Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-18

time of the shooting he was IN Portsnonth.
Va He first left for there on the z4th OF DC
| tober. Had conversation with the defendant
| that day on street concerning the marriage.
| He asked Schneider why he had married his
| 1.-THE witness1 sister and not told hcr father OF
| IT, The defendant at first denied the marriage,
but afterward ssid that he wanted his trial over
| first.
Judge Wilson here moved TO strike out this
| reference and said that as such testimony had
| already been ruled out it hardly seemed
| proper for the government to get such testi-
mony before the jury.
The testimony was then ordered stricken out.
The witness stated that the defendant finally
| Acknowledged the marriage aud said that he
| would inform Col. Hamlink of the marriage
! Witness came home at Christmas staid A few
DAYS and sooh left for Portsmouth He came
home again the 3lst of January in response to
a telegram. He saw his sister every day after
ward and noticed a bruise on his sisters right
wrist the Tuesday or Wednesday following the
shooting. 1t was very dark and extended
around the wrist
Crosse xamined--Met the defendant on F
street October "a between 18th and 18th He
was in buggy. Got out and came over to the
sidewalk.
Redirect-Frank Hamlink was I've feet seven
and quarter inches In height.
MARY MELVIN
Mary Melvin, a colored woman living at No.
1913 q street. Mr.. Frank B. Congers, said she
was in the front third-story room at the time
of the shooting and heard five shots. She
raised the window and looked out and saw
crowd or people i'll the street.
Cross-examined-She said she counted the
shots as they were fired; first two shots. and
fas ez could be-
Mrs. Rose Rosery, a colored woman. was
recalled and stated that the defendant held his
hand down low when he shot at the lady. The
last time be shot he raised his hand and shot at
the gentleman.
husband that night how the man held his
hand She did not remember ever telling any
Dody else how the man held his pistol. Said
she told Mr. Cole. the district attorney, OF it
this morning, when he asked witness about 1t.
The man was facing the lady when
he shot her, continued the witness.
line other man was back of her. That
man stood still. He didn't do anything.
am sure that the man who didn't shoot was
near the tree. No one but the lady moved.
The other man ran off. ..
Redirect--The lady moved. The flashes
were toward the north
MRS. HANNAH BURGESS.
Mrs. Hannah Burgess. a colored woman, was
recalled and asked to state how the man who
did the shooting held his pistol. The witness
answered by holding her hand low and down.
ward.
Cross-examined-Witne said that she told
Mr.. Holmes that night how the man held his
pistol She also told some gentlemen in the
district attorneys Office the Saturday after the
shooting about it. She added that the man
who stood nearest the terrace didn't do any
shooting.
sERGT MYERS.
Sergt. Chas. c. Myers of the police force
stated that he was in charge of the third pre-
cinct station the night of the shooting, but
did not reach the station until o'clock the
next morning. He the pistol brought in
by Officer Keefe the night of the shooting. 1t
had been kept in a desk inside of the railing
which separates the desks from the rest
of the room. Only the officers have access
to that desk Witness said that he turned
the pistol over to the property clerk after the
inquest held on Frank Hamlink's body. about