Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-04-17


In the Criminal Court to-day the case OF Joseph
Gray, colored, Indicted for having on the night OF
March 22i made an assault Ia West Washington
on Mrs Annie BOxtOn, White woman, with lntens
TO outrage her, was taken up; Mr.. Taggart for ths
government and Mr.. II. C. Clagett for the defend
ant
STATEMENT OF MRS BIoxroN.
Mrs. BloXton testified that she Was employed In
eN-Commissioner Dents house in Georgetown
which She left about 7:30 O'Clock In the evening
and crossing vacant lot a colored man ran up
against her and She asked what was the matter
when he seized her, threw her 20 the ground and
choke1 her, and as soon as she could she screamed
for heln. She was IA q stupor when She WAS picked
up. lie tore her underclothing, and when he put
his hugers In her mouth She bit him, and then be
checked her and bit her on the cheek. He old not
succeed In his attempt She Identified MIN. She
saw him Sunday evening t23dl at the station, and
one or his fingers looked ike II WAS bitten The
man was n liquor.
Henry Pinkney testified that he lived in Browns
alley, and on the night in question heard cries o
murder and ran out, tndlng the head and shoulders
oi the woman under the fence. He ektricaied her.
and nan named jackson helped her Up She was
not CONSCIOUS Tor TWO or three minutes Gray had
been visiting a young woman IN the alley, and
about lle O'Clock that night he came 20 her house
and asked for rag tO tie up his finger.
sally Martin testified that she was the first who
went to Mrs BloNtsn's relief; heard her calling
murder: saw man showing her through the fence
and he got up and kicked her and then ran on
Sarah podson testified that she met Gray In Val
ley street about 934 O'Clock, ana be had no hat on
the Alexandria aqueduct) tie was very drunk,
and she told him that h. had better 20 home.
Margaret Parker testified that Gray stays at her
house de came home the night ia question, and
got his brothers hat and went out
Luke kearney testified that he found TIE hat
about square from the scene ~ Che occurrence the
next morning, and CAV" II 10 Officer Trlnneil
Miss Jenny stewart, living on Valley street testi
fed 10 seeing a passing back and forth on the
street about 81 O'Clock; he appeared very drunk
and she heard the colOred WOMAN ask him about
his hat
Gray on Sunday morning; asked him where he Was
the night before. and he said he did not know that
he was drunk, ard he acknowledged that the hat
his: there some blood stains the crown
the index finger OF his right hand appeared have
been bitten; there Was biOod on the waistband oI
his shirt
on cross-examination witness said when Mrs
Bloxton came TO the station and said that Gray
was The man lac replied. Lady, you have got the
Lieut. j. f. Kelly oorroborated Sergeant Trun.
nells testimony
w. 4. Edelin,, detective, testified that Gray said
he did not know anything about the occurrence, for
he was drunk. subsequently, Gray said that ha
realized that he was In a bad scrape, and that
whisky was the cause Of lt.
THIS closed the case for the government
FOR DEFENSE.
Mr. Clacett, for the defendant, said they expected
70 show that he was In such condition that night
that he could not have committed the crime that
he was not there; that the finger which was said 90
have been bitten was Soit ana had been 50 Tor SONS
time. lie would account Tor the blood on the shirt.
and as for the hat hs would leave IL 10 The jury 70
decide whether IL was blood stains or otherwise
Vim Smith, Ida Pnkney and Lucy Williams tes-
titled that Gray was drunk that night, and that ha
had had a sore finger some time.
STATEMENT rHB DEFENDANT
The defendant testified that he remembered being
arrested sunday morning; that he got TO drink.
ing Saturday. and at O'Clock ana afterwards was
pretty drunk: that he was In "BostOn" Till late. ald
went to See Ida Pnkney, ana he did not know when
or where he lost his hat He did not know Mis-.
Bioyton and never assaulted her. His finger be-
came sore from lime, ana lac must have hurt ~
when he fell down.
James Austin Dorsey testified that he saw Gray
about $50 that DAY, and he Was very drunk, 50
much SO that he couldn't run.
Lucy Williams testified 10 Grays reputation being
good
This closed the testimony, and the counsel pro-
ceeded 20 3rgue the case.