Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-06-16

Trial fer Pssa once besxlemeut.
The trial OF Vim 3. Boyd. late assistant post
master NJ Cumb rlsDd, charged With embeE-
ding certain funts belonging % the money or
der department Of the poet once, Was cOnitn-
ned in the United States district court on Sat-
psted turn in fsvcf or nc Accused. The Bait
more American SAYS The prosecution princi-
S 6 1s, ne s gS 's.smsn, s y Mt:
B Admits that on the 3lst 90 Decemser. 1872, in
balancing the hooks there vas a deficiency OF
s2,fs3'e, for which be vas accountable 90 Col.
Lowdermiik, the postmaster, and that he had
made up the deficiency by paying $1,000 cash,
and giving his note for the bslsnce. The W.T.
nesees 20 the signing OF this paper we're Mr..
Col. II. J. johnson, editor OF the Cam
beriand News. Each Of these gentlemen
was examined ~ 20 the circumstance under
testimony established the following points
That there wAs q rumor in the community
preludicisl 20 Colonel Lowdermilk, growing out
OF the reported defalcston 10 the yostothce,
that AZ hs nest they met IN his private ofsce,
where they talked over the matter, Mr.. Boyd
being present; that Mr.. Boyd admitted that the
solemnly protested that he did net kno~ What
had become Of the money, that Colonel Ioxder-
milk desired a written statement from Mr.
Boyd, setting forth that he Boyd, a. cash .er
OF the postofhce, was responsible Tor the funds;
that this paper was not 60 lie used against Nr.
Boyd, hut that it was intended % relieve Colonel
Lowdermlik from injurious Suspicion: and,
lastly. that up 10 the time OF the discovery OF
this deficiency Mr.. BOyd's char cter wasw.thoaf
reproach, and that he lived plainly AMI lad no
eStraysgant habits The testimony o. these Nit-
nesses, all ofwhom are gentlemen OF IN d. hest
respectability, had a most marked efiect.
A MOTHER CHARGED WITH TRF NrRprR
or HER SoN.-On Friday, the 9TH instant. = a.
tlce WEIGH held an inquest upon the boty o.
VIM. II. Green, which was found floating In
Harness Creek, on South River, in partially
decomposed state. Several witnesses were eN-
amlDId before the Jury of inquest. ami the teSti-
mony was substantially 10 the effect that tha
mother OF the deceased was very violent
woman, and in the habit OF numerically beat
ing her son. giving him As many a. siNty-nve
lashes at q time. That on the 81 inst, the day
on which the deceased IL supposed Go have come
TO his death, she called at the house OF a neigh
Dor, inquired after her son, and said, that IL
che found him she would kill him and send him
10 his father. IL n rumored, with what truth
We DO not know, that At the inQ uest the mother
was asked TO lay her hand upon the BODY SC
and when she did 50, the blood gushed forth
copiously. The coroner's jury rendered a yer
dict that ION the 30 Of June, lS72, At Harness
Creek, upon the farm OF Wilson Wells the said
VIM. HI. Green was drowned, aud that they 90
suspect one Della Green OF being the cause.
and 10 recommend that the said Della be held
for further hearing" She was accordingly ar
rested and lodged in jail. On Ihursdaylast
;. Thomas Mccullough counsel for the accused
pettuoned the Hon. Oliver Miller 20 grant the
state writ OF hdbeds oOIpUS, directed 10 the
shefit, commanding him 10 have the body OF
said Della before his honor immediately . thar
N might be Inquired OF, and determined
whether the cause Of her imprisonment be ius;
or not. number of witnesses haV, l,eeu sub-
p%naed In the case.-AHnolaIts Nj R.paLlt-
can, lih.