Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-17
Case of Alabama Representa-
tive Up After Election.
ASSAULT TO KILL CHARGE
Baker Hopes to Try Kemp Early in
Fall.
COTTON LEAK CASE. ALSO
There Are Six Murderers Awaiting
Day in Court-Effort to
Clear the Jail

| United States Attorney Baker today an
nounced that the trial of Representative
J. Thomas Heflin of Ma ALBANIA on an in
| dictment charging an assault to kill, viii
| be held Immediately after Congress con
venes in December. Mr.. Baker is willing
to accommodate Mr.. IIeflin to the extent
of not requiring him to come to Wash
| ington earlier.
The Indictment pending against the rep
resentative charges that March - last
after an alteration on street car at 9Th
street and Pennsylvania avenue Mr.. Hef-
! lin discharged his pistol at a negro &c
whose conduct in the car the Alabama
statesman had taken exception.
| One bullet struck the negro in the neck
/ and another shot wounded hOrsetrainer
| named McCreery. who was on the side
| walk near the National Hotel. Both men
| have recovered from their injuries, al
| though the hOrsemar was near death for
several days. lockjaw having developed
| DR.. Hef1in. a brother of the representa-
| tive. came from Alabama and assisted in
| the treatment of McCreery.
Henry Rechtin. the former diSburSinG
officer of the Department of Justice. who
| is charged with ENLIGHTENMENT in connec-
! ton with the affairs of that office, will
probably be placed on trial lite in Oc-
| tober.
Patent Conspiracy First.
| The first federal case to be tried will be
the conspiracy charge against Ned w.
| Barton. former examiner in the patent
office: Henry f. Everding. patent at
torney Of Philadelphia, and John A.
| Heany, an inventor of York, Pa These
| men were indicted last February. charged
| with destroying public records in an al
eyed conspiracy to secure certain letters
! patent on an electric lighting invention.
! The case will probably be taken up i'm
mediately after election.
| The ink-fraud charge against Edwin NJ.
Van Dyck, former ink expert in the bu-
reau of engraving and printing. may be
called for trial in November. 1t is not
unlikely. however. that this case may not
! be tried until the United States Supreme
| Court renders its decision in the case of
| William G.. Crawford. charged with Il
| similar offense in connection with the
| Post Office Department scandals of 1909.
| Crawford was convicted in the Criminal
| Court and his conviction was sustained
| by the District Court Of Appeals. but the
| United States Supreme Court has allowed
| d writ of certiorafi and will hear argu-
mentS early in October MI Baker will
| not admit that he will await this decision
before calling Van Dyck to trial, but it
! is considered likely, in view Of the crowd
ed condition of the work of his office.
Victor G.. Bloede of Baltimore. who was
| Jointly indicted with Van Dyck, recently
! entered a plea of guilty to technical
violation of the law. He paid fine of
| $1,000
Six Murder Trials.
Mr.. Baker hopes to dispose of at least
three of the six murder cases now pend
| ing before the Christmas holidays. Ducky
| Holmes, who is charged with killing Mary
+. Hamilton. November % 1907. will be
first tried. An attempt to dispose of this
case was made last June. but before the
government had completed it's testimony
one of the jurors was taken sick and the
case had to be postponed.
Following the Holmes case the District
attorney expects to try Charles Phillips,
colored, indicted for the killing of Henry
Reid. a saloonkeeper, at North Capitol
and f streets, January II last, and
| Charles Thomas colored, charged with
| stabbing TO death William Kirby. an aged
| man in South Washington, last February.
| Other men awaiting trial of the charge
of murder Thomas Veney and Walter
Johnson, accused of killing Thomas f.
Russell, and Charles Willard, who is said
| to have killed Ernest Lewis. Sensulano
G. Basilio, an Italian. charged with the
killing of Arthur Winters, has never been
apprehended. He is supposed to have
escaped to his native land
Early in the fall term Mr.. Baker eX-
poets to call for trial the case of James
Arthur Kemp. the police clerk. who is
charged with embeZZling about $11 900 OF
the funds which came into his hands in
his official capacity.
Cotton Leak Case.
The cotton leak case, involving an al.
legged conspiracy to furnish advance in
formation on the condition of the cotton
crop before the issuance of the bulletin
by the Department of Agriculture, will
probably not be tried this fall. Edward
S. Holmes, the former associate statsti-
clan of the department.; Theodore II
Price. the ex-cotton king of New York
and Moses Haas. also of the metropolis
are jointly indicted. Proceedings for the
removal of Price and Haas from New
York to this jurisdiction have been COM
| menced in the New York courts and will
probably not be terminated until late in
the fall Should the government sue
coed in securing the presence of the men
here the case will likely be one of the
| first of the new year.
| Mr. Baker will ask that both criminal
courts be given over entirely to criminal
| business. in the hope of clearing the Jail
during October and November.
District Attorney Busy.
The work of the district attorneys Office
for the coming term of court is volumi-