Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-10-04
The BOGUs EDEs CONSPIRACY.
Arrangement of Green. Fisher. Evans
AID Leighton Postponed.

taken the name OF David EieS and 2iyeo
Ger, the ALLEGED Perry burglar. and thereby
secured his release, also for the arraigninent
Of Chas- g. Fisher, VIM. NJ. Evans aud BEN
Jamin r. Leighton, charged together with
GTeen with conspiracy, in connection with
said perSOnatiOn, and also for procuring a
false acknowledgements to be taken. Before
the designated hour arrived Green was
drought nom jail End shown 10 a seat in the
tOcS, as also wa Chss. G. FIJI her, who set al
TIE end Of the dock. MeSsrs. Evans and
CLIFTON were also present. There were also
PR sent Of the bar MeSSrs. w. A Cook A g.
Riddle, r T. Merrick aud General 6. \. Gar
NJ Id, who IL il III GeTSiOOd represent some
of the parties. Governor Wells with his as
slstaht, MIR. H. Il. Wells, iT., represented the
government.
Governor Wells suggested that the parties
be arraigned on the joint indie tment for con-
MOTION FOR DELAY.
Mr.. Cook said that ne appeared for some
Of the acCUSet, and with MCSSfS. Riddle aud
NeTrict fOr Evans, and they rad had con-
sul alton and had corciudeI 20 ak tina no
ar: igument take place at this time. They
Esd not vet determined the line ~ defense
hey would adopt; they may challenge tle
array of the grand jury, may demur, and
they may object to the petit jury.
. HE LtoALiTY os THE GRAND JURY.
Nh. Wells said that there wa - necessity
for HostpCnemcnt 10 the day ~ which Ll'a
petit jury was discharged. He hal examined
the question as 10 the legality Of the pre- 90 q
q apc jury, and as yet was sure that il was
Mr. Riddle urged that the ends of publ c
Justice did not require that they plead to-das;
IL was only On Saturday that they received
copies Of the indictments.
IHE GRAND JURY QUESTION.
MT. MefrlcR said that they expected 10
stand the trial. but thew desired To look well
into the organization of the grand jury, and
If they found II TO be defective they would
unite with the District attorney in having
Riddle and himself had offered their services
To protect the reputation of Junior member
of the bar, he had not been furnished with
copies of the indictments, and up to this time
be tMr. M had not seen them. He read
from Bishop on Criminal Procedure, that
sTraignments usually take place in the
presence of the petit jurors.
ORDER OF THE COURT.
Judge Macarthur said If there was defence
AT law he would be unable TO hear il until
The LIST Of next month, and so with the case if
hey go 10 trial on the writs. 1t had been the
practice OF The court to arraign Just before
tTlal, but party may be arraIgned at any
Tine after Indictment. He would fix the
Tune Tor arraignme1t for to-day two weeks
GSth inst)
Mr. Cook said that he presumed that the
order would apply to all.
The court answered in the affirmative.
THE QUESTION OF BAIL
was then considered.
Mr.. Merrick said that the amount Of the
bail did not concern them much, as Mr.
Evans intends to stand a trial and submit to
The scrutiny of the law; he expects TO do this
because he is under obligations To ms friends
LII
iliegality of the grand jury but they did not
propose 20 raise any technical objections II
the grand jury las not been regularly Orga-
nized there is ample time before the opera
tions of the statute OF Limitations to have a
jury properly organized and have this party
properly indicted. They wished trial but
on an Indictment which would stand.
The court said that i'm the Evans case the
amount would be 81 900.
Mr.. L. g. Hine and John W. Starr were
called.
The District Attorney said that he did
not know whether this was the proper time
but he would submit that hereafter parties
Onerlng themSelves for bail be required to
make afdavit as TO their property, as to how
IL is held sc.
Mr.. Riddle said that this was an unusual
CO. rSe.
JUICE Macarthur said that i'm this case
they would proceed in the usual manner
Messrs. Hlne and Starr then, with Mr.
Evans, entered into recogniZance.
For Mr.. Leighton Mr.. Il. w. SUNNY was
offered and accepted.
TAXING THE WHITE VEIL-Ttco Young
LGdies ReTiO11tce the WOrtd.-Yesteriay after
neon, al o'clock, the chapel attached to the
Academy Of the Sacred Heart of Mary, cor
neT OF Virginia avenue and Sth street south
west, was filled with q highly Intelligent an
dience 10 witness the reception of Miss Mary
ShultiSe. daughter of Mr.. Hermann Shultise
Of this city, and Miss Jennie Hurt, daughter
of the late Or. Edward Hurt, of Prime.
Georges county, Nd, into the confraternity
Of the SisteThOCi of 81. Dominic. About 4 30
O'Clock yesper service began with Rev.
faihei Rockford, provincial OF the Order OF
ST IOmlnlc, as celebrant. The young ladies
were attiTed in pure white tarletan dresses
en- ire IN, with white illusion wells. white kid
gloves and satin slippers, resembling bridal
dresses. As they entered the chapel, fol-
lowed by two young ladies', the choir sang
The by mn, go Lunen," in honor of 81 DOM
lEic. After taking the usual vows OF purity
CHASTITY and obedience, and receiving the
priests blessing, they followed him to the
sanctuary, where he made an address and
prayer; after which, they approached the door
leading into the convent, where they were
received by the priOreSs and mistress of the
nOYICes, who took the white wells, wreaths
ard other secular ornaments from them,
while the celebrant addressed them as fol-
lows =" My children, may God take from
your hearts all love for worldly pOmp, which
you renOunced when you received the holy
waters OF baptism" The prioress and novice
mistress then clothed the young ladies In the
different articles of religious dresses, the
priest addressing few appropriate words as
each article was presented, the pOstulants
novice mistress put on the cape and cap,
which had been handed them by the sacris-
tine, and the veil received from the priest
the Choir sang the hymn, ave Maria"
Alter he hymn the priest addressed the
IOStnlants as follows -" Heretofore YOU, my
child, we're called Mary ShUlIise, henceforth
IN relig iOn you will be know as Sister Mary
MaSdalenei and you, my CHI 4, were known
as Jennie Hurt, hencefOl' 4 you will be
known as Sister Mary Hyacinthe." Each
ices then arose and kissed the priests stole
The impressive ceremony concluded with the
" Benediction of the blessed Sacrament
DEDICATION OF NEW NJ F.. CHURCH.
The AShUry Mission, situated at the inter-
section Of Boundary and 9Th streets was
sOlemnly dedicated To the service OF God yes
terday. The presiding elder, Rev. y. NJ Car
roll, preached very impressive sermon at
II a. m. from st. Matthew, 10th chapter. 18th
verse: "U pom this rock l will build nv
church, and the gates of hell shall not pre-
vail against it," Mr.. Carroll, In the course
OF his remarks, gave very encouraging ac-
cOrnt ofthe great increase of the NJ. f.. church
since its organization. He said there are
now 20 annual conferences; itinerant minis
teis, 1O,Si5; local preachers, L, 700; lay mem
berS, ,345 ,0S9; members on probation, 2iS432:
total lay members, $50 ,52I; churches, 1889
value, S69 ,049 j23; parsOnages, 4, $3.50; value OF
parsOE ages, 20, 467 no. total value of churches
and parsOnages, SIS, 5l6, 693; Sunday schools,
Is $50, scholars, 3S5, 2N. There were 1900
converts in the Potomac district, Washing
ton conference, during last year. There have
been SEQ converts this year. At3p. m. Rev.
j. NJ. Mitchell preached a very fine sermon
rom st. Matthew, 10th chapter, 4th verse:
III is good for us to be here" At7k %. m.
Rev Mr. Brooks preached. The collection
during the day was about 500. The building
Is frame structure 28xf0 feet and will seat
ABOUT $50 persons. There is a fine Sunday
school AT the mission. Rev. James Thomas
is The pastor. He has a fine revival going on