Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-13
FRANK WARDS BAIL.
The Court Taking Full Testimony in Re-
gard to the Shooting.

At the hearing Of the application Of F. Z.
Ward for bail yesterday there were present
| quite a large number of persons. filling all the
seats within the railing. When the hour ar
rived Chief Justice Bingham came in and was
followed by Mr. Ward and his counsel, Judge
Wilson, Senator Blackburn. Chaplin Brown and
W. K Duhamel, and on the other side District
Attorney Hoge and his assistants, Messrs.
Lipscomb, Coyle and Mullowney.
Judge Wilson said that they were ready to
proceed and present the evidence.
Judge Hoge said that the question was one
for the discretion Of the court and they stood
quiescent.
Lewis Newmyer was first called and testified
that he was in his place of business ON the 18th
OF June last when the difficulty took place and
had testified before the grand jury. Then, with
the aid OF large diagram. which he said was
correct one and described, he related the events
OF the evening. MIR. Ward came in about 9:l5
O'Clock and asked for Frank. meaning Mr. Fin
ley. He walked up to the bar and after saluta-
tion SAID he was going to drink and witness
joined HIM. Then they started game of bill
iards. While engaged Mr.. Adler, the deceased,
walked In and sat across the rail near where
they we're playing. Mr.. Ward beat witness and
Adler started away. Ward said, What's your
hurry?" Adler said he was in no particular
hurry and Ward proposed drink, and they
went toward the bar. Witness described the
location Of the parties. 1t was about five feet
from where Ward stood. Witness was within
two feet. Up to the time they reached the bar
there had been no alteration. He saw Ward
take the pistol from his right hip pocket.
There were two shots fired, the first downward
on the floor and the other more elevated and
In the direction of the post. There is a mark
on the post five feet and two inches from the
floor, which he took to be from the bullet
Adler fell between the billiard table and the
mirror. The mark is about the size of small
chestnut, and In witness opinion is such one
as bullet would make. 1t is inside of one of
the grooves.
On cross-examination witness said Adler was
there fifteen minutes, that he spoke to witness,
but witness did not notice that Ward and Adler
spoke, or that word passed between them.
1t was Adler who started to leave first and he
had reached the center Of the floor when Ward
asked Adler to have drink alter having asked
What was his hurry" Adler said, I'm not
drinking. but I'll take settler and lemon"
Witness did not remember that he had said
that Ward had said, ''You were drinking the
other night" Adler came over toward the bar
Ginnaty and young Buckingham were in the
room. When Adler said that he would take
settler and lemon Ward said, ..You will"
drew the pistol and fired. The next day his
bar keeper showed him mark on the floor
where he thought the bullet struck. He did
not know where Adler was when the second
shot was fired. Witness heard his footsteps
The officers came in and he went to Adler and
spoke to him, but received no answer, and then
told Ginnaty to run for the doctors and his
father. The indentation was in the paint on the
iron. When called on to draw the size Of a
chestnut he did so. Witness did not see Ward
put his pistol in his pocket. He had heard
that there had been a difficulty between the
parties.
James W. Ginnaty, the bar keeper, corrob-
grated Mr.. Newmyer
+. II. Finley testified that about O'Clock the
day of the shooting Ward offered him the use
of his gun case and it was brought from behind
the bar at the Windsor hotel 933 street, and
Ward put the pistol in his pocket Ward
was not in the habit of carrying a pistol H.
G. Shute, boarder, and Harry Saunders, the
bar keeper, corroborated Mr.. Finley
q. L. Carpenter testified to meeting Ward at
$50 that evening and he said he was going I'D
to chain bridge, in which direction he drove.
Judge Wilson said that they had but one
other witness. Mr.. s. I. Thomas, and he testi-
fled to the point that Wards business interests
required that he should be released
After some discussion the hearing was ad-
journed to o'clock today.