The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-06-02

| In the Mayors Court this morning
Mike Hughes, charged with larceny, was
held over until Thursday. RoDt. O'Con.
ner, charged with breach OF the peace,
was required to give bond in the sum OF
800. A. Bachten, for being disorderiy,
WAS fined So. Barney WeIst, for destroy
ing his own property, was fined $5.
Thomas Mcdonald, James Butler, Dick
Davis and Hugh McShain, all for being
ldisorderiy, were fined $i3 each, in dofauli
of which they were sent to the Work
house at 90 cents per day.
The Fiith-street crossing OF the new
railroad is in deplorable condition and
should receive some attention.
John L. Martin, for the killing of Cam
nitz, on West Eighth street, last eye-
ming. will be tried this evening. Martin
| seems to be quite calm, and expresses
every belief tnat he will be acquitted on
the grounds that his belief was, that
CamnitZ intended to kill him, had he not
fired when he did. A Derringer pis tol,
loaded, was alterward found In the in
| side pocket of Camnitz, which has been
| recognized by Martin as the same that
CamnitZ shook under his nose the pre-
vious evening. Marsh also states that
he would not have visited the house,
had he not received note requesting
him to call. His father, from Lexington,
arrived about IL O'clock. He is very
much affected by the sad occurrence.
Martins attorneys are Messrs. Fisk Il
Carlisle, who will endeavor to prove his
innocence of murder upon the ground of
self defense.
County Courts. G. Perrin, J. Duve-
nick and A. j. Francis were sworn in
as Magistrates Yesterday. A. q. Wood
was appointed Deputy Constable in the
II rot M y at a ii 10 triot aud porta x.,a,
sworn in as Constable for the same dis.
trict.
Another bloody Tragedy, still more
shocking in its details than the killing OF
Charles Albrecht, Monday night, hap
pened late yesterday evening, in which
the victim was man about thirty years
of age. by the name of James q. Cam
nitz. formerly a brakeman ON the X. Z.
r. R., residing at 81 West Ninth
street, and the murderer former
friend of the deceased employed in
similar position and named John L.
Martin.
1t seems that the cause of the bloody
deed was jealousy, ON which account a
quarrel arose between bhe two men at
the X. q. r. r. depot, last Monday
night, about q woman named Miss
Jenifer, to whom Camnitz was paying
his addresses. Yesterday afternoon
Martin received note from this woman,
requesting him to come to Mrs. Viii
shlre's house, on the corner of Eighth
and Russell streets, where she was Wis
iting, stating that Mrs. Wiltshire wished
to see him on business. He went, and
hardly had he been there tive minutes
when he heard Miss j. utter scream
heard voice exclaim, '.Get out of the
way, or Pll shoot your In an instant
Camnitz entered, in the act of drawing q
pistol. Immediately Martin, suspecting
that the infuriated man would do some-
thing desperate, pulled out pistol and
fired.
The ball struck Camnitz, and he fell /
and expired instantly, his last words
being, so, John.n The bali entered
through the first rib and lodged in the
spinal column. Martin, after the shot
was fred, Immediately went out of the
house, as ii sorry Tor his hasty deed. and
gave himself up to the custody of Officer
Senour, and was taken to Jail to await
an examination before the Mayor, at 2
O'Clock to-day. Coroner McCabe held
an inquest yesterday evening, when the
foregoing facts were developed. The
jury returned the following verdict:
I'VE, the jury sworn to investigate the
case oil James Camnitz, find, after hear
ing the evidence, that he came to his
death from pistol shot fired by John L.
Martin, in the psrlor of the house OF No.
20 West Eighth street, in Covington,
Kenton county, KY, Tuesday afternoon,
June l, 1876"
The deceased is unmarried, and has
lately been very intemperate in his
habits. A few months ago he had his
left arm crushed while coupling two
cars. He sued the railroad tor $40 QUO
son of NJ. T. Martin, baggage-master at
the Lexington citation, on the K. Z. B. r.