Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-01-03
Trial for MRRSlAnchter.

Il ~ case of Thomas Kateley, char ged with man
: sughtoT, in killing his wife, Bridget Ksteley,
on the 18th OF November last, was taken up
VI sssIs. u. II. Webb. Bergen and r. L. Miller
tC I prisoner, and Mr.. Harrington prosecuting
7 De evidence of the principal witness for the
II at the parties drank frequently; that the pris
oner struck his wife, and she fingered for some
time and then died.
defence admitted that the blows were strEck.
The simple question was whether death was
caused by the blows, and thai was TO be deter
mined by medical testimony.
DIR. j. L. Hartigsn testified to making the
post norton and finding the brain congssts Il,
and he believed that that c0ssS itiOn was the Te-
suit OF the injuries Tvs icted on the deceased.
ON decentralization, witness said that If IL
Gorge stiOn had resulted from intemperance tie
fleets would have been seen la the, ssoasc!
SHE uaS in a weakly condition. and the poverty,
T'aDt and lack OF attention contributed to tie
death, but the primary cause was the injuries
J he same Blow in a perfectly healthy person
E9uld not. IN his opinion, have proved fatal.
By Tie Court The nasal bone was fractured,
SE'ending TO the Os JnoRtis. The I'M uries were
local, con fined to the brain.
Le Prosecution rest II. AMI the defence called
Gcy. Father ROccotOrt. TEo testified that when
he a. called IN see deceased she.Ffas urcon-
sciaCs; be saw that her eye was black.
DE g. l.. NJ agruder testified that size was in a
cOBI2tOse condition when he was called 30 see
her ~ the 18th OF Move mher; that there was a
LruE about the eye; saw no other marks. and
her c. nditiOn was such a. would be caused by
int Al .-erance.
M harrington said that he woulG asl. the
court 20 instruct tie jury that the sI.risoner
shOGi- De held accountable. and that lie should
hsv known the condition OF Ia, wife.
AT=Mtbb said that he would ask that the
'sGuIi instruct the jury that they should re salts
It 81 boy zIl any doubt as to the cause of death
The cart instructed the jury that tdey sllCHlI
IL satisfied. he yOnd any rea> enable doubt a. TO
III cause. death. If She was in sueh deli
ca.' conuitlon as was stated a small amount Ct
vlG.ence VIC I'D kill her, and the prisoner should
have known her condition. An Infant could be
kiilad by a.IIuch lighter blow than a gentleman
Of me ring, AID yet it was as much a crime 20
hill aDe infant
The jury retired with the case at 11% O'Clock,
and A. 12H r'turned with 4 verdict of guilty.
and recommended the prisoner TO the mercy CT
the COVEt.
The prisoner stated that he came from Eng
land III 1880, married his wife in New jersey,
and came here in August last. He also stated
that his v>rfe was N The habit of drinking, as
also himself; he aG no such thought as killing
his wife.
The court said that the jury thought that
whlAe maddened With liquor he assaulted his
wife What a sad c0m,Pntary it is On humanity
"a man to red=.ce hiIEself 20 the condition of a
brute He and his wife were simply the vie
inns or fbe habit of usicg drink. His wife had
paid the forfeit, and he had barely escaped
the halter He was somewhat at loss. If he
could hang the liquor and Icany vino deal in il
ne preieIrsd doing l. to sending the prisoner to
ne pC nitestiary Tie verdic: should have been
"A sOt on the yerg. % brutality" In his case
lie had taken the trouble 10 cross The Atlantic
to make himself brute. lie would sentence
hll3-behoving him not 20 be bit worse than
ma-I7 men now at large iH the 4. lies, for he was
Simply dupe-tO the penitenti2Tv at Albany
fer hi-ee years.
CCsE 0F THE INPRovEMExTs.-The follow
lTg Is tLe estimated approximate cCst OF work
done, O. contemplated to be done, .i1der the
various original and extended contracts for
street. and.a-wCr work in the District already
entered int. Fer paving. seweriRg, grading,
alter service &c, SIsi .2i.93; Slash run sewer,
- Oh Nm. \
1ars mot under contract So, $40 total est-
mated amount 0f contracts, 1891. T9i.g3.
This, il win be,lHderstoOd, is the total ameE NJ
of tie asses ment atsd from il there is 10 b. de-
dCCtCd the Ore-third Of the cost authorized 10 be
lesled On the properly lying on the line of the
Improve monts, which will reduce the amount
actually expended by lie board to S6-i. 1862.
IL shoild also he remembered that there il in
Cluted in the sum very barge amount of work
contracted for but net yet begun and other
work nov in progress but not completed. This
II an 6fficial statement, and should set at rest
The cLargesOf extravagant expenditure.
ANOTHER REsULT OF THE LATE HIGHWAY
ROBBERI-AIN0et another Htrder-ft seems
that the case of highway robbery in which Gas
saway and Butler were last week convicted AMI
septe need to the Ienitentiary has had other
results than the homicide of officer Doyle by
MIS-. Shea. After the trial on which a third
party. Simmons, was found not guilty, the Dis
tict Attorney used him as a witness and on
information derived from him the police acted
and going TO the house of Mrs. Shea to search
for the watch, the homicide of officer DOYLE took
place There were two other parties concerned
III tbe robbery who up TO this time have eluicj
arrest, and it appears that they have been an
Prise Of Simmons blowing on them On Mon
cay night they met Simmons in the northern
part of the city and attacked him with an iron
oar, with which they felled him to the ground
and beat him severely, leaving him senScless
= he oiheerS are now in pursuit Of them, ana II t.
TO be hoped that they will be brought to Justice
at the present term of the court.
PAEDoNED BY THE PRESIDENr-Presilent |
Grant has pardOned Capt j. NJ. Davenport WI, |
PLEADED guilty of an assault and battery with !
lrtont TO Kill -. 5. Ii. Wall, on the grounds: |
irst, That il has been represented that ut the |
time OF the commission of the offence Davenport |
was supposed rot to be In the full possession of
his faculties; second, that his pardon was rec
commended by his friends for the reason stated: |
third, that he has already suffered imprisonment |
in the county jail several months.
ANOTHER DIvoRCF.-TO-lay, in the Enuitv |
Court, Judge Nylie made a decree divorcinr |,
lila Sorrell from the bonds of matrimony with |
Thomas SorTell. Plaintiff alleges that they |
we're married on the 21st of June, 1865: CHARGES |
hat in 1S6I he assaulted her with a razor but |
she made her escape; that he subsequently at |
lacked her with a knife. Mr.. Norris appeared |
fCr petitioner, and Mr.. j. j. johnson took the |
testimony.
The CRIMINAL Accommodation morrow |
the following cases will be called in the Crim- |
nal Court: Samuel Pope; grand larceny of to-
laeco, &c. G. II. Chose and Frank McGraw;
grand larceny. ). b. Kendig, formerly Il - |
bursting Off Ger for the Patent Office buildng) |
mbez element of S14.163.Os, on Dec 3Ist 1863 |
], r,-, Donobue and VIM. Cornell assaulti"c. J
an officer, (al peal;) and John BucLer, assault, |
lappeGl)
Col. GEORGE ". BRENT. a prominent lawyer, |
and formerly adjurant general OF the army o! |
Tennessee under Generals Joseph +. Johnston |
and Bragg, died at his residence in Alexandra,
Va, yesterday morning. Col. Brent was very |
- riouSly injured by the disaster at the Rich
mOnd State Capitol, when so-many lives were
lost.
CLOSING SAFE az SINGING BIRps.-La.imer
~ Cleary viii close out this week their splendid
selection OF singing birds, and we would advise
the public not TO lose this opportunity to obtain
an elegant bird.
FINE French Silt jewelry, in all the new win
Ter styies, III sets. earrings, lOckets, chains and
bracelets, received at Priggs jewelry store, No.
4J' Pennsylvania avenue, between Az and 9th
streets.
kLEPTOHAEIA OF FEMALE Ex-TREAsURY
tLEEK.-A lady, a native OF Indiana, we be-
We, who, me two or three years ago, was en-
p,oyed as a clerk in the Treasury department at
OF md lsa pr,til .l.xo