Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-01-24
LOCAL NEWS.
AMUsRMRNfs TONIGHT.

ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.
| Growers THRATKs.-" Pauvrstte'' will be
-x,erformrd to- night This is one of Dion Bour-
rIcaur's Most attractive spectacular dramas,
and the excellence With which il Is put upon
thu boards a. Growers, cur plat -goers have
hid sn opportunity Of dis heretofore
Mrs Katr benin psrsonatqs "Pauvrrtte," Mr..
Barron " Maurice, and SetchFll and Mrs
GeImon also appesr. Monday night, Mr. and
Mrs. BaTn@y Williams.
Another excellent bill to-
night julia Nor i'm. VIII sing D-ar Mother
ITi Come Home Again" She sings this song
v::y swcr:iy. M'lirs Mario and Augusta will
dance III the most graceful manner ima yinable
= Grand "Pas Mi,itaire," ana the eyer.pspuIar
sGipsey's i-3y, together with = variety of
soGg, dance, and Ethiopian rccenIricities, will
b. given.
FAs:ETI Es-- ThrInanagcment of the Varir-
tia. close the week by producing bill wherein
Miir Helene, Eva Brent, L,zaita, Ada Tesnln,
Z Florrncr, Bob Batter, Ben Yates, and the
entlre company appear. III Ibis resort the
SINGERS are always OF a super OF order, and
elicit much applause, while thr dancers are
very graceful.
ODp Pillows HALL.-The Campbalrs con-
unGe their fla" performances at Odd Fellows
Hall, making :; one OF the most popular resorts
in the city. This troupe certainly offer the
mot pleasing entertainments going, in the way
Of Ethiopian soiTe-s.
TiLLAEDS Hall Mr.. George Tandpnhof
I'll give anOrh'g reading Tonight, and it will
&c positively the ias:, as he is engaged 10 read
IN r.nnsyivania on Monday. His reading to-
night will include selections from Shaksne,re
Victor Hugo, and Dickens, and gems nom
SERIOUS ana humorous poets. Wizards Hall
vas crowded las; night, and wa pres ume the
Inieltet lii hot De lees might.
CRIMINAL Coo TT, Jan. 23-Trial of .Johp n
Li:tie, Charged irith rae Ku-d<r Of GoitcSnan
Le1ta-iSeeVna Day.-Afer our report closed
srsIcrGay-
Geo. ". Spatex " as sworn-Witn.ss kDowss
littie OF Tie INST part OF The transaction Little
LIVE ne anu witness came out of Miss Julia
Nan - on tnc opposite corner of the aIley
Little vent on to No. %. Luwayne and him
>rif started 10 20 out OF the alley, and saw
iw0-"or"e niiRgS III front OF No 10 with lady
III II, " no lie rpcOyuix d rs the last ,yitne.s
Sarah Bowen. Witness heard Leach innu,ra
= " no IL going 10 slap mouths - and supposed
hat i.i;il' iiaG threat. ned To siap the y,lman's
met u i-etrh ii:a,:r a IA h 1T Little and knock
cd hIe hst eii. Little said, Jack don't hit mo:
you re Il last. diCtn say ~ as going tn Ian
any ore III tlie MOUTH" Witness asked Leach
10 give him light Of segar. Leah sort of
pGrcii''i ~ witness and asked witness what
be EIs oO;E5 here and he IL piled that he had
nothing 20 20 with IT,
Dy Mr. i'ayi5ge.-Wi ness did moi see Leach
S'TiAe ih~ 'iJ H.; :'i!i CGc struck him. and
IL Fell against the FIir. witness did not know
w6o struck him. he couidnt say that I,ltIa
vas struck Il second time Don't think Lu-
wayne was struck until after I-!ttle's iIaI WAS
kEocErd oft, Little bag k u away when his bat
was knocked oil. " illness thought that II was
sr:ung tno hot for him, and lief and went to
PVrdys.
BY Mr. GarTin gtcn-WIlnass thinks no s,,,,
L;sch IN iise alley about the time Little was
-iTG,k. lie >aW Lewis tht-re about the same
Enir. a thinks IiIs,I i.r carried La -gayilss hat
u hin. iiH S:iw !sGr1yne fill against the
i.HtD. I,uwayn ran vI;t OF tfa alley. lie saw
some one With LuWayEe's hat. and supposed
II was taken 10 HIM. " illness had i::r hat in
his Eanu once, but dropped il The woman
.s IN ii:- iiug:y Just liz fore Lj;ile was struck
Witness saw Justice Walter in the alley. and
D. nearly rode over witness.
Charles u. Bartlett. sworn.-Witness was in
ll. ft.r,.ss lie
month tr'foIe tia homicide, and heard Leach
say, "if Johnny Little, the id little snotty-
HCssd s-n OF a p-h, don't keep away from my
woman, L Will kill him. 1t was III Mrs
Fey nosis's house that deceased said this, and
witness was lying On ;iic sofa at the time
TraciI appeared to b. angry, and witness
thought i;r WIS in earnest Witness did not
.rli Little Of this remark.
By 8 .Turcr.-I.-acIi came in ard walked
around " hen ilr used th. rrnark, and then
went zap si:tirS. Thinks q girl named Ida was
iii the loom ri the time.
Emma 'g,oar, swoTn.-T Witness was boarding
a. Jennie Reynolds AT the time of the homicide,
and Tecoiiect- Leach returning home with
Sarah Bowen. Witness heard a noise in the
alley, and looked ont OF her window, and say
tour or five men, and raised the window and
locked againi and Saw tall man knock two
.,:IhrTs COME. Witness thinks that Leach
Knocked them down, bat she did not kaow who
they Were.
Ia by sll n. On the ni-ht OF November Both ha
rnI uon II The Avenue and into tie alley, and
s"v Il sp:tu OF horsrS and carriage. Several
prisons We're there. and Little among them.
The carriage was standing near the crossing of
he alleys. and witness had got 10 II y-!iep he
saw iit:ie retieating towards Missouri avenue,
and man he supposed to he leach following
han. Little said Jack, We have settled this
once bpfCra." Witness was following along
sEd was n dr. enough 10 see th,. moiu of the
parties. This tail man followed he other down
!,i ciiuciied him when Ia got little over half
way from the crossings 10 Missouri avenue
lusi ''r' "nd II stable door The tail man struck
Litilr and brought hiai 10 his kne,.s, or rather
TO Il bending post SO that the tall man was
over ham, and sill lac kept his grasp on him,
and did ict stop his blows While in this no
>;'iUn lie card Little say Jack, let me up or
will cut tor stab you" Witness is not GER
tain whether he said cut Oh stab. The tall man
said, :. You Id little s-n OF = abb, will YOU
eat ne = Then there n scuffe for a few
w0iI'rn;s, and tin tall man got up and said s. l
am cut" The tail man had something in his
hand. but witness could not say what il was
The tall man eontiE ued To- strike after the other
said that be- would cut aim. The next he saw
g! Little ic was r'trratirg towards Missouri
avenue, and witness came out OH Pennsylya-
ma avenue, and went towards the War De
payment. illness does not know what be-
came OF The tall man, (fIrach,) and could not
state what he had IN has hand. Witness has
resided here about five months.
Ky MIR. Carrington.-"itness had seen Little
often, put never spoke 10 him, and had not seen
ann since tie homicide. Witness had resided
~ toe city for about five months. He was in
Inc habit VI going To Jennie Reynolds. He did
mol hciice " neither any one was in the buggy,
The horses in which headed towards Missouri
avenue witness saw two three persons
follow very near Little and Leach, but did not
see any others do an thing. Witness did not
attempt TO separate them. or 10 get the others TO
do 20. - he could foIm no idea Of. the number of
times Leach struck Little, nor could he tell
what he struck him with. He had not told any
one that il was pistol. Witness had told Lieut.
Dalton that he knew Of these facts, but he did
nc. ,OnIn unica.e them to- Lttlr. He had never
told any that he did not know of any of
'hesF facts until after he returned to the city,
about one week after The occurrence.
BY Dir. Wilson.-%i.ness does not recoilect
;hs position OF the parties when he first went
IN. He saw Leach deal 8 blow and catch Lit
tie by the collar or shoUi der.
GiorJs GrayedD, sworn Witness, on the eve-
mag OF the homicide, WAS going down Missouri
avenue. and when opposite TO Marble alley he
heard high language used, and went up the
alley one or two steps and saw two men-a
large one and small one. The smaller one was
parity kneeling down, W lille the other had him
hN the throat with his left hand, holding in his
rlEnt hand a pistol, stick, or something-which
Ia could NOT disting uish, ii was rather dark
Which he was striking the other with over the
head. The small man said Jack, If YOU strike