Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-02
SCHEDULED FOR TRIAL
PERSONS IN JAIL ON CHARGE OF
MURDER.
One Man Under Sentence Of Death
Eighty Prisoners Under Va
rious Charges.

The work of the grand Jury recently in
investigating a number OF cases and re-
turning indictments, as stated In The Star
at the time. was preliminary to the con-
vening Of the fall term Of the criminal
courts When the courts met today the
presiding justices found plenty Of work.
there being jail cases enough, as stated. to
keep the juries busy for several weeks
Several persons are In Jail awaiting trial
for murder. the defendants In two OF the
cases having already been convicted. One
of them Is William Burge. colored, who
has been given two trials for his life on
the charge Of killing his wife, Daisy Burge'
in February Of last year. 1t Is said jury
will probably pass upon the question OF his
sanity before the court imposes sentence'
Edward Grant, also colored. who was con-
victed of the murder OF Eva Barnes, was
sentenced to be hanged the 3Oth
Of this month. He is the only one OF
several prisoners who is under sentence
of DEATH The Both Of the month falls on
Tuesday, and under the sentence Of the
court the execution is to take place at an
early hour In the morning. His appeal mas
not yet been passed upon.
Case Of Joseph Paoluci.
The case of Joseph Paoluci, the Italian
shoemaker, who is In prison to answer for
the death of Miss Elizabeth V. Dodge,
promises to be an interesting one., At the
time Paoluci killed Miss Dodge he shot
himself in an effort to commit suicide, and
1t was necessary for him to remain In the
Casualty Hospital several days. he still
has the bullet in his body, but 1t seems to
give him no trouble Since he reached the
Jail he has shown no inclination to renew
the attack upon his own life but the
guards think he may do 30 II he IS con-
victed and sentenced to death.
ha Ri EVanS j.
young white men, are also to be tried soon
for murder. 1t is charged that they killed
M. ]. Holleran. They were said to have
found Holleran asleep on a lumber pile
near 18th street and Ohio avenue one night
in February last, and made an EFFORT to ROB
him. When they aroused him, 1t Is charged
one Of them dealt him a fatal blow on his
head with a piece Of wood. The case was
an Interesting one from a police stand
point, requiring deal OF detective work
before the arrest.
James Fortune, colored is to be tried for
the death of Ida Watson, and Charles s.
Fletcher, also colored, is accused Of having
taken the life of his wife. A young colored
woman named Susie Jenifer Is also to fur
nish work for the jury, 1t being alleged
that she threw her child into the Eastern
branch. The infant was only few days
old and Susie had been out Of the hospital
only a few hours when. 1t Is charged, she
drowned the child.
In addition to those who are In JAIL
there are four men held upon a charge Of
assault, the nature of the charge being
such that capital punishment is a posi-
bility in the event Of their conviction.
Alleged Counterfeiting.
A case which promises to be Of interest
is that Of alleged counterfeiting by two
Italians. The men were arrested by the
police and secret service operators upon in
formation furnished by the former, and,
it is expected, the secret service men will
be called upon to explain to a jury how
counterfeit money is made.
There are fifteen persons In Jail
awaiting trial for HOUSEKEEPING, one
dozen for assaults with dangerous
weapons nine for grand larceny and
eight each for embezzlement and robbery.
Others are charged with larceny from the
United States. larceny from the person.
forgery, bigamy and other offenses, there
being more than eighty prisoners in all.
In addition to those who are in jail, there
are several who were able to give security
for their appearance, an important case
of the latter kind being that in which Mrs.
Kate Maxey and Peter Meagher were held
responsible for the death Of Miss Claudia
Parrish.
The so-called cotton leak cases are also
pending.