Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-09-03
THR COURTg.



To-day. Ford Bro. AIT. Hamilton ct al; order
nisi. Earhart agt Jolce Myers; final order rati-
sgt. rsFe; special andrors report ratified Mosier
agt Mosher; rule 20 show cause issued Holt agt
pointing guardian al Item. Henault sg; Heaault
answer hled. fh@niK Insurance Co agt. Grant;
Nhe Ter agt Green; guardian ad Item appointed
.6ie agt sweet q ali order Diminishing bin set aside.
Mitchell act. Mitchell; replication filed. Smith agt.
King; injunction continued In re John Weiss. al
legged lunatie; order appointing John Hitz commits
POLICE CoURr-J,udye Muls. pro tenn.
saturoay- after our report closed. Maria Brown,
threatened to cut him ana threw hot water on him,
scsldIg The skin a his shoulder, sl5 fine thirty
IN Rachael lor, his married sister; SIS and costs.
assault On Clara Who Ts esrd rg se WI WI. IN
neton had plead guilty. that he had been in Jail for
had some words with h-r and struck her. Offccr
Columbus testified hat. with his partner h
assaulted her. He al-o charged with threats.
he court imposed sentence If sixty Gays in Jail
for the assault and the expiration Of this time u
months additional inpTis''nmcnt.
VIM. ii. Brown, forfeited collateral Chas Cook,
."ud, IS. PalTick Sweeney. charged with removing
cary fdreited coa,erai J"Rn Pine, VIVA Narin
John REDMOND 9Id h re, lee, loud and bolster
| 1us. = zach thaTl'> \. 'ripnan alias Chapman,
| J's'Ph Collins Andr,w En.erern. Go. X, Cooper
! ard Charles Murphy forfeited c"iaterals, Henri
eta WIEeterger, l'und and hoiNter'Is. continued,
1 ii. Peterson. CA
oTed charged with br, akng ana d'iacing the First
precinct station n%u,e while confined th,rein as
Sandy Baker dscdcrlS; So Rsad HSnsIn in.
| was sent down a. vagrant jeremiah Giidery aud
James bomas were sent down to the chain sang as
| sleeping il g,ut n.au -fahle loft Abraham NJ
Sn b. loud; -. Jennie Dean loud and h,i-trrous
| carrying razor aud h'urishng it in tie Division
! $50 or three mouths in jail. james y. pcrraud.
\ h,.fI. lgr f.rs
80. John Ncp'uu"ugh and ". A. Mutt. ARRAY.
I'm occnaIed 81 ne ,'i. rance meeting corner 4
from the ties imunE that the tr,t named eIdrdv
., ~ hi,n ,p ms 'ase Ms 9iril'--'
| duct AMI huc -.
| An ALLEGED DI>oRDERLy HOUSE.
! VIM woodward roI red was charged with keep
ing dls"rd-riN house ou = street the Curu-r
Of G street fdcsr 1rump testified that for several
months past large numbers 81 p.r-uns visited tn,
/ house aud w,r. noisy and quarrcling and h. hal
officer Hes rTui rated officer trump testimony
| Win the exc E'l.H ti th" women at the windows
Witness went ~ tl" nous, IA arrest party vii. was
| swearing. and Woodward came down stairs and or
gtI'd 'hSm "ui; saying ns va, the proprietor # the
h'u>c me l "a. i- '-uh"rs trstiG Il 3D. currmh'rt
ton, and i'I H., dt!.Ic it was testified that Wood
m. other down stairs on IN" might heuth officers
/ went III there Wa % swearing until they went in,
tIunps The court imposed fine If -. or ~ dar :
II 1 ri W, ..,,., .,...,.-..,.
,arlt viii intent 70 XII '.charI WrIch hy clf;i1
him across the rh'gh committed for the action OF the
| grand jury IN dciruit If $3.50 bonds.
| ca RGEu WIN STEALING PUBLIC DOCUMENTS
Sandy Bruce was arraiGncd for the larceny at 81
| tr III I .c capitol, N the 23i of August.
Mr.. Wiggin, clerk ia charge of the document room
oercrrd the situation OF the room and t. the loss
Lieut. PiicIan, connected with the cap;toI poIic.
testified H. finding about sixty volumes Of the missing
Of tie ciy; arrested Laws who Sid them tn Gran
Bruce wac employed about the bathrooms in the cap
Richard Laws testified that Bruce sold him about
had bought some time prev igU, SE3 worth Of these
documents from N r Claggrtt by orders # Mr. john
Clancy-these were at the rate Of three cent. per
mound; lac had sold them all at Green's junk shop.
corner Of llth and streets, where. he had always
W G. Alexander, clerk for Green, testified that he
bought the books from Laws. All books and papers
which GENES g. Green shop has - pass through his
hands: on, on ne sd Il AUGUST he purchased 22j
M Mn on Witch sk f has aPr ep t VIM 1o after
- Stewart. ccorcd. employed at the Capitol as
aborer, testified hat he had Sandy Bruc, at
air" going IA IN" dIrrctI'H 81 tn ocuInrnt room hal
! sen them both there qune often; had seen Laws
I'll, mas Cover, employed at Green rag shop. tes-
tIfed t. gong t. the aplto with horse aud wagon,
| books am Iut II IN witness wagon Witness paid
| books were valuable printed documents.
| Laws was recalled. and on crosse yaminltion by
parties mus, bear The blame ana HAT ns f,r hinaif
preservation was the iir~t law s. nature and hecuud
lot sacrifice hi- character t. save Bruce VII
hess dld hot trade with hrlhry irI the books, bat
with Clancy
| For .cl-Lo". J G SaUUIcr.on testified thai IA" h8l
/ charge %! ~" document rpHia, and on the day in
I question tn rror~ WrTH secure
II. TaiiierTa testified that last Non Ia. he over
heard conversation IN the Capitol, lu which Laws
said that there were other parties God mem Who
were Implicated 'Ei hn would nut give their names.
II said .r-tliIc about self pres r,atiuu being the
/ FIRST law e nature.
VIM H. ETrca testified 10 the same conversation,
and that Law, said it WAS best for tn blame 20 rest
Oh SANDY rather than others should J.. involved.
Richard Laws recalled HEi testified that after
IuhlI-hIIl his card stating that D. purchased the
documents 'r.H Bruce. ne cali oI by Hickman
and thcr- and hat he said THAI n would have
t. protect himself aad Bruce would have To- make the
| best defence hr could.
The court IN posed tne Of so OF two months in
Jail. An Ipoal was noted.