The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-08-21
LOCAL DEPARTMENT

WARD RIoTKRs Rssunxp.---This ease was re.
sumsd yesterday at lao O'Clock, before Jus
tioe. Morsell and CLARK at the Fourth precinct
Tho roll was called and all OF the prisoners
Ter zoa.y:s, called Ghsris. Montgomery, who
IN spa Daniel Warrington. The night Of the
'Ss "a w l'sf s 81 "a S Ess s s sS%s
and heard shots bred 10 the difeSiidu OF Wash,
ington, he Immediately Jumped up and ran
far a. Masee's te.talfant, where he met wes-
ley Baker. Frank Holla.s, anu u,n,el wasb.
inston; he advised them to gel on a car as
there. was come did,eulty ahead, they all got
sss ws..s t hey eSs tS u AZ "a
got out shortly siter getting into the car they
wards Qeorgetownj he did not recognise any
one In. the crowd IT was about Afteen minutes
from the time he left home until he met the
three men at Twenty-sixth street and Penn.
the same. length OF time getting to where they
MI; Adams asked that attachments be mad.
whom he said had been sworn on the previous
al. ssdasst Va. fiastsdi and 40 SsSs asirl:
Tbs witness-crossexamined Does not be-
long to the Zouavesj a gas light was burning
on Magee's corner, making a sutnoient Light
saw about seventy-ive men standing 4 the
corner, ban said those men raised the dis.
turbsnee. When he met the three men they
told him that they were ordered to the Cspi.
tol, but he was not ready when the company
I Isaac Mason lives corner Of Bell and Green
strfets, Georgetown, and knows Dan wash.
ingtonI was standing on Dunbarton street
when he heard the report Of the s,nsi started
for W va n hurry, but dropped key
:.s Dan :hiastSs, G ffah A Eln88t t mi
Wesley Baker ahead Of him as he crossed the
street, where they waited for a car, and, In
company with an unknown colored man, they
Eot into car that wsa coming TO the city;
not know that the company had their guns
loaded, and did not see any one load his gun,
was there when they started. but did not fol.
see him that night.
Barney johnson lives on Besli, between
Washington and Green streets. He was going
from Washington to Georgetown the night Of
the riot, and met the Zouaves In GEORGETOWN,
nc followed y, we r them about half square IN the
ass ara h.usy WITH
Ma6oney, and jones' did NOT see either Of the m
pss down. MnS S. ss%s W
iffollowing the Zouaves. Witnes. turned 70
70 s sov, sn Seors rye when he met Lieu;
firing before he met the lieutenant, whom he
talked with something less than Ave minutes
met the lieutenant and his men on the corner
before they got to the Circle. The iieutensn,
appeared tobe In hurry.
did with the stone. Charley was In the gas
Samuel M.r!in sailed: lie wa. coming along
oeeurredi he started with them at ae orseto.n
and when At the corner Of Twenty-hrst street
and the Avenue stone struck near himj more
Captain In the side and one the base drum
Witness left as soon as the stones were thrownj
the stones came up Twenty first street, did not
hear any pistols fired; did not see any guns
foot struck fire.
VIM. Graham, Of Georgetown, dsposed tina,
he went to the Ospitoij when the shooting
took place he was about one square In the real
OF the company he kept on down the Avenue
until opposite the Presidsnt's Houses KNOW
farker, Mahoney, and Jonesi saw none hui
nS .n,fd to P,sE with y.
Witness went with the company to the Capi
tol, did not see any soldiers Join them at Sew
Theodore bowman, called. Lives In George
town; was on Dnnbarton street when the com
pany started to the Capitoly he came to Wash
ngsss, ,,s, b heard Of the rio he was
heard Of the !io. and Immediately came oysi
to Twenty-sixth and the avenue. where he
whom he did not know they got on the car.
saw johnson at Twenty-sixth street at III,
same time, who was In uniform, and got IN
in. Charles Tiilman, William Smith, William
Durts, and an old man by the name Of John.
son, LETT the armory and came to Warrington
Twenty-sixth street, who got on the car with
halloa she's killed. he's killea'" as he came
John Tinney, testified that he followed the
company from deorgetowni saw one stons
no Sas ea%s W
samuel MARTINI did not know who threw ths
Lewis Chesley, knows James johnson; saw
ness had the gun, which he took froai Horace
a ven .rss Gs we
aSs Know nv Ssstiss t Ss osd had BEEN dc Ss
ths hss ohf
was with the company when the stone wal
thrown Into the drum corpsi could not tel
Oaioer VsiiSsn, of aeorretown, deposed
guns were irsd and ran down 70 the old i bridge '
AYES came along and loaded their pieces AMI
then passed over the bridge. He could moi
recognize any OF the Zouaves, as 1t was very
Mt. Norris renewed his motion to releas,
Parker and Mahoney, as no testimony had
been taken to justify the judses to require
hail OF them.
Jos. Ii. Bradley, jr., held that all OF the men
that were At Twenty.hr.t street, and also the
and as Chas Jones, OhAs. Parker, and George
Mahoney had concooted, that afternoon, u
assault the company that night, they were
certainly guilty OF the charge.
Msssrs. Bradley, Norris, and Adams, after
which the Justices made the following dispo'
sition OF 1t; Capt. Geo. ID. Mouton, George
Herbert, Thos. Gibson, Jas. johnson, and
Robert Il. Jackson were found guilty OF hiring
their guns in the street, and required to give
anee at court. Churchill Garter, James ID
johnson, (alias Sonny Johnson,) Charlel
Young, Jas. Easily, Thos. Brooks, Geo, Wat
son, Chas. Hawkins, Wesley Baker, Lux
CLARK and VIM, Wakefield were held In tn,
sum OF $500 each for their appearance at cour
to answer the charge OF being connected with
Ohas. Parker, George Mahonoy, and Robt
Jones were fined tI0 each for disorderly con
duct, and the last named held in security I,
Warrington and Holland were dismissed
samuel Hughes was held to bail In the sum o
$500 Tor his appearance at court as a witness
TAKEN Possession oY--The offices, appur
tenapees, engines and rolling stock OF thu
Washington, Alexandria, and deorgetowi
railroad were taken possession OF on wednea
day evening, under an order Of the Circui
Court OF Alexandria county, by Mr.. william
H. Marbury, who has been appointed receive
Is understood that the liabilities OF the roa
are not greater than the assets.
IMrRoyEhEsr IN TaE SMITHSONIAN INST