Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-02
The Courts.
POLICE CorT


Yesterday after our report closed. Peter
Laws for larceny of some marketing from DR..
Geo. Z. Fenwick. was sentenced to GO DAYS I'm
Jail Also charged with burglary; grand Jury
bonds $500. Richard Malahey, forfeited col
lateral. Samuel Smith. was charged with lar
ceny of a cluster pin. and q stud from Timothy
l. Kaufman. Sergeant Slattery testified 10
arresting Smith with the articles offering them
for sale. Mr. Kaufman testified that this man
was his servant. and the articles were taken
from his trunk. He was sentenced TO 80 days in
iail He was also charged with using personal
violence on Sergeant Slattery. while in discharge
of his duty He pleaded guilty TO this charge
and the case was sent TO the grand jury. under
$1,000. John III. Evans charged with the
second offense of petit larceny in stealing a
pocket-book containing - from Philip Avery:
case sent to the grand jury under $500 bonds.
Evans was also charged with assanlting white
lady named Ann Eliza Daily. and sentenced 10
six months in jail. Eliza Cleary. charge Of
keeping a bawdy house continued. Kate
Saville assault on VIM A. Snowdcn. by throw
ing bucket of water on him: 50 or 10 days.
John. Price. assault on Bessie Williams; s. or
Is days. Alexander Gibbs and Henry Young.
larceny of - from .In0 Denney: SO or 80 DAYS
In Jail. Chas. III. Nelson. charge of keeping a
gaming table; continued. Jenny Taylor. as
sault on Mary 0fenstein: 81. VIM. Dorsey. as
sauit on Albert Andrews; $500 To keep the
peace. Coiumb us Lancaster. assault on Mary
Lancaster, 10y cutting her on the hand with
knife: $40 or 80 days in jail John III. West.
assault: - or 10 DAYS. John H. Brooks assault
on Edith Brooks his wife, personal bonds TO
Keep the peace for six months. Shadrock Web
ster, larceny of satchel from Amelia Mitchell:
$40 or 30 days. Vim. Kennedy. assault on
Patsy Kennedy. his wife: personal bonds 10 keep
the peace for six months. Lottie Wilson.
threats to VIM. Buchanan. do. Mary Dwyer
assault on May f. Drew: personal bonds to keep
the peace for six months. Alexander Dimes
loud and boisterous; 50 or ID days.
To-day. Ellen Jones. profanity: 50 or days
Abraham Parker, vagrancy; bonds or so days in
the workhouse. VIM. j. Downing. loud and
boisterous; personal bonds to leave the city,
VIM. }. Downing. colored. carrying pistol: S25
or to days. Thos. Belt cursng and swearing in
house in West Washington loud enough to be
heard IN the street. s5 or II days. Jno John
son forfeited collateral Bud Taylor profanity:
20 OF days. Daniel Parker. do: do. Catha-
r1ne Guinand forfeited collateral Charles
Jones. loud and boisterous: S. or Is DAYS Jno
Burns. disorderly conduct; 50 or ID days Pat'k
Brosnan forfeited collateral. John Green as
saut on Rebecca Mouldin: so 30 days. Philip
herman, keeping.a disorderly house: continued
Jas. Robinson, larceny of tape measure: 80
days in jail John Burns. assault on Lucinda
Lewis: $40 or 30 days. Edward Donohue as
sault on VIM. Reed personal bonds to keep the
peace. VIM Burke. larceny of lot of clothing
ana leweiry from Ad0phus Patterson; % days
in Jail.
DEATH OF w lyman. THE W GIARD. MI. J0hn
Wyman. who will be pleasantly remembered by
two or three generations of people for his ven
trlioquism and sleight-of-hand died July 81. at
burlington. n. j.. after q week of intense suf-
lering Wyman was among the first Ofthe ma
glcians" OF this country. He was born at Al
bany. n, Y. in 1916. As a young man he began
his business career as clerk in an auction house
in Baltimore. While but mere child he fire.
quently exercised in q most natural and innocent
manner the powers OF yentriloquism which in
after years rendered him famous. Mr. Charles
ID. SEEDING, proprietor Of the Baltimore Museum
entered into an engagement with the young
seif-faught ventrilOquist. and i'm 1886 he made
his debut on the boards Of that establishment
Here, in addition to practicing yentriloquism
he gradually branched out in his profession of
magic. His career in this line covers period
OF nearly fifty consecutive years. and he had
only retired from active work month before he
died.-Bd himOre Sus. today.
A slight shock of earthquake was felt at
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