National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1872-12-28
SENT TO JAIL.
WRIGHT, THE MURDERER.
Examination Before Judge smell Yesterday
Testimony Of Detective NIcDcyltt
The other pTisanrra Held Ms witnesses.

before Judge smell Yesterday
Testimony Of Detective McDcyitt -
The other Prisoners Held Ms Witnesses.
Yesterday morning Thomas Wright, the negro
arrested for the murder Of ROgcrskl, was at an
early hour taken to Gardncr's photograph gal
lery by Detectives Coomcs and McElfrcsh, where
his picture was taken 10 aid In Increasing the
rogues' gallery. Afterwards he was carried to
the Police Court, where there was quite large
crowd In attendance, In anticipation OF the pre-
lninary hearing.
While the testimony VI the U1lcer was lleng
given Wright maintained degree OF GOODNESS
and nOnChalanCe which seemed remarkable Tor
one confronted as he was with witness who re-
iterated his own confession 81 quit as gwen pre-
ylously to his paramOur. Mr.. Harrington an
pcarel Tor the Government, and Mcssrs. llenkle
and Ingersnll for the accused.
The clerk, Mr.. Dawson, read the charge, and
the prisoner pleaded not guilty
Detective McDevitt was sworn, and tesiined
that acting on information received on TUESDAY
last he, In company with Lieut. Gcsstofd anu
Onicer Hughes, on Wednesday night went to the
house where the prisoner lives, on the corner o.
Tenth aud streets southwest, and took all In
the house CTom Wright, Margaret Woods, a col
ored man named Bembry and George Woods, the
bOy) 10 the First precinct statiOn-house. After
questioning the woman the same Officers, to-
Gether with Sergeant Pierce and OmceB Leach
and Lewis, returned 70 the house and proceeded
TO search for the goods belonging to the peddler,
and after looking about for some time Omcer
Leach discovered under pile Of lumber that the
ground had been dug. They procured spale
and dug up the pack containing the goods; theJ
then went into the house, and on search found
blood smeared on the side OF the closet, also on
the moor and nreboard, and found Ratchet un.
| der the bed and some other hatchets IN the
kitchen, and an oyster knife, which, In his opln-
! ion, was used In INJECTING the blows on the
/ head VI deceased The pack was buried In the
yard under a shed inside the Enclosures, and the
/ sackng used to wrap up the goods answered me
description OF that carried by the peddler which
witness obtained from the companions OF the de-
ceased.
| pany with others, were tracing marks OF blood
| In the direction Of this house, when Tom camt
/ out through the rear gate into the common aud
! called to cOlOred man over towards Tenth
| street, and witness asked him II he had seen
! peddler about there lately. He replied that HI
! had not. witness with others then went Int
the house and took hasty glance about there
| the prisoner Offering to show everything bn
/ nothing was seen at that time, aud on coming
out the door the prisoner asked Detective Coome
several times II he was satisfied. MI. Coomes re-
piled no he was not, and would not be until the
murderer was discovered. witness spoke up and
said: ayes, he's satisfied so far As you are con
| cemed." Mr. COOmes then said: yes, so Tar
| you are concerned and they lett. Inc PrlsOhe
followed them out on the common and aided II
Witness went to sec the woman Woods, ant
asked her to tell him oil she knew about the muir
der. she said she would, and went on TO sa
that she returned home on that day about l
o'clock and found Tom sctubbing up the nOOl
she said, tom, what have you done 2" lie re
piled that he had killed that id old peddler =
get some Christmas money, but had only got )
, She also stated that on Monday previous sh
bought shawl from the pedder for o., and pal
81. 10 on IL, leaving quarter owing; that Whel
rom came home he did not like Il because sh
had paid 80 much, and asked her afterward
when the Dutch peddler was coming again, an
on being told on Monday, he sad, 81 am goin
. TO rob that man and get some Christmas money
| that she replied, 80! Tom, don't do that; u
looks ike poor old fellow, without niue
= money; 20 and work for some money. NOthln
! more was stated At the time
The court ordered the prisoner to be con
mltted, aud Margaret Woods, Samuel Bembr
and George Woods ~ he held under $1,000 Z
/. witnesses.
! The prisoner was then handcuifed and escorte
: 10 jail. -..--..--. -. =,
I onlceTs, that he was born In Richmond, NiIgint
. on Seventeenth street, near Carey, september
1859. A small scar was found on his neck nea
= the right ear, apparently made with knife.
N on his arrival at the jail, after being heayi
:, / shaCkled, Wight was assigned to the cell 10
A merry occupied by johnson, the Wlle-muTdere