The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-15
Richmond. Va. July 14th, 1903.
NOTICES.
sHWANzINGER SENT ON
Evidence Of His Having Fired from
Ambush Regarded as Very Serious.


or so grave character was the evil
terday against the man Julius shwan-
ginger, charged with shooting from am
bush in the West End and woundins
Sergeant Easley and others, that the
magistrate sitting in the case sent II
promptly on to the grand jury. win tle
casual remark that his, jurisdiction IN me
matter extended only to ascertainlnG prop
able cause or suspicion of guilt. and that
here there was more than mere suspicion
Of guilt.
In fact, although the Commonwealth
did not exert itself particularly, and held
in reserve number OF important VIZ
nesses who have not yet been introduced
NJ ali. the preliminary hearing Of the
case of Shwanzinger went hard and strong
against the prisoner. On his side he old
not Introduce a single witness; on the slde
Of the Commonwealth there was pre-
scented lot Of DANA ging testimony, the
most serious OF which is practical con-
fcssion OF guilt made BY the man lew
days ago to a detective.
The Examination.
AS stated yesterday morning. shwan-
Finger was arrested Monday night py
Officers Green and Branch. and was taken
To the county jail, where he stayed all
night. 1t was impossible at that hour TO
apply for bail, since the matter would
have to go before the County Court, since
the examination yesterday. however.
which throws the case of until the grand
fury term in September 1t has been de.
cided to ask for bail, and application VIII
pr obably be made to-day before Judge
Wickham. The attorneys for the prisoner
are Mr.. Edward Il. Ryan and Mr.. James
r. Russell.
Squire Lewis conducted the preliminary
hearing. The defense introduced no Wit
ness whatsoever; the commonwealth,
which was looked after by Mr. Alex.
Sands, had several two or three of whom
gave most damaging testimony against
tho prisoner. And this. 1t is understood,
is not ALL Several of the witnesses. 1t Is
said, We're not brought out at all on the
preliminary hearing, but Will be held over
until the trial.
Among those who testified yesterday
were the motorman Medinger who testi-
fed as to hiss wound: officer Green. as TO
the finding of shells on the field from
which the firing was done, and Mr.. res
lep. who told how the prisoner wished 70
borrow his gun. and finally took 1t when
he refused to let him haYe u, souHs
man named Bonnie GOode was also IN
troduced but he said he had never seen
Shwanzinger before and he-was thereupon
told to stand aside
sedden Duke, bright little fellow, son
of Officer Duke. was placed upon the
stand. He said he knew Shwanzinger,
because the man had cut the ears of his
bull pup for him about month ago. On
the night of the shooting he saw the man
about an hour before the firing began near
his house which Is Just above Lombardy
Street, on Main. The prisoner asked him
II his bull pup had bled to death yet. and
ppon his reply that 1t had not, said that
this was the case with some Of tho scabs.
hut some of them would bleed to death
before long, or words to that effect.
Sbwanznger had double barrel shotgun
with him then. T1e Went up the street
and came back twice and upon his re-
turn the last tno was accompanied by
tall man. whom the witness did not
know. They parted near the house Of Mr..
Duke, and Shwanzinger went across the
field in the direction Of the alley which
leads behind the row of houses from when
tho shots are supposed to have come.
This was about 10 o'clock The shooting
began about twenty minutes later
Practical Confession.
The next and last witness was the
father of Sedden, Officer G. D. Duke,
whose testimony was the most important
of the daY. On the evening OF Inc SHOOT
ing Mr.. Duke said he conveyed tele-
pEone message from Colonel Vaughan "a
Captain Couch, who was stationed Mt the
Main and Vine Streets sheds lie stayed
there until about 10 o'clock. When he
| came back on his way down the street
| toward his home. which Is not quite a
| SQUARE away, he saw ShWanzinger in a
| field near the fence of his house, The
man had a double barreled shotgun ant
| appeared to have been drinking Mr.
| Duke told him that he didn't want any
| shotguns near his house. and asked nm
| to move on. About this time man came
up to Shwan2ingcr and said THE place
! I was at was, better anyhow" and tie
| 80 rJ 4 m "a
| Mr.. Duke went back to Captain Coucl
and told him there was going to be some
| shooting and that he had better put some
I scouts out. While he was there talking
| the firing began, and a motorman was
| brought down to the sheds hit In thf
Rand. Shortly after this the witness Wen
| hcme. and while there he heard somf
| more shots up the street,
Last Friday Mr.. Dukes, says he went u
| tho house OF Ehwanzinger and advised
| him TO keep quiet about the whole bus!
| ness, AT first he said he could Prov
| that he wasn't in the field at me nm
| Of the shooting Then Mr., Duke mad
some reference 10 the fact that the sol
| dlers on the cars fired upon returned ~,
| fire, sending several volleys into the held
"The soldiers didn't try to MT You any
! how" remarked Mi Duke, casually, uslnl
words 10 this effect
"T'he HI they didn't" declared Shwhh
Finger; they shot right AZ me-
This testimony by Mr.. Duke OF IN
alleged practical confession Of the prH
| ouer was regarded on all hands as h
/ most important of the day, There was ~
Argument, except the statement OF Nj
Russell that he hoped lie care .woQl
I not be sent on 10 the grand jury SOUR
Lewis shortly after his announced HI
decision, sending the case on "a the gran
curry at the September term of|the Count
Court.