Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-20


sanity. who was one Of the expert witnesses in
| the Gnitcau case. and figured subsequently IN
Mrs. Emmons case, Surgeon General lfamll-
ton of the marine hospital service, and other
! physicians, indicating that there If still much
| of interest TO be developed as to the medical
phases Of the case. There WAS variety of
| testimony introduced by the defense today.
| some bearing on the theory Of the ricocheting
/ bullet, some regarding Wards mental condi-
| tion and some relating to the errors alleged by
| the defense to have been committed by the
surgeons in charge of Adler's case. The length
of the trial is still a matter of conjecture, but
ii is expected several more days will be con-
sumed in taking testimony.
QUEER ACTION AT MRS. GANNoN's ESTABLISH
| MENT.
The first witness called was Mrs. Mary Gan
non, who keeps a grocery and liquor establish
ment and eating saloon on New Hampshire ave-
nue.. Mrs. Cannon wore a sealskin coat and a
dotted veil tina. came down to the point of her
4 nose, which served also as a rest for pair Of
! gold-rimmed spcctacles. Mrs. Cannon was eN-
amined by Mr.. Wilson. She said she had
known Ward for eighteen or nineteen years.
She said one morning in June year ago Ward
came To her place of business. She had not
seen him before for sixteen or seventeen years
and she did not know him at first. He had
| three or four gentlemen with him and came
! there for breakfast. He had a roll of money IN
his hand and acted strangely that she re-
marked that he did not appear TO be IN his
| right mind
| J. Clay Hewes hailiff) testified that in June.
1889. he was employed at the Riggs House; saw
Frank Ward on the afternoon of the 18th, about
/ 5 clock. Witness had bill against him and
had told one of the porters TO send him to his
| (witncssl desk. Mr.. Ward came and he pre-
scented bill of S25. Ward called him a swindler
and witness arose. whCn Ward seized him by
the shoulder and witness asked him what he
meant. Noticed by Wards countenance that
something wrong with him and lac replied,
"Mr. Ward perhaps there is something wrong:
you don't owe me anything" and he went
oil. Next heard of disturbance in the bar
room: went in and saw Ward and some Others
in difficulty over some money. A little while
after Ward came and leaned over witness desk.
but witness did not speak to him. This was
about s o'clock.
| On cross-eXamination witness said il was a
subscription for :25 and he (W.) said he KNEE
nothing about il. The money was afterward
| sent 10y his clerk. but he returned the money
to the clerk
OBJECTION To DIR. LEACHs DEPOSITION.
Senator Blackburn said that at this point
they would offer the deposition of DIR. Hamilton
E. Leach and passed it over to Judge Hoge who.
after turning couple of pages. said the gov
eminent objected. He had read down to that
part as to conversation between him and
Ward. 1t was clear that his (Ward'sD state
ments could not be given I'm this way.
! The conversation objected to by the govern
ment occurred at the station house after the
shooting. The district attorney suggested that
a condition Of mind might be feigned for the
| purpose of a defense.
Chief Justice Bingham thought it a matter of
proper investigation as to whether the defendant
acted like sane person or an insane person after
| the act. The jury. he said, would be instructed
to disregard any statement of fact in the CONVEX
sation and consider the conversation only as a
means of determining the prisoners state OF
| mind.
THE DEPOSITION READ.
Mr.. Wilson read the deposition. DR.. Leach
said he prescribed for Ward about four ,lavs
before the shooting. He met Ward on the street
Ward asked him to do something for him as he
was in n bad condition. He showed to witness
indications of the approach of delirium ire
mems. The witness questioned Ward. whose
answers were at variance one with the other.
Witness advised him to go to bed. Ward asked
him not to give him anything to put him TO bed.
but something to remove his nervousness.
as he had a great deal to do. Witness ad-
vised some remedies. Wards condition was
that of an irrational person. Witness went to
the station house after the shooting and saw
| Mr.. Ward. 1t was about 10 or 1890 o'clock. Wit
ness asked Ward what the trouble was: .'Oh. "
he said, Il am all done for" Then he asked
him again what the trouble was. Ward made
no Ineligible answer. There was a foam of
saliva running down his chin and little blood
Witness could get nothing further from him.
| He was satisfied that he was at tine time ire
sponsible. Witness advised at the station that
Ward should be watched he feared that he
was in a state of mind when he might do injury
/ TO himself. The witness opinion was that a
man might have acute mania from the Excess
sive of alcohol.
| THE PHOTOGRAPHED PILLAR
George Prince, the photographer. was next
called and examined by Senator Blackburn. He
said he had been requested in April or MAY 10
make photographs of pillar in the Marble
Saloon, the especial purpose being TO show as
clearly as possible n mark on the pillar He
photographed it before the pillar was painted
| Painters were then waiting to paint il and sus-
pended operations until after the photograph
was made. Subsequently he photographed the
| pillar after it was painted.
| There was some Conversation on the mart of
| MIR. Newmyer and Mr., Ginnity as 10 where
Ward stood when he fired the shot but witness
could not ascertain definitely where Ward
stood. He did not know that he focused the
pillar in the line of shot All he tried to do
was to make as good picture of the spot as he
could. The witness identified the photographs
or enlarged prints from the original photo
graph. They represented correctly, he said
the appearance of the mark before and after
the pillar painted.
The mark was in the sixth groove counting
from the place where the rail separating the
bar and billiard rooms entered the pillar. On
the crOss-examination by Mr.. Clagett the wit
ness said no one showed him the spot to photo
graph. He was told to photograph a mark on
the pillar and he found that mark. which was
the only one of the kind, and supposed that
was the one wanted. There were other marks
there made by dirt.
The photographs represented grooved pill
lar, showing an irregular mark on the right
side Of one groove. There was a dark spot in
the center of the mark and around this two or
three darker lines, irregular in form, appear
ing in the photograph, very much like the
lines seen in an agate.
| AN IMPRESSION IN CHEWING GUN.
| Howard Prather was called as q witness
to identify an impression he had made in wax
of the mark or indentation on the post He
identified his impression. The material in
which the impression was made was of q dark
brown color On crosse examination the district
attorney asked what the consistency of the
| wax was. The witness said il was tutti frutti
| chewing gum. He took the impression for his
own qualification with gum he had chewed. II
he had been taking an impression for the pur-
pose of testimony at the time, he said, he
would have used wax of another description.
ADLER's CONDITION JUST AFTER BEING SHOT.
| DR.. Dudley Morgan was called . witness
and examined by Mr.. Coleman. He said he
| saw Adler at the saloon after he was shot He
had q wound in the cervical region Of the neck
| and witness found about two inches below the