Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-18
LEWIS WILSON ON TRIAL.

morning it was subnormal-97 Clio degrees.
LEWIS WILSON ON TRIAL.
Charged with Assaulting His Wife and
Attempting to Poison Her Child.
Lewis Wilson was arraigned in the Police
Court this morning on the charge Of an assault
on his wife, an assault on Lula King, and an as
ssult with intent to kill by attempting to poison
his son on Saturday last. Wilson was in court
this morning to answer another charge and was
locked up. J. Parker Jordan appeared for the
prisoner.
The wife testified that the child's father was
a man named Ridgely; that it was born since
she left Wilson; that the latter came to the
house on Saturday and she ordered him away,
when he struck her, and when he came in the
yard she threw the axe at him.
Arthur De Vaughn, q small colored boy, tes-
titled to seeing the man give the sugar" to
the little boy 'Dolphus, telling him to give it to
Eddy, the other boy.
Hattie De Vaughn testified to seeing the
sugar given the boy; that the wife and husband
got into words, and he drew knife on her
and she got the axe; that the boy took a taste
| of the sugar; that the wife had the paper after
the fuss was over.
1T WAS POISON.
The District chemist Clifford Richardson,
testified that he had received the package from
the chief of police aud found it to be arsen-
ious acid. A small quantity would make a child
very sick.
Lieut.. Swindells testified to the wife giving
him the package and making u statement and
| that he sent it to the chemist.
Hettie DeVaughn was recalled, but seemed
anxious to tell her own story, and it was with
some difficulty the court received direct an
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posed Sunday and was very sick Monday.
On cross-examination witness said Ridgely
came up just as Wilson was leaving.
THE wIFE's STORY.
The wife was recalled and testified that she
took the sugar from the child; that there was
about spoonful of it. She had the paper in
her hand when she threw the axe. This oc-
CURED about IL o'clock and the child became
sick obout o'clock. She had no doctor, but
sent for DR.. Winters, who said he would come,
but he didn't come.
Q.-What did you give the child?
Ans.-I had some pain killer in the house.
Q.-Did you or Ridgeley buy this powder at a
drug storef
Ans.-No, sir.
DR.. s. A. H. McKim was called, and after ask
ing the mother as to the symptoms said that to
some extent they were like those OF poison.
BY Mr.. Jordan-Could not form an opinion if
1t was poison at this season Of the year. IA
| voice: "Watermelons and berries."l
Lula King testified that Wilson assaulted her
Saturday when she asked him what was the
matter between him and her sister and he
Knocked her down twice.
THE CASE SENT TO THE GRAND JURY.
The court said that if the man gave the pow
der to the child he ought to be executed, and
If the woman or Ridgeley bought the powder
and gave 1t to the inspector they should be
locked up for the balance of their lives 1t
was a case for the grand jury and he would
send 1t there; bonds $500.
Bids for Furnishing Postal Cards.
Bids for furnishing postal cards for the next
four years were opened to-day at the Post
| Office department. The contract amounts to
about sls0,0O0 year. There were twelve
J bids offered, the names of the bid
! ders being as follows: The Russell paper
company, Boston, Mass; Henry Russell, Penn
| Yam, N. Y; Samuel Bradbury. Germantown,
Pa. Theodore s. Kingsland, Holyoke Mass
Weed, Parsons Co., Albany, N. Y; Calvin G.
Woolworth, Castleton, N. Y; Chas. Z. Cornell,
ander Balfour. Philadelphia. The Ariel print
| ing company Philadelphia; the Holyoke envel-
ope company, Holyoke, Mass; Bill Rus
| sell, Springfield, Mass.
The lowest bidder was Alfred Daggett of
Brooklyn, whose bid was 81 cents per thousand
small size, IS cents per thousand medium size,
and so cents per thousand large size. The
price of the present card Is 46Js cents per thou
sand medium size.
The Late Norris Peters,
The remains Of the late Norris Peters will be
taken from this city to his former home in
Wilmington, Del, tomorrow morning. The
train will leave the Baltimore and Potomac de-
pot at o'clock and will arrive at Wilmington
| at 11:51 am. Funeral services will be held at
pm, and the train will start back at 5:l3 and
reach here at $40 pm. Special cars have been
provided for those friends who have been in
vised TO accompany the body.
Charged with Stealing Diamond Ring.
| Nora Brooks was charged in the Police Court
to-day with the larceny OF diamond ring val
ued at e125 from Mrs. Anna g. Mellach Of ga
22d street. The testimony showed that on
Monday Nora came TO the house for the clothes
| TO wash and after she left Mrs. Mellach missed
her ring from a silver cup and she had recov-
cred il through Detective Carter. The latter
testifed that he went TO the girls house, near
the Jail, yesterday and found the ring; that she
had knocked the cup from the bureau at Mrs.
Mellachs and picked 1t up and replaced what
had fallen out and when she got homo she
found the ring in the wash clothes. The case
was sent TO the grand jury, bonds eS0o.
Marriage Licenses.
| Marriage licenses have been issued by the
clerk of the court TO Francis g. Thomas and
Sarah Ann Hardy, both Of Fairfax county, Va.
Frederick Lipscomb and Lizzie Miles; James
7. Scales and Carrie Johnson; Eli Caulk and
Sarah Brown; Harry Tppett Of New York and
Beulah Burdett Of Baltimore; John w. Tucker
and Mary Estella Kenyon; VIM. Abbott and
Annie Carpenter; J. Wilson and Nellie Conner;
=. w. Gillison Of Madison county, Va, and
Fanny A. Wsnaor, Milton Butter Of South River,
Nd, and Joanns Tslbert.
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