Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-10-20

witness Witness also broszht MIRA Ch,,oo,,sr
from NJ iebuFy to this cisy and tooL ~ -
Johnson Sutton's store 60 purchase rooas
Witness introd need the adv to JohnsorsNo,
he told her he could sell her caitcoes as ehesv
as she could buy them in the CRY. Mrs Cha
ce!Ier was ne "decoy duck" but came in good
faith TO purchase goods Fannie Nolan family
are all IN the Con federate army.
Lieut.. n. l.. Hrnt, of Provost Marshal Ingra-
ham &C, was next called, and testified that
he went with the witness (Worsley,) to the
warehouse, and saw there some boxes, Two OF
which were open, containing dry goods, put up
in bundles directed to different parties. Wit
ness has been in Johnson &c Suttons store.
Was there on the day Of arrest, when the doors
were closed and the key taken to the Provost
Marshal's office. Witness was at the store to-
gay, ana brought away the books and papers
several large account books and number of
papers were here shown to the witness, and
ne Ioehuned them. as the ones he had taken
Mr.. Worseley recalled-witness went into
the cellar OF Johnson &c Sutton's store after the
was usually furnished to witness II IA An
unusual thing to find this kind of grey in the
city. 1t was Confederate grey, and witness
was OF the opinion it could not he found In any
other store in the city. Witness ipnuired at
Perry's If they had any, and was told that thew
had none; Witness has been at Psrry's
but they would not double his hills
and witness would not take the goods The
Perry's told witness they had regular system
of selling goods, and that they would NOT
double the amounts for any man. The Perrv's
knew what he wanted with the goods. On one
occasion Johnson told clerk when he was
boxing up some goods to hurry up il he wanted
any greenbacks, as he had seen that Mosby had
captured a paymaster.
@The commission here adjourned.
THE NAVAL LABoRAToRY-This morning.
Mr.. John w. Thompson was appointed Super.
intendent of the Naval Laboratory OF the Navy
Yard, and Mr.. John M. Mcfarland foreman,
by the Bureau of Ordnance. Both OF these
gentlemen have been employed in the Labora-
tory for a series of years-Mr. Thompson for
over fifteen years, and Mr.. Mcfarland since
boy hood, under the lamented John Clapham:
Mr.. Thompson for the past eight years filling
the position Of foreman: and no doubt exists
been noted as one of the most efficient in the
country. will, under the administration of these
gentlemen, retain its standing for efficiency
DELIVERED TO THE NEW YORK AuTHoRI-
TIRs-Ths morning, Deputy Marshal Borst,
exhibited to Chief Justice Cartier requsiton
Mrs. Eckard, alias Lenorita Lopez, who is
charged with kidnapping a boy, the adopted
SON Of Francis Sugrst, with whom she has
been performing, with two others, at the Can
terbury. A writ was Immediately issued, and
she was brought before the Chief Justice, who
ordered her to be delivered to Mr. Borst, and
with the children, she was taken off in a car
riage, as is supposed, to Bladensburg.
THE REMAINS OF AN INFANT FoUND.-On
Tuesday, some workmen engaged in repairing
the roof of the L.ichau House, on Louisiana
avenue, near Sixth street, discovered the re-
mains Of an infant between the roof and ceiling,
which had apparently been there for many
years. All but a few bones had decayed and
around the neck handkerchief was tied. lead
ing to the belief that it had been choked to
death.
Th1 house has changed tenants many times,
evi6 entity since the body was deposited there
CRIMINAL COURT, Judge Olin.-This morn
ing, Virginia Hopkins, convicted OF I'm assault
and battery. was fined $40.
In the case Of Mary Palmer, previously tried
for keeping a bawdy.house, when the jury
were unable to agree, a nolte pros. was entered.
| The case Of James johnson, colored, charged
with the murder Of Rob't Strope, soldier, on
the LIST OF August last, in riot between a
lumber Of soldiers and coloref men near Lin
DIN Hospital, was fixed for Monday
A number of other murder cases will be
called next week.
SUDDEN ILLNRss.-Last evening Mr. Isaac
Rawlings, a well.known citizen of the Sixth
Ward. who for more than twenty years past
has been employed in the plumbers department
in the Navy Yard, was suddenly attacked by
paralysis while attending meeting at the East
Washington Church. He was taken to his
residence on street south, near Fourth street
east, when medical assistance was procured,
and this morning he vas lying in a precaIious
situation.