Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-25

cineo Win thanks, the recorder, Col Dem
A policeman stood at the door and admitted the
witnesses one at time. Mr.. Rock, a notary In
the Office, was called and administered the oath
to the witnesses.
SOLDIERS PLAY THE PIANO.
The first witness was Mr.. j. r. Bradley, of II
7th street northeast, who testified that he was
the superintendent of the West End Baptist
Mission Sunday school, at the corner of 22d
and n streets northwest, and that on the Sun.
and found that the piano was broken open and
the outside very much scratched and defaced
he was told that the hall was occupied by a
brigade or the Pennsylvania troops, and the
nefghbors said the troops occupied the hall and
they heard the piano going fifteen minutes
by the mission from Mr.. Thomas Lucas.
HUCKsTER CLEANED OUT
Mr.. Jas. F. Owens, the next witness, living at
1246 Az street southwest, said that he was a
huckster, and on the 9Th of March he had been
to the market to get his load Of oranges, apples,
&C. AM ana haa started out to visit his customers
Davis, one of his customers, who lived on C
street, between 9th and 10th streets. The sol
his wagon and began to take his stuff, and
cleaned him out completely. He begged them
to stop, but they paid no attention to him,
thought that the soldiers belonged to the sth
regiment, but was told by an officer that they
belonged to the 4th regiment He found the
nothing to do with it." and then he handed
witness quarter and told him that he must
look to the soldiers for redress.
w nat sort ola looking man was this col
onel?" asked the president of the board
uitaess the was ASIA, large 1 porly man" replied the
American accent
Witness said that he saw the number four on
did not know exactly the time he arrived ON c
street, but thought it was after eleven o'clock.
He valued his load at SIS. He said that the
the wagon and the colonel told him that he saw
the soldiers bringing the barrel around on
Maaryiaao Sta avenue. The witness said that the
Sth and 4th regiments were on Maryland
avenue, and he was told that the 18th regi-
ment was there, but he did not know about
Before the soldiers made the raid on his
wagon tie witness said that one of the soldiers
asked him what the price Of his oranges were,
five cents. The soldier was q very gentlemanly
man, and told the witness that he was the first
reasonable man he had met in this city in the
matter OF charging for things to eat. The other
soldiers then raided his wagon. The witness
said ne had two men to testify in regard to this
attack on his wagon.
TWO MEN WHO SAW THE RAID.
The first of these witnesses was H. NJ Porter,
of 1928 41a street southwest, who testified that
on the 5th of March he came along with his
truck wagon and saw six men with his wagon
further up the street, and then he saw the crowd
collected about it, and he said, "Owen must be
doing good business this morning." Then he
saw that they We're raiding the wagon. He went
up and took charge of Mr.. Owens wagon. He
and they had treated him ali right. He noticed
that the figure was on the caps Of some of the
soldiers 80 but did not notice anything else about
The next witness to the same occurrence was
j. r. thompson, 1910 G street southwest who
testified that between eleven and twelve o'clock
on that day he was standing at corner of
Maryland avenue and street, and he saw the
soldiers taking q handful of apples from q
wagon and bring them around on Maryland
avenue where they ate them. He did not
notice what numbers were on the mems hats.
HAVING "FUN' IN A RESTAURANT.
Mr.. Henry Reiter, 3O6 9Th street northwest,
saloon keeper, testified to disturbance made
by seven men, headed by lieutenant, in his
place on the afternoon of the Sd instant The
heard. The soldiers began to use harsh lam
guage and talked about cleaning out the place
They called for beer and said they had money,
and if they had not it did not make any differ
ence.- The witness demonstrated with the lieu
tenant, who told him that they had not had any
t! fun for some time, and intended to have some.
The officer, corporal and another man got
him in corner and stripped Off their coats.
H he called TO his boy for pistol for protection.
In his saloon, and he then shut up his place and
did not open until the next morning. The pri-
vate. Miller he heard, came from town back
of Pittsburg. He did not remember the name
of the lieutenant. After the man was shot the
Lieutenant and the other private ran out of the
place, and he ran after them and brought them
BACK, with assistance. and said that they had
got him (witness) in trouble, and they must see
him out When they returned to the saloon he
lice: The lieutenant and the private were taken
TO the seventh precinct station, Lieut. Kelly
and the wounded man to the hospital. The
witness said the whole trouble brought him
thirty cents-six beers at five cents each He
did not know who shot the man.
"Did not the trouble arise in this way" asked
fnp1rY rYpNoy, ,11,lc
beer, and offered dollar BILL and you put 1t in
yonr drawer and refused to give changer"
Mo dd the witness with some indg
just the opposite" The witness said that the
wounded private sent for him to see him at the
depot when he started for home. He told wit
ness that he, the private, was to blame for this,
and 1t was the first trouble of the sort he had
ever got into, and he hoped it would be the
last.
GOING DOWN TO THE JAIL.
The witness said that on the night Of the 5th
OF March there were some customers in his
place, when suddenly the door burst open and
e rush Of soldiers came in singing "Hang jeff
IS They eut od tsas
they were in Jail, and when they asked for the
jail they were told that it was two blocks below.
and raise h-n." Then some made dash for
the counter and called for cigars. 81 would
have given," sald the witness, calmly, "my
Whole case, containing 1000 cigars to get rid Of
One of the soldiers took the box of cigars and
passed them around and returned 1t nearly
empty, and then they started out. After u
while they returned, and asked again for "that
man."
II am giving it to you straight" said the wit
ness with great solemnity, "but believe that
must have turned blue"
The witness sent for the police, and he had
officers then for the remainder Of the day.
WANTED TO CLEAN THE PLACE OUT.
Chas. s. Douglass, q letter carrier, living at
932 22d street, testified to the occurrence in the
saloon on the night of the Sd of March. He
heard the shot and saw the man lying there in
the saloon but everybody had left the place.
The witness went at once after Lieut.. Kelly.
The witness heard the soldiers say, "lets clean
the place out" He did not see pistols. He
supposed that the man was drunk.
FROLIC WITH BEER GLASSES
John NJ. Becker, ,62S Virginia avenue q saloon
keeper, testified that on the evening of the 9Th
of March, between the hours Of five and six
soldiers having the number "1S" on their caps
came into his place and took out the beer
glasses and had frOlic in front, throwing beer
on each other and breaking the glasses. He
lost about three dozen glasses. He and his
partner recovered six glasses, but did not see
the rest OF the glasses. He was told that the
soldiers had carried them OF. The value was
about ~.
NEVER SAW SUCH HARD CROWD
Mrs. r. Stinzing, 800 Maryland avenue, tes-
titled that her store Of fruits and fresh vegetar
bles was robbed by soldiers ON the morning OF
the 9th of March. The rush was very great
and there We're only the witness and her broth.
eranlAW In the store and the soldiers in spite Oi
her remonstrances began to help themselves
and stick their bayonets through the meat