Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-18
GUTTEAC,S CRIME.
The Subject In the Criminal Court.


COURT TO SEPTEMBER.
To-day. in the Criminal Court. the grand Jury
presented certain indie. lnetS noticed elsewhere.
District Attorney Corkn.l remarked that the
grand jury had been held in session until after
the 4th of July. but there was no apprehension
| that such crime as the attempted assassination
of the President he United States would take
place. 1t had been taOu rht that by this time the
case would have hcea presented to the court.
They were all grated tIiat the President was on
the speedy road to recovery. yet he could not at
this time present the case u the grand jury. lie
read the following letter:
EXECUTIVE MANSION. WASHINGTON. July IL.
1SS1.-Cot George b. Co;,hhM US District At
torney. Sir: In reply to your inquiry as to the
condition of the President. wewould say that up
| to the present time he has done exceedingly
well for one who has received so dangerous a
| wound. but while in anticipated recovery il is
not yet possible TO assert with confidence that
his Injuries may not terminate fatally. Very re-
spectfully.
j.. WOODWARD. ROBERT REYBrRN
Under there circumstances he could not pre-
sent the case to the grand jury fer the present.
and suggested that they be adjourned until
September 18th. which was done.
The Christmas Whitney Homicide.
BAIL FOR CHRISTIANS FIXED AT 5000.
To-day James I. CHRISTMAS. indicted for the
murder of VIM. G. Whitrcy on the 25th of June
was arra:gned and pleaded not guilty: Judge
Cone OF Georgia. who appears with Mr. W. A.
Cook, stated that all the facts of the case show
that this was of SELF defence: that the ac-
cused, after the deed was done. sent for an
officer and made no attempt to escape. and WAS
as desirOuS as was the government for trial. to
| vindcate himself. and asked that bail be set.
MIR. COrkhill. the District Attorney stated that
he could not agree that this was case of self
defence. and that if they desiredto give bail they
should have the case before the court regularly
by habeas corpus.
MIR. Perry said that the coroner had reported
the evidence to the District Attorneys Office and
he was free to-day that they would ask on the
trial verdict of murder His information was
that there was yet stronger evidence on the
point of murder
Judge Wylie remarked that he was ready to
hear the evidence now.
District Attorney COrkhill read the evidence
judge Cone said they would be obliged tOshow
on trial that there were threats used before this
occurrence. The court said that it appeared to
hin, on the evidence as taken before the coro-
ner's jury, that it was a bailabe case: that it
was committed under what the law considers
self-detence. and under the circumstances almost
any man would have been justified in supposlng
that lie was in danger Of bodily harm. Hewould
therefore. fix the bail at So 600
1t is understood that the sureties will be pre-
sent tomorrow, at 10 o'clock. and give the bail.
Alexandria Affairs.
Reported for THE EVENING STAR.
No DECISION BETWEEN THE INFANTRY AND
RIFLES OF WASHINGTOk.-Hon. James T. Beck
ham. Mayor of Alexandria. who presented the
handsome silver goblet. shot for at the Glymont
contest, authorizes the statement that no award
upon that match has been made. The umpire
and referees selected for that natch are Mr. B.
says alone authorized to make an award and
have made none. The facts are these: When
tic was found to exist between the Washington
lrbt Inf nfrx., md ft,xlN Nnfir,
pire and referees submitted to the National
Rifle Association Of America certain questions
as to the construction of the rules. To the let
ter containing these questions. which was ac-
companied with the score sheet, no answer has
been returned. When an answer to these Ques-
ti0ns is received the umpire and referees will
proceed to make decisions; but as vet there has
been no reasons for even calling them together.
There was no reference Of the question of award
to the National Association. They were asked
SIMPLY to cOnstrue certain rules. ANY award
made by them would be mere misapprehensOn
OF function. When the National Association an
swers Mayor Beckham's letter and construes the
rules the award will be made. Anything before
that is too previous"
THE ELECTION TO-NIGHT.-The city council
will elect tonight the minor officers of the CITY,
There is perhaps less pressure for office this year
than usual. but there are candidates i'm abund-
ance. For keeper of the aims and work house
EnOch Grimes is q candidate, and a proxy, the
also be proposed. For city scavenger-James
Cole. incumbent; George W. Clifford and Henry
Johnson (colored) For overseer o. the poor
Captain W. w. Rock incumbent; James I. Nails
and Charles L. Neale. For keeper of town
clOck-R. NJ. Latham incumbent. For ianitor
of Offices--V. NJ. Taylor incumbent Chief en- /
gineer of fire department-E. H. OBrien For |
captain of police James p. Webster; for lieuten-
ant, J. L. Smith; for policemen. all the present
force and the following new names Joseph H. |
Young, keate Davis, Joshua Grady, J. Sher-
wood, Joseph HOrseman, ROlla Henry. Frank |
Schuman and others. The board of health board |
OF nre wardens and physicians to the poor will |
also De CHOSEN, and it is quite likely that the
councils will adjourn at late hour and COM
plete the election tomorrow night
NEWS NOTES.-THE mayor has postponed the
decision {! of the fish question" until O'Clock
this evening.-The corporation court closed
its July term Saturday afternoon. Cath
olic church here now holds three Sunday morn
ing services in st. Mary's Hall to accommodate
its congregation while the church is under re-
Reform Club held an interesting
meeting yesterday afternoon, which was ad-
dressed by Past Chief Rechab:te Riddick, of the
High Tent The ]. w. Thompson left the
ship yard here Saturday evening. her repairs
having been completed Conservative ward
meetings to elect delegates to the August con-
vention at Richmond will be held here Wednes-
day night.
Don CARLOS DRIVEN OUT OF FRANcE.-It is
in the Paris Temps that the French
government has ordered Don Carlos to leave the
the country within twenty-four hours. A NY.
Herald correspondent says: 'Various reasons
will, no doubt, be alleged to explain this sudden
severity. The immediate one is, believe. the
fact that Don Carlos and his wife attended the
Henri Cfnq mass at st. German Des Pres on
In the church they were received
with royal hOnors. Seats of honor were reserved
for them in front Of the altar and at the conclu-
sion of the service the officials escorted them to
the door to their manifest annoyance, calling
out to the people who clustered round the porch,
Hats of. gentlemen!' What harm all this did is
not very apparent, but the decree of expulsion
was, it seems, issued soon after"
MORE OF VENNOR'S PROBABHTIEs.-In refer
ence to "the stormy portion Of july" Mr.. Ven-
nor writes (July 14th) to the Montreal Witness
as follows: "Falling barometer 10th; wind storms.
For week commencing Sunday, 18th, high winds.
cooler, wet, and stormy weather: some very
heavy rain storms in both Ontario and Quebec
10th; another period of excessive heat on 23d.
a4th and 25th, with severe wind storms A de-
cided cool to cold change on the 9th 2Sth and
18th. with showeay weather and severe storms.
chiefly in the west. This cold wave may carry
rosts in western sections both in Canada and the
United States"
The FRENCH CAPTURE SFAx-A dispatch
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