Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-09


we'll. but always there is something overlooked.
Murder will out. And in this case the de-
PENDANT and his friend and ally, Appleby. had
failed to have the pistol found in the alley re-
Gently discharged The defendant did not
whisper in the station to Frank Schneider
Marion %ppisSy told Frank ns Schneider iiHa
where to find it during the time Sellman left
him on the corner near 18th and Q and the
time OF his second appearance at the Sellman
stable. The pistol was put in the alley by Ma
rion Appleby and the whole scheme was so
1imsy that il was useless to spend valuable
time on il.
ALLEGED EYKwIrNEssEs FOR THE DEFHNsE
The district attorney then referred to the
testimony of the alleged eyewitnesses Of the
shooting produced by the defense. The testi-
mony of Ogdelonis Gassaway impressed even
Judge Wilson so badly that it was
sought to bolster up his testimony by
bringing in here witness to
show that what he said was true, but his
honor had promptly overruled the effort. The
colored man. Brown, who stood 400 feet away.
swore that he saw things which people less
than fourth of that distance away
swOre they could not see. Brown
was man after the defendants own
heart He had left sick wife the night before
to run after other women. Emma Jackson,
Frank Schneider's chamDermaid. was another
alleged eye witness, but she had told such an
unlikely story that there was little need
to give much attention to what she
really had said The colored man, Malone,
another alleged eye witness, had sworn to what
he had not seen. and for a long time he was un-
able while on the stand to conjure up the
name of the man he swore he was on the way
to Mrs. Cain, the colored woman who
testified by the permission of the court after
the case had closed for the defense,
was referred to one whose presence on the
stand was due alone to Frank Schneider's
money. She it who said she saw the shoot
ing, but never heard more of it until this trial
began Bovee. who stood 500 feet away, was
dismissed with the reflection that 1t was i'm
possible for the speaker to understand why a
just God had not stricken him down when he
testified.
The district attorney next referred to the
testimony of Mr. Holbrook. Mr.. Holbrook
had admitted that he had an interest in
Frank Schneider and that he had made an i'm
proper remark about the jury.
ANOTHER OBJECTION BY JUDGE WILSON.
Judge Wilson objected to the district attor-
news discussion of Mr.. Holbrook's motives and
evidence and noted an exception when the
court sustained the discuss
The court-You except to everything, Judge
Wilson.
Judge Wilson, do SO whenever 1 think it
proper, your honor. and trust l have always
done so with the greatest respect.
DIR. Gibbs testimony, said the district attor-
ney, was the testimony of man who had testi-
fed to something he had seen or heard. He
could only account for his testimony on the
ground that he was in some way mixed up with
Frank Schneider In some financial way.
Mr. FRANK scHSEIDERs METHODS.
As to Frank Schneider he had not much to
say. He had been contradicted in every ma
terial particular. He could understand
how he wished his brother to
but when Frank Schneider pesumed upon his
standing in society to secure his brothers
release by threats and by bringing per-
jured witnesses the stand it became
his Othe district attOrney's) duty a
public officer to stand here and denounce him
and his methods, and he would be false to his
trust If he failed TO do so.
The district attorney then exhibited to the
jury the clothes of the defendant and the coat
of Frank Hamlink. and asked them to conf