National Republican., 1873-09-26
THE HAHN MURDER.
HENRY YOUNG IN THE CRIMINAL COURT
D,mcuIty In Gettina n Jury--The J"rs ~
Last 0b,aIued-The Evidence Tor the

Last Ob,aIurd-The E,idcuec Tor the
Prosecution Opened.
The tr,al Of Henry Young alas Williams was
,c.umed Al the criminal Court, before Mr.. Jus
tice Macarthur, yesterday morning, for the mur-
dor of Mr. Frank Iahn, In the Mmory lot IN
this city, on the 2sth Of March last.
Tbe case stood at the opening OF the court
s,obt iurors sworn and thirty talosmen sum
moned, The call Of the talcsmen was begun
AMI continued until all had been called, with the
following result. J. W. Bronaugh, had consclen-
tious scIupics; Michael +. Callan, had formed
an opinion; George hngcrman. had conscientious
,crupics; Marshal Brown, had never heard OF
the case, challenged by defence; kmoTy Baxter,
had formed an opinion; John &. Howard, had
read The accounts hut hal formed no opinion,
accepted Rnd sworn; Adolph y. Lppard, chal-
lcnge,, nv defence; Gco. T. Noycs. had formed
deo,lcd opinion; samuel Emery, DO; John H.
wilson, do; Edward Edwards, challenged by the
urfencc: frank Dorsey, had formed an opinion;
l'hllip L. MAY, do; samuel Dnvall, do; Alfred
Pope, do; VIM, Clements, had decided consclen-
lions scrnples; Alex. 4. Burland, had formeN
decided opinion; Walter Eyans, over age; Mm'
Declet, had formed decided opinion John II.
Cockre do; ". D. MURPHY, nGi nos p,;.n III M khott'
n NcBIair accepted and swnrni Edmund Bar
Tett, hal formed an opinion, nut not ueciicu,
challenged by defence; Richard f' smith, had
TS,s Exhausted the panel, two additional ju.
rors having bccn seectcd-JOhn {. Howard aud
4, X. NrBAir. The court ordered forty talesmen
TO be summoned 10 appear ~ Ocloch' T. H.
AfrER rnE RECESS.
Mr.. GarncIt desired to make an objection 10
Tho place al which one Of the witnesses was de-
taintyl She was kept at the police station.
Mr.. sceya said that the witness, VINO had
originally been summoned by the defence was
now corfaIlcd at the stntlon-an improper pro-
Mr.. Harrington said tina, the witness instead
OF being sent to jail was merely dctancd al tue
MT, Justice Macarthur. believe will decline
The cail df the newly wly-summoncd talesmen was
then proceeded with the following result; ~
Had formed OpinlOn-li. W. Blunt, 5, II. Bacon,
i. A. Daynell.
challenged by Acknowledgement Matlock'-
When T. A. Darnell was called he said he had
formed an opinion from reading the papers, and
doubted whether he could 90 unbiased on the
jury. u.,, ,.u
upon newspaper report --,-.-,,..-
Mr. Darnell. dVn tE.AS any lntelllgent man
would.
Mr.. DaTnell said he had read the newspaper
account OF the case and had formed an opinion
thereon, but did not remcmber whether he had
ever expressed that oplh,on. lie thinks he could
try the accused impartlaly; but upon being
asked whether the influence OF the newspaper
statements would bias his mind upon the case he
answered that he did not know enough OF the
operations OF hts mind to say whether they
would or not.
Judge Macarthur said that he would admit
the Juror, L. is utterly impossible to obtain an
Intelligent Jury IN Sommuny rh %heTs ne news news
papers. think | Will allow the Juror to be
sworn.
The defence noted an exception.
Mr.. Ogden was about TO he sworn, when, IN
answer to question by the defence, he said: 81
believe spoke OF the prisoner to-day as the
murderer
General Musscy. hope your Honor will credit
that.
Judge Macarthur. You may stand aside, sir.
Mr.. owen O'Hare, on being sworn, completed
the Jury, which stands as follows: john r. Dale,
Wm. Lucas, John Brent, sr., Richard H. barnes
George wahl, John c. Howard, O.. X. McBlalr
VIM. Dixon and owen oliare. Messrs. Brent
Lucas and Bruce are cOored.
The clerk. J. Jay Camp, ESQ.,, then read the iI
Time was then given the Jurors to write nOtel
10 their friends.
Mr.. ". A. Eyans opened the case to the Jury
Alter noting the Importance OF the case, he lie
fined the grades of homicide ami read seyera
authorities. lie then made q succinct state
mcnt Of what the prosecution expected TO show
Mr.. Garnett said that the clause OF the indlct
ment was ungrammateal and not meaning any
thing.
tOo late alter plea had been entered.
Mr.. Simon Frankcnstein: Resides In Baltimore
near the drove yarl, West Pratt street; Is u com
mission merchant In sheep; knew Hahn; he cam
there on Friday with drove OF Sheep witness
sold the sheep and gave him check for the pro
ceeds-So. iI2. CHECK shOwn.) 1t was tina
na o. cheek he gave nm; tSe esesx & was no 10
never been presented for payment; Hahn wa
about 26-0,li years old.
Cross-examincd: Gave the check to Mr.. HahI
about O'clock In the afternoon; witness FRS
saw Mr.. Hahn that afternoon about two O'Clock
he told witness he wanted TO go home that nigh
by the Baltimore and Potomac railroad; wtnes,
place OF business is 95l West Pratt street
witness does not rccOllect whether h
male the check payable 10 T. Hahn o
Francis Hahn. Hahn was not under the infu
encc OF liquor at that time; he did not pay liah
job II. Curnow. Witness keeps hotel at tn
south end OF the Long bridge. On the night {
Friday, March p, witness saw Henry Young, u
defendant, at that hotel between twenty an
thirty minutes past IL O'Clock. About that tim
he heard knock at the door, and came out O
the piazza, and a man said he wanted son
whisky. lie came In; II was that man, (polntu
to lOung) lie took one drink, and then askc
for another, and IN the meantime pulled out
check and asked II II was good Witness look,
nj the check u was for s3gO.l2, and told Your
II was good. Young then asked when the Ale
andria banks opened, and witness answered tn
they opened about o'clock. witness took b
check and went on. Witness saw Young ne!
day at the station-hnuse.
Crosse xamined: q. How came you to kno
what time It was7 A. had clock IN the ID
room.
Q. how came you to look Al the clockG A. L
cause had eyes.
Counsel. Yes; near-sighted ones.
Witness look. at the check closely, and 81
the amount The counter Is about elghte
inches wide. The clock Is behind the bar. You
took the check out OF his pocket, and asked v
ness II he thought It was good. Witness said
thought II was gOOd-after looking at IL. You
asked what time the banks opened in Alex
,lria. witness said about O'Clock. lie ash
for cigar, and got IL. lie paid me twenty-f
cents, said "GOod night" and went out. He v
in the house three or four minutes. Know 1t v
the prisoner by his looks; rccOllects he had c
on. When witness was brought 70 police he
quarters, Mr.. McDeyitt brought him down, a
told him to ask me for drink OF whisky, but
fore he spoke q word said, "Thats the ma
Recognized him by his large chcek.bone and
scar on his face.
Counsel. Did you not, In conversation W
Mr.. sceya, say that you would like to see eve
Witness. No. sir; deny that. They have
much right to make living as we have.
Mr.. Garnett. Oh, know you say SO now; :
the question Is, what Is your private opiniC
publicly expresse,l7
Witness. Well, deny IL.
Witness Is positive The man there Is the mi
who brought him the check. Hundreds
colored people pass witness house every da
Witness cannot say whether more than half
the negroes have high cheek bones for he nev
saw half the negroes In the country; thinks III
the cap he wore was OF silk or alpaca SON
tnlng ngnt IN lts nature.
Re-dlrect-(iouug was called forward)-W
ness. That 10 the man, and the scar Is there;
IL all healed up: there Is what Is left OF lt. (T
face OF Young was here examined by the Jury.)
Detective McDevitt, Witness learned Of Il
murder between o and O'Clock on saturda
March 20; then saw the remains afterwar,
recognized as llahn's body. Witness went
Baltimore and asccrtRined that Frankenste
had paid Hahn the evening before with u chec
aud got similar check and came back to Was
lngtOn. On Sunday received Information tn
Henry Young and others came to this city fro
Alexandria, and were very rough people. The
went to Alexandria, and In company with Il
Alexandria police surrounded the house occupy
by Young and his woman; was slgnaled by Il
police TO come In, aud entered and there q
rested Young; carried him to the station-hou
at Alexandria; there searched him, and -four
on him pulse-warner, on which was q spot
blood. He said the spot came from hight wi
ms woman; also found spots Of blood upon b
shirt bosom.
Witness then went back and searched Il
house. There found pair Of boots at the hei
oi the bed. On one OF them were spots OF bloc
(Witness was here shown a bOOt.) There is mol
On the right boot, but number Of stains up,
the left boot. (lhe boot was here examined
the juryD When Yonng was about being tax,
TO the slatlon-house, witness asked where W
the hat or cap he wore on Friday and he answer
That he had sWappcd II with another man.
the back room down stairs found another bo,
hid away under u dresser. The leg OF this bu
was cut, and Young told witness that he cut
The boot was here shown TO the Jury, and
MoDeyitt compared II before the Jury with I
slung-shOt that was found on the ground Of /
murder.