National Republican., 1880-12-29
HEARING THE DEFENSE.
Evidence which Shows TINT Mary Trout's
Story f. a Little FisIy.

Story IL N Little FisIiy.
| Tho trial of the four young men charged with
the outrage of Mary Trout was resumed in tho
Criminal Court yesterday. The Government
closed It's ease after the examination of Emmett
Bush was concluded, and several witnesses for the
defense were examined. The point raised the
day previous as to the propriety Of admitting
the report of the grand jury rs evidence was
quickly disposed OF, the court putting District
Attorney Corkhill on the stand. That official tes
tilted that no statement made by Bush appeared in
the record that he had received Of the doings OF
the grand jury.
The cross.cxanination of Emmet Bush was re-
sumcd by Mr.. A. b. Williams, and the witness tcs.
titled that he had never denied having any knowl-
edge of the affair.
With this witness the Government rested its case.
Mr.. Williams called attention to the fact that there
was not one particle of evidence against Harry
Hardy, and asked for an immediate verdict IN his
favor.
His Honor said that 1t was only question of
time, as lie should instruct the jury TO return ver-
dict of not guilty in inrdys case, as not one par
ticle of evidence had been brought out agains. him
motion made by Colonel Cook TO strike out the
testimony of Bush In relation to a conversation
held with RoccI on the next day about girl from
Boston was gmntcd by the court, who held that the
evidence was too indefinite as to time and place.
The first witness called for the defense was Major
George ;. koontz, general agent Of The he Baltimore
testified that IN June last no train came into the
depot from Alexandria, Va,
VI. Il. ~
| Columbia Hospital for Women to which Mary
| Trout was admitted under the name of Mary Mans.
field on July 10 last, by order of police surgeon,
testified that the girl told him she had been vic.
| lated by some ten men, He made critical ex-
animation Of the girl on July II, and found no
evidence in the way of ofinuries to her person indi-
eating that she had been rayshed,
Lieutenant AdOlphus ECklof, In charge of the
detective corps, testified that Mary Trout, when
under arrest Rt Police Headquarters told him that
when she took the cars at Brandy Station she went
through TO New York and stopped there day and
a night with an old school-mate, and returned to
this city the following day by the Baltimore and
| Ohio Railroad. She ut first denied that her name
was Mary Trout, or that she knew Haskell.
Burch and Mary Trout together on sunday night
June 20, ON G street, near Tenth. Special ohiecr
Lloyd asked Burch where he was going with the
girl, and Burch.replied that he was going to take
her to the depot, as she would know her way home
| from that place,
walked as If she were drunk stupid, but she did
not appear drunk IN the face.
Special Officer Richard IL Cook testified to seeing
Mary Trout and young man pass through the
Agricultural grounds from Fourteenth to Twelfth
streets on Saturday, June is or 10.
EdWard ScottteStihed oseeing Mary Trout walk
ing alone in the Smithsonian grounds one Sunday
in the latter part of June about four o'clock.
Charles Il. Huddeston boy sixteen years ofage,
testified that he first saw Mary Trout ona Saturday
on Pennsylvania avenue, near Tenth street He
saw her OH the next day, Sunday, about eleven
o'clock, OH Pennsylvania avenue, near Ninth
street and again met her that evening between
hnlfpast seven and eight o'clock at the corner of
of Tenth street and Pennsylvania avenue. She was
looking around md flirting with the boys. The
witness and Sandy Hawkshaw walked up to her
and spoke TO her. She said her name was Mary
Mansfield, and that she was from the country.
They went with her by way of Louisiana avenue
and Is street. TO the Monument lot where she in.
vtcd them TO improper intimacy with her. As
they We're interrupted by parties coming along,
she said she would go to room with them, They
leil her at the corner of Eighth:reet and PennsyI
Yania avenue.
John Dowell the watchman on duty In the
Smithsonian grounds at the time of the alleged
outrage testified that he saw no man or woman
enter the ground that night, and no such scene
rs described by Emmet Bush
Edward Mccormick, special watchman IN tho
Smithsonian grounds, corroboratcd the testimony
OF the previous witness.
Al this point an adjournment was taken