Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-10-12
THE SHOOTING OF JOHN RYAN
Further Hearing ofthe Case-Strange
Divergence from Previous Tesu-
mony-Court Adjourned TO Alexan-
dria HospitaI-Ryan's Evidence.

on the night of the lst instant, occupied
much of the time OF the Police Court
this morning. This was the third hear
ing, and, as on the previous occasions,
large number Of spectators were at
tracted
Several persons who live or who arc
occupied in the neighborhood of 305
Prince street, where the woman resided
recently, were put on the stand. Their
evidence was mainly to the effect that
they had seen the accused going to and
coming from the house. Mr.. John
Clapdore, driver of the Relief truck, saw
her pass up Prince street alone about
eight O'Clock on the night of the shoot
ing. He also saw John MacabOy pass
early in the afternoon. Two other
men were with him. Witness recogniz-
ed Ed. Faust as one of them.
Mrs. VIM Wade said she went to her
husbands place of business on the night
of the shooting, having left Washington
shortly after nine clock. She recognized
the prisoner as the woman who was at
She could identify none Of them except
Faust, who was the barkeeper. These
persons were in an upstairs room and
she ordered them out, a command they
all obeyed. The prisoner had told the
witness she was a married woman and
pointed to one of the men as her hus-
band. When asked if she did not
threaten to "'tell the whole thing" Mrs.
Wade denied having made such threat
Other persons who had been sum-
mOned testified to applications having
been made to them By parties, supposed
to be the suspects, for homes. Their
evidence cast no additional light upon
the mysterious shooting.
Tallie Coffin, the barkeeper at Nc
Learen's, followed He averred that
Robert Cogan, Harry Robinson and
Harry Sims witnesses who had on |
previous occasions stated that they were |
in the pool room when the shooting oc-
curred) were in the bar at the time
Ryan was shot Witness, however, |
said he could not say what sort of
a looking man the individual was who |
used the pistol. He repeated his former
story to the effect that he was on his way |
from the bar to the yard with two-bottles
Of beer when he heard the shot. He
further stated that no one was in the
poll room at the time of the shooting.
Robinson had previously asked witness
iOr a match with which 70 light up the |
kitchen. la answer to a question wit
ness said any one was allowed to light |
up this part of the house. Coffin said
woman was in the yard at the time, but
he could not say the prisoner was the !
one. He never saw her but once before
she was arrested. On that occasion she
asked witness if be had seen John
O'COnnell. He recognized Macaboy as
an acquaintance.
Mr.. T. II. Fagin testified that he saw
a woman dressed in black and in COM
pany with a man pass from Wade's |
saloon toward Duke street on the night |
of the shooting. A man who was lame
followed after the couple and seemed to
have some difficulty in keeping up With
them. Macaboy is lame, suffering from
a sore leg. Witness also saw another
man start to follow the trio, but he sub
sequently turned back.
Harry Sims then took the stand. He
reiterated a previous statement by say
ing he, Robert Cogan and Harry Robin
sou were on the pool table with their
faces toward Henry street and their
backs to the door leading into the yard
when the shooting took place said he
saw a man come from the yard before
the shooting saw woman i'll the
yard. When asked how he could
see behind him, he said he heard the
movements Of the man and woman.
Witness did not know the man who did
the shooting, nor could he identify him
saw Ryan 60 to the yard and return to
the bar and later heard the shot. The
man who fired the shot ran against wit
ness in his eagerness to escape by the
rear of the building. Witness said he
never saw the woman before but recog-
uized Macaboy.
Harry Robinson followed. He said |
Coffin directed him to light up the
kitchen and gave him matches for the
purpose witness said Cogan was with |
him on the pool table with their faces
toward Duke street. Sims had stated |
that they were facing Henry street.
The man who shot Ryan followed him
from the yard to the bar; did not recog- |
nize the assailant, nor had he seen the
woman before Witness recognized |
Macaboy as previous acquaintance.
At this juncture the court adjourned |
to the Alexandria Hospital where Ryan's
statement of the affair was heard After
the wounded man had been sworn he
fully recognized the woman as the one
who was with the man who shot him
He said he had met the woman and later
drank with her and Wade at Wade's
place week before the shooting. He
could not say who the man was.
On returning to the Mayors Office
Officer Garvey and acting Chief Knight
testified to the woman refusing to tell
them anything about the shooting after
her arrest in Washington.
Mr.. Boothe asked for the discharge of
tue prisoner, as the law provides that
there was no evidence connecting her
with the ofense.
Mr. Brent, representing the estate, said
the case should go to the grand jury.
The Mayor, however in summing up
the case said ne woald only prosecute
the woman for concealing the otiense
and offenders and he imposed fine OF
one hundred dollars on her. Macaboy
ond Fonet vera discharped as there was