The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-20
An. ARREST MADE
IN O'BR!EN CASE
Continued FROM First Page.)


o'clock at his home on Chelsea Hill, was
brought to the courthouse, and was i'm
medlately locked up. Along with him
was brought the rlne which he IS alleged
to ahve used. That was locked up, TOO.
1t is a Colts magazine, sixteen repeater,
Y caliber. 1t is capable OF shooting 4
long distance, and viii carry a bullet
through an inch plank at a, distance from
it of $50 yards.
When questioned Squire James T.
Lewis, by whom the warrant was slsSued,
Informed Mr. Edwards that he could MT
then consider the question OF ball. No
bonusiniln was present, and none others
with whom to consult regarding the mat
ter. The Squire said last gnr. ilowc\ e,,
that he was ready at any time to lake
under consideration any formal appliCa-
ton maze to him. During The ,vcni1g
some trends called to see the ,-is.ner
and brought with them Mr. William II
BeVerdSe. 1t was generally Thought that
MIR. Beveridge was ther4uron retained as
counsel
COULD NOT BE SEEN.
When a representative of The Times
visited the courthouse last evening in the
hope OF seing Mr.. Edwards ne was de
MED admittance. Deputy Sheriff Voegler
is a Iriend of the newspaper men, but
HE has to obey orders, and when he is
armed with these and a large bunch of
keys he is simply impossible.
Mrs Thomas Edwards, wife of the ac-
cused man, and Mr. H. NJ. Smith, the
we'll known attorney, arrived in d
minutes and Ea.d the prisoner a visit in
his cell Then it was learned that Mr..
Beverage had also been there Who
would be finally engaged as counsel was
Undecided Wien the reporter eft
Mr. Smith when seen after his inter-
view with Edwards didn't have much to
say, but such utterances as he made
were emphatic. The man, me said, denied
the whole thing, and it was perfectly
clear that he was innocent He believed
here would i2e no difficulty whatever in
,7rav.n~ tfat the shot was net fired by
Mr.. Edwards.
VIII Mrs Edwards came down after
her talk with her husband there was a
e-,,srri :je,rs ~edrese. o;aau he eNcs te''i-l"
more eloquently than words of the. SAD
meeting Y hiCh had occurred ab1ve. VIII n
accosted by the reporter and asked if she
had anything to s23 in connection with
the arrest on her husband, she replied
impulsively: Nothing. except that they
have an innocent man.
MRS. EDWARDS STATEMENT.
/ Mrs. Edwards statement was earnest
and STRAIGHTFORWARD She told low Mr.
| Edwards had worked off end on st the
| Locomotive Works for years, stating that
| he was still employed there; that he
! lost the week during which the shooting
| occurred but was at work last week
OF Nj. O'Brien her husband had the
+ highest regard. Never in his life had he
| asked a favor of the eoren!an which had
not been readily granted and in fact
he thought Mr.. o Brien to have been
one Of the best men with whom he had
ever come in contact The idea that he
might have had any personal amnesty
| against the man she secuted entirely.
But this is not the point. Not only
does the prisoner deny that he malicious
" shot Mr. O'Brien. but he denies most
enphatically that he fired the shot at
all. HE didn't use his rifle al all that
, day. said Mrs. Edwards AT the time
of the shooting my husband was away
from the house and out of the neigh
| borhood. He was al horse auction-at
Lasitter's-and he has a number Of
. friends who can testify to this fact. He
como home to dinner about the middle
of the day and then went off again.
j%When he returned later in the evening
he brought with him the news that Mr..
#C'Brien had been shot, and hesexpressed
the greatest regret when he & learned
lsfrom the evening papers, which were
shortly afterward brought N, hat the
report he had heard was correct. on,