Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-18

down the river and Ward suggested that he
take his (Ward'O rife with him and amuse
himself. Ward got the case containing the
the ride and the pistol. witness said he did
not want the pistol, as II had annoyed him when
he had taken the case before. Ward then took
it and put il in his pocket Witness was not
sure he could identify the pistol The rifle
case was produced and Mr.. Wilson fitted Wards
pistol into the compartment made for pistol,
showing that il fitted.
The witness said he made an appointment to
meet Ward that evening in the Marble Saloon.
Witness was trying to get Ward to go to the
hospital; Ward had been drinking very hard;
was very nervous and acting very queerly: Ward
was not rational at all; he was nervous and ex-
citable and rambling in his talk; his eyes were.
as the witness expressed. "rather glary and
wild" The witness described an occasion on
the previous Saturday when Ward had acted in
very excltable manner, and also another &C.
casion at the Marble Saloon when Ward had
acted. as the witness thought, in an irrational
manner.
cEoss-ExANINED BY MR.. cLAsEr-.
Mr.. Finley was crcss-examined by Mr..
clagett. Mr.. Cisgett asked why he had let
Ward have.the pistol and put it in his pocket il
he was In the condition the witness described.
The witness said it was Wards own pistol The
witness had offered it first to the barkeeper but
Ward tookit. He did not try to induce him to
take it out of his pocket. Ward lived next door,
and said he would take it upstairs.
MIR. Clagett asked why, IL he thought Ward
was drinking too much the witness had made
an appointment to meet him in another bar
room.
The witness said that be made the appoint
ment to suit the circumstances.
Mr.. Clagett asked if it was not Wards habit
to play practical jokes.
The witness said he had known Ward to do
some very foolish acts.
LIEUT.. LucIEN YOUNG. c.s.N.
The next witness called was Lieut. Lucien
Young Of the navy. Mr.. Coleman conducted
the examination and proceeded 40 far as to
perience with firearms. He then suspended
the examination and called Lewis Newmyer,
the proprietor Of the Marble Saloon, who said
he knew Lieut. Young and had shown him the
positions where the parties stood at the time OF
the shooting. On cross-examination by Mr..
Clagett, Mr.. Newmyer said this was about four
weeks ago. He had pointed out the mark on
the post to Lieut.. Young. There were other
marks on the post. He had never said any
thing about the mark before the coroner's jury
or before the grand jury. He did not think he
was ever asked about it.
When re-eXamined by Mr.. Coleman the wit
ness said that he believed he had testified about
this mark at the time of the application for the
bail.
EXPERIMENTS IN MACHINE SHOP.
Lieut.. Young was given plat of the Marble
Saloon, He testified tn measurements he ha
made there between the oints indicated to him
by Newmyer. The listan e from Wards shoul-
Ter to the pillar was feet 6 inches, from Ward
to Newmyer, &c inches; and from the pillar t.
where Adler fell, 5 feet inches. The witness
said that after examining the ,ccations and
making measurements he made experiments
With 32-caliber pistol. like the one Ward used
al ont the 18th Of June last.
IN a ma
pillar exactly like III, M in the Marble saloon.
He explained setting up pistol in support
and said the pistol was 40 fired as to strife the
pillar in the sixth FITTING so as to make a mark
like that IN the sixth futing of the Marbl,
Saloon. In every instance where they struck
the sixth futing the ball ri ;ocheted in the
directi IN of thu figure set up 70 correspond
with the spit where Adler fell. There were
about forty shots fired in the experiment. One
bullet that had ricoeheted in the manner
described and struck the figure set up to repre-
sent Adler had rebounded and the witness pro-
due ed ii and it was shown to the jury. The
witness said all the bullets were more or less
battered.
CAPT. JOHN MILLER TEsTrFIEs
Capt. John Miller, commission merchant,
who was next called, testified that he had con-
siderable experience with firearms as a men,
Der Of rifle teams. He was shown Wards pis-
tol and asked what in his opinion would be the
effect OF a shot from such a weapon when fired
to strike the back of mans neck at a distance
Of ten feet. Mr.. Miller said that it would go
through a mans neck. Mr.. Coleman asked
what the effect would be If the bullet should in
its course strike the vertebra?
Mr.. Clagett objected that Mr.. Miller was not
an expert in surgery.
During the brief argument that followed Mr..
Clagett urged that common experience showed
them that sometimes bullet might go through
mans neck and sometimes il might not.
The witness was permitted to testify to his
own experience. He said he had fired ball
from such pistol through two-inch scantling
at distance of ten PAGES. He gave also in
stances in his knowledge illustrating the eccep-
trio course, taken by ricocheting balls. One
instance was where the witness had shot at a
tree and the ball had ricocheted and struck
and injured witness uncle
A recess was then taken until o'clock