The morning times., 1895-07-16


Wells, the young man who died at the
/ Emergency Hospital Saturday afternoon
/ from bullet wound supposed to have been
| self-intlicted, was held yesterday at
/ Lees undertaking establishment at IL
O'Clock. The father and brother OF the
deceased were present, the former ques-
uoning the witnesses closely.
District Attorney Jeffords represented
the government and Alto rney Joseph
ShillingtOn looked out for the interests
( of eN-Detectiye Edelin,, who was in the room
with Wells at the time of the shooting and
who has been under arrest since
EdelIn was the only witness who gave
any direct testimony as TO the manner in
which young Wells came by his death.
4 He gave very clear statement of the cir
/ cumstances attending the affair, and the
Developments seemed to war rant the
1 jury in reaching a verdict of suicide, alb
/ solving him from all blame
Mrs. Cullen. III whose house the shoot
I ing took place, was the first witness ex-
amined She testified that Wells came
/ 10 her house on the 18th of June and told
her when he rented the room that he was
dealer in butter and eggs.
EDELIN, HAD A PISTOL.
/ On the evening of the shooting witness
! was in the adjoining house, when she was
! told by the servant that a man had shot
himself in her house. Witness went into
the house and saw Edelin,. whom she sup
posed 10 he detective, come to the front
door with a pistol IN his hand. she knew
nothing further of the affair
Detective Rhodes, who was the first
man 10 enter the room after the alarm
had been given, was next called He
stated that while at headquarters Mr.
Orrlson, the livery stable keeper, had
/ driven up and told him that man had
been shot He went at once TO the house.
accompanied by Detective Gallaher, and
saw Edelin al the front door. with pistol
in his hand and blood stains on his right
cuff and coat sleeve. He thought that
Edelin was the man who had been shot.
Witness. Edelin,, Detective Gallaher, and
Janitor King, of the health office, then
I went upstairs into Wells room. EdeIm
had told witness that Wells shot himself
When they entered the room Edelin pointed
10 Wells, who was sitting on a char near
the wall, and said: There's the man"
Blood was squirting from the wound in
Wells head, and witness tied a wet towel
around it. Witness attempted to get Wells
TO talk, but he was unconscious.
Detective Gallaher's testimony was very
similar 10 that OF Detective Rhodes, and
minutely the room and the position Of
the wounded man when they entered
Witness said that the man could have been
shot 10y some one entering the door.
WELLS POSITION.
Detective Rhodes was recalled and stated
that anyone sitting in the position in which
they found Wells would have had TO turn
his head ar ound TO receive similar wound
from the door.
King said that he thought the detective
had made mistake about the location OF
the roOm.
Detective RI oles said that a bullet
fired dfromthe door would have gone through
the back OF a man head sitting in Wells
position. Witness said that the bloody
print of a mans hand, evidently left
hand, was on the wall.
Oulla Chevis. the colored servant in the
house, was next called. She testified
that when she showed Edeljn up TO Wells
room the former entered the door and said
to Wells, Il want you Wells asked,
What do you want me for?" aud Edelin
simply repeated, Il want you" Wells
made a motion as if to arise from the chair,
and said TO her, What did you bring this
man up here for?'
Witness then turned to leave when she
heard shot fired, and ran down the steps
thi mixing Wells was sh ooting at her.
Witness did not think Edelin could have
walked over to Wells before the shot was
fired. Thought Wells shot himself because
the construction of the attic wall rem
dered it impossible for Edelin, 10 have
sh OF him.
George P. Ceun, a passenger agent for
the Chesapeake and OHIO Railroad, was the
uext witness. He gave a description Of
the room as it appeared after the shooting.
WELLS CHARACTER NOT ON TRIAL.
William F. Geyer, jr., was called aud said
that he knew nothing Of the shooting
Detective Boyd stated that he was called
to tell about the business transactions in
which Wells was mixed up, but Coroner
Hammett stated that the object of the jury
was to find out whether or not Wells shot
himself and not TO rake up things against
his character.
George A. Orrison, the livery stable
keeper, who accompanied Edeliu to the
house, and remained seated in his buggy,
while the ex detective went inside The
object of their visit he said, was to locate
Wells aud 10 endeavor to find out some
thing about the buggy. He said that he
heard the report of the pistol and after
wards notified headquarters of the shooting
when Edeliu came down and told him of
it. Witness also described the room.
Said that when Edeliu came down stairs he
had pistol in his hand and there was blood
on his coat and cuff. Witness stated that
there was a warrant out for Wells when
they went to the house.
The father here interjected few remarks
relativeto the character ofhisson. and stated
that if the dead man were going to be
tried he wanted an opportunity to defend
him. Lawyer Shillington replied that
be did not care to do or say anything that
would reflect on the dead man and the case
went on.
SAID NOTHING ABOUT SUICIDE.
Edward Archer, colored, was CALLED,
and said that he was a horse dealer