The Evening critic., 1883-06-26
THE PoUND-PARTY MURDER.
FOur Men Placed on Trial To-day for
The Murder of LOaeDh Check.

the Murder OF Joseph Cheek.
In the Criminal Court this morning, be-
fore Justice Wylie, Olmstead Ward, alias
Armstead Ward, Alfred Warren, Jos. Mar
shall and Washington Curry, four colored
men, indicted for the murder of Jos. Cheek
ON the 25th of last November, were placed
ON trial.
District Attorney Corkhill and Assistant
District Attorney Fl. T. Taggert appeared
for the Government and Mr.. Howard c.
Clagett for Warren and Marshall, Mr.. A. K.
Browne for Ward and Mr.. Campbell Car
ringtOn for Curry.
As each of the accused intends to set up
a separate defense, the Government has "a
witnesses to examine and the defense about
as many more, and the indications are that
the hearing will consume the greater por-
tion of the week. The murder occurred on A,
between Seventh and Eighth streets south
east, and grew out of quarrel at a pound
party.
The Court proceeded to impannel jury.
Mr.. John Golden was opposed to capital
punishment and was excused.
John III. Wise was accepted.
When George f. Pyles was called Mr..
Clagett challenged him peremptorily.
Mr.. Brown remarked that that was a
juror he would have accepted, and wished
TO know how it operated where one counsel
challenged and the other did not concur in
the challenge.
His Honor held that the challenge must
be unanimous on the part of the counsel.
Mr.. Clagett renewed his challenge of
Juror Pyles, and Mr.. Brown declined to
unite with him.
The Court held that the challenge would
not stand, and directed the juror to take
his seat in the box.
Exception was taken to the ruling.
John w. Cruit w. p. Cannon, Victor j.
Becker, Thos. Lucas, Edward F. Simpson,
Eli II. Hughes and Andrew Archer were
challenged by the defense.
James B. Lambie and John A: Schneider
had expressed opinions and were excused.
John L. Vogt, David Nachman, Conrad
Becker and w. ii. Scott had conscientious
scruples on the subject of capital punish
ment, and were excused.
The panel being exhausted, the Court or
dered twenty-five names to be drawn from
the box and the Marshal to have the
parties in court by 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning, to which time the court ad-
journed.
The following were the names drawn
from the box by the clerk:
George W. Bauer, 114s Seventh street south
west.
william II. easkins, 8 High street north
west.
James w. Orme, l2O2 X street northwest.
d. @. Turner, corner Four-anda-halr and
N streets southwest.
John T. Lehman, 1882 Twelfth street north.
west.
william Bude, 1911 Sixth street northwest.
Charles II. Ruon, 9O5 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest.
James NJ. Larcombe, 1913 Seventh street
southeast.
W, $. Thompson, jr., 1922 New York avenue.
BID. Carpenter, Military road.
Daniel s. Moore, 2521 street northwest.
George NJ. Oyster, 1r., Pennsylvania avenue
and Ninth street.
Robert wiilett, so14 street northwest.
Thomas Hyde, 1887 Twenty-eighth street
northwest.
J.K. Upton, Cooke Co.'s ONCE.
James II. McGill, 1925 New York avenue.
William Il. corrico, 1910 Eleventh street
southeast.
william O. johnson, 10 Seventh street.
W. +. Seymour, 3403 Prospect avenue.
William Barnes, 102 Sixth street southeast.
q. p. ortou, 2607 X street northwest.
David A. onutt, 1908 Eighteenth street
northwest.
II. d. Ferguson, corner Second street and
| Pennsylvania avenue Southeast.
Thomas Kelley, 236 Four-and'a-half street
southwest.
John D. Newman, 3s4 street northwest.