Robert Hemingray

The Notorious Cross.

Mary Cross, the notorious colored virago was taken before Squires Ewan and McLaughlin, yesterday, in the former's court-room, to be tried for an assault to kill on Turnkey Frank Meyers. The case was dismissed against her; but a new peace warrant was sworn out against her, and the trial set for 10 o'clock this morning in the Mayor's Court. She was sent to jail in default of $200 bail. At 10 o'clock this morning, although it was not generally known that the woman was to be tried, the court was crowded. She was brought into the court-room promptly at the hour mentioned, with Esquire Ewan presiding.

Mr. Robert Hemingray testified that Mary Cross had told her sister, and she told him, that she was coming over to Covington one night last week to die, and that before dying she was going to kill somebody.

Several other witnesses testified that they had seen and talked with Mary Cross while she was in jail, and that she had said she would get even with Mr. Hemingray by killing his wife, children, or himself, or burning down his house if it took her a hundred years to do it.

Amanda Stauers, Mary's sister, was put on the stand, and stated that her sister had come to Cincinnati two weeks ago, and that she left Philadelphia so as to be near her sister, and that Mary said that she never intended to come to Kentucky again.

Mary was held over to the next term of the Criminal Court in the sum of $1,000, and was recommitted to jail in default of bail.

She made a neat little speech, stating how she had been wronged and persecuted.