Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-11-24

THE TESTIMONY WHICH THEY GAVE AND
WHICH 1T IS ALLEGED Is FAIsE-THE AT
TEMPT To BLAST MRS BELTS REPUTATION.
Last night Detectives Block and Raft arrested
five persons for perjury alleged to have been
committed in the divorce case of Eugene Belt
against Mary Alice Belt, recently decided in
baltimore in favor of the latter. The persons
arrested were VIM. I. Benton, aged thirty-eight
years, formerly police officer; Battle Minor,
aged thirty-fve, O colored restaurant keeper;
Samuel Jackson, aged forty-eight, a cOlored
Waterman; Benz. Golly, aged forty-five, res
taurant keeper, and Joseph G. Harper, aged
forty-fve, a policeman. The arrests were all
made between IL and 12 o'clock. The prison.
ers were taken to the third and fourth precincts
ana this morning brought to the Police Court.
WHAT MINOR swORE TO.
The warrant against Battle Minor alleges that
he falsely, wilfully and eorruptly testified that
he knew certain Mrs. Godfrey (neaning the
said Mary Alice Belt, very well, and had fur
nished oysters and beer to her, and that he had
numbered 1!O6 l. street northwest, in this city,
and that he had seen Mrs. Godfrey in her night
gown in her bedroom, and that there was
OFF his coat and seemed to be going around the
room there between the hours of IL and IL
O'Clock at night 1t is charged that Minor
never knew a lady living at l7O6 l. street by
the maine of Mrs. Godfrey, and had never car
ried beer and oysters into her bedroom, and
JACKsON's ALLEGED FALSE TESTIMONY.
The warrant against Samuel Jackson charges
that he, on July 22d, testified falsely that he
had seen Mrs. Godfrey; that he knew photo
graph to be that Of Mrs. Godfrey; that she lived
at Mrs Wysangs; that he mad taken notes to
her tMrs. Godfrey from a gentleman, and had
seen men go there as late as O'Clock at night.
BENToN's TESTIMONY.
That against Benton charges that on the oSth
of August he testified falsely that in August,
1879, he then being police officer he found
the door of 17O6 l. street open, and going in he
stamped on the floor and a LADY came and shut
the house up; that second time he found the
door open, walked through the parlor and found
a lady and gentleman on the sofa; that on the
Lhlf0 occasion he went in, heard a conversation
up stairs in bed room and saw o lady en- distu-
que come down stairs with her night gown
under her arm; that the lady ont sofa he un-
derStoOd was Mary Alice Belt Mrs. Godfrey,
and he identified her by photograph.
Ihe warrant against Benz. Golty charges that
on the 10th of July he testified falsely that in the
year 1877 . he was employed at Welckers; that
he remembered an excitement which occurred
there in which u gentleman from New Orleans
was concerned; that young man named
Louis waited on the gentleman mentioned and
Mrs. Godfrey, and affiant was in the office; that
when ne heard the scream and went to the
room he found the door locked, but il was
broken open: that the gentleman said she
wanted TO get money from him; that he saw the
lady in 70 and so ut the hotel where she was
refused a room, and that he identified her by
the photograph of Mrs. Belt, and he testified
further that he had seen the same lady at
Solaris. ali OF which allegations, it is charged,
were false.
THE CHARGE AGAINST HARPER.
The charge against Officer Harper is that he
testified falsely on the 2Sth of August; that he
was detailed TO watch the house and there met
Officers Lamb and Benton watching the same
house, which they said was Mrs. Wysangs.
There are thirty-two witnesses named in the
different cases follows: Anna Greff John
Connell, john Peter w elcker, Theopfilus Felter,
abraham II: Wilmer Thomas 2. Morgan, \. {.
Boteler, Cornelius Noonan, John +. Guy, Isaac
Pearson, William w. Berry, John Mel. Buell.,
Soh H Hart hamilton smh K kedway Washington
Woodviie, William q. Moore, Charles s. Hill,
Harry t. Butts, William w. Upton, c. H. vii.
cox, John NJ. Carson, Pennington Halstead and
Caroline Theophilus.
WHERE THE PRISONERS WERE ARRESTED
Special Officer Jackson was found asleep in
a back room at Golly's restaurant, where the
latter was found attending to his business,
Officer Harper was arrested at midnight, as he
was about to go on duty. Minor was found at
his oyster saloon, on Connecticut avenue and
Benton was found in bed at his home.
BAIL FIXED IN THE POLICE COURT.
This morning in the Police Court Assistant
District Attorney Thomas called the cases to
the attention of Judge Smell. He stated what
was charged in the warrant, and said that by
direction OF the district attorney he would ask
that bail be fixed at $4,000 in each case. Mr.
Thomas stated that he expected to prove that
the defendants met in Golly's place, and il was
a fair inference that the business was Matched
up in his saloon. The two colored men Mr.
Thomas said, had admitted they had periured
themselves.
MIR. Moore appeared for Mr.. Harper, and said
that his client had been tried on the same
charges by the police trial board and ACQUITTED
by the board, but the charges were held up at
the Commissioners office for some unexplained
reason. They could show that everything Mr.
Harper swore to in the Belt case was consistent
with the truth.
The judge declined to fix the bail at the
amount asked (S2, 900, and fixed it ct 81 900
in each case, except in the one against Officer
Harper, which was fixed at $500. No date was
fixed tor trial.