National Republican., 1876-03-29
THE VICTIM A LADY OF GEORGETOWN
BER BRJFRBRS ON TRIAL FOR TIE SHOOTING
lPPEihls0 OF THE LADY In CeUR
Exclusion Of PHai Of The ALLEGED SldEtlon

Baltimore in Jane lsst, q. the St Clair hotel, in
that city, was commenced 10 the Criminal Court
of Baltimore, before Judge Gilmor, last Monday
morning.
The following synopsis Of the trial Is taken
from the Baltimore American:
The court room was densely crowded with
spectators. The greatest interest was N snifested
BY all az the trial progressed. The States At
sss SS
Hon. A. G. Riddle and Charles Thorn pson, it,, Of
Washington, d. o., and Captain ]. l.. Clark, Of
The following are the names Of the jury se-
Isctsd: w; r; Barry, foreman; II: J. Albert, w:
doid%an, Thomas % Il. Barnes, % F. We ". Elder, s r.
and ]. H. Bennett. The names Of those chal.
Bucsmnster, s. q. Brown. N. ". Anderson, Eli
ward T. Sweeting: W: II; Heaid: Charles H.
RRePIa RedP @ sCrSe cnn.IIS SSsnns m ssnismts
T. Eynson.
The Indictment contained two counts, the f1s.
Of which charged the Brewers with assault with
fsult.
when the States attorney had concluded, Mr..
Thompson made the opening statement for the
defente in which he alleged that the seduction Of
Miss Mary Brewer, the sister Of the accused, was
thstit would be shown that after encompassIug
the youpg l8dys ruin Col. Clarke had sent q DR..
Wilson, Of Bsltmors 70 her MI. T!h the view ?,
not allow. Mr.. Thompson concluded by making
some reference to the law OF the case.
and residence, be testiied that at 3iO D. m. on
the 3Uth Of June he took his seat
At THE END OF THE DINNER TABLE
at the St. Clair hotel; he was to the left Of the
door, presenting his side within two or three feet
from Il; had taken spoonful or two OF soup when
be felt the wind cut near hts face: heard the re-
port of a pistol, and ball passed through his
tongue; II carried away one Of my from. teeth, and
embedded itself in the wainscottipg; my tongue
was paralyzed the blood poured out of my mouth,
and was at tirst apprehensive that the jasular
vein had been severed. Drs. Wilson and Hill
were called in and rendered surgical aid. l was
then removed to my residence; was able to go out
not entirely recover for long time, especially
from the injury 10 my tongue; when shot he arose
W. Brewer, at the foot of the table to his right
with drawn pistol. h2prish ing II, and frantically
thIeatenipg any one Mho unoiaden inter inseriered;
the door with his pistol leveled at witness
breast; thought the shot was fred by Joseph N.
Brewer, but did not actually see him fire.
Urt tssexamined Witness first made the ac-
quantaIce ce of ]. Newton Brewer. the younger
brother, n the summer of1s72 or 1873, in Glouces-
ter county, Va; became acquainted with the
other members Of the Brewer family through the
younger brother; was introduced to the sister in
at He house Of Of Mf. Tabb. WSere thew f Wsre ali ali
visiting; made the acquaintance Of the elder
brother month afterwards; first visited the
the Invitation of the younger Brewer and in com.
pany with Mr. Tabb shortly after their first ac.
quantance; paid them another visit in about two
weeks ana remained all Eight, roomng with the
younger brother; after that had frequent bust.
ness calls to Georgetown, and generally at the
same time made social calls on the Brewers; was
taken there quite as much
TO SEE MISS MARY BREWER AS ANY ONE;
did not go to the house as q suitor for the hand
of the young lady, and was never engaged to
marry her: am q widower.
1t was then sought by MT Riddle to bring out
the fact Of the Illicit relations between Miss
Brewer and the witness by the latters own ad.
missions in response to questions Of counsel.
Mr.. Knott objected, and made an appeal TO the
court to sustain his objection.
MIR. Riddle contended that the cross-examlna-
tion was legitimate. The defense would claim
that the Brewer brothers, at the time Of the
shooting, were. laboring under frenzy, caused
ofed their sister. To show the prevocation Of the
deed, It was right that the admissions of Col.
CLARKE on this point should go to the Jury:
Of his clients when the shooting Of Clarke o.
Mr.. Knott did not think the defense could sue.
cessfully ask for the admission Of this testimony.
THE ASSAULT WAS ADMITTED,
but II was claimed that the act was not done with
malicious motive. The law did not permit any
enc to avepge his real or supposed wrongs, and
Here It was attempted to establish Illicit rela-
tions between Col. Clarke and the sister Of the
hear OF a great wrong done his sister then travel
forty fifty miles, shoot down his victim and call
It proyocation. Even II the relations between
Miss Brewer and Col. CLARKE were such as was
claimed, the grade of the ofenss was not
His Honor, Judge Gilmor, excluded the evi.
dence.
An exception was taken to the ruling Of the
Covrt by the counsel for the defense.
then resumed. Mr.. Riddle said he would put
certain questions to the witness, some OF which
might be inadmissible under the decision of the
Court, but he would ask them so that exceptions
could be noted to each.
DID YOU NOT sEDUCE MISS MARY BREWER?
Objected to.
q. Did you cot correspond with Miss Brewer.
Q. Did you not write one or more letters to her
to ascertain whether she was willing to have an
abortion performed?
bjected to-
Two letters were shown witness, and he ad-
mitted they were in his handwriting, and that
which advertisement, It was claimed, was that OF
Dr.. Wilson, residing at the corner OF st. Paul and
q. DO you know OF any cause or provo
cation given to the Brewers which would induce
them TO seek you and commit the assault?
facts of the case they would have felt that they
had no provocation, and would never have done
IL. The witness was asked what the facts were,
tut the ques' ion was objected to. He was also
asked If he did not know that the prisoners had
songht him on the occasion of the shooting be-
| cause they claimed their sister. (Onjected to.)
The witness said that there had been no Ill feel
ing between him and the accused. In one Of the
letters the address, ''corper of Saratoga and st.
Paul streets, !" was given. and witness was asked
whether Or. Wilson resided there. (Objected to.)
The witness was also shown copy Of the adver-
May 10, ISIS, and was asked II that was mot simi
lar 10 the one attached TO the letter, and replied
that he could not say whether It was or not Col.
Shooting, there had been no iH-feeIing be.
tween the Brewer brothers and HIMSELF and ne
had NO feeling of anlmosity towards them at
DR.. Lindsay testified to
THE CHARACTER OF THE WOUND
received by Colonel Clarke.
elsEspcr at ne so,ei .e.teS Is 70 shs saoo.;ns
John Lyman, sworn: About $50 p. m. on the
into the dining room; shortly afterwards heard
| shot fired; ran In and then saw the younger
om n b m UossS sSS1
who was getting up from the table, and the elder
Brewer beside him csmiDg upto present; wrung
the pistol out Of his handf, also, and gave IL to
The following are the two letters which were
Identified by Col. Clarke as IN his handwriting,
The iirst is dated May q 1875, and Il follows:
"Your letter, dear Mamie, would have met with
more prompt reply. but had 70 walt until
fsrred, and the result is that neither can account
for the result, or, at least non result. Iwish you
when might have had come data to 90 by. He
/ dtd me great injustice in making such state
ment, and no doubt arrived at the conclusion BY
| my anxious manner. ! have been quite unwell
for the last three weeks and my cold is no better;
incefsant coughing. particularly At night, makes
i me feel very weak. Some Of my friends are
i quite uneasy about me and advise Q trip to Ss-
vsnnab. instead Of waiting here for warm weather.
i am afraid shall have to take q trip to Vir-
/ ginia about the arst Of the week, as We have
some matters down there that require looking
after. -....-.t r
"Tbe Impression is that You do not take eIer-
i clse enough, good healthy exercise, having re-
NAMED too quiet. Should you still deem It neces-
sary, (ss in probability IL may have 70 be,) you
| can make Jour own appointment, as before, and
| he will meet you. In the meantime you ought to
| take kome active exercise
| "And believe me, dear Mamie, your ever fondiy
| attached friend. L."
...a. TONY DEAR MAMIE.
TC the top CT the second letter there was at
/ tached the advertisement, from the Sun, of the
| alleged abortionist, DR.. Wilson, and at the end
| his address, "Corner Saratoga and st. Paul
| streets" The advertisement, however, was torn
off after the letter was received. The following
| Is the text Of the second letter, which is dated
| May IL, 1875:
Il could net answer your letter, my dear Ma.
mie, until the present moment, and as shall
leave the city tomorrow ito be absent some two
weeks) inclose the address, and letter from
you will meet with Q prompt reply. 1t is for you