Daily Republican., 1888-12-14
IN THE SHADOWS.
cALHouN's TRIAL TAKEN UP
YESTERDAY.
William j. calhoun on Trial For HIS
Lifs-Ths Uo.E,pcInG Uhatn OF res-
tlmOny the ststs Ia Forging
Around Him,

WLen the doora ct thu O urt room
were Opebed 81 2 As O'Clock yes e-day
AiteEnoo9, An immense crowd pourod
10 aud hiled nearly ali the ssRts IN The
auditonu N, show ng the interest that is
osins taken in the present trial.
Uhlef JuHu - - - Asa4otata
judges Hou1 Library Of Conere.,
were on tina bench gnOruy ug,U.o ,
O'Clock, and lon mediately aitbr they
toOk their ssAts the Jury were brought
ia
Catherine U z and her interpreter
Walter YeAger took their places on the
witness stanl.
Mr Chandler then proceeded with
ihe foss-eKamln stion OF the prose
outing vi ness. She said that she die
sVefythlaR IN her power 70 prevent the
nssAulii but var pOwerleSs In the grasp
Ot her asssilaJt. There was no out
around At that time, Gnl although she
I screamed, NO one seemed 10 hsar her
| until bog upms.
Joseph Dutton, . boy, WEs sw )rn, aud
testia0d that he has kuowu Catherine
U Tor three or four years He diu
uoI know WiIlism j. Calhoun, aud saw
him for the nrst time On the cay OF thu
Aisault' H-sAR him about 9 o'clocl
20 hlung VAndevsr avenue past tie
6rlokyArd. TJe witness went over 10
field 70 play with hts little brother
when he heard woman soteAD, and
tnen FAw y Slhoun showing the old wo
nAn doNn th3 bank, aud wen, TO see
W0At was IKE nat er.
When this witness reached the place
the old woman was struggling, aud the
prisoner had his hand over her IN ruth.
fhs blood was sire aiming from her nosA
| "htle t1e Prisoner was holding hsI
down. The witness told Mr. X Tby, an0
when he came up he told this prisoner TO
let tho women one, but Oalnoun IL
stead OF dolng 10 told him to keen
| quiet. Az this time there Rers come
mou comiug no the railroad, and whsu
trey .jhed this sc3ne Z lhoun got up
Aui walked of, but ons OF the brake
non fol O a6u and ttfuok him in The
e.e. The woman tfiad to GO up bus
could not, al d one Of the TAiltoadeta
assisted her to her feet, and . maj took
| her ZONE, Her clothes were vary muen
dan sed Aud her nose was bleeding
John Kirby WAS affirmed, and tasli
hed that he has knOWn Catherine Ulz
by . Rht for three Of four year.. Haras
toe Fr sOner in the aot Of committing
ths assault, and described II In detail
Afterwards ons OF the railrOaders sai1
to Calhoun, "If tbs old woman was
anything 10 me, I'D break your neck, "
aud the prisoner TeFl ed, II do not
know about that" The rEilIoAder then
knocked him down When Calhoun
got up he started over toward the hTloh
yard, ADd the WitLess tried TO fiud an
Ofliss
William E Lane was sworn, and To,
tlhsd that he is brakeman on the P
W. 81 b Railroad. On the day OF this
ououTsnOe hs was going on his train
from this ol,y to Fodd's Out HsssW
Catherine U aud William Calhoun
near tho calvert. The witness Was
AosiDR 80 tiAgman and was on one Of
he care, when from what oue Of the
btskemsn told him be Eos ca tho train
and went toward the place where OAl
houn and the woman we're. When he
oAus close to them he saw the booO
sire aiming from her hOBtFils. The wit
ness asked jAlhoun what he Was doing,
and he replied "thArs all right, knog
her and she knows me-" when the wit
ness said ''If that old woman was
anything 10 me ia break your neck"
Kelly, another rAilTOzdeE, asked the
Witnesj what Calhoun had been doing
and he replied that he had committed
81 OulEsge on tho woman. Ga houu
said TO Kelly, what tho - ia II
lpAA b1GNUHh't Nuu AHllY kuunANA
him down. The witness then returned
10 his train.
On cross-exGmInAtlon by Mr.. OhAn-
dlGr the Nitaess said that the woman
was lot struggling when he went to
| them, and II seemed to him that she
Ha1 past reslstauoe; she appeared weak
aud exhausted; Calhoun told the Wit
nsss that he would Iee him at Fourth
and Church streets In thu evening.
Robert Aiken testified that he Is a
! fireman on the P, W. 81 b. IailTosd,
and was on the engine attach I'd to tue
train that was going to TOda's Ont tht
day the outage to9k place. Hade
acrlbed what be saw Of the outrage,
which WAS q oOrrobOrAtlon Of the t9s 1,
moby ofpFeViouB Witnesses. This wilt
meas assisted the old woman to ri %, as
she seemed to be weak aud exhausted
He Afterwards assisted her home, and
did not think she could have walked
without his ayBistancs.
BLAs Il. Kelly teithed that he was
on the engine OF the train spoken o.
and saw the prison or In the act OF COM
mitting the OutrAse He saw the WO
man struggling, and she seemed TO be
trying 10 get away from Calhoun.
When the WitDtss came up he said tu
one Of the men, "Ned, what has thAt
fellow been DOING? and he replied that
"he had oom mittsd an outrage on the
old woman The witness said to OAl-
houn, "You ouRht to be Knocked for
that" and when he told him that IL wa
"none OF your Cd d-m business" he
knocked him down. Calhoun showed
the witness aud some OF the other msB
several scratches on HE hand, and said,
"Look what shs has done TO me-" Tue
witness did not remember SEEING the
boy Dutton that day.
Wsltsr II. BuTTouRhs testified that Oh
November 18th he was sltting on fre
plug at Vandever avenue and OlAymont
streets when Calhoun came to him and
asked him for 4 knife. The wi ness re
piled that he pIver carried katfe, and
the prisoner started ouI VSndever
avenue, When the witness heard OF
tho rape he told Mr. Kirby to get 81
oifiner, and he himself started after tbs
prisoner. His brother and brother In
law also went with him, and they over
took the prisoner near the Arlington
Milla. When they came up with him
he asked the witness 10 0 d him . plaos
to hide, and he told Calhoun 10 come
with them and they would nnd q place
for him. They took him to the Brandy
wine station aud handed him over to 40
1ffieer.
John j. BurFoughs teStlAsd that on No
vember 18th, between 2 and 8 O'Clock
In the afternoon, he was In . house on
Fourteenth street and come women toe
him that his brother and brother in law