Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-01-23

Ine house kept by woman named Reynolds
T n Inc h2I.neast corner OF the alley, and saw
Ifach. Iney came ont together and saw two
persons coming from towards Purdy's When
.nt utCtaseo and witness got to the gaze these
x"o ncn, Little and IuWayne came m and
leach and Little got into con yersaIion VIZ ru'
| mr. toid Little that there should not le any
ites' ana Luwayne went towards Leach bnt
! "itnts IS stopped him in con versatiou. and
| while so engaged some one from beSinI , Gu
; SO knoe kcd Luwayne down Luwayne,s hat
;r,i on, and he ran of, when witness picked it
up anu carried II to him. When ha turnad
BACK AZ saw Little and Leach scufHiup and
NV a knife in Little's hand, with which he
siluek Leach in the left side. Witness imme.
1laleiy ran after Little, who went towards
our.and-a-hatf street bridge Leach and
Lynth ran down the north side of Missouri
~, |hiie witness ran across the street
put uic moi ortrtake him. Witness then went
10 uroy s. and he and Officer Nc Elfresh went
10 the second Ward TO look after Little: hut
MOI nnding him, he came back, and they were
carrying Leach home. The following M ornine
|itness went down the alley and found the
knilf IN Missouri avenue, about five wards
from the gutter and fifty from where the sent
Hing TOOK place. The witness here identified
BY Mr.. Observation-Disclosures did not see
Where Little got the knife from. At the time Of
the stabbing they were both on their f.et and
had hold of each other by the collars. Little
mao n",o OF Leach with one hand, and Leach
by Mr.. Dayidge.-When they scufIied they
were II or 20 feet south of the cross alIey Wit
ness as on the south side of the alley at the
could recognize persons easily. After the cut
ling, Leach, Lynch and witness went toward
mo mo; avenue, witness going first. The pistol
Lynch, but he does not know whether Leach
had pistol or not.
By Mr.. Bradley.-witness did not recoIlect
OF laying on the sofa in Mrs. Reynolds's He
went there because he thought the fuss had
been there. He did not hear any hard words
passed Does not know who struck Lu WAYNE
sever persons had come into the alley on ac-
count OF the first spree-thinks three or four
out ala not know them At the time OF the
stabbIng, Leach and Little had gone off nv
thf mSt Ives Witness did not sa,. tht. pistnJ avid
was net III the house ut the time of the first fra
cas-. W1tress did not hear any words pass
when Iuwayne was knocked down.
Policeman John +. Lynch sworr.-Witness was
not prrsent at the first fracas. He was attracted
py nose IN the alley and went down, when
culty!' Leach told him to arrest the parties
AND went towards Little, when Luwayne ran
iowafds Leach rs If to strike him. and witness
knocked him down. Witness saw Leach with
ms right hand on Littlp's shoulder, and Little
struck him with something, ne did not know
what, IN the left side. Leach called TO him aud
salu ne was cut pointing to his side, but wit
ness dId not see any blood or cut of a knife
Spatss and Little ran down the alley, and wit.
ness and Leach went after him, Leach firing
the alley, and he lcft Leach at REYNOLDS house
witness did not remember of seeing Lewis 1T
the time, but he may have been there. Tharr
Were TOUR or five there, among them Spates
Little, I.uwayne. Leach and himself He did
not STE Lewis until he passed them runnin.,
down the alley. Witness had not been in tao
alley n ore than half minute when the emitting
took place. Witness saw Justice Walter there
and he rode down towards Missouri avenue in
pursuit of the parties. Leach was cut me.
mlatiy ;1tcr Luwayne was knocked down.
Witness here described the position of the par
Ties when he reached 'hr alley. Leach stood
near the corner OF the fence near witness: Lit
tie opposite to him; Spates to the right or east
OF Little; and Luwayne still further 10 the
right On the west side of Marble alley coach
VI linz
Little, Luwayne ran as il to head him off and
witness struck him, saying he need not BE- so
fast
BY Mr.. Davidge.-Leach mad one hand on
Little al lie time he was stabbed and witness
did not see him put both hands on him.
BY Mr.. liradley.-Witness did not see Lewis
until Leach was stabbed. He did not see Lewis
al The house, nor did he go in the house. Wit
ness did not know w hfth..r the man he did not
recognise was Lewis. SpaEes was the nearest
one 10 l-uwaync when he was knoc ked down
witness thinks that colorrd man was getting
IN Tue buggy at the time OF the occurrence He
did not knock Luwayne down when Leach
and Little were talking together. Luwayne
was reaching for Leach when he was knoc;.sd
DOWN Witness was directly behind Leach
when he (witncsS) struck Luwayne. Witness
CID not think that Luwayne could have been
knocked Down, run up the alley. and n man
PICK up his hat and give it to him. and run
down past the witness before Leach was cut
The Court here ordered the Jury in charge of
bailifls, with instructions that they should ave
suitable refreshments, and at - minutes past
DEATHS OF SOLDIERs.-The following have
been reported 20 Capt. Harz, (sfice corner OF
Eighteenth streets,) since our last, at which
dierS may be ouIained:
Elias Dodge a3d n. Y; Chas. T. White, I.2d
Pa Benz. Burweil l45th Pa; Corp. Thomas
Tanton, Doth n. Y; James Moore, sth Pa r.;
Serg't Daniel W Lyons, 1i5th N. Y; Sergeant
Thomas II. Jack on, 12ith Pa: Edward Key,
FIFTH Pa; Chas perkert, 2d Del; owen Xii
irh ~, IN IDa
ney AFFORD, 5th Mich. Cav; ARSON Smith,
l4a,h Pa; Joseph IL. Cobb, 18th Maine; Sam'i
n. y: John Foster, Cd Mass; @. Hutchinson.
18th PA r. L. King, LIST X. L. Cav Harry
Rapr, 6ath Pa; Q. H. Luce, iO7th N. Y; John
Pa Hiram H. Ames, fsth n Y; VIM Ga r+nen
chan. 18th Pa. L.. Michael Murray, lst u s.
Art,y; Joseph Ladue, G0th N. Y. Keller Bobb
Whitehead, l36th Pa; Jonathan H. barlow
| 1G5th Pa; Arthur F. Clark. Sth LII. Cav; John
Sweet, 10Th Maine Christian Shuitz, 9TH N. Y.
GHOvER's THEATER.-The in cleme mt weather
| did not prevent another large and fashionable
! audience attending the last representation of
! "F"ntine," last evening. This extremely pop
nlar and beautiful and admir- ably -dramatized
/ play taken off even before II had reached
/ the zenith OF its success.
| Tonight will be performed, for only this
| TINE, the "Romance of a Poor Young Man."
/ with all its charming music, scenery, and the
grand situation" Of the Leap for Honor"
/ MISSES Kate Denim and Lofty Hough, and
/ Messrs. l. p. Barrett, SetchelI, Rogers and
! others, will appear.
! On Saturday are to have enc night of
! Bour@cault's "Pauyrette;" and on Monday
next the "Irish Boy and Yankee GaI'-Mr.
and Mrs. Barney williamsburg appear in
/ three pieces.
| FIsTICATrNG AWHEKLBARROw.-Yeste
I colored man went to the office Of Justice
! johnson, carrying a wheelbarrow along. The
Justice not being present, he stated his case TO
a a n II dt.p
| wicked fur a Teller roun here, and I wuc ksd
dollars wuf all septs levy; an den when
dun de wuck den he wont pay me, and dsti.
/ Gated dis wheelharrer, and gwine to hsticate
! 1t till he Civ me de money" He left the ,fsti-
| Gated property ut tbs door, and stepped round
/ the corner, and he had hardly lost sight Of the
| property when in come the original owner,
| who 'fsticated the tarrow again: and moved
! of in the other direction. Iarkey No. 1, on
| coming back, found he was beat at his own
! game, and started off in a terrible stew to re-
! fisticate the barrow.