Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-16
The Norwood. Hahn Homicide.
TRIAL OF JOSEPH :. NoEv, GOD FOR NAN
SLAUGHTER

TRIAL OF JOSEPH :. NoEv, GOD FOR NAN
SLAUGHTER
Yesterday in the Criminal Court JnAoe
hacArthur. the trI'd OF Jos. ). Norwood
charged with mar slaughter in causing the
utdiii 3i lhiilp Al. Hahn i'm September last.
nH StfIklhe mn with a boot-clamp on the
l-'''u' was 'p' tinUei after the Irwin habeaS
corpus cdsS' .ad been disposed OF for the dav.
.o'fAtiHt Acton testified that ON the 10Th OF
Iltihn' last, one George Smith reported
i,.lt .IH re IVES q man dying at a house on
oiLLp venue, near 18th street, and witness
NciL there and found man inSenSi Bile. and,
I ~, II orderOf Or. Buckley. carried him to
" Niderce hospital. where he died; this
IN tLwaS Hahn; witness arrested Norwood
no told him he had struck Hahn with the
clamps because the latter would not let him
alone.
TO-DAY.
Ibis morning the trial was resumed. and
NJ. Barrett. for the defense. opened. sta ing
mat they claimed that the blow struck by
Norwood did not cause the rupture of the
blood vessel which was the Immediate cause
oi ceath, and they would show that Norwood
di.d nam han been on gG0t terms. and there
was some dispute. and that the blow was
struck in Sclfdcfen>e.
THoDeu philips testified that he saw Hahn
following Norwood in the shop on the night
IN uucS-5 on. and heard III. say to y. 'Gou -
OF - III get even with YOU yet" Hal
6roWr Norwood Tor twenty years; regarded
hiin ~ ipo-i"o.thiE disposed, knew the deceased
/ tH b" suarrol>pmC when i'm liquor. On cross
eN;Jg1uaJion witness said both men were
/ GTut[
n NnlJri,s DeJqc1J Ht-st1l THai.pg. Ia oeq
Gsoa,oa ami i. -. CJart testified 10 the good
! character 0i the accused RJGlyf HhichtpE
c-;.ih",l to the deceased hriug QUaTrel>Omc
| N-itu drinking. BTe"'tfc tipHeS testified to
fire accused having served On the old polio.
/ b.~CC. and that his character was gpOt. Ont.
EDhTt u J1 testified that the accused was i'm
| The 2i Ii~jTic! regiment during tile war. and
| bore a good character there GHcer HGty.g
testified 90 the good character Of lie accused.
iDrjy F"Ee7' testified to NOrwOOd'S gooI char
| dct6r. knew that there was some mu~~ abOU
"a watch. ana OF Norwood telling the dpCs.l So
| to keep out Of his house.
| Acchd0 Cnst,y, coIOreJ, testified that on
! nc evening III Question >li" heard Hahn call
Norwood - OF q - and q bastard. II. was
/ try ing to open the door and had something
| IN his hand, and Norwood was telling him -
90 away. On crOSS-cEaminatiOu. witness
| sand thd- She had taken Norwood s. clothes 10
| him.
| Gcorge 7. TyoirAIiss testified that about two
] years ago Hahn went into Norwool'S shop.
and y ordered him out, when IL. threw a last
! at NOrwCudS head.
| This closed the evidence. and the counsel
| NeSsrS. +. X. Jones and Harrington for the
| government and II. II. Olcr ana q. ID. Bar
| reti for Getendant-prOceeded 10 argue the
Judge Macarthur charged the Jury as 10
| the definition OF manSlaughteT. which differs
| from murder IN that there is no delibar2 to,
| mHAciGuS intention TO take life. and said that
| WC'TS do not constitute Il prOvOcatiOn.
| Mr.. Barrett asked an instruction that If the
| jury find Than The deceased was entering the
| The court said that the defendant in such a
! case had the right To prevent him from Ell
tcrin@. hat not to take life unless they firl
| that he was i'm great danger of his life o. OF
| great bodily harm.
| The jury retired = l245 p. m,
| VERDICT or " Not GUILTY.
| Tie jury returned at o'clock with yer
dict of not guilty. and the prisoner was dis
The Court discharged the jurors until the
| sth.Of February.