National Republican., 1878-01-17
The Capitol Murder--Triai of Dishman and
Mnrsllnll In the Criminal Court.

making an assault on Washington McGrath, on
March q, 1877. in the Capitol grounds from the ef
fects Of which injuries death ensued. Robert Mar
shall has never been arrested but the other two
prisoners have been In Jail since the date Of the Of
fense Yesterday they were brought out for trial
Messrs. Hay and Duhamel appeared for George
Baltimore, and Messrs. Cook and Thomas for Joseph
Dishman.
The court proceeded to empsnei Jury, with the
following results:
Accepted-Gcorgc c. Henning, James T. Taylor
George u. Livingston, Frederick Fritz James L.
Thomas Edward CrusOr David Clark, Dennis Cal
laghan, Charles H. Bruce, Richard fuilaove, James
Reed. and John Co.'S.
Chalienged-john IT, Russell, Robert Armstcad
", Sanford, and Z. II. Bates. Having expressed
an opinion and cxcuscd-wiliam r. gill, Henry
The jury selected Is composed Of seven white and
The District. Attorney opened for the Govern.
the evening Of March O. 1877. two white men in.
toSicated, while passing through the Capitol
srSnnds wSrS set nlSn sy these two men li and one
which one of the men died The cssailants then
| went Oft b0aStinE over their work.
| The defense reserved their opening.
! Joseph y. Maync, the irst witness, was coming
through the Capitol grounds and met two boot.
| blacks. One Of them remarked that he q fool
| for letting the man strike him. They then separa.
ted, one going north, and the other south The
| MttCSs descended the steps and mt Two white
men. both drunk and they went up the steps. The
witness passed on until lie got opposite the
| fish pond when he heard noise above and turned
! back and Looked and saw the parties fighting. He
returned 10 the scene Of the conflict and cried out
for them to stop fighting During the time he saw
one OF the white men
LYING on THE PAVEMENT
and the other kept on with the fight Amer the
witness cried ont for them 10 stop fighting they
stopped and looked at him. Tie witness said Il
was shame for them 10 be fighting In such way
n that.
They took no heed to what he said and he
turned t. 60 away and saw cOlDTcd man coming
few steps OF three or four yards from the parties
that were fighting. put down the sack, returned and
dealt the .man blow. and he fell The one that
struck him turned round took up the sack and ran
away.
The witness then cried out for the police No ono
came and he went away. The affair occurred on
on the west side Of the capitol above the fsh-pund
the terrace between the centre building and the
House Of Representatives
lie had not seen the boot. black that made the re-
mark since and would not know him II he did Sc
hirn. lie could not positively say whether or moi
either Of the prisoner were the men that were
present at the time. He could not recognize them
There were two or three men looking through the
windows OF the Capitol while the fighting was so
Or. j. F. HartIgan made po.t norton cxamina
ton Of the body Of McGrnth, and testified as TO tho
nature Of the wounds
the occurrence he overlook DiShman and Othc
| bOOt.blacks and he was motiOning toward tire,
there that the man struck "Bub" or Bob" and h,
struck or kicked the man and bursted his shoe
, The witness looked dOws and saw that the shoe wa
burSicd At the same a Iewsboy came along ant
$ cried out.
"rULL ACCOUNT OF THE arRDER
in the Capitol grounds last night" This was tn
, first he had heard of Il. few days later the wit
ness saw Dlshman in the Police Court and identi
7 fed him. lie asked at that time Of Dishman wht
= was with him in the Capitol grounds, and he CAV
u the name Of Swami. lie afterward saw Swami an,
t1apttnnl an hishnnn .lu tal hiatt tla
y were together when the witness saw them, but dc
: MED that he had taken part IN the difficulty
y bOot.black. He had known Dishman for thre
. year past, and wa with him on the morning fol
? lowing the murder lie met him in HowardtOwr
and he told the witness that he fighting at th
Il Capitol grounds the night before with Bob Mar
shall sy LMs w5ES' GGPSdl do6 gf.s hcys mot 1G
2. Di,hinan then sad II YOU don't believe Il, yo
c may go there and see the blood by the fish pond.
e DishnRn said that he struck the man on the side
4 the head and kicked him, and II was q white ma
also
r, The witness and Richard Stewart went over b
n the fish pond and saw Dshman picking up som
e ,moncy which he said he had lost the night beor
70 and they wait until he got through. In lIownrC
d town DishIns-. said that there was boot: :blac
Il pre- ut the II sht Of the fight, and Marshall too
y" int Out-blaCks part subsequently he saw Disl
" ma at stewards house, where he repeated pg
tIOn Of the statement that he had previously mad
DIsHNAN's STORY.
John Trushund remembered the day arerthe XII
to ing and wasn Douglass store at Uniontown. u
re saw Dshman there and he said that he had had
n fight Rt the Capitol. lie said that ~ he was cOmir
~ up the trst steps and when he got up TO the top,
~ met two fellows standing there and they made OF
VI as one Of them drunk, and staggered up al
struck Dshman In the back. lie then stopped au
looked at the man, and swore that he would n
run ttep II they killed him and he went al
q picked up stone. At that time Bob Marshall al
Il. ment DishmNn struck one Of the white iello,
La back Of the head with stone and knocked hi
ne down. The other white man was fighting wi
K Dlklnnu
al man with his fist, and as lie was falling he kick
r. him In the neck The witness would not belle
-, him, and he swore and told them TO come wi
GU him in the morning and he would show us I
IN blood where he had killed the man.
ny John Won PagCn on the occasion Of the hOmiCit
ms was coming round from the north to the west 81
lss Of the CapSO aud had reached the central {
by trance, when his attention was attracted by sect
OF a man lying short distance south Of the platfOl
by with his limbs moving. A short distance beyO
In he saw another man lying. He went up to I
,es mind that he was dead. lie found an officer in
he Capitol, told him that two men had been knock
picked up a stone on the terrace between VIII,
lhe two men were lying, and II was broken right
half lie saw
&C. MAN RUNNING
nd beyond the lamp-post, but the witness only 60
Of Carter stocks was on the corner Of Seventh str
ro- and Pennsylvania avenue In March last He
more mo. knoT D'S%"n @a. but ob.cs @1 know b
"a witness about the murder at the Capt.
n" There was several OF them present at the time.
"a was between eight and nine O'Clock in the mo
r%c ing. Baltimore said that he was in fight
m t, @ r,iiS ~ "s ~ " ,,a"i!I 10 -
learned to fight Baltimore said If they did not
- lieve him he would get the paper
'rs' show il. He said that he
fighting At the Capitol. lie had 10
10 the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad depot
rying baggage, and came through the CAY
grounds, lie met two drunken men and both
them caught hold Of him, but he got loose fl
them aud ran Uf. lie then met two other cola
men, who asked him II he was going ~ run, and
answered yes The COlOred man said 10 him
Must he = damned fool" aud told him TO come
back with them; he went back and got into III
be lie struck the man and the other COlOrcd |
"' struck and knocked tc white man down.
tiunorr then struck him with his boOtback box
! then ran OIL
v Al this point the court adjourned until ten a
to-day.