Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-01
IN THE DISTRICT JAIL.
Sax PrisOmers Charged with Murder
Awaiting trial.

The June term OF the Criminal Court will re-
sumo business next moDth-the grand Jury on the
20th and the petit jury Will be called on October
]. There are Indications that there will be much
more business than usual after the recess and at
this time the number Of prisoners in jail Is 900
about 90 more than usual at this period of the
year. There are at present among those In tall
awaiting trial no less than six for MURDER and one
under conviction Is waiting the nnai disposition
OF his case. These are all colored people
and are mostly young men. They are all
confined In the south wing Of the Jail Moses
Brent, q colored boy OF nineteen or twenty. is in
cell No j, and the crime Tor which he Is waiting
trial is killing Charles Parker cOlored on the cor.
ner OF 14ta and streets southeast on June last
IL is claimed that Parker married a girl TO whom
Brent had been paying his attentions and that
Brent beat his rival 10 death with a stone. Brent
Is very cheerful prisoner and his general behav-
not be stretched. While willing TO converse with
visitors and guards he positively refuses TO speak
james Payne, colored man, Is In the adjoining
cell (No. -. He Is charged with the murder OF
Rootrt JACKSON ON the 4th OF August Two
a as sceee sI 10 tas sog i are also In
had a dirficulty with the deceased, who left and
went " his house In BANDS alley, Howardtown
Ter Payne and they went 70 Jackson house, where
II is alleged the door was broken into, and Payne
drawing pistol shot and Killed Jackson. who
was begging him not 70 shoot. Payne, like Brent,
refuses TO talk OF the crime which he with be called
on 10 answer for.
On the same side OF the south wing Is cell 81,
where WIN. Briggs confined awaiting Trial for the
murder OF VIM. Jones In West Washington on
May = The trouble was In relation 70 q hat and
nght loilowlng Briggs was worsted. II Is alleged
that Briggs went home, and securing q pistol, re-
turned and shot the deceased, killing him IN
stantly. Briggs Is q man or about twenty-five
years. and looks and talks with some confidence OF
his acQuittal
In cell 10, adjoining Briggs, Is Lewis Williama
colored uian, twenty or twenty-one years old
charged with the murder OF ex-policeman Alder
near Bennlng Williams was tried once out tn I
In cell No. 20, Of the south wing, is Frederick
| Baroef . coiored man, charged with the murder,
| June - OF Aggie Watson, c0lored girl with
| whom ne mad been living. Barber had left her and
TAKEN up Win another woman. The deceased FOL.
4 lowed him on n street southwest nd he hear her
out sne continued to follow him to the bridge oyei
James Creek, where IL Is alleged abe was knocked
| down by MIN, thrown overheard and Drowned
| Barber, however. insists that she fell oyerbOsrd
| ana her oeatn was an accident.
| ALoett Oo0son, bright mulatt0 aged about
twenty -nve years Is In cell No q south rinS m
| - charged with the murder OF Oscar Washfnoton
by striking him on The head with n sfones an
March u causing death on the 7th OF AMIN Tsnd
1 roDDing him In Gales woods (EckinQtoni IA hss
1 nothing 70 say OK his Case.
In cel No. IA 70 the colored man Albert Creen
4 VINO mas been convicted OF the murder OF James
| Lucas tknown as the broom-dr1u homiclde, Whosf
| Case has been appealed 70 the Court In General
Tem-
There are some other homicide cases ON the
oocxet put the parties being bail IL Is not ukely
4 ynAt The Government will claim verd1cCs for 4
| nigner crime than manslaughter.