Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-03-06
TRIAL OF RAY ALIAS CV-RTIs

TRIAL OF RAY ALIAS CURTIS.
In the Criminal Court. Judge Wyie, to-day,
TIE ease of Edward Ray alias E. Fl. Curtis alias
Edward HOughtOn alias Edward Richardson.
indicted for having on the 26Jh of March last
committed rape upon the person of Ella
legged that he Ilt,,"rced her to leave her guar
dams house in BaIin,,'r re to go to AIexandrit,
ara hlAe en- route took her -, We H.a al nnt
Hotel in this city, where if is ai,egec '"t
nr beT person There was a dense erow,.
GOOD Inol I'M Inc prisoner is a tall and rather
On caiIings tho hung naed man with one arm.
a Cook and Geo. q. u CnrpsilHi INC fho 10 M
her fa ihldta The, nst of witnesses, and mum
they sh' - respond, and they urged that
their aid not be compelled to go to trial in
absence. After some discussion the
.Ourt decided that the case should proceed,
and If the absent witnesses do not appear
when the defence was reached he would con
slider whether or not to defer the case until
their attendance could be secured.
A set of jurors took seats in the box, and the
court asked questions as to whether they had
or not formed opinions, and they answered
satisfactorily
The defendants counsel then asked to
question the Jurors separately, and Mr.; Cork
them, saying that he would ask the questions.
Col. Cook claimed the privilege of asking
court. an exception was taken.
SELECTING JURY.
The court questioned the following jurors:
W. r; Gill; Chas. James, Samuel Mason, Jos.
r. Combs, John +. Silence, , Richard H. Hol oil.
land John II. Brown Samuel V. Hurdle,
John 5. Paxton.
Mr.. James having said he was in favor Of
Cook desired to ask him further on the sub
ject, and the court everything him another eX-
ceptiOn was taken. Mr.. James was then chal-
ienged and l: Addison Dent was called and
lenged by defence, and ChaS. c. DuncanSOn
was called, but excused by the court.
Fred Fritz was called in as talesman. j.: M.
Sears was challenged and Jos. Flynn called.
Nj. X. CoOmbS was challenged and ChaS. FOS
ter called. l.. A. Dent was challenged and
Jacob e. Larner selected r. H. Holland sI1d, was
The District Attorney challenged MIR. Larner
and ID. McLanghlin was called.
The court said Mr.. Brooks desired to be
excused. and the District Attorney challenged
him. j. w. Plant was called and challenged
by defendant. Anthony ROdier was called
and challenged by defence B. w. Sunny
was called.
The jury, as selected and sworn, is com.
posed of the following: W. X. Gill, Samuel
MaSont, John T. C9stinIi John + Silence j.
Flynn, ChaS. FOOte, Samuel POkinhorn, Dan
lei Mclaughlin and Benz. Sunny. Those
marked with a are colored;l
AT As o'clock p. IN. Mr.. Wells, District At
tOrney, opened the case, stating that they eX-
pected to show that in March last the defend
ant caused TO be published in the Baltim ore
S"7 an advertisement for a girl to go in a
1aMi y: that an orphan girlliving with friends
III Baltimore answered and it was arranged
that she should leave the city with him, and
did so: that he took her to the National hotel,
i'll this city, and there committed the act of
which he stands charged.
The case was on trial when our report
closed.
SALES OF REAL EsTATE.-Thomas Bowling
has recently sold the following real real estate
DavidsOn's sub. of square go, and improve
mentS. to Henrietta Stewart for s., 400 each :;
for Geo. Peter and \. L. Bradley. trustees
part lot -, In square 80 and improvements
square 30 and improvements. TO X. &. Camp
bell for Sl,t60: for Sam'l &. Davidson. trustee,
parts lots lis and ll6, in Bealrs addition to
Georgetown. and improvements, to Jas. God
dard for $40: for NJ. Ashford, trustee, resi-
dences Nos. 1885, 1881 and 1889 to j. T. Auden-
reid for $1,000 each. and residences 13tl and
1913 to Mrs. Emma Audenreid for $4,000 and
$1,000, situated on the north side of l. street
between 18th and lith streets: for j. Z. Town,
trustee, lot No; 20 square 3;$8, and improve
Hyde and Matthews, trustees, parts lots
and I. in square go, and improvements,
to Nathaniel Freeman, for $40: for A Hyde
OF lot Is, in square 3d. to David Rittenhouse,
at l. cents per foot for F. w Jones' trustee
lot No. l. in Beatty, Peter, Deakins and ThreL
keld addition to Georgetown, to w j. Dyer
for so: for Ashford 4 Gordon, trustees, lot
10, in John Wagners sub. OF lots |, j, X, l.
and Nj, of NJ; {. Luttrelrs sub. of original lot
B0teler for l,45O: for Joseph r. Edison and
ChaS. b. Bailey, trustees, parts lots IS and 49,,
In Drury sub; OF square FOG, and improve
mentS, to j. j. Edison for 81 so: for Ann Nj.
Acton. eXecutr.X, lot l3i, on the north side of
I'd street, between High and Market, to P. Nc
lntire for $S25: for Fred. w. Jones, trustee,
3 perehes, near Deaf and Dumb Asylum, to
| q. W. Cropley for 81 100; for r. X. Elliott and
Augustus Davis, trustees, lot d.. in John
H. to a Ga saS at P s O per sq4 iooi
ts S07 2o) for SAINT Cross, trustee lot &, in sub
OF lot l, in square 55S, to James G. Payne at 81
cents per foot for same trustee, lots /, 2 1, TO-
| Is and II, in square 1860, to James G. Payne
! for 314 cents per foot; for Jones and Russell,
| trustees lot IS, square 6l5, to VIM L. Chandler
| for l01G cents lots A. As and 46. same square
to same at % cents; lots los to H. to same al
Scents; lots 127 to 13S, to same at 9 cents; for
NJ. Ashford and W. II. Gordon, trustees, lot l,
ments, to Mrs. Martha Curry for $3.50: Tor F.
| b. Mcclure, trustee, part lot II, in square ISL
! and improvements, to j. c. Mcclure for S, 800
| for Robert II. Dodge and Austin Herr, trus
| tees, lot 19, in A. Grants sub. of square 76O
| and Improvements, to II. H. Herr for $500
! for A: Hyde and Thomas Hyde, trustees, lots
"A and p, in Young & FOwlers sub. of square
42l, and improvements, to Frank E. Taylor for
| $500.
| BALTIMORE ANNUAL CONFERENCE NJ E.
| Cumberland yesterday. C. A. JONES' Page
Milburn and Henry and BOggs were continued
on trial j: H: Logic was discontinued at his
own request. NJ. Goheen, r. p Lipscomb, g
| II. Sayidge, 5. A. Wilson, A. Foster, w. G
| Mullen, G: A. Reid, w. II. Pitcher. J. W. Cul
| lum, G. II: Mytinger, George Hildt. j. II
! Brown, c. Cleaver, John Baer. John Miller, c
B. Young, +: s. Harding, James Brads, Jane.
| Gamble, q. w. Israel, M. A. Turner, S. L. NJ
| COnser, James Bunting, o.. p. Wirgman, nj. l.
Handy and e: G. Markham We're placed OF
| the superannuated listb S. II. Cummings asked
| for a change of his relation, and was placed on
| the Superannuated list. The same relation wa.
| granted j. A. Cornelius.
| The committee on the establishment of a
conference seminary made a report recon-
| mending the appointment of committee OF
nine to select a suitable site and secure sub
| ScriptiOnS for the same, and report at the neXi
| conference, which was adopted
| A report was adopted in reference to the ap
| plicatiOn of g st. Mary.s Industrial school fol
Boys" for an appropriation of So, 900 by the
circuits of Baltimore and the legislature OF
| Maryland, by virtue of contract The report
protesting against said appropriation, because
| this institution is private Sectarian corpora
ton, controlled by the final authority of the
! archbishop of Baltimore, combining in its
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