Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-20
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

The Star Route Cases-Afgulnents Upon the Admission Of Walsh's Testimony- The Trial Nearing the End-Other Matters.
 WASHINGTON, July 19.--In accordance with the arrangement made yesterday, to-day was set down for argument in the criminal court, upon the admissibilty of the evidence in the Star route cases of the witness John A. Walsh. It is understood that the decision of this question will also affect the admissibility of the Rerdell confession, and upon this last piece of evidence it is generally believed de- bends the success of the prosecution's efforts to make out case against the Star route de- fendants. MT. Bliss opened the proceedings with request that the government be allow cd the opening and closing argument. MT. McSweeney took the ground that as the de- fendants had objected to the reception of the evidence according to the rules of law they should have the opportunity to make the last argument. MT. Ingersoll said that it really did not matter if the government had both the opening and closing arguments. He was only afraid that in this last argument they would indulge in disagreeabls personal rehec | tions upon the defendants to which he would
 
 | argument might perhaps involve the question | of the competency of the evi- dence presented by the government to make out the conspiracy, he thought that | they should have the opening and closing ar- l gument. By direction of the court the pros ecution, through Mir. Kerr, then began their | opening argument He said the question in- | volved in the offer of this evidence was | broad one as to whether a mans confession 1 hp Ioc axy31n hs,no self. This prefer was made with the un- derstanding that it would apply only | to Brady. The government now in tended to submit to the court the question to whether the govern ment had yet produced evidence sufficient to show the existence of conspiracy among the defendants. MT. Kerr said 8 conspiracy was a technical crime and it's definition de. pended altogether with the court. It lay with him to say to the jury that such crime was murder and such a crime conspiracy. Now when the court considered the evidence laid before it of fraud the most palpable i, was for it to say what these frauds were to be designated, to say whether or not it con- stituted conspiracy.
 Argument in favor of the motion to quasi the indictment will close tomorrow. Int prosecution will reply on Friday and will asl an adjournment over Sunday. It is believed the court will grant the motion.
 1 An outrageous assault & colored girl eight years old, was perpetrated at Rocl Creek by three white youths week ago The child is in critical condition.
 The conference committee on the river an' harbor bill will disagree on the Hennepin an, Maryland canals, the Potomac flats amend : ment and the Mississippi appropriation. Th' report will be made to- morrow. The confer :, ence committee on the general deficiency bil have agreed to all points except mileage i the Senate for the extra session of October 1881. The committee didi not alter tn amount of Garfeld's funeral as agreed on b the Senate.
 The President today nominated MT. Wi liam Hale, of Iowa, for Governor of Wye ming; J. Schuyler Crosby, of New York Governor of Montana Wilson w. Hoonel of California, associate justice of the Sr preme Court of Arizona.