, Mr.. Donohoo, and a middle-aged man
who was called doctor"
Mr.. Strong Foust, you don't know who
the Doctor was Was his name DR.. Willett!
Mr.. Berry object, If your Honor pleases, to
putting legal questions to the witness.
Justice Dom of course, as the parties are not
on trial, such questions are entirely Irrelevant.
Mr.. Strong.-Oh, Of course, Squire, IL such
questions are not pertinent, I win not put them
L am no legal gentleman but merely a mechanic,
and therefore am not acquainted with the usual
practices o. such examinations
All. foust, In reply TO the question OF the coun-
sell stated that he was quite positive he saw the
parties named.
Mr. Beny-were you not very much excited at
the time! -.--4--se----. ---z5 a---.
Mr.. Foust-No sir; no more than am at the
present time.
Grarasnan Hsnning sworn Proceeded with
Lieut.. McHenry and his party TO the wigwam.
The parties that witness saw enter the building
after he arrived were Lieut.. McHenry, George
Adamson, Mr.. Oulden, Mr.. Locket and Mr.
Mclean. A large party was at this time coming
out of the building. Lieut. McHenry hallooed
down from the top of the sta RS to close the doors
and light the gas, which had been extinguished
few mi nutcs before. Adamson endeavored to
light IL, but being struck with stone while In
the act, came out without lighting II. Witness
tben went in and Ii hted it, The only persons
he recognized were Mr. Creager and Burley He
saw neither Of them doing anything. He kept
expiration of that time he opened the door and
asked the Lieutenant, who was the outside,
what he should do with those within. He told
him to have them ell arrested. There were some
seven or eight. Heard the evidence of Foust
Saw neither M. Handy, Foust nor Donohoo
Didn't recognize any person on the outside Of the
building. Fhe only person witness allowed to
go out was young man afterwards proved to be
named sullivan) who the Lieutenant said had
just entered, and had nothing whatever to do with
the affair Creager was not arrested that night
for what reason he didn't know. All he knew
was that the officer got his man.
Officer donaldson went to the wigwam in COM
pany with McHenry. Testimony corroborated
the statements Of those witnesses. Only person he
recognized was Mr.. Harrington; he arrested him
and broug ht him to the watchhouse
Vim CHdtp.-Was at the wigwam about the
time the Association adjourned with some friends
walked from there to the corner of Indiana avenue
up, rdllying under the name of 90 National Vol
unteers " Suggested to his companions to walk
down to The wigwam. Bigley and himself started
down Just as they got there, party was coming
out with banner flung across their shoulders
halloing, Now we have IL, boys {" Didn't rec
ognize any Of the party. Mr. Bigiey remarked to
carry away our property" Upon this he started
towards the foremost Of the party and grasped the
banner. exclaiming, You shant Ia ke that YOU
s-n Of b-h." At that moment he was arrested
hD NH ralIa Finrr fhaf l..1
There were two officers standing quietly by at the
time. One seized Bigley, but no attempt was made
either TO arrest or stop the other party. The one
who arrested Bigley might easily have arrested
therether man also The second police ofiNer re-.
NAMED there as Bi2ley was being taken away
without using any effort To secure the property
| which was being carried of. Mr.. Bigley used no
more force than was necessary to recover the flag
He afterwards saw one of the rioters with black
| covered book which was "a ken away from him by
an officer, who handed IL TO another as soon as he
had examined It. Many Of the rioters were very
well-dressed men.
Mr.. Strong They were brave set of fellows
too, Wernt they,
Witness.-Their actions displayed all tie noble
characteristics of such Laughter
jus'ice-Mr; Strong, please don't interrupt the
witness by such Questions. want to get thfoug h
with this case haven't had any dinner yet.
Mr.. Strong.-Then, Squire, let's adjourn for ten
| minutes and take some oysters. That's the way
the Supreme Judges do. daughter
| Justice-fes, but we. are not Supreme here.
Il 4
John CGsary Testimony similar to that OF
former witness. The same voice that gave the
order to "Form in line, Volunteers, az also ex.
claimed several times, "Men you have done your
| duty nobly." -- ...-.-,-1
No evidence being adduced to show that either
4 Mr.. Bigley, Mr.. Alcorn, or Mr.. Burley were in
/ any way concerned In the disgraceful attack but
were present solely for the purpose of protecting
| the property, they were accordingly discharged.
Mr.. Bigley.-Testimony mainly corroborative
1 OF what had already been stated. True, he was
pretty wei acquainted la the city, but he didn't
know any Of toe 'Roughs'' that belonged to that
| party. daughter
Messrs Cuthbert wallach, Burley, and Thomas
F. sullivan were examined, but nothing new
i elected. +"
Two or three important witnesses being absent.
the further hearing In the case was deferred until
Thursday morning next 80 ss.f, : :
l. WHAT EDIp He WANT THERE THE night
before last, the inmates Of the Catholic Orphan
Asylum, at the corner Of and Tenth Streets
Were startled by the discovery Of man concealed
! la the dofmitory Of the institution. One of the
orphan girls went to the sleeping rooms for some
| thing, when the fellow was discovered and she
| screamed and alarmed the other inmates, who
rushed to the place. The man, on being discov,
cred, made. rush towards the stairway door, the
| whole length. of which he tnmbled, headlong,