Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-16

Balloch Guardian ad lItem. LYON agt.
SUNNY ct al; order extending time COOL
missing bill bolt Ell ~. agt James ct a.
order for commission. Barbour & Hamii ~
agt. Kelley etai.; order 10 produce iufa' Il in
court. johnson agt. Johnson; order ar.I ~
substituting James Hoban, trustee 10 ,naee
release. Wall ct al agt. Wall ct Ai. order ~
refereree Van Riswiek agt. P<sessle: order
giving leave for Stanton. rece' ,.r m hocnn.a
party. Cummins agt. Gee a snnnienentaI
decree fled. Page agt. PaT a. ,lecrpe : nnoint
ing Charlie, Walter trr .stee. Bigelow agt.
paDy; report of trust ees filed auJ or,er for
paynentof notes. ''-
POLICE Co oRr-J,xsoe Sseu
To-day; James taylor forfeited collateral.
colored, CHARGE with using false scales i'm ms
business: slGo, and scales ordered to be for
felted. James Hill, indecent exposure; $40.
S Mm Sarp aaa Robert Mclean, drunk and
feited collateral. Anna Ross, profane; 50.
Jenny Newton forfeited collateral. Richard
Wllliams do Lewis johnson, charged with
disturbing side show connected with the
circus; SIS. Thomas Turner, profane; $40.
Christian Grouse, disturbing the quiet OF
Georgetown by using profane and Indecent
language; $40. Laura Gales, profaue and
indecent language; SIS. Peter Lewis. uniaw-
ful excavation; judgment suspended. Jerry
Flaherty and Henry Barr forfeited IS each for
an ARRAY. Henry w. Young, charged with
engaging in the business of produce dealer
without license; SIS and license order 10 be
procured.
A CHARGE OF FORGERY DISMISSED.
Thomas c. Dyer was charged wi tn forgery
OF the name of William Lowe on the back OF
promissOry note OF one hundred dollars,
drawn and signed by one j. I'll. Rollins, paw
able to the order of said Lowe, with intent TO
defraud the said Lowe. The note in question
was produced and shown TO Mr.. Lowe, who
denied that he had ever signed il. j. III Ro,-
Inns was shown the note and testified that he
signed his ranle on the face of it in the
presence of Mr.. Eastwood, at Dyer's house,
on Capitol Hin. Mr.. T.. e. Dyer, the IA ther
of Thomas {. Dyer, testified that Mr.. Lowe
told him that he had endorsed the notes; he
tWitness( saw him writing at the counter
appearance of being notes. Lowe had been
drinking quite freely. Mr.. Calvert. bar
Keeper, testified that Lowe drank some eight
times and was quite lively. Witness waited
on him, and handed him pen and ink. Con
siderable testimony was taken, and Mr.
Totten, for defendant, addressed the court
urging that Lowe had signed the note while
intoxicated, and possibly not knowing after
wards what he had done. The court reviewed
The testimony, and came TO the conclusion
that the testimony did not warrant the hold
ing OF Dyer for the grand jury, and dismissed
the case.
"BRoTHER THOMPKINs, YOU OUGHT TO BE
ASHAMED OF YOURSELF"
Jefferson ThOmpkins, colOred, was charged
with assault on Mrs. Rosetta Hammond,
with intent "a commit rape, on the 18th OF
February. Mrs. Hammond detailed the cir
Stating Ifldt Sfle Iidt been Ill IN
bed for some time and ThOmpkinS was in
the habit of making a fire in her room every
morning. On this occasion he made the as
sault complained of, and she resisted him.
He belonged to the same society with her
Self-WashingtOn Lodge, No I, and she said.
BRO. ThOmpkins you ought 10 be ashamed
OF yourself" She took the case before the
Lodge TO have him dealt with, but got very
little satisfaction, and She was compelled to
get n warrant. Her husband was absent
from the city, and she wrote to him telling
all aboutit. He has since returned. and was
present in court. The case was continued.