Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-03-17
LOCAL NEWS.
Terrible Accident

Terrible Accident
oNK MAN KILLED AND TWO WOUNDED BY THE
FALLING OF A GRAVEL BANK.
Atout Sh O'Clock this morning q terrible and
fatal accident o occurred on the farm of the late
DR.. shy der about one mile above Georgsto vn,
on the IennaIlytown road number Of men
Ere there engaged i'll eXcay atiDg earth and gra-
vel for the Government, ana tins morning the
bank cav.d in and the 1aIl,n mass of earth
covered three men who were at work. The
nGtcrtuI lie men were extficated from their
living grave as speedily as possible and
they were found covered to the depth of
three feet. One OF them named Daniel Welt
Zeli, who IssiGes on High street, was fouud to
be de ad, and had doubtless been instantly Kill
ed OF the her two one is Sc badly bruised
aud mashed that his recovery is extremeIy
doubtful. The third man is also badly br used
but II Is thought he will recover. We have not
been able TO learn the names Of the latter, but
understand they reside on Water street in
GEORGETOWN.
THE FUNERAL OF THADDEUs q. MoRRrcE-
Tie funeral of 1haddeus q. MorIice, messen-
ger 10 the Speaker Of thu House of Representa-,
tives, took place this afternoon, from his late
res dsnct, - x street. .
The corpse, which had the look OF life, was
dressed in black cloth coat and pantaloons and
vest OF white satin The coffin, furnished by
Harvey, was OF fine walnut, trimmed with
twilled satn. and with a silver plate bearing
the name and date Of birth and death OF the
ceeeated; The silver screw heads In the cen
ter bore designs representing the crucifled Sa.
nior, while those at the end represent angels
kreellng towards the cross.
The funeral was largely attended, quite
mum Der u officers Of the House, among whom
he was favorite, being present, beside many
lady friends.
1feimpressive services Of the Catholic Church
were conducted by Rev B. A. Mcguire, Of St
Alcysius after v hich the corpse was removed,
the following gentlemen acting as pail bearers:
Messrs Joy. Boyd, Larr er, Holbrook, Chaun-
c'y and Buck, and the cortege wended its way
TO Mount Ohvet, where the remains were
placed in the vault.
DESPERATE RowDIEs-Y esterday evening,
three rufiians, named George G.. Howe, Henry
Williams, and jeremiah Estes, went to tn.
residence of Mr.. w. 5. Wright, one of the petit
jurors, who was absent from home at the time
and forctd their way into the house, and as.
saUlted the wife and daughters OF Mr. Wright
and behaved in an outrageous manner. They
are attached to Bakers cavalry, where they
have very bad reputation; and when they
returned to camp, and their Captain was In.
formed CT their conduct, he confined all three
In tie euardhouse, TO await an order from tha
civil authorities. The warrant for them was
1ssutd this morning by Justice GibersOn. Mrs
Wright was knocked down with a stone by
one Of the party, and was so severely hurt as
to require the service of Of IA physician, which
prevented her from making the complaint. The
warrant was served by Officer Howard, and
the rrisoneTs were dispstchad to the Fourth
Ward Station, under guard. Justice Glib 'rsoa
sent them 70 jail for q hearing when Mrs
Wright shall be able to appear.
CRIMINAL COURT, Judge Fsher.-Yesterday
John johnson, an old man of sixty five, IN
dlcted for the larceny OF cloak belonging to
Col. helton, was found not guilty.
Thomas humphreys, indicted for grand lar
eeny, as convicted AID sentenced to jail for
SIX weeks.
This morning, Chas Gallagher, indicted for
highway robbery of Mr.. o. b. Hazen of thirty.
five dollars, was found guilty.
Patrick sullivan, indicted for petty larceny.
submitted his case, and received a nominal
sentence.
THRCAsBoF ADAMS ACT. HoOR-This morn.
ing, pToc.. dings were again commenced by ].
Bell Adams agt. Chauncy A. Hoor, and Justi-
ces KIDsey and johnson upon view Of the
premises imposed a fine OF fifty dollars upon
the defendant for forcible entry and detainer
out a commitment to Jail ans ordered him iato
the custody OF Officer Crown of the 9TH pre-.
cnct police to be taken to Jail. Horr no viewer
paid the fine before arriving at the jail, and he
was thereupon discharged.
DEALING IN GOVERNMENT PRoPERTY.-Last
evening two men named Land, living il
Georgetown. were arrested by Capt. Dolan's
detectives for dealing In Government property.
Their premises were searched and q large lot
OF feed bags and other Government property
seized and turned over to the property sergeant.
They had In their possession a pass, ISSUED by
Capt. Dupree, allowing them to trade in the
camp at Geisboro PolnD which was taken nom
them. The prisoners were committed to the
central Gudronouse.
PROMENADE Concentrations having charge
of the grand vocal and instrumental prone
made concert to be given at the Patent Office
fair rooms on Saturday evening next, are de.
termined to make 1t q superior AGAR. The best
Instrumental and vocal talent OF the city has
been collected together and will take part The
concert is intended to increase the fund to en-
courage enlistments and should therefore b.
patTonized by all.
OvERLAID-This morning Mrs. Eveline
Dyson, residing on Sd street east, near East
Capitol street, en- awAking found her child, an
infant of about four months dead In bed; she
having, turned upon 1t In her sleep. Coroner
Woodward this morning viewed thu corpse,
and after examining the inmates OF the house
found that there was no evidence Of foul play,
and decided that o inquest was necessary.
FULLY CoNNITrkD.-Robt Richardson alias
Bob RAs was this morning taken out OF jail
for further hearing before Justice 9iberson on
n charge OF stealing watch from Frank Train:
Bob's own witness testified against him, ana
justice 0iberson sent him to jail for court
CIBoUIT CovRT. CAief Jwst;ce csvtter:-Fhis
court adjourned this morning 70 tne lotn on
Apsu when tie case OF Mrs wiley a9aaess
MARSHALL Brown (which on the iast uie sx-
ctteA go mich tnteTest) VIII - ee1en az.