Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-10-29

| A INV CoHSrnHScI GAnr.--Tas Dietiosav,
Dsdgs Lon Saturday last q case wss tied bef0s,
/ Justice Ferguson, in which man calling himsel
obtained, from the arm * Blanchard & Mohua
bcokellefs, dictionary valued at SO 50, unde
1 cinumshnces OF an unlawful characief.7 - 81
/ M BtaneAd,d testified thai few days ago the
late edition Of Wehster,s Dicfionsfy. witness
had no copies Of the book In question. and ths
prisoner went on down the street. The same
evening ne cane In the ,tste with wehs.st'.
| had bosight 1t in his store Witness replied thai
he bad not. Prisoner said he had purchased IL Al
some bookstore that day, and that his wife had
az ; Sssa out ana Purchased similar book and
the book TO witne1s who did not want to purchase
! II, but finally gave the man "a for Ii. A day or
two Afterwards he came In and said he wanted
70 geta Worcestefs large dictionary to "a ke home
fof purposes Of reference, OF TO Compare some.
thing IL contained with his Webster's COPY
He said that he would bring II back in tie
morning, and that perhaps he would buy It, He
asked that bill might be made out Of the
price Of the book, for kim to tale along with
him. and In case he should conclude to ts Re It. be
would bring OF send the money down In the
morning. de gave his address somewhere i'm
Thirteenth street. and took the book and the bill
away with him. Two days passed away, and he
did not return the book nor any money, and wit.
ness informed bis partner Of the transaction, and
theY concluded that something was wrong about
It. Before sending to his house Mr. Mohun went
over to Mr. French's bookstore to make some
inquiries, and ascertained that Mr. French had
also disposed OF dictionary to the same indi.
vidual, under very similar circumstances Wit
ness then sent to the address given BY the pris-
oner, and ascertained that there was no such mum.
Der IN Thirteenth street. From what witness has
since learned, 1t appears that the prisoner had
endeavored to sell the dictionary be obtained
from witness 10 MIR. Shillington
1.-THE prisoner here interposed, saying that he
gave the right address to Mr.. Blanchard, No. 28s
Fifteenth street, md that there was some mistake
aoou, II, as b had not designed to cheat Mr.. B. or
Mr.. Blanehafd.-No you didn't you gave
numoer IN Thirteehth street. and there il no such
William RHsssH bookseller In Seventh s,reet)
sworn .--Witness don't know anything about this
AFFAIR with Blanchard Mohun. Only knows
about his own transactions with the prisoner
The Magistrate $50 on and state all about IL >,
The Witness We'll, sir, the prisoner came into
my store, No. $50 Seventh street, few days ago,
and said that a lady was going to Georgetown and
ne wanted to send dictionary to some institution
there by her, and that he would come in the store
In the morning and pay for 1t. He gave bis name
as Harris, and said be lived in street, No. BIS.
sold him a copy Of Webster's Dictionary for
s6 So and took bis address. A couple of days
passed and he didn't come nor send the money
and / sent my boy to No. 3l5 F street. where he
learned that no such party lived there or ever had
& Mr.. Richstein (of the firm Of French & Rich
stein, oooksellers,) sworn and testified that day
or two before the 18th of October instant, the
copy Of webster's dictionary, stating that his
room mate had bought one, and he had also
bought one, and as they did not need two he
Would like to dispose Of his copy. Witness pur-
chased the dictionary for "a. A few DAYS after.
wards he came in the store and purchased of wit
ness a copy Of Worcester's dictionary to send to
Georgetown to his sister as he stated. He gave
bis address No. 26s Thirteenth street. and his
name L. j. Harris; and promised to come In and
pay the next day. In few days, he not fulfilling
his promise, witness sent messenger to look for
No POS Thirteenth street, and no such figures
could be found, nor the prisoner either.
Joseph Shi!Iington, bookseller sworn-Test-
led that one evening, few days ago, the prisoner
came In his store and asked TO look at a copy of
Webster's Dictionary; witness showed him one,
and he examined ii, and said that was the one he
wanted, and he would take 1t; witness wrapped
u up for him, and he said he would come down
tn the morning and pay for it; witness declined
slling in taat way. The prisoner said 1t was all
light, that he lived In Tenth st /, and would drop
In, perhaps In the morning, and get II, and went
of. "A few mornings afterwards he came into
witnesses store with copy Of Worcesters Die
tonaTy, which he said his wife had purchased
and that he didn't want Worcester's, having
purchased Webster. He proposed to sell this
dictionary to witness, but witness declined pur-
chasing. He asked what the cost price Of the
book was and witness told him s. IS. He offered
his copy for IS; witness again declined to buy,
and he came down to 81; witness refused to buy
the book on any terms, and he left. -..l-'
The magistrate here stated that since the arrest
Of Harris he had been put in possession of certain
facts concerning him, going TO show that there is
a doubt whether he is Of sound mind IL this
was 30, II would not be proper to send him up to
the grand jury. IL was also claimed for him that
his name Is not Harris, but that he Is the brother
II gentleman who holds foreign appointment
from the Government and upon examina-
question is there. He is a consul Of the U 8. at
Belfast, Irelsnd. Here several gentlemen present
stepped forward to examine the Cons resi- onal
Directory, when the prisoner exclaimed ''Theo-
stated further that the dictionary trans
action ought to Be investigated, in his opinion by
the grand jury II the man was eo,npoJ mentis, but
az be had heard things CONCERNING him which
II was highly proper to examine into, {net only
IN relation to his mental condition, bat also 10
his going about under an assumed name,) before
acting finally upon the evidence which had been
q ven. he should remand him to the Jail for day
or two, and In the meantime endeavor to satisfy
himself by hunting up further evidence In relation
70 the points reserved. Whether he was insane
o. not, his conduct was such as to require him to
he kept under restraint. The prisoner was then
remanded to the jail.
We learn that on the day Harris was arrested
be purchased box of cigars of Mr. Weldon
manner as he had purchased the dictionaries and
these cigars he was endeavoring to trade OF for
cheaper kind at grocery store down town, when
the officer who had been put on his track by Mr.
blanchard, caught him. B.st -,sTp.
CENTRAL GUARD-HousE CAsEs.-Snnday &C.
Williamson, Geo. Thompson, and Edward Ridge
way. disorderly conduct and breaking a store
window; the two frat named fined 81 IS; the last
ruled for trial. Frank Adams and Geo. Lee, drunk
and disorderly; fine and costs, Sc Is Emma
Nelson, drunk and profanity; workhouse 81 days .
John Moran, drunk and dis1derly; do. ST. is !
Snsin Anderson and Julia Butler. larceny of
bacon; dismissed. = $50. tsl1DF
Monday Nick Smith, (cold,) drunk and dis
orderly; workhouse 90 days. Mary Butler, fcol'd3
do; do. 90 days. Alfred Church, Vincent Garner,
and Julia Lomax, (coPd,) do T; fine and costs,
SO. Is each. 90. :. .".'1 "a L"r b" E"Hr1+ !,
iFoR THE BENEFIT OF parents, guardians, and
Young men, and all others DESTROYS OF embracing
the healthy, innocent aud agreeable am usement OF
dancing, | would call attention to the card of
Prof Marini, who is, beyond doubt, one Of the
most accomplished and fashionable instructors in
his profession.
1t One OF HIS FORMER PATRONS. y
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