Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-06
THE COURTS.

Possession and costs. sprague ast. sprssae suit
were taken. Cr-swell AIT. knbourn non suit by
Rhee Smith aEt sTeie S;t efc for
ment for plsniif Tor possession. Tn 1mpson aJt
johnson, verdict for defeudsnt Washington Mar
ket Compsny sgt. Fshey on trial.
CRIMINAL CoURr-Jiad9e Mac rtlilfr
Yesterday, Kate Meredith, larceny of blankets;
Of a watch Information quasEed. He was held n
custody until the grand jury could find indict-
ment.
Kate King, larceny; dism ssed Thomas Cramp-
ton alias Murray, resisting Sergeant Mulhal, was
convicted snd sentenced 20 IS months in The peni-
of Of .e Si
fence in stealing coat and plumber # theater
s+ntei ced to one year in the pensenti Try Jos
Eskridge, larceny tsecond ocnceb of pants aud vest
Years in the Albany panifen,iSy. James M II S
Lewis Jones alias Bailey, and James Smaliw sod,
the 9Th q May last, Mrs. Neil te,tied thai Sf, ps
tol vas fired on the street and he arrested Bailey,
ing serio1s injury in the head aud in the #
Ss jury GSs sre On Of s to his
was sentenG.d to one year at albany; and the
eeny Of hat, skirt, &C: was convicted Victoria
Pool, larceny second offenseD Of twenty three dbl
nd G IN whose hs had Ss.n
slave! made statement to the effect that since a
petit larceny, and was sentenced to six months in
Jail.
EQUITY COURT, Judge Wylie.
pT"Pf hg1 Hys s 5epsS S
order pro confess Foos ass Fleming ct s s sn
ditoI report confirmed; demurrer allowed f. :
and auditor report confirmed GrGat aSt. HaSe;
appeal bond approved. Berry sgt. Berry; appear
auce of defendant ordered.
POLICE CoURr-Jtufoe Shell.
Today, Jerry Maxwell was sent down as a va
grant JACK Cialg was tned gle or thirty days in
was ii, ed $50 or ninety day in Jail for csrryiSg
loaded revolver: Eliza Lancaster, loud; IS. Also
fined SIS for being loud aud boisterous O'BrIen
Henson; loud; IS. Ellen Ale, drunk and disoriery
in public. Leopold Weiss 6nfd 90 or thirty
days in the wo khogss for selling liquor suadsy
the parks John Lang, cursing in the street; SIS.
Mm Jones; diSGTdeTly conduit SIS Henry Digs,
+. Carolsn fined .O5 51r selling whisky TO col
George Mathews. TIE coiured man Who sn~tcneJ a
gold watch and chain from a gentleman named John
srrslgned Tor a hearing, and pleaded not zlIt
MIR ii art testified TO the Circuns and stated
that there were two negroes. aud that he SGuii not
man testified that Mathews tried to EeM him the
watch the next day, and that he Informed him that
be snatch ed the watch in tie City Hall lot and the
man he took i from CHASED hm to get it. Detec i've
Mcnevitt testified to arre.tng Mathews, aud hat
he offered to get the wa'ch ard chain. but would not
GO with the officer here he said it was "planted"
Riswick charged with stealing boat from Th,mss
NJ Fugtt' tsecond offence Mr. Fugit testifel that
T. seeing Van Riswck with the boat down the river
man Named Ragan SENT to the grand SpH lor
also charged W til stealing plow plate from George
VIM Wsrd Was charged with assault and battery
with intent to XII James keck, white boy, who
10 pond, corner 9th and streets southeast, nen
he heard the discharge Of gun and the water
There were seven shots red in ali, and ons struck
witness in he back. He bad been confined to bed
ahpuk No. Lola
be was in the water. The man h fired at him a o.
pesred TO be drunk he called out for him witnessl
their b. aims out. The bali /. in him Vet, the doctor
could not get i ont The case was sent the geand
larceny of coat and other articles worth about 10
Taf MnF'hs or Hsayy ds sm II
Amano q Collins assault on Maggie Clark; 81. John
assault on VIM. Harris; so or twenty daI s. Thorn,
ton Lewis trespass on private properly aud taking
some green corn from Edward Garrett; 81.
KILLED HIMSELF WITH PEN-KNIFE
Indianapolis was excited last Tuesday over
the suicide OF one of its most prominent citi-
Zens, Col. i. %. Martin. Col. Martin has for
some time been subject to an intense melan-
ehoiy, induced by the general prostration OF
business. This so preyed upon his mind,
though mis- own affairs were perfectly straight,
that he took his life by stabbing himself with
a Pen-kn1fe Upon an examination over
twenty inc1siOns were found, two of which
had entered the left lung about two Inches
SOi. Martin was secretary of the Masonic
MUTUAL Behellt society, Tie affairs OF which
he left in good order. During the war Col.
Martin served In the 18th New York regi-
meLt OF Infantry. rising from the rank OF
lieutenant to The command of the regiment
He was wounded several times during the
war. and his friends think Ii pro5a BILE that
the effects from these assisted IN unsettiing
his mind. His wife is sister of Judge Reed
OF Brooklyn. He also leaves a child.
THE CHATTER OAK LIFE INSURANCE
TROUBLE-The statement made by Mr.
virgins, president OF the Charter Oak Life
Insurance company, to the effect that the
rot been overvalued, would be more reas-
Surfing, but for the following plain facts and
hgLres: In the assets OF The company the real
estate in Broad street and in the lower part
or Broadway stands at So 900, OG0. The same
real estate had been sold and transferred by
Edward Matthews and Virginia B., his wife
10 Henry J. Furber, November 2S, 1876, for
The sum OF 81 ,5r 900. Now it needs no argu-
ment TO demonstrate that real estate in this
city, especially in the lower part of Broad
way, has not advanced in value since No
yember, 1876. These facts and figures speak
IOr themselves as to the condition of the
Charter Oak, and more than justify the &C
lion taken by the insurance authorities of
This staie.-tN T. San, 9Th.
A SWORD FIsH's TERRIBLE REVENGE
AlphonsO Thayer and William Perry, of |
Rochester, Me-, were drowned in Penobscott |
bay yesterday. The boat was capsized by a |