Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-18
HOW THE BULLET WENT.
Nors Tsstimony About the Experimeass b
the Ward Case.

Aore Testimony About the Experimenas In
the Ward Case.
After the. recess Mr.. VIM. T. Wood, the
proprietor Of the planning mill at 4s7 Maryland
avenue, where Lieut. Young made his pistol
experiments was called as witness. He said
the experiments we're made in q blacksmith
shop attached to the mill. He said all the
bullets that struck the pillar ricocheted. He
said Lieut. Young's statement rs he heard it
was correct according to his observation. On
the cross-examination the witness said the balls
fired did not always strike the same spot on the
pillar or on the bulkhead.
MICHAEL M'coRMIcK SAW LIEUT.. YoUNo's tx
PERiMENTs.
Michael G. Mccormick testified that he had
been often in the Marble Saloon and had seen
the pillar talked about. There was q mark on
the sixth fiuting OF the pillar next to the bar.
The witness was present at the experiments
made by Lieut. Young The firing appeared TO
witness to be at about the same groove as that
on the pillar in the saloon on which the mark
appeared. The witness produced the bullets
delivered to him by Mr.. Wood, and which were
nred at the first experimentsm made by Mr. Wood.
THESE were handed to witness at the Jail on the
night Of June 6 last and sealed in the presence
of Mr.. Ward.
The witness produced the seven bullets
Four were Aattened completely. One showed
little evidence Of having struck anything and
side. The witness said on cross-examination,
tnere was no one present, SO far as he knew, at
the time the experiments were made who had
any personal knowledge of the positions occu-
pied by Ward and Adler at the time Of the
shooting.
He admitted that he was q friend of Mr..
wards and much interested in the case.
Mr.. v. s. WOOD A WITNESS.
Mr.. v. 9. Wood, brother Of Mr.. VIM, T. Wood,
was also called to testify to the pistol expert.
ments which he and his brother had made in
May, and which Lieut.. Young repeated in June.
The witness produced diagram he had made
OF the scene OF the shooting, indicating the po-
sition OF Ward, Newmyer, the post, the bar and
the place where Adler fell. He had drawn a
to Adler to represent, as he said,
the line the bullet followed. The
diagram was on piece of paper, so big that
when unrolled for the inspection of the Jury
and the lawyers it reached from one end Of the
jury box to the other.
The witness said he had prepared the iron
column In his shop for the experiments, He
made wooden support for the pistol SO as to
tix it immovably after he had got the proper
aim. He said the pistol was held at a height
about where it would be held by man Of MIR.
Wards height.
The shots that struck the posts in the same
position al the mark on the pillar in the Mar
bic saloon all ricocheted in about the same di-
rection, following the line of the mark ON the
diagram. He thought that in all the expert
ments three Or four hundred shots were fired.
Hs thought about one ball out of fifty was not
injured appreciably by the shooting.
The witness produced the paper that had
formed the outer covering OF the target or
bulkhead against which the bullets ricocheted.
Beneath the paper were two or three thick
nesses of Brussels carpet. The paper was torn
in number of places by the bullets.
ALFRED wALFoRD DESCRIBES THE EXPCRINENTs
Alfred Walford, who was present at the ex-
periments made by Lieut.. Young and the
Messrs. Wood, June z, also described the ex-
periments.
Lloyd Prather, who was present, also de-
scribed the pistol experiments.
VIM. +. Turner, John J. keenan, were called
as witnesses to what was considered insane con.
duct on Ward part