Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-02-22
The Star ROnfe Trial.


CEIVISG ANY MONEY OR CHECK FROM DORSEY
Aiter The STARS report OF the star route trial
ciose1 yesterday, Judge Wylie, after considerable
argument, gave it as his opinion that il Rerdell
was crosS-examned respecting the contents of
DnrSeys account ana check books without the pro-
duction OF the books, defendants could not af-
forwards produce the books orthe purpose Of con-
tradicttHg him. During the argument Mr.. Merrick
observed: Il don't expect they are going to pro-
duce the book. / want to smoke 1t out II l can"
II expect" safe M. Ingersoll, 1.-THE whole case
Will end in what yen call smoke"
won't"
Mr.. In-ersoll said that the court had no
knowledge OF the existence OF such book.
Judge Nylle said that as they had refused to
pr"i1c2 the bookshelf denied that they had
books.
Mr.. D,vdgr made a long argument against the
position taken Dy the court, urging the theory
that no lend could be forced 10 furnish teSti-
ia1ny against himself Or be deprived OF the right
o! cros examination because he did not produce
such cvid nee.
Ju !sc Hylie repeated his decision tina tie books
could hot u produced after the GRO .s-eXaminatiOn
To contradict the witness.
DoRsEYs PRESSURE ON RERDELL-
NJ. 1agrTsol then continued his cross cxamina-
ton Of RHrden who sail that S. w. Dorsey had
spoken TO him aboat the letters he (RerdelD had
written to a woman eight or nine months before
last july. when he exhibited them again and
threatened - publish them II Rardeil did not
make an Jlil1 Tor 'illn. then told Wit
ness that he had destroyed the letters
Did yCu, asked Mr.. IngerSoll, tell Charles
thompson the second day you were IN Jail that
Dorsey had shown these letters to you the day
BEFORE and you were perfectly astonished as You
believed they were deStrOyed?'
u did not said The witness. 81 told him that
Dorsey had come DOWN there to the Jail and
threatened me with those letters"
TIE trial was then adjourned till tomorrow.
REPRESENTATIVE BELFORD DENIES.
Representative Bedford, when questioned last
evening upon the statement IN Reriell's testimony
that check had been drawn In his meme by S.
W Dorsey for 5000 and charged on his books to
lhe account or III ILL.," said: . / never had any
detlin-s o. a financial character, public or pr
yate, with senator Dorsey 10 my life to the amount
OF aSihgle cent. Ii any check WIS drawn in my
nam" never it AMI never heard OF it until
my attention was called To the statement in THE
STAR this evening. Ii Il check was drawn In my
maine IT must have been presented by and paid to
som otlrr >arty, II paid at all This evening
went tn Coz. Iagors3lT, hOasn for the purpose OF
him TO call M to the stand and giving
me an opportunity TO declare under oath that the
eViience given today Is false N every particular
business. propose that ths opportunity Shall be
given m before the trial ciOses.'
tbs ALLEGED ATTEMPTS AT JURY FIXING"
Mr.. X +, one o: The counse. foc the prosecution,
said TO STAR reporter, when asked about the re-
ports OF 2lleg attempts at "jury-f fixing" that
all there 20 say about it was that Information
mad been brought to counsel that two OF the de-
PENDANTS had declared that they had fixed" two
OF IN jurors. This stotement Mr.. Ker thought
might hav. been made designedly to fr.ghten Rer.
dell from his purpose or going upon the stand.
jansen, the EsesurrectiOniSt.
HIS APPLICATION FOR HaBEAs CORPUS REFUSED BY
JUDGE wYLIE.
In the Criminal Court today Mr. E. r. D. Mayne
presented to Ju ICE Wyle petition of vigo JAN
sen Ross for q writ of habeas corpus. Under the
above name Jansen was sentenced by Judge Smell,
e hn Dnl f',,,.t
months and 30 days in Jail, re (Jansen) having
oeen arrested as the man who engaged hack
man at the Baltimore ana Ohio depot a few days
o lo,' IN whose hack early one morning was
identified as the remains of Charles Shaw, who
was hung at the jail on January 18Th. for the muir
Ger OF his sister, Susie Ann Carter. An appeal
was noted, and in default OF bonds fixed at SlOJO
Jansen, alias Ross, was sent to jail.
THE PETITION SET FORTH
mat ROSS Is confined In jail by virtue of mitti-
mus Of William b. Smell, Judge Of the Police
Court, On the charge OF having unlawfully and
dug up. taken AMI carried away from
ctrtain crave yard the dead body OF Charles Shaw
10 sell or dispose OF FOR gain and profit
JUDGE wYLIE ON THELAw.
After the papers han been read they were
handed TO Judge Wye, who said that to petition
for the writ was entirely proper The question was
whether the act for which he was convicted was
one cognzable to the law. He said there
WAS statute here on the subject and discussed
whether 1t was not an cnense at common law, read
Ing from Old English authorities. stating that
some We're to the effect that taking the grave
clothes was an ohclSe While on the subject OF
taking a boiy they were silent. Another authority
it an ofense, an indecent one, ana
that doctrine here, and decide that the Police
Court had jurisdiction. The court sugge sted that
the petitioner had his rIGht of appeal.
Mr.. Maybe said that this man was the tanitor OF
a medical college; that he simply took the body
from one college to another, ana there was no
proof aiduced that he was at the graveyard
ne w
one.
The court said that he could not go behind the
commitment, and ne refused the application.
The New Pension Building
FULL LIST OF THE BIDS FOR FURNISHING sCAFFoLD
POLES
1t was mentioned In yesterdays STAR that pro-
posals for furnishing scaffold poles fer the new
pension building had been received at the office of
Gen. NJ. c. Meigs, supervising engineer and archi-
tect The full list of District bidders as follows
the price namtd being Tor each pole: T. o. Sim
1896 Thomas J. Hughes, 98 cents; Joseph Walker.
% cents: T. j. Staiey, 81 cents; Henry Burckhart,
f. IS: Ager & Burr 81; Arthur Flynn. s1O5: George
Staley Adams, 81 cents; Godfrey Markolf, so
cents; j. F. Bundon, SO cents: John A. Moore.
90 cents; Thomas II. Coombe, 60 cents; C. E. Ell
wood So cents; ". '. Blanchard, so and So cents;
T. y. ScaggS. 62 cents; Thomas E. Young, 81; F. c.
radgett, si25; Thomas W. Kelley, 81; James G.
Kim, s1.1s Wheatley 4 Bros. bid ax cents per
iineal loot, ami Ii. L. Blscoe cents per lineal
foot. Other bidders: D. c. Alexander, Neabsco
Mills, Va, go cents per lineal foot; Frank ".
I 1,i. AccotInk, Va, 80 cents each pole; D. G.
McCook, Baltimore, 81 each pole in the woods; L.
D. Jones, Olney, Nd, s6 cents each pole; James
E. Williams, Boyd's station, s150; j. W. Baker,
Nit Pleas ant, d. C.. Is cents; j. j. Shipman, Lew
inSyllle. Va, SO cents; Edward Elliott, SuIteland,
Md, 81 p: Thomas Il. Middleton, Camp Spring.
Nd, so cents; A. NJ. Bond, LAUREL Md, 81. so; W.
III. Can, Rockville Nd, b. 20; Francis ShanabroOk
Branchville, Nd, so cents.
District Government Affairs.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
The drinking fountain for horses, corner OF 9th
and streets, has, by recommendation OF Market
Master Buell., been removed to near the southeast
corner or and 18th streets northwest, and put in
good order.
Mrs. Berry, owner OF the improved property at
the southeast corner OF Water and High streets
tWest W&shingtonl. has filed a protest against
granting permission for any addition to the Co
lunbia Boat Club house at the foot Of High street
PERMITS TO BUILD
Building permits issued by Inspector Entwisle:
NJ y Frost, repair frame. On Hamilton road. Good