Evening star., 1864-12-10
LOCAL NEWS.
The Case of John +. Lusby, Charged with
the Brutal Violation of the Little
Girl, Gctavie RoSseau.

The Case of John F. Lusby, Charged with
the Brutal Violation of the Little
Girl, Octavie Rosseau.
We stated yesterday that John F. Lusby,
charged with the terrible violation of Octayie
Rosseau, a child six years of age, resulting in
her death, had been brought up before Judge
Fisher, in the criminal court room, on writ
of hateas corpus
Probably 10 criminal case in this commu-
nifty for years has created more intense excite
ment, both from the horrible nature of the
crime and from the feeling of dread arising in
every breast that some one near and dear to
them may stand in peril OF similar outrage if
the guilty party or parties in this instance es-
cape detection.
cumstantial evidence leading to the arrest of
the accused by superintendent Wood served
TO revive the feeling in the comm unity, which
had somewhat dwindled under the belief that
no clue to the guilty party was likely to be
found.
1t will be remembered that the outrage upon
the little girl was committed on the night of
THANKSGIVING Day, bv a person described by
Octayie Rosseau as dressed in q soldiers coat,
who accosted her while standing at the gate of
her fathers house on Capitol Hill, and per-
suaded her to assist him In searching for a sum
of money he pretended to have lost Having
thus decoyed her from her home he placed his
hand over her mouth TO prevent her from cry
ing out, and then took her into an alley and
there violated her person in the most shoe king
manner, from the injuries OF which she died
about IL O'Clock the next night. The outrage
was committed somew where between the hours
OF 5 and p m, the exact time being undeter-
mined, from the fact that the little girl was so
terribly injured that she lay almost senseless
in the alley perhaps for hours after the occur
renee.
Unparalleled eyertions were made both by
the police and the military authorities to bring
the criminal to light, and a. minute examina-
tion was made in all the military camps in the
vicinity for any soldiers clothing bearing
marks Of blood or stains OF the filth of the
alley that might serve as clue to the guilty
party, but Ill these searches failed, and the in.
vestigation was nearly given over as hopeless
OF Mr. Wood, superin ntendent of the Old Capt.
tol prison, caused that energetic official to In.
stinte proceedings for the arrest Of Lusby
The Or isoner, who has been working in The
boiler Shop st the Navy Yard, was at one time
in the three months service. He is most re-
specially connected, au has young and es.
Unable wife.
His personal appearance, as we have al.
ready stated, would not indicate him TO be o. =
brutal naLure. Phrenologists and physiogno-
miss alike would agree liz this. His face ia
lGid anu the cast OF his he ad decidedly more In.
tellectuai than animal f-.
At the examination yesterday, the first wit.
ness called was
DR.. Charles NJ Ford, sworn.-I am q pbvsi.
cisn, and have been practicing In this city for
one year. Witness was called upon i'm a pro.
fessional capacity TO visit little gtrI Octayie
Rousseau, living on the corner of B street and
Delaware avenue, about fortnight since I
first called to see her at six O'clock or a little
after six, in the morning. She was alive at the
time, but in a very prostrated condition., and
crying out with great pam. Her mother told