Daily Republican., 1881-10-21
FIFTH BDI]l1
U' y CIRCUIT Curs$
I"s 90. o"rso rria'-Iur,
isd-lntercs,ipr tmsss

Ihe CorsO Tria,-J,
Court opened this mo- @'''
O'Clock, Judge Bradlo,'in inoFning a
cdh Before proceeding viii with On i, The d
Corso, District Attorn"s,u, ",,I Il the M
had been sum mmoneI ',ulat', ,o a n,
court and failing to CON-. w appear d
nlnd', mad. to ,ol have a warrant i' i'.1.99' n9's
,ilis ,hn' ca.n a. first he was wiInr Ha1 It H
"iJi.ess, but now thu r'eSelCe oa d
n'nhndi S"'nea a different aspect a'Sy Sy iS' navy
Producing a convicted Nr cri,, ~ lae
dais1sd t'iy before the coun in thu ,It'.n' "a.
to the Government and Pj.,ed ~ b
people, to have this wilas.Oet iya'let !
before ,he court, before '',Gt', "nis aa
L. {. Vandegrift, E,s1 sV'as 70
IN o.e ,, defence, Objected to a ~ po,',a S,aas
OF the trial, On the yra,l'S rlOSS'pqa
government has already toD, "r u, 10y
VINO saw the Whole affair. 'a' a., WIG
ior the defence, and th"nnts,' ats'aS
tsia' should 90 On. Mr.. p..-..'a A.. 10y
willing, If there was M ",t'Sa r,5S
any al oi l his Witnesses, and l'y,'i lS.,.
no ,t,, objection offered, the tri,i i,''' n.
The following jury wa, r'"i Jis IiHst
sworn; Samuel Kiuney O'n'l avn
murphy, William NJ. Sb,E''t I''t
,saac A. sa, lren"iiGh, David lry'an NI 4
Mccoy, Jr., William FArr3"'' %,1'' q y!
L., Rockwell, William M,,s ! ~ y
thatcher, fioHaEd Gerry, Air, a Y
John ) Bucsou. ~ ANN AZ
Inc counsel Tor the deteDc. al
Indictment was made ont in N
trlct Court, and was now h.
D'rcnit Court, and he worIG II,s
ma 'e the indictment mad. ~ ~
After u few preliminary ren,,n
gdrd to the matter, the ron,,
tt WIN the ''iaI Mr.. pal,er,%S nv !
half OF the l itod States, al5,-,
jury, stating the nature of ~.
theih. On the 26th OF Mach I,'
Antonio Norso, a seaman, on has,.
American bark Abbie c. Bac' w, \
voyage T ON Gibraltar to NIL
SPAN, committed an a,.,n,
a dangerous weapon, Oh tie m,,,
bark .AbhIc c. Bacon, a, the % tT.
et. lne pointS o, law were ritz,
10 the JAry, rcIa.lng 10 turca~
JAco" iret Smm,a wl.Bp,. nm.
ea aud uuly s"ulu aud tr,r.'
Co.Sn trIu hIm tia. ,np ma. !
h'm hve ncAN, "l4cr wh!cb h. ,~
mate with klllr.
'oS'ph ~ lraN IN called 4al I'd
arrested CUrso ana loJk nTo,
Georgetown; IN the way Crusl.
mate that he should not sinh
lhe mate then Struck Coro vh,,
laying pm, when IOrsv drew, n
and cut him.
Rr-dlrcct-A Arrested on the k,s
the district OF Delaware, topr5 nr
the lookup and took him ,on,i
acting rs deputy Marshal.
john ID. NIXou, L, S. Conmt,js,
al LeHtS, Was called aud sHor
Inc captain OF the flOrca ar.,
me- and SAID they We're w.ycsam
beach, aud had 4 United State, m,]
in charge, and Lhal he could no oyl
hold hlin and desired to hand ttn
Oner) over otar [. 5. aa,bor,is
ter lie was arrested be esca,yi N
the lookup. We made a search w,
and ioumu him on the rad. !,u,
nun back, Oh oar way back he ya
81 had NOT been such iog andny
my own business. would not b,ss
into trouble. ! saw hyhtui
lore,castle between tho mate spls
He (Curso) reluOnstra.ed with tial
l.
when the latter sIlQtS bin, ahsMY
COroo cut him.
The witness asked bin why be Cd
him twice, to wA!clLt replied ina.
was probably excited, HeaN ststa
that the Captain urged The maze
Charles Bane called and testified, VI
one OF the seamen Oh the bark Wit
Corso. Got underway about Ot.a
on the 10Th of March, IL New lOkH1
Dor, bound tor GlbraIter Coso ai
the mate why the man was StFICh Y
tain grabbed Corso by the am alds
ed him what he was dong tlena
told liln TO 80 forward vi" AA
would if he let 20 Of hin. Ala
let 90 Of Corso, he (the captain
you--)f "a, if you don! 81 "
from here | will break your Ad4i
mate then said to CarsO yOl vii na
fore, will yoU?! AID sIrlck Din WIZ
Delaying pin.
"A full rugged ship was sn0EaF sn0I.
witness to aiI HIM in do.ra4s
different positions OF the sth!eh
testimony was straight IoETha
the point. He stated thh IH
were not ,lsed any TOO well anu u.
mate and captain had a srIoEa
IA young man by the naII.
Niscum, who was struck Nl
when Corso iuterferred' C's !"
trial.