Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-12-04
THE EOTRTS


To-day, Roosevelt agi. Noulton: verdict for
defendant. Archer and PancoaSt Manufacture
ing company AIT. shepherd; oa trial.
PoIICE CoURr-JHdOs SneU
Yesterday, Charles Lucas. assault on Martin
II. Green -. Lucas Was Also fined slA for a.
Sault on a police officer. john t.hugh col
ored. treSpass on the lands vi En1> Ray -.
Samuel Bell. coiured. suspicious chara Ger
was sent dow tothe work house, tie Mas found
in house No. ia ii street NJ three O'clock sun
day morning Tor burglaTiouS purposes: sixty
days. George Williams. \ NaEabond. was sent
to the farm Tor sixty days Robert White. alias
VIM. Clark. colored. a notorious pick pocket,
has been arrested again on the charge 81
Suatchiug A la,lv'> pocket hook from her hands
This Is the same hoy who picked lady> poke;
on 1th. near ID street. on saturday last. The
lady did not viSh Ia appear ia the Police CagI;.
consequently the man gocS unpublished. II
she viii call At thu office Of Mr.. Coyl" ash slant
attorney. n the City Hall n Viii answer tine
purpose Just n vel.
Charles Williams Vas sent dow. a % Nag-
rant William Ryan. suspicious person ahi
professional tramp. Was sent down fog ~ DAYS.
David Redmond. assault Ga Agnes Redmond.
his vile: Sic or % days. Frank Brook, ~
>ault On john HalScr: - Joshua u 1ek was
charged with larceny Of pocket hook and =
from Mr.. Louie Ellis. Who testified tina, this
hoy >uatcEyd her pocket hook rom her porAet
ou eth street last "Wednesday afternoon while
she MAS "ut shopping. She fell his land Ia her
pocket. and un turning the hoy was running
OF. 4 Young man. clerk I'm store near by.
saw IN" act ms being second offence. hr
was sent 60 the grand jury. Leopold 4. Levy
was charged ny the officers at tde Board oi
Health with selling spoiled chickens IN the
Northern Market. Inspector Luddngtnn t,'>-
tined that he SAW defendant sell two rotten
chickens for twenty cents - 4 cplored man.
He lwitnessl caused the chickens L. he pat n-
Ia the garbage cart. with some other poultry
aud game. Ii MAS shown for deiruce that Mr..
Levy WAS not present that the ordinance under
which the offence Was brought requires that
the offender should have personal knowledge
of TIE UNIV ho,csnmc condition of his food Ia
constitute an offence. The court dismissed
the ease.
DARKROOM ROW.
Jacob Wiener and August kir>eh3uer. as
Sault aud battery on David Reese. vino te>ti-
ned that he went into The restaurant kept by
Wiener. on a., street. between Missouri aud
Pennsylvania avenues. on the FRIDAY morning
alter Thanksgiving day. where hr PLAYED
cards for cigars and threw dice for drinks: ne
got drunk there. won a good MANY cigars and
made some enemies among some Italians. and
the proprietor and harkeeper They assaulted
him NiolCllly. knocking him down and beat
ing him. He showed several bruises aud scars.
both eyes were blackened. and hc had ~ be-
carried home and the services Of 4 physician
were required Ia plaster his head up. The
proprietor and his barkeeper first assaulted
him, and Afterwards some parties unknown 10
him; $40 each and.cost.
CRUEL TREATMENT or 4 CHILD.
Thomas SlnSDn and Amanda Sewell. col
ored. charged with assault and battery CA Alice
Bellfield. The moh of the child. testified that
IN" child died Al the house of Amanda. in Poo
mac city. Witness Was living ont az service.
and lefI the child with Amanda. II Was three
years old. and il had been 81 abused by cruel
treatment that ii had since died. She had the
corpse n the house now. and there l. plainly
Ia be seen bruises all over its person. Witness
had let Amanda AXE she child Ia raise. Sew
eral witnesses testified Ia the cruel manner i'm
which Amanda and simpson were ina ihe habit
oi treating this child. One witness, a colored
man. testified that Simpson told him that he
whipped the child three days in succession.
and showed him thick. heavy strap which he
used. The chllds back was raw with the whip
ping II had received. Officer Arnold testified
that he found the child dead i'm the house and
considerable excitement eXiS,ed in the neigh
borhood. Amanda acknowledged that She mad
whipped the child severely the dan before with
the strap Witness could scarcely nut his
ringer on lis back without touching a black
Well made 10y the strap. The ease WAS here
continued until tomorrow for further eSi-
dence.