Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-01-07
LOCAL NEWS.

SENTENCE OF MAxwRLL.-Yesterday, viii.
liam Maxwell, convicted on Thursday OF man
slaughter, in shooting Conductor Gilbert IN
| tebruary last, was sentenced to the penitep /.
tisry for two years.
Previous to receiving the sentence, Maxw
| was not on q car that night, and further st1ted
tnat ne was q soldier, and recounted the bat
ties ne had been in, in one of which-Far
| OaRs- he had lost his father.
| Ihe facts in this case appear to be as fol.
| lows: The deceased, on the very day he met
| with The fatal wound. had entered into the
service OF the street railroad company, and at
| Inc tine OF the occurrence, about half past l2
O'Clock at night, was going in for the night, he
driving the car, the driver having got off at
| the feet OF Capitol Hill. The accused and q
| ccmrade were on their way home on furough
| and had got on the car to go to the Soldiers
| Rest, where they were to stop for the night
| While going up the hill, one or both OF the
| party put On the rear brake thus retarding the
progress OF the car up the heavy grade and
| they were demonstrated with by Mr.. Gilbert,
| but still perssting Mr.. g. put them off the car,
| and as he was about to star again the sho. was
| tred. and the ball took effect In his back Mr.
| q was taken to his lodgings, near the depot,
| ana Notwithstanding early medical attendance
| was procured, the wound resulted in his death
| day or two following.
| As coon as the affair was known Mr.. Gideon,
| the president of the Road, fastened to the in
Jured mans bedside and did all In his power
| TO alleviate his sufferings, procuring Surgeon,
| DC, and on Gilbert's death he provided coffin
expense OF the railway company The COM
pany promptly offered a reward of one thou
Sand dollars for the detection of the perpetra.
tor OF this outrage, and Mr.. Gideon, the Presi-
dent of the Road, was untiring in his exer.
tions TO that end.
Some first class detectives were employed to
follow up the case. and finally through the
active agencies set at work by Mr. Gideon, a
clue was obtained to the guilty party, and the
clue was followed up through protracted Sc
ries OF d1scouragemens with o pertinacity
that has at last brought the criminal to punish
ment, and demonstrated to the employees of
the road that its officers ale disposed to protect
and stand by them TO the utmost when assailed
In the discharge of their duties.
1t appears that on the night of the occurrence
Maxwell went TO Mades' Pennsylvania Honse,
where he met a man named A. J. Dean. The
latter, seeing Maxwell had his head cut, took
him to surgeon, and the wound was dressed,
and IN the course of conversation Maxwell
informed him that he had been pushed Off car
and had shot at the conductor, and he knew
that he struck him. Dean kept this Information
TO himself, but after the death of Gilbert he
gave information, and detective Clarvoe was
entrusted with the Job Irwas ascertained that
Maxwell had gone to zee his friends in Penn
an indictment, and the necessary papers had
been procured, detective Clarvoe started, In
company with Dean, after him, and succeeded
MIN from one place to another In western
Pennsylvanla, they followed him to this CITY,
but was several hours behind him, and Max
well managed to elude pursuit for q while.
mr. Ciarvoe IN day or two went out to Max.
Wells regiment, then In the nsighborhood of
Warrenton Junction, and after some search
round him. and showing his papers the officers
reaoliy gave him guard and every assistance
IN their power, and Maxwell was brought TO
the city safely and committed to jail
Maxwell fs from Pittsburg, and has been in
the army from the beginning of the rebellion
TIE DISTRICT AND ITS QUOTA.-E Editor Star
II is the fashion with some to speak of the CITY
as disposed to shirk nom furnishing its share
OF troops, because .he citizens deem the enroll.
mentto be excessive, aHd respectfully ask that
revision may be made. To show that the c,tv
it be jus-ly claimed that it has mat ali il 81
demand uron II; has supplied troops credited
10 States. mas Wlinin Its boundaries submitted
to large enlIstments by State agents to fiji the
Quotas of Etot1o, ii.s~s -
tio3 being made, furnished its quota upon an
enrolment of a population half of which hold
no permanent residence therein, making the
resident population supply double quota-if
not more; has through its military OrganiZa-
tions, when assassination was threatened,
assisted with the Unired States regular troops
in inauguratDg the President and its troops
the first troops that formed the advance move
ment into the State OF Virginia. In view of
these facts, and many others that might be
urged, the city would certainly seem to have a
right to ask to be furnished with the data upon
which the apparently heavy quota assigned TO
this DistricNvz., 3,0I9 men-has been calcu-
lated.
Ey the census of 1s6O the entire population
of the United States was set down at 31,429,s9I
Deduct one half State of Virginia,
States Of North and South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Aiabama, Eisss-
sirpI, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas,
and TENNESSEE e.................... e,3F5,'oo
1t leaves the population OF States sub
Dsauct sen1 to population Of Dist Columbia 5S.a5s
Population, deducting Dist. Coli lumbia 90 O5l 1850
Allowance for four years increase to n6, ,5GD.0GO
TO population, and to $4,000 as the increase in
the District, would, by simple proportions,
be
u 8 Pop Quota n c. pop Quot
265C0, ,GOG: 500, ,0t: o0,UGU sU6-s5 men req uired.
II 3,0l9 men is correct. then as 9u6 e0,GO0
3,01G: 266 65fT-a population OF 266557 people
belonging 10 this District If these calculations
are right L.. D. w.
DRAFT MEETING.--The citizens of the Sec
ond W ard met last evening at German Hail.
Eleventh street, between i and H Streets
for the purpose of adopting some plan to pre-
vent draft i'll the ward.
Mr.. 7. n. HawIey was called to the chair,
and Mr.. James w. Spauldng was elected Sec
retary.
ply to an inquiry, that the Mayor had ex-
pressed a desire that committees be appointed
TO canvass the wards for the purpose of cor
recting the enrollment list, according to the
request of Capt Putnam. Mr.. S. said that a
committee had already been performing that
duty in that ward.
MIR r. B Detrick said he could not cypher
out how it is that the quota OF the District Is
as large nearly as is that of New York city.
II must certainly be incorrect IN some partic-
ular, there being only difference of three men
IN the quotas Of the ward under the call for
5Ot,Ol0 men and the call for 100000. He thought
1t would be well to appoint committee to act
in conjunction with committees Of other wards
ard the city councils committee before Con.
Rress, for the purpose of having the quota Of
the District reduced.
The Chair remarked that he had talked with
Provost Marshal General Fry on Thursday,
ard that that officer told him that three
years man counted as one man, and that a one
year man only counted as third OF "a an, and
that they were credited. The Chair cOnij