Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-05
LOCAL NEWS. y.
.n ,1 ~ FEBRUARY s.,

u ri T TRIAL. In the Circuit Count To-
day, before Judg e, Thomas Thomas a.. Ferry enc
of the parties indicted for the murder OF u I'd
ward lDsvlin. was arraigned and. placed upon
! trial the prosecution being conducted by W..
: sW;llon, obby. and the defence by c, e. Stuait
and g. S. Miner. IS. ~,
~ The first witness called was Lieut.. Chester,
wbo te,tf ed as to the identity OF the ondys olt
$ Deylin, andthe character OF the Of ceased aud
the prisoners: : E+t - ~ e
rs al MIertesti6cd as to the time the party
: ,e& Fart Foot, the condition Of the prisoners
on their return -a!l Of them being very drunk;
Perry had stated that,D win was drowned; next
aday Prey and Adams BIO b sat, d that Deshn
had fallen overboaid, land was droWn:dl;; Mar
ney was unable to give 'any statement, 10 con
sequence of being oblirous from the effects OF
drink; noticed Kearney sSeye black and nose
/ bloodp; sada herecaived a blow from one VI
his com panions in attempting 10 jump over
hoard after Devlin sawshloodsinT the. boat, but
there vas very 4 tt e; sawsa broken car with
spots OF. b'oo1 on tn. hin lie; Character Of the
prisoners Lot very good; Devin good character,
hut surly Perry sail Desl;n was drowned
aboyeithe Light House oozJones' Point. near
the Maryland shore. 10 .l:i'ssr1
s----eC Chichester testi6edto seeing all the par
ties at Matte frua's house, where they each
took d drink. Kearni'y was a Ii tie drunk
then.ssss,sF ss:ssstStsf4 T51.5t So !, ySE
f. Ana RI. Gteepwurd sll.ias near. Battery
Rodgers, testified TO hearing a sno,Sa on the
river the, nigh Deylunawa7 druwo,d Saw
heat aud heard voice say, don t drown ne,
I've been a good soldier, and fought Tor 4 my
unry like u mtn
Julia Greenwood living at the light house,
ttesiiG d as to hcariog a.niiSc Q : tie Ght lus
o.,estion, on the Iiyer.s which LASTED Tor. some
time TIME EbntS dih not distinguish iapy3 language
used = supposed parties were drunk.f, .."s@:s
]. II. Burnett testified sas to the &hnding of
. Devlin' body which had been buried On the
shore b law GIy months appearance, and BRING
s ing it to this place. .Mtss8sI ss&+ = - g.T,G,
Serseant Duic,l testiied that ontha. night.
in auesti MP cry had told him that DepiinG wi as;
! drowned, and Perry rot into the bot ty
himself, and showed out into the river and said
to witnesssif. you want to rescue Devlin follow,
( ms. DID not see Perry again that night,
witness came up to Alexandria, and when lie,
got back Perry had been Licked up-oar was
broken near thes bade-saw the lbE.od ongthe
boat-spme ii, tire bottom Of the boat some on
the seat-inl all about a table spoonful -When
Perry was called 10 returo with Che boat, DID
not knoW whether he came bsck or not,
as witness ran Immediately Up to the quarters.
there was noEiH feeling between the prisoners
and deceased; sDeulin would &C ;asi"nally drink
to intoxication. .,ll.-,ns...s =
asSearggeants Grow testified as to recovering the
boat which had lrifted up5the river some dis
lance, after Perry bad LETT II; there wasa space
! IN itsoi fourteen inches smeared with blood as
though man had fallen and b!ed from his
nose or Otherwise; relations of all the parties
friendly sSa2jS a.ss 8. ~. Us - =,
e47---3 = Burnes testified that on tie return of
the prisoners from Alexandria, Adams and
Kearneyswere very drunk, Perry very much
excited -corroborated statements. OF Witnesses,
! about the blood onthe boat. - = Ei14 -,
Stonham testified that Perry had told
him on the night ia question that Devlin fell
overheard while changing seats, and was
drowned asst'f. '4a2ta Z ~ A",
The examination Of witnesses for the prosecu-
ton was continued s.a a4~ se& ~