Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-04-02
THE CoFRr,


Wesley Thomas, a coloCed character well known
TO the police as a hard customer, was srraigned
on an bOdictmen mt for second Offense of larceny,
he having recently completed a term of 90 days
convicted. The court seat1 need him to three
years in the Albany county penitentiary, and
the prisoner took the announcement q matter
of generalization. thanking the judge as he CEN
ci1ded James Clark, colSred, arrested by De-
tectives MeDevitt and McElfresh, plead guilty
TO the larceny of $50, and was sentenced to three
years in the reform school. George Washington,
charged with burglary and larceny, was coa-
victed, and sentenced to seven years in the
penleno4ry. Washington $ coal black, bur
ley fellow and was arrested a few weeks since
by Mesers. McDevitt and McElfresh, on the
charge o. smashing in the glass of Abraha ri
Bros window and taking out pistols. John
sentenced TO three years III the peniientiary
Alfred ieids indicted for assault with intent
10 kill. was found guilty OF assault, and sen
fenced TO three months.
EQUITY CorsT, Jadgs Wyif..-To-,lay Roche
aGt Moran et al; order recoyssmittiny case to
special auditor. Dahlgreen act. de Overlook
ct al: order confirming sale. Huler agt. Hinder
ct al; order aismissIng bill. Alexander and
washington X. K Co. agt. g. NJ. Wilkes; order
allowing defendant to ale cross hin. Corcoran
agt chas, and -. Carol; order making state of
Mary land. defendant. Butler agt Heating:
order appointing r. w. Jones guardian ad Item
Mis.s Sgt Lindsay: order pro con:eSsO. Lawn
aet. KELLY; submitted. Roughton Cgt. Rough
ton; pro coniesso ana 20 take e stinisny. ZaTtz-
niger agt- Fischer: order confirming auditor 5
reI0Tf. Riggs ct a. 3gS Hoover; decree appoint-
ing Trustee to sell ShsliCr agt. MCCARTHY:
ORDER ,EschaTGing restraining order ami direct
ing ohlIIlaiTant 10 pay specific sum and cost
Chappck ana I-eany agt. Shanahan ct a.; order
refusing leave 30 h.e amendment bill. Miller
agt. MILES; order sustaining demurrer and dis
missing biz. Carpenter agt. Carpenter; order
fixing amcGI't of appeal bond slOo.
POLICE CoURT. Jndge &aeU-Yeste-i lay
Finn Kelly. assault on Moses Banks; fsee -
Moses Christian pleaded guilt 70 stealing <;t
IN money, and was sentenced TO six months in
ia,l Sandy Shepherd charged with stealing
coal valued at 81 was fined SO. Dennis Louy
assault and battery on Ellen Long, his wife
pleaded gnilty: bned SO, and placed ander $500
bonds to keep tue peace. Stanley Lawson,
charged with assauE and battery on Jane Iaw-
son; bends to keep the peace required Edward
smith, drunk and rrotane; fined IS. William
Wallace and Thomas Tack, two young men,
pleaded guilty TO using :oud and boisterous Ian
guage. and were fined s. each. Moses Christ
man. charged with carrying a slung shot; fined
$40. Tobias simpson, LOUD and boisterous lam
guage; tined 90. Eliza Lancaster same offence:
fined So john Mcmahon, drunk and prOfane:
n'led s.. Lemuel Jones, Edgar Lyons and The
odore Williams, charged with disturbing n
chuTch engaged in religions exercises; Williams
was hH6d 50, and Jones and LIONS were dis
charged. Benjamin Hopkins forfeited his COL
lateral for being GrnSk and profane. Peter
Carricc, charged with being an habitual drunk.
afo' sent 10 the WOrkhouse for thirty days.
TO-DAY.
henry Sims, charged with maIciOuslv break
lng down fence belonging 20 Walter II. John
Bull T. johnson Is the lessee "A hOCse on |
street., and on the premises is back building
which not being used 10y him, Sims endeayored
TO take forcible possession orby breaking in the
gate leading TO the yard. on the ground that he
had rented it from the Cwner or trustees. The
tease was produced. from which il appeared that
Sims was acting legally in taking possession:
dismissed. Bell Wilmington, assault and bat
terry on Catherine Bedford by striking her over
the head with a board, splitting-the hoard.
GneG So Frances Porter, charged with keepinp
a bawdy house on 18th and q streets; fined SO
or sixty days in Jail. Morgan REYNOLDS a tall
young man. charged with stealing a gold ring
valued at $40, by forcing it off a Young iady7s
hand. The lady told how it was. and said Rev
TO ds was in the habit OF doing such things He
was fined $40 and costs. Frank Munroe and
august Selke, assault and battery on Henry
Hnrbert; fined SO. Charles Ready CHARGED
WITH making threats: OF personal violence to
Elizabeth Ready, pleaded guilty and was placed
under $500 bonds to keep the peace William
kirg and Lewis Sims, loud and boisterous
taking ar the circus grounds; fined SIS each.
James Henry, drunk and profaRe at the circus
grounds. James persisted in saying that he
never cnssed oath since he was twenty wears
Old" fined s.. Mary Nugent, charged with
vagrancy; workhouse GO DAYS James Mat
thews, public cursing; 20. Henry Turner. a:s-
orderly and drunk, forfeited IS. Geo. Curry
throwing stones in the street; fined 50. .Jere
Johnson, drunk ard disorderly; fined 81. He.
Hull, charged with fast driving on NJ street
fined $50. Oscar b. Chissmond, charged with
assault and battery on VIM. Henry Chissmond
Eis little son, by tying his hands together AMI
strap. The boy did not appear, and the mother
stated that he would not appear, that he would
run away first; that Mr.. Chissmond frequently
whipped him r'.Cui human flesh to bear and
his son had been, ...Iid and foolish in conse-
quence of it. The Ofiense on this occasion was
that the boy had told his father that he had been
10 church, and the father contended that he had
not been there. The boy not being present, the
case was dismissed. Don Carlos LaRue was
arraigned on the charge of keeping gift enter
prise on PENNSYLVANIA avenue. between 2d and
lie hrrsi
packages Of candy, which he sells for fifty cents
each, every other one Of which he announces
contains greenback of the denomination OF
hlty cents, one dollar, or two dollars. A post
pontment OF the case MAS asked and the iudge
liked the bonds at 50 900 for a hearing to-mor-
row.
How DETECTIVE Took CHANCE IN
RAFFLE AND WON + W DAYS ago a person
called at the detective office, and representing
that he was getting up q raffie of a fine pistol
silver mounted, in a substantial case. with a
shoulder strap, to be disposed for the relief of
widow lady, one OF the officers took a chance
PAYING 20 cents This morning the "fy" re-
ceived Information that his chance was the
lucky one as also the pistol in question, which
turned ont to be single barrelled one, out OF
repair, with wooden nipple, mounted with
silver ltwO half dimes nailed to the stock, y en-
cased in a canvass bag.
ACCIpENT.-while some laborers were en-
gagged on the excavation through 8th street.
near the river, this morning, a bank caved In on
them, and one of them, a colOred man named
George Washington, had his right ankle dislO-
Gated, which caused him to have spasms. DIR.
Z. Hammet was promptly in attendance, and
did what he could to relieve him. The con-
tractor Mr.. Gleason, had the sufferer removed
TO his home, in the alley between Sd and AZ
streets and Pennsylvania and Missouri avenues.
ESTATE OF THE LATE WIN. $. HUNTINGTON
In tie Probate Court to- day, Judge Wvlie
ordered that letters OF administration on the
estate OF VIM. s. Huntington, deceased, be is
sued to Mrs. Fanny H. Huntington-bond
$50 eco.
ALASKA DIAMONDS, French gilt, tortoise shell
anu let JeWery, in all the spring sly les, received
at Prigg's jewelry store, No. AZ Pennsylvania
avenue. All the sets in this store have fine
plated or gold wires.
A Card.
ME-. EDIToE Il see from the card OF y. G.
Ordway, Sergeant at Arms of the House OF Rep
reseBtatives OF the United States, from New
Hampshire i'm yOur paper of Yesterday TN at he