The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-18

not think that the Callahan incident was
u practical joke, but an insane freak Of u
drunken man. lie had soon Mr.. Wari
do many foolish things within the last
two years, he said.
Lieutenant Young. u. $. Navy, was the
next witiIcss called. lie had been in the
| Navy for. twenty-five years and was an
expert IN gun firing The witness was
| excused Tor q few minutes until lewis
| Newmcyer was called to the stand to tcs-
| tify that he had shown Lieutenant Young
! The bullet mark on the post and The rca-
| tive position Of the men on the night Of
| the shouting. Witness had. shown Lieut.
| tenant Young the mark on the post about
| four. weeks ago, On crOss-examinaiion
| witness said that the post was Il ilutcd-
| iron-pllar and had been painted lslt once
since the shooting. His attention had
| been directed TO the mark Il day or two
| aftorthe shooting by his barkccpcr. There
were other marks ON the pillar, but they
| were not similar to the one lie showed
| Lieutenant Young. The other marks
looked like scratches. lie had talked
| about the mark in the District Attorneys
office To Assistant District Attorney Lips
| comb.
Lieutenant Young was then recalled to-
the stand to testify to u map representing
the distance Of the mark ON the post from
| the parties concerned in the shooting.
| TheNovcrnmonto objected tn the testimony
| rs being Hypothetical, but it was admitted
| by the Court
Lieutenant Young testified that the dis
| lance from where Adler odtotbc iron
| pillar was feet 8 inches, from Ward to
| Newmeycr the distance was 20 inches. and
from the end of the counter to where
| Adler fell was feet Z inches
| The witness held the map while giving
| liistestmoDy and showed the position al
| the men and measurements upon IT, The
map was submitted in evidence by the de-
| Tense,
1lic witness testified that he made ex-
! pciimenta regarding the shooting I'M June
last. A pillar exactly similar TO the huted
| post in,the Marble Saloon was set up in
| Woods machine shop and figure repre-
| senting Adler was placed at the same dis
| lance from the pillar that he stood before
| he was shot. The witness used u 32-calibre
| revolver, similar to the weapon used by
| Ward, and about forty shots were fired
| into the same groove that the mark was
| bullets lebounded at such an angle that
they either struck the figure or fell
around it,
On cross-cxanination by Mr.. Chagett
| witness said that all his measurements
were procured from Lewis Ncwmeycr.
The mark on the pillar Is , feet 3 inches
from the floor, and no other marks on the
| looked exactly rs If II had been made by
bullet. The indcntution was not deep, for
32-calibrc revolver would not make
| much impression on an iron pillar.
Captain John $. Miller, I'M expert in
| rifle shooting, was the next witness called.
lie could not explain the velocity of n 81
calibre revolver, but knew that it was q
strong shooter. \ ball fired from such Il
| pistol into the neck Of man, he thought,
would pass through il.
Mr.. Clagett objected to the testimony as
Captain Miller was not an expert in sur
gerry. He doubted if expert testimony
was needed at all in the case.
| The theory of the prosecution said
| Mr.. Coleman, sis that the shot was fired
directly at Adler, and the defense proposes
to show that ii such were the case the ball
would have passed through Adler
| The witness was then questioned upon
| the penetrativc powers of Il 32-calibrc re-
| volvcr. This question was also objected
to by the Government, and was discussed
at some length by counsel ON both sides.
Justice Bingham said that the question
of the penetratiye powers into n body of a
man was one which he thought should be
left to the jury, and one on which Cap
| tam Miller was not an expert.
| What experience have You had with u
32-calibre revolvcr?' asked Mr.. Coleman
of witness.
| 81 haye shot through two inch planks
at ten PAGES" witness replied.
| Witness had some experience in the
richochcttinY of bullets and mentioned
several incidents, among them one in
| which he was unfortunate enough to shoot
| his uncle in the woods near Baltimore.
| The wound, however was only n flesh
wound, the ball having glanced Off from
| tree.
After the o'clock recess William Il.
| Wood, who owned the mill in which the
| Experiments took place, was the first wit
ness called.
Mr.. Wood testified that the experiments
| were made in the blacksmith shop of his
| planning mill. he then described the ex-
| periments in the same manner as Lieuten-
ant Young. All the bullets were detected
from the iron pillar, and witness picked
! up number of bullets.
More than one experiment was made,
Lieutenant Young being present at the
first. Witness and his brother carried on
the Others by themselves. The firing was
done by Lieutenant Young, witness and
| his brother They fired into the sixth
| groove of the pillar, and every bullet that
| hit the groove was richochetted and
| struck the stationary object placed at the
same distance from the pillar that Adler
was supposed to have stood.
Michael q. Mccormick, u liquor dealer,
followed Mr.. Wood upon the stand. He
had noticed the bullet mark on tho iron
! pillar in the Marble Saloon and was pres
ent at the experiments made in Woods
shop. The other persons present were
Lieutenant Young, the, Messrs:
Wood, Special Officer Lloyd and
q young man named Nalford
Witness had number of the bullets fired
during the experiment. They were de-
livered to him at the Jail on June last in
the presence of Mr., Ward. They were
then placed in box, which was after
wards sealed, with Mr.. Wards ring. The
box was not opened until this morning,
when witness took them out to bring them
into court.
At this point the witness produced the
bullets, and they were offered in evidence
by the defense.
After the bullets We're examined by the
jury they We're placed in the custody of
the clerk and Mr.. Clagett cross-exanined
the witness as to the experiment ut which
he was present
Mr.. McCormick's explanation of the
experiment was similar to that Of the PRO
vious witnesses. There was no represen-
tation OF the interior OF the Marble Saloon,
he said, arranged in the Moods shop be
yond the erection of the pillar and the
stationary object in the place where Adler
was supposed to have stood.
h. $. Wood, one of the Wood Brothers,
was the next witness He was present at
the experiments and did some Of the fir
ing. Witness secured the line Of direction
and point of firing from the positions in
the saloon of the parties who took part in
the shooting. Mr. Wood here produced u
large diagram of the situation Of the pillar
and line Of firing. Tho diagram was un-
rolled and spread before the jury, while
Mr.. Wood explained All the measure
ments were identical with those of the
Marble Saloon,
Witness had also had the pillar used in
the experiments prepared, The pillarwas
exactly similar to the one in the saloon.
IN order to get better aim the pistol was
laid in the groove of piece of wood and
held about as high as man would hold
,.fo ta1