National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-03-01
THE CITY HALL
Business In the Courts Yesterday-Triai OF
samuel Clark for the Murder ofJack Cash
Assignments for To-Day.
CIRCUIT couRr-oHrEr JUSTICE cARrrER.

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EQUITY CoURT-JUsTICE MACARTHUR.
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Darlington, examiner, to take testimony; Brooke
" wright oill d l win coss' ehAnks vs.
shanks; divorc" dccreed.
CRIMINAL CoUGT-JUsTICE wYLIE.
7, tho co.c of C;corye Dc,vs inIlctcd October II.
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md has hcrn so I,,r aver yr,F mud il was imp1s.
STANCES no ihnnsht Inc nuF.m"l would he The
bSSi, In which acton tbo c"Grt c1ncurrrd.
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The trial Of Samuel A. CLARK. indicted for the
murder Of John Lee alias Jack CASH" on the 18th
hall penetrating the bruin, was called. McssrS
Ilhn VI. Cook and Thomas I. Miller were some
days previous selected by the court ns counsel for
thc defendant he being TOO poor 10 provide one for
himself
When the District Attorney announced his rcadi.
ness to proceed the counsel for the other side stated
that they were not ready and earnestly protested
against proceeding PRAYING for further time from
the court declaring that the prisoner, they were
satisfied, had defense and, u permitted time to
examine the wtncs.cs aud look into the case, they
would hc able 10 perfect It, but that they were not
now properly prepared 70 go Oh with the trial.
remar king that there was such thing US motion
COZ new tria should the re uli be such to make
lis use necessary. il thefe we're any future dcve.
\ a. ~. g At ns.
NJ new evidence warrAnting the framing Of the NJ.
| pliCntiOn he would listen - 1t and give II ia. or
able consideration.
The cmpnnclling Of jury was then proceeded
| with rs follows:
| ACCcpicd--FrCdcrick Fritz. Collins Crusnr Rob
ert Armsteed. John Co.'s, Matthias Hunter Dsozicr
| Davidson Richard FullnlOve. Charles H. Bruce,
John IT, Russell. Leon ZeIcr Benedict s0incrvillc,
md L. Webster Tancil.
llcnning Henry Otterback David Clark, William
| II Corkhiil. Dennis Callahan, William Il. GIL,
| owen Harc.
| Chalengyd-PhilIp Brooks George d. Livingston,
William Riley. Jesse +. Mann. ! 7 Taylor, French
=: Mix, Edgar II. Bate. q. ". sanford. James L,
tThomas.
| BEFORE the requisite number Of jurors was Sc.
cured the panel was exhausted and ten tAlesmcri
were drawn from the box. II required consider.
able time for the Lalliff tn find the men and It was
nearly two o'clock before the trial got fairly under
way The success, Of the prosecution hinged on
the identity Of the accused as the guilty man. The
facts of the bloody Iced being committed were be
vnnd dispute: but whether or not the man arraign
d lid The .huotinr was by no means 30 positive
even in tho mind Of the District Attorney still lac
hoped H. settle that point beyond doubt 10 the sat
i.action of the Jury and obtain verdict OF guilty
Thi, Lriur ylisl i,put In the defense the counsel
made a vigorous ehort 10 show that the van on
trial was not the criminal who committed the
bloody deed but that IL was a case Of mistaken
identify.
| The Gov ernmcnt opened with tho verdict, teSt
mnny rs the nature OF the wound and cause OF
death.
| Martha T. Williams knew the prisoner for the
| last three or four ycars and knew John Lee only
| slightly She saw him on the evening Of las
Christmas day about halfpast five O'Clock. Us she
| was returning from her service place Oh Maryland
| avenue As she crossed tie avenue on Third
| street east there were two gentlemen standing
| talking on the corner Some boys came along. and
,he went towards home but stopped TO look into q
confectionery window
| The tall man WAS looking down on the other
| with his hand in his pocket. He pulled the hand
out pointed pistol in the other mans l,cc. aud
fred The witness said. Oh, nv God: he |.
shot" The man shot was Cash and the one that
shot him was Clark. The latter came right around
The corner ana she thought he was coming to shoot
| her Lccnuse she hnllooed when Cash was shot
Aftrr he passed her she cried out for some one 10
| ston him When he went by her She noticed that
! he had a bump on his face
| Frederick schultz A Young boy. was standing In
the hall on PENNSYLVANIA avenue near Til rd street
lie saw Clark when he first came down Third street
| and the two men met In front of him where
! the shooting occurred. The man that did the
shooting had on a brown coat and dark hat CLARK
came up 10 cash aud said You are the man tina
| want 10 sec" lie then shot Cash turned round
and walked toward the Third street corner. Til,
ball went into Cashs eye