Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-01-05

He testified that he was at @ rary's houss n,
the night OF the murder. James Murphy was
there also. Murty 9eary came mp drunk WITH
has hack. Witness unhitched the bor,a. All
a man named Wood held the candle NM.
ply was standing in the stable door ana
be made remark TO the effect that "a
drunk as he was, he knew what he wa,
gong 10 do. Murphy had large casa
ku,fe in his hand, and when he went int,
the housP where Geary was eating his supna-
the latter remarked that that was place TOR
him 10 come with an open knife. The prisoner
told Grary % go TO hell, and the latter went nm
stains and got eEn and pointed 70 down s'1rs
" fitness took hold of the gun, and Thomas
! Hilf the secs assd who was lying on q beneb
iTt the room, rose up at the moment. md Mn-
ply plunged the knife into his back. Witness
saw the prisoner also pull the knife ont again
ard Murphy then walked ont ard away Ia,
witness also testified that III knife was run in
up TO the very handle. Deceased was taken %
hospital. but died on the folio wing night
The knife was here produced aud Identified
1t sim bears marks OF blood
Mrs.. Bstssy Gfagg was next called to the stand
and testified TO substantially the above facts
and s"ore positively that the prisoner stabbed
deceased.
There vas no evidence adduced to aev. nov
was there a. the hearing pefOre Justice q iA.-
son, to give a reason Tor the CON miSsicn OF tho
deed by the prisoner. He and Hun. il is S5i+
were friends, but The prisoner upou the ni hi
in que stion was druuk.-REP.l
The RAILROAD DsLAYs.-Thera was oui.a
q storm in he House hall 'to- day over recent
IaitT Cad natures or connection upon the Rain,
more and Philadelphia railroad, all the tip!avs
complained OF having occurred npon this nor.
ton ci the ..Lhrourh line" Honorable mem
bers IN their zeal evidently overlooked entirely
the SO recent destruction of the bridge over the
SChuYlkil river a. Gray'S Ferry, ami the
further fact that from time immemorial tn
Susquehanna has been unnavigable at Havre
de Grace in such storms as that IN which the
mammoth railroad ferry boat got aground.
The company have, however, repaired the
damage TO the ScbuylkIll bridge, by the con-
Il ~ IT,
and have also been pushing ahead the new
bridge being built over the Susuuehanua
VIE remarkable activity and energy when
tie difficulties OF procuring the proper labor
fer ITS com pietion are taken into consideration.
"tth all due allowance, it seems 10 us thathalf
the anathemas hurled to day by honorable
members against the Railroad, should have
I:lnre properly been directed against the unpro-
riGuGs elements, fire, COLI, &c.
The fact that the road is called upon to do
heavy exceptional ogerWork any moment in
these war times, also seriously iEterferes with
the running OF trains on schedule time, we
doubt not
SUSPICION OF MURDER.-Last night OH ~
Fuss, Of the Third Ward, arrested Ellen lax
son. tcoiGred,) who lives on street norm
between 9th ard 10th. upon the charge Of NOR
der. Ellen had quarrel with her niece a girl .
who lived with her, last Thurs day, and turned
her ont OF doors, and. it as alleged, struck har
with r bar OF iron. Yesterday morning the girl
died, and the neighbOTs, sns pecting that death
resulted iIom Injuries inflicted by Ellen, had
Z,
Justice BaTnaClo. Coroner Wood u ard was
| notified this morning to hold inquest.
Z. S.-Coroner Wood X ard held AZ inquest, In
view Of the body vi the deceased. whose nar1i
;S Mary Ann Baker, and there a o eviCanr,
whatever that she had been beaten a. suspect
ed, by Ellen Jackson, her Aunt, Who is no-Y IN
| jail for a hearing in the case, The iury r..
turned a verdict that Mary Ann Baker came To
her death from ILL trea tment by soma one an
known to the jury, and subsequent neglect.
GETTING " FAsT."-We fear that the bet.sr
and more desirable 'fastar"-asldi,ion
| TO the population of w Washington, lin the sn1n-
ION Of one OF our CotempoTaTies.) is a last ,a.
| ginning 10 innoculate more or less of the Old
residents with their ideas OF tha fitness NJ
| things. Wedraw This conclusion from seeing
upon the Criminal Court recort;. the entry Of
IN" payment of the forfeited bail of q notorious
hawdy house keeper by large holder of Wash.
lngton real estate; and again on learning thata
large holder OF Washington real estate was last
night hero of the p. R, matched against
light weight. The gladiators danced, it is said,
around 2i-foot ring in true boxers style,
until they bad fairly pummeiled each other out
q breath, 10 the infinite amuSe rnent OF not only
those invited to witness the display OF SO called
science, but OF the crowd of little boys aud
negroes peeping through the boards where the
match came OF.
POLICE RRPoRTs.-Third Precinct-Georys
Collins, assault; 1886. Alexander Gibbs, Mary
Thomas Hannah Kelly, dismissed.
Fourth Precinct G eorge Edwards, drunk and
disoTdeTly: 50.
Tenth Frecinct-Jamss Young, assault with
intent TO kill; military. Earl S. Ash, sault
and battery; bail for peace. VIM. Slime, disor-
DERBY; dismissed. Louis Miller, drunk and dis
orderly; 81. John Smith, bogus detective; dis
missed.
ANOTHER HACK RoBBRRY.-Lsst night, ].
II. Mootherd, 9Ist Pa. vols, was taken to tho
central guardhouse in a hack He was very
drunk. Upon recovering he discovered that
he had been robbed of $500. Mootherd has no
knowledge Of where or how he was robhad.
1t will be investigated. The facts look Very
much like the preliminary steps 10 the robbery
of Lieut. Quigley, for which Johnny Mac6
has just been convicted.
FOURTH WARD STATION CAsEs.-Th0mqs
Frederick, violating hack law; dismissed. z
WsIch, James Walsh, George W. Taylor, John
Cunningham, John Haryeson, drunk; dis
missed. James Gross, VIM. Gross, disorderly;
Sis each. James Hill, do; dismissed. A.
phieton, drunk ard disordprly; Sis. William
Parker, do; do. James Brown, drunk 50 81.
THIRD WARD STATION CAsEs.-Ellen Jack
son, murder; Jail for hearing. Cornelia Molo-
ney, drunk; -. a. Z. GrIswell, attempt at
fraud: bail. Mary Kelly, drunk: EorkhOuse.
Ellen Barns, drunk and disoTderiy; do. A ID
Kelly, do; dismissed
SECOND WARD STATION CAsEs-Lucy stan
wood, suspicion OF larceny; dismissed. Fred.
Batter, assau and battery; do. f. Mayou,
do: hail for hearing. Z. Crumsheald drunk
military. VIM ATKINSON, do; dismissed.
PORT OF GEoRGEToWS, Jan. SCI AIRED
Slcop Relief, Romans master, for ST Marv's,
Md, light; schooner J.. G. Riley. Meredith
master, for Deals Island, light; schooner d.
rector, Gibins master, for ACCOM- :, light
Dzz..-.E.. -
F9nEy sAkEs h 5E;s O.ass gAs and srGAAE3
cen er OF the city. Rcu years Jesse. Rent 50 Q
month Fo- rsrticulsrs call st No. 46@}1 Z ia
street, bat. and n ia 5-st+