National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-03-25
THE COURTS.
THREE DANGEROUS MEN REMOVED
FROM THE COMMUNITY.

Assault with Intent to Knl-rhe Notorious
Wn Cs.ne,l Again In Limbo-He u Wanted
In Maryland.
The trial Of Lemuel weeden for the deadly as
sauit On Charles Goodman was continued yester-
day before Judge Macarthur. At the adjourn
nent Of the court on the day previous the direct
testimony for the prosecution was all in, and
When the session reeonvensd yesterday the de-
Tense Put In their evidence, which went to show
that wesdsn vas trst assaulted by Goodman,
and, knowing the desperate character Of the
man, shot him for fear Of receiving bodily harm
himself A majority Of the Witnesses were Of
lav ortsr, and acknowledged themselves to be
associates Of levd women and frequesters Of
houses Of nl-ame. Many Of their statements
we're eVntraiietory, and the testimony was Of .
very unreliable and unsatisfactory nature. Some
OF lt bore the evidence Of being well doctored and
dressed up for the occasion, and more than one
witness was trapped By the District Attorney in
telling his manu- faetured story. Then again
several Of them confessed to having been under
Ovsrcoa !. smother for three different ofenses and
. third for havirg been convicted Of an assault.
The defendants testimony was concluded about
noon ard the Government then put In some re-
buttal evidence to chow that when the make
up took place between these parties at tho race
sssnan "a. .inesie ID his ' pso a q r,saa
ship. and that Weeden then announced that he
hsd buried the hateAet Of all feuds. with this
HIS Hooor, in delivering the charge, said tia,
- -
NJ m, ssry msen simlIna 70 me other that
tiops given At that time would be applicable. II
bad eeen tnhen down AZ the time and written out,
70 ne s.nse In n,a1fng As thess ~ npersiss
we're Indicted for shooting each other he proposed
that equal Justice should Be meted out to both,
@H - mn ~ " ss.ss, 70 ~ sa ~ !, III
retired 10 MAZE nm their DECISION and afss, an
Absence Of twenty-five minutes returned with a
verdict Of guilty As indicted Mr.. Gloss filed .
motion for q trial
Biliy ConnsIi. hand-eudes' betIeen MIN .n1
Gocdman- The crowd gathered about them.
IL they dissppointed, for the baiiins kept
motions or indiestons likely 70 promote sn en-.
counter. weeden seemed hopeful until the YER
Dict vss annouueed, and then there was . marked
charge IN his appearance. The face flushed and
eountenanee assumed . detected look, while the
tremui0us hand showed his nervous state After
n s s1s as sss s n ss
. smile 50 siekfy IN spPearanee as to show Il was
. forced effort, While his movements were so IN
three prisoners we're conducted to the street, TO
be placed in the van, tt vas thought unvise to
pat Heedman and weeten ooth inside, and ON
err noung direetel the former TO seat alongside
Of the driver. But Goodman, thinking that
seaId ioek eovafuiy upoo MS part. declined, say.
ns ne dld not want any tAvors and vas not afraid
10 ride inside, and thereupon Jumped into the
van Weeden and Council followed, and the on
Ger TOOK position on the back step. % as to be
coach then started for the prison
Hlfv Couueu W>pte,3 In Msrx,.,d
Billy Cornell, the notorious burglar and
thief, Who has seen the inside walls Of several
PsnnentaFies, and done . NUMBER OF "tretenes
ues' Hssn IN uou'ie- ne oeiongs 'na'
ou.e .omPo.u VI 'ne
. go "a N. n.,.s iovin- .,,I,sn. a, mi. M,
TIE, bat rno., Of vhsm have h..n v,thsr.s
.i,hiu pr..on v,ll. and len the eommuni,y 10
breath frser at their Incarceration. One OF the
Czrran, Is in the Baltimore penitsutiary, serving
9st tefm NJ hixnSy IoooeIy, sSmmit.eS On
ns.ts mi oh,a trasaf Samnanx AnathsS is A.
Albany, where one Of the O'Briens keeps him
- ,hv o'ss n,S o. s .ns .a y. n 1a
Inus /, vim be seen that the hand Of Justice has
Eve Of thefe dangerous men securely within Its
grasp. ans Is s.reiy enelosins ABOUT me SKIN.
GSysrnor Carroll. Of MaryIand. Tor the body Of
Billy Council, Who wanted Al cumberland,
~ ns. 10 49,, re si,h ~ % ,n,.n,sns ~ ~
rob.
rhs deed was Committed ON October IA. 1875. as
MT; fAysst.ss coming down the canal, u being
H. per,oa- Tsomas CurIsn. an aecompiiee With
COnneil, vas eaptared, convicted. and, as stated,
z serving out term m prison The authorities
~, oet.yI samsi , p,oI 70 n, s sns'
hence The rsauisi,ian- Lieat. Vernon arrested
him and tuned him over to the marshal. who
sent Nm TO laIl 10 auah the arrival o. the snerin
81, ys.,s nas, ~ .scn,s nj. 1890
sad APPLIED for a IrIt OF ksbsas corpus, which
Justice Macarthur granted and made return.