Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-10-13
LOCAL NEWS.
The Outrage on Little Octavie Rousso au.
TRIAL OF LUsBY.


TRIAL OF LUsBY.
CRIMINAL Court, Judge Wylie.-The trial OF
John r. Lusby for the murder of Octave
Rousseau on the cath Of November last was
resumed this morning.
Dr. J. r. Mqy sworn for the persecution
Witness was called upon TO visit the decc15ed
last November. Witness went with DIR. Fora;
found the child he'd been most horribly in
jurfd, and witness proceeded TO describe the
wounds. Witness stated that he thought the
child would die. The child was conscious and
rational at the time. Witness is sure that her
death wos caused by the wounds. Witness
thought the wounds were caused by manual
power. She lost much blood, as was evinced
by the stains on her cloths. Witness feelings
were terribly lacerated. Witness went TO the
Carroll PrlSon, and recollects that a shirt with
stains, appearing to be blood, was SHOWN him;
the shirt also appeared as If attempts had been
made to wash II ont Witness could not tell
whether the stains were from blood or not; did
not think any OF the tests by which tits alleged
that the blood OF one animal from another, are
very reliable. .- '
On eross-examin alton, witness stated that in
The horse, ass, COW, hog and such animals the
blood globules were similar to the human glob-
ules. Witness had practical experience on
this subject.
ChorIes H. Wilson sworn Witness has
wen. with Messrs. w. p. Wood, Henry Smart
and John Murphy to the house Of the prisoner
on 5th street east, between and 10 o'clock,
short time after the occurrence. When they
got TO the house witness raped at the door and
surrounded the house. Lusby came to the
lower window, hoisted il six or eight nChes
and wines said be would like to see him
Luspy repnea mat ne could NOT come out but
would see him in the morning. Witness said
he was going away early in the morning, and
would like TO see him that night. Lusby said
he would be up early enough to see witness
LusDy went of and witness kept knocking at
the door until his knuckles were sore. Smart
was in front of the house and Wood and Muir.
ply were at the back. Witness told Lusby at
the time his name and Smart came up, wnen
Lusby asked if it was Jim. Smart replied in
a nor len nNA .
Lusby lowered the window. Subsequently a
window up stairs was raised, and a lady said
I-usby would not come out until the morning
witness remained from q half to an hour
longer, calling on him frequently to open the
door and lei him in. Witness went to the back
Of the house, ard the door had been pushed
open and Smart and Wood were inside, ana
calls were made for Lusby TO come down, and
in about five or ten minutes he came down
Mr.. Wood said he wanted Lusby to go with
him, and Lusby went with Wood and Smart.
leaving witness and Murphy to search the
house. Witness and Smart searched the house
got lot of clothing, and took it to Carroll
Prison, in the presence OF the prisoner and the
others. Witness overhauled il, and found that
he had wrong clothing, (ladies' apparel,) aud
Wood said to him, take IL right back, and he
would find a soldiers coat and shirt with
blood on them Witness went back with Mr.
Smart and made another search, oyerhauling
everything in the way of clothing they could
find. Between two quilts on the bed found
the coat, and under the pillow or head of
the bed the shirt. They made a partial ex-
animation OF the shirt and coat At the house
Witness also saw pair of pants in a tnb, and
it appeared they Were in the process of dyeing,
but did not take them out. Witness found a
dark stain on the front of the upper portion of
the pantaloons. Witness took the coat and
shirt 10 the prison, and examined them care
fully. The coat was a soldiers blue oyercoat
ard he'd stains up ard down both sides of the
front. m ost on the skirt, also on the cuffs
more on inside than out. looking like blood
There was mud or manure one side of the
skirt The shir;, about the wristbands was
hfDOdN. he had han,,
washed, buL the back was not Small Spots of
blood was on the lower part of the bosom The
portion which appeared TO have been washed
was OF muddy color-not elea1-a brownish,
MUDDY .unge- Witness knows these clothes
were red by Drs. May and Ford Wit
ness had the custody of the clothes until they
were brought to the courtroom, and were left
by him in possession of the Deputy Marshal.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES was, al the time
Assistant Superintendent Of Carroll Prison;
thought the night was clear. Witness did not
tell the prisoner that he had a warrant or was
going to arrest him. Witness had been exam
med in reference to this case once In the Court
House. and at another time before the Grand
jury; had not been examined in any other
place. No one had warrant for the arrest of
the accused as witness knows. Witness, in his
testimony before did not speak of any panta-
Looms because he did moi think of il. Witness
talked with the prisoner once about the case,
when he stated that he was innocent The
coat had the appearance of having been worn
for some time, il did not look as II any effort
had been made to wash the stains from il.
brother. that he believed he was guilty, but
bed said SO TO others number of times
Witness asked Lusby once TO tell the truth,
End that his friends, Mr.. Wallach and Mr.
Dixonand others, would do all they could for
him, but never told him TO plead guilty and he
would be cleared because he was intoxicated
The accused said he was innocent; that he was
drunk the night ii happened. [.E-0
BY the prosecution:-The blood on the female
apparel appeared to be new, fresh, while on
the shirt it appeared much older
BY the Court:-Some of the blood on the fe-
male clothing was dry and some was not
g. w. Phtuips, Deputy Marshal, sworn-The
coat and shirt spoken of were locked up in a
cupboard in the Marshars room After the /
prisoner was discharged, witness was called \
on by Lusby, his brother some one repre-
senting that they had called on behalf Of Mr..
Lusby, and gave them mp, but does not think
he did on the first application. Witness
thinks he gave them to Lusby himself.
Cross Recommendations thinks that the
clothes were not given 10 him until after the
analysis, but that Mr.. Wise took them to the
chemists. ..I@ ..t#H" .F| |
JOHN II. Murphy, sworn Witness has know,
Lusby fl ON childhood. and was with Mr..
Wood and others on the night he was arrested
on suspicion Of being the perpetrator of the
deed. Wilson went to Tire door and ranned
when l.usby looked out and some con versa
non tcoR place Smart came up, and Lusby
let down the window. Smart went with Wood
ana witness TO the back of the house and
pushed me door open, and told Lusby to
come down, that he did not want To 20 mn
IN the room Hbpry ia rvaS pstv