Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-03-15

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CRIMINAL CorRr.-Yesterdav, the Jury in tn.
case Of the United States agt. John Eberly. Jobn
Hickman, and John Dougherty, tried for com
uniting a rape upon Laura Schwingman. after
court room, bringing verdict OF guilty "a in
dicted, upon tie rendition Of which the counsel
3ot the prisoners entered molten for an arrest Of
Jas. Wslch, alias Wallace, the curtain stealer
was again tried; this time upon charge Of bur-
S,ariousLy entering into and abstracting curtain
s wOI'h GU, from the dwelling house Of Hugh
mcLengh!in, In February last The jury found
aseralct OF guilty as indicted. There are three
ouer caars OF burglary against this famous opera
.0r, no" pending in this court, but IL is more
man probable that noHc pyosequt will be en-
Ief'd by the District Attorney I'm the remaIninu
eases, as Waoh has been already convicted this
Term In nVe cases OF felony, the aggregate Of SEN
fences IN which will give him an almost life time
term In the penitentiary This man Walch came
10 thls city some ten weeks ago from Governors
isiaso, New York, as private in the T. s ser
Tioe on detached duty with his superior oticer
ana during his brief stay in town has managed
nls analrs SO well, and perpetrated his burglarious
other, as to leave room for doubt that he IL an
accomplished house-breaker
To-day.-Fhe case of Patrick Keenan,. hack
man, was called up, in which the prisoner is
charged with aiding and abetting Eberly Hick-
man, and Dougherty in committing a rape upon
Laura Schwincman, and a jury was called
Mr.. Berry, for defence, asked that before Jurors
should be sworn in the case the Court wcl Id cause
them to be questioned as to whether they had
i1rmso any opin on to the guilt or innocence of
!ne accused. This was done, and number of
jurors Were set aside by the Court The court also
excluded as jurors in this case the Jurors who
served In the cases tried Yesterday and accord
1ngiy out nine Jurors Were chos n from the regu-
lar panel OF the term, and three taIesmen were
selected to make mp the special panel
The jury was then sworn, and the trial begun.
Charles Walter, Esq, was sworn as Interpreter
20 detail the evidence OF the prosecuting witness
The courtroom was crowded with SPECTATORS
';urocis To learn the particulars Of the case
rho jury. 0''O -
lie was followed by Mr.. Radcliffe for the de-
PENDANT
the day in question whic is about four weeks ano
she came to Washington in the cars; WHEN she oct
or. 81 the cars she went to tavern the depot
and tried to get employment Saw the. three ma
rines, one Of whom (E oerly) spoke t;erman-tbev
were the same three who were tried here yester-
day-when Eberly heard that she wanted employ
ment he told her he could take her to place
where she could get work She replied that he,
runk Was In the depot, and asked how far the
place was He replied about four squares He
ven wen. WIN witness and got her trunk, and then
SPOKE 10 a hackman as to the charge for taking
them to the house. Witness proposed to carry M =
trunk, and save hack charges. Here keenan,
S Tas mae 10 stand up and the witness identified
MIN as tae hac KHAN in whose hack Eberly
caused her to ride After she got i'm the back
with liberty it stopped, aud the other two got in;
~l'ness wanted to get out, and Eberly threatened
ger out They drove away from the direction of
TIE Island, (where Eberly had proposed to take
iisT :! ana went up to the right from the depot,
and then up towards Georgetown. The one who
SPOKE herman began the assault upon her, and the
DINER two held her in the carriage. When he was
saHsned with what he had done, the other two did
Tue same thing. During this time witness was
gagged with her shawl and struck in the face
several ,LIiss. Witness tore the shawl away sew
eia I nules ana screamed for help as long as she
had power, and broke the glass of the Carriage
" mere Ihey were violating her person there were
very few houses; and the driver Of the hack
Stopped the horses and got down, and she knock ed
very hard and screamed, and he o ened Il e door
and laughed at her, ard abused her by placing
MS bands upon her While the hack was stand
ing one OF lhe men who did not speak German
FioIaIed her person. The men discovered that
some one was running after the carriage and told
ths driver to drive fast, which he did-very fast
The witness was submitted to a severe cross.
examination, during which she stated that She
never had voluntary intercourse of a criminal
character with any man. Witness had lived with
Mr.. Koch aud Mr.. Jue mann
JACOB r. hiHS, officer, stated that be saw Jaura
farly next morning i'll the watchhouse She was
bloody, her hair disheveled, her face and neck
covered with scratches and bruises
Officer Homer arrested Keenan, and b,o,rh,
MN 20 the watchhouse, and he did rot deny bat
hack. " "
POTOMAC FIsHERIEs.-The following bill. to
IL T. I'M
tarles' Is now pending in the Legislature of Vir
gna: - II
Where's the Legislature of MARYLAND. at its
present session. have passed an act to chan1. th-
time Of fishing in the Potomac river tn nr1bih,t
persons from rshing with seines or giIl.netts on
pcslte the shores of the owner or occupier of any
n'hefy, and TO define the rights of bona tide citi
zens OF the counties bordering on said river. and
WHEREAS 1t is desirable that our laws upon the sub
1ect should conform to the Legislature of MARY
l. BE u enacted, &c, That the fishing season for
snao ana herring in the waters Of the Potomac
diVes, snail begin the first day of March, and end
en- the nrst day OF June in each wear
:. NO person shall haul, drift or fish .nv sei,s
or GU net within the waters, bounds or births of
any gniaIly hauled fishing landings, nor oppo
sue 10 any part Of the shore of the owner or orcn
pier OF any fishery between the first day of March
ana Tue hrst day of June in each wear without The
ehIssioh OF the owner or occupier Of such fish
M dnuIhe; ana any person so offending shall he
SUBJECT TO the forfeiture and fine prescribed bvtbs
next succeeding sections y "
d. Inc owners and occupers Of the regularly
hduleo nSnlng landings are authorized to render
any sheriff or other officer assistance necesserI e.
arrest any person violating any of tue provisions
"t Ge Two preceding sections and tue said officer
snail seize all boats senes and futures in the nos
session OF such person. and carry the nerson so ~,
rested before some justice of the peace to be dealt
win aS herein directed and the said oticer NAV
summons tue posse eOnli,Gtus to aid him i'm MAXIM
arrest or seizure authorized by this act and -
iot that purpose also press at the exnenss of tn
ahy steamboat or other vessel BELONGING 10
rnt2 nod H.,
carrying the United States mail s1se" Ia
a.; no person shall fish in the Potomac river or
,S ulo9taIles, during the months of March. Ap,il
May and June, with gill nets or seines Of anv tinG
om and snGa net. OF se1es be out
the said river and its tributaries and every neson
so enendlng shall, upon conviction thereof forfeit
s snu pay sum NOT less than fifty nor more than
nVe hundred dollars; one-half of which snm sbali
20 tne ini0rmer and the other half to the State.
froridsd, That nothing In this section shall BE-
prevent HHz cit,
YES bordering on the aforesaid waters from fisbinp
rue SHORES they own or occupy, as they have hitb
erto been in the habit of doing. MILL
r SerRSNE CorRT- Tues9ay.-No 3.s. The
.aIIea states, appellants, agt. Ellen Whit
Appea! from the district court of the Unitsj
motion ,V Of NE M, sV Gond dstIe. Of
the acnesl , , Soo,a Of counsel for the appellee,
No; lS2. George b. Norwood ct al. aopel,ants
n.y., i.ofeazo n Enequist, &c. This cause was
saomurd 20 the consideration of the Cont -, ,b
,scofo ana printed arguments by MIR. Dodge and
Mr- heveIdi Johnson for the appellant and hu
r.. UGHOnua no