Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-08-18


FURTHER HEARING RELATIVE TO TIL
BAWDY HOUSE, Row-Justice Clayton held q
further hearing in the case of Maria Burns,
charged with creating disturbance at the
house OF Mrs. Koerner, No. $40 Twelfth street.
Yesterday afternoon at the Second Ward
Station House, Margaret Bowen, Minnie Myers
and Amelia Morrows, three girls living In the
house were sworn as witnesses, and their tes-
timony was all to the same effect, viz, that
Mrs. Burns came there and threatened the life
OF Emma Miller. who she Mrs Burns1 alleged
was her hus bands paramour. All, however,
denied having seen Patrick Burns MRS.
Burns kusband) at the house that day
While Minnie Myers was testifying to the
above effect, Burns interrupted her by saying
that he was at the house that day. He said
some one told him that his wife had threatened
to take the life of Emma Miller, and he went
there to put her on her guard. He, however,
he said, only went to the door and warned
Emma of the danger she was in.
Minnie Myers-ssI don't care, I never saw
Burns in our house,
MT Burns-'.Oh, Minnie, 1 have been in far
worse hnus es than yours isl
Mrs Burns at this time repeated her state
ment subs tantially as given yesterday and pub
lished i'll the Star. She said that when she met
her husband aud he told her to go and prosti-
tute herself for living, she told him she would
take his lie before she would do that. She
thea followed her husband to Mrs. koerner's
and saw him 60 to the door; and desiring to
find out if it was house of ill fame, she went
there and applied for board, telling the gIri
VINO came 10 Tie door Iulunlc tuyeTS) tnat MT
Burns had sent her there. Minnie replied,
rWhy, Burns is Miss Emma's friendn Mrs
Burns says she then went ~ Emma, pulled
her down stairs, and told her she could have
few hours wherein to leave the city. Mrs. B.
was then put out of the houss, and at once
commenced the bombardment, as stated yester-
day.
Minnie here denied saying that Burns was
Emmas friend. She said she thought the
woman referred to "Tommy, who belongs to
the Birney boys" and who was Emma's lover.
This Mrs. Burns contradicted, and thereupon
Minnie stood upon her dignity-declared her.
self n lady-was not ashamed to sho W her face
anywhere, &c, &c.
Mr.. Burns said he desired protection from his
wife, As she had threatened to shoot him. He
said she had freq uently driven him from his
hozse and had sold his furniture.
Mrs b. acknowledged she had done SO, but
said she did il because Patrick was living with
being Interested i'll gambling hell on the
Avenue. This Burns denied. He acknowl.
edged, however, that he had lived with Emma
Miller, and that he had left his wife because
she told him IS / am We, but You are not
smart enough prove it,
Considerable more elimination and recrimi-
nation passed between the parties, and the
Justice finally concluded to commit Mrs b. to
Jail for a further hearing, at such time when
her mind shall not be so much excited.
Throughout the whole of this matter 1t must
have been evident to any unprecedented OBJ.
server that Mrs. Burns was as much sinued
against as SHINING; and yet there were hanging
around Burns, and evidently in sympathy with
him, one or two parties who should have stood
perfectly aloof. Even when the Justice was
writing out commitment to Jail for a few
days, q certain detective. who had nothing to
do with the case, except SO far as his feelings
for Burns might carry him, tried to induce the
Justice TO send her to Jail for longer time
than he contemplated. The public would no
doubt like to be informed whether It Is de-
tective's duty to act the part of counsellor
aud pleader tor Q party thus implicated him.
self In these disgraceful transactions.
TIN EXPLOSION AT THE ARsRSAL.-Thef0l-
lowing particulars of the late explosion at the
Arsenal is given us by a gentleman cognizant
of all the circumstances, in correction OF ex-
ageerated statements that have gone out con-
Tha explosion did not take place sunder
shed, near the wharf," as stated, but In the
OMEN air, and did not involve more than ten
pounds Of powder-not" tone HUNDREDS" nor was