National Republican., 1873-04-04
THE ROGERSKI MURDER
SECOND DAY OF TOM wRIGHTs TRIAL
The Jury secured -Opcuins Argument Of
Mr.. Harrington for the Government
Te,,imeny sft,oorae W. wright, Onacer
Leach, Dr. H,r,Iu.p and Others.

Ts,,ineny ofCcorse w. wright, Ofncer
Leach, DR.. HartIurn and Others.
The trial Of Tom Wright foy the murder Of the
peddler, Rogerski, was resumed At the opening
Of the Criminal Court yesterday morning, Wright
being decidedly more solemn looking than on
the previous day. The calling Of the Alcsmen
80 had been summoned) was proceeded with, |
with the following results
CALL oF TALEsNES.
Peter burning was nrst called, Hal iormcd
George A. o. Hare had a little opinion that the |
FdWeri Ambush, ,solored, had formed no opln.
lon and had no scruples. Accepted and sworn |
Lewis II. Baker had formed newspaper opln-
iona decided one. lie vas excused.
Charles Z. Hulse had formed no opinion; nut
the defence objected.
Edward Baum had formed an opinion.
James Z. Gsdsby hal formed and expressed
samuel 7. Acting
The Marshall. / ihlnk he Is dead, docking over
JOIN John Il. Clark had formed an opinion.
| George o. Barron not present.
Joseph T. Dyer had formed an opinion.
Navy Yard; would require defendant to prove
n'Mf M, harrington. think you mistake the qucs.
innocent, TT ou or the 'v pFUsecaIIon to prove him
Mr. iIcnklc. would require him to he proved
MI. KIIby. Ifyou were to go into the box now
and tTy him without evidence on either sidc,
you would nnd him guilty, would you notT
iisIIet Kilbonrn had formed an opinion.
X. =. Martin, (excmpS postmaster At Ana-
Il. j. F1emmlng and 4. d. Tinuey had formed
Luke Madison, colored, had formed no opinion,
To defencei Never read newspapers about the
trial; Ia q teamster.
Accepted and sworn.
VIM Budd hac formed no decided opinion.
By defence: Lives on sixth street, between 2
and X. Has read the newspapers.
gen. Henkle. suppose you were sworn now
, and asked TO deliver verdict, would you say
Juror. should leave II In that ease to higher
being before could decide,
Accepted and sworn.
James W. Davis had formed au opinion.
James Ferguson, colored, challenged by DC
fence.
William Cole, VIM. Il. Fugitt, Henry Coleman
and Dewitt ". Fowler had formed opinions.
, Alfonso N. Boswell challenged by defence.
I Charles II. Burgess accepted and sworn.
THE JURY.
; This completed the Jury, as follows Frank
= Brooks, samuel G. Magruder, George 4. Bohrer
: Lemuei =. Clark, Charles O. Ball, Edgar Banks
MT Solomon S1hp n Mist Nj h3SsTn rssTs. As sS
: The opening statement was then begun.
= WI. HARRINGTON OrENs
Mr. Harrington said he would ask the Jury Unly
to do their duty; 80 well and truly try and tIuI
: deliberance make between the accused and tn,
| Government. There could I've no question o.
4 grades in this murder. II Wright Killed Roger
!. SKI, there could be no question that the murde
was In the irst degree. lie narrated the fact
ALREADY published in this jOurnall which led u
q the arrest OF Wright, saying that he did not de
: : sire that public opinion should have any weigh
! ! in this case, but g Try 4 by the evidence.
He then called the following witnesses:
The WITNESSES FoR TIE UNITED STATES.
9 George Newman Wright lived on the corner .
Tenth and streets; ont on the night M 81 lne ~ ,,I
, girl called his attention, saying, none OF you
= drivers Is lying there drunk" He went up
between Tenth and Z streets. lie asked the CIR
> and a Young man who was with her to stay b.
. the body until he called an ofncer. lie then wen
e to the edge OF the square, blew his whistle, ant
d Oricer Leech came, who called a vehicle an,
e carried the body to the station-house.
CrOss-examined; Witness explained, whl
~ Gen. Henkle drew map OF the premises, Thert
~ are two houses on Ninth and Z streets. be
y tween them and the next houses there are nv
,e or six building lots, uninclosed. Ninth stree
= pretty pre- TYP popaioas part o. the city on stree
y there are no houses on the square except At eAC
!, Of the corners, the distance between them bein
e about a dozen building lots, not incloscd. U
ie the Tenth-street side Of the square there wer
Z but two houses, the vacant space being fror
y nifty to seyen!y;nye feet uninclSsed , j. wa
" Witness did not use his carts that day; II wa
y dark when the little girl called; coachman
he had lust left, and ihe time was mentioned whe
e e- he left; the gas lights were burning, but non
vi ,a reflected on the commons; It was a starllgl
es. and Il, over a square on; know Of no man havn
Us discovered the body some time before the q
e, did; did not see man from virginia, who drivl
: mule In a cart that night; does not know u
q: man who was with the girl.
~ Gen. II; suspect he Is, the man I've been
~, quiting about.
e'' OF blood there; It seemed to have come from
-, head; the wounds In the head seemed to ha
,u- ~ been done with sharp instrument; the woun
y, ~, on the head did not appear TO be cuts; an ic
et' pick would do It; saw three or four wound
* there was little warmth about the body; the
'u 'se was no blood running then.
Ie Ills legs appeared 10 be stin, the heal, nee
ig- and arms appeared to be timber. The body Il
ne not appear to have laid there long, there a
nd from Tenth to + street The paths cross abo
~ ~ the middle Of the common. Laboring peop
live In this neighborhOod; some do not quit wo
ro- many persons cross these paths; few cross
~ them; doubts whether q man could be CARR
oy across this common In the day time witho
Cd. The Court. II is about two hundred feet fro
~ wrights house TO where the body was foun
~, In doing SO they would cross one OF these path
~ Cross-examlned; Thinks there was no snC
me that night; witness remembers that next NOR
" " ing he tracked drops Of blood to L street; W
~, ImI ness traced the spots to 4 street:
M n, oficer Leech. On the night of 23d Of Dece
leu Der last picked up body In the rear OF the hOu
~ Of last witness. Carried this body to the static
~ house, and II was Afterwards recognized as 81
~ OF Rogerski; found tape-line and other thin
se sne In the pocket.
hes Cross-examined, Heard a whistle blow on
e's night OF the 29d OF December about $50 ocloC
as he was standing at the corner OF Ninth and
o a Went to Newman, across the way, and with h
ts, to the body, Witness turned over the boz
ere there was little pool Of blood consesed n nnG
ors The body appeared little warm about the hea
OF The legs were stin. spots Of blood were fou
ten leading towards street, Found the blood ne
morning. Newman, McDevitt and others We
engaged In the search. The spots looked like !
body had been brought down the pavement
the TO the Court. The body was under the shad
ian OF a cart. Wright was there. Did not md
nk- track he said was made by No. shoe.
Dr. Redirect. There was no action Of tile hei
the when witness found the body.
cti- The court here took recess.
tor, AFTER RECEss.
:2o; DIR. Hartigan testified that he made a post ny
the fem examination Of the body OF Rogerskl.
ful- wounds on the body caused the death. tn,
'ui- was one wound Just over the outer angle OF
D. left eye, penetrating the bone and fracturing
am, inch. That wound could have been made wit
da' little axe-the corner OF the axe blade.
nk' temple, and was one fourth Of an inch deep. I
use, next was two inches above, about an inch 10
yh' and one fourth Of an inch wide. II had been Ia
eid, rated. The other wounds were from one eigl
de to one fourth OF an inch long. The next wou
rel, was Just at the back Of the neck, one and b
- inches long, and produced fracture. The bone
D., ries. II was stellato fracture. The next '
U. on the top OF the head. II was one and q j
, T. inches long and one fourth Of an Inch de
q, None Of these wounds were necessarily moi
a. except the wound on the left side Of the h
led, near the temple. This was q large irregu
end wound. The wound forms several blows r
had ming together about two and a half inches Il
Ian, aud one and half inches wide In some pal
Tor The skull was broken into seven or eight pie
y. at this point and driven in upon tie bra
y. These wounds might have been made with
Ihe ice-pick, but II Is more probable that small
IN. was used. The head was giobular, and wOl
the therein would not be OF the size Of the inst
the ment used. The wound last described was nee
ex- sarily mortal, and death from such woI
the would ensue In q very few minutes. ON sue
ges grow cold In the open air in four or I've hour
de- To the Court. The body, after death, wO
ap- grow cold more rapidly In cold atmOsph
feTe degrees IL would reaulre about double that ii
s. 10 grow cold.
6ross-examined: About 10 O'Clock that nj