The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-12
I got some beer for him." he said

Russell Cosby. the small boy. referred
to by witness on Friday. then deposed.
He said he saw the soldier with Taylor
in the buggy, and he saw Taylor push
the soldier out OF the buggy. He landed
partly on his feet. and when he got
himself together, he cried "Haltr' and
then fired. He also heard other soldiers
command Taylor to halt, and he heard a
man whom he thought was the captain
say "Fire!' The soldier In the buggy
called for the corporal of the guard three
times. before he was thrown out of the
buggy He heard soldier say the man
was under arrest and was being carried
to the station house.
"WOULD SHOOT A SCAB."
J. 3 Grotz was helping at Gibbs store.
at Sixteenth and Hull Streets. when he
heard the first shot. He ran to the door,
and saw a sentry, whom he had been
talking to few minutes before go across
the street with his gun raised. He then
saw another shot from Cowardln ave-
nue. toward cambridge Street. and the
SENTRY ran to the pavement near a 'tele.
graph pole and fired in the direction OF
the shooting on Cowardin Avenue. Hc
then ran further up the street and fired
again in the same direction, then he re-
turned to his post of duty. he sa" tle
street car stop at Cowardin Avenue aIa
Hull street. and saw two soldiers get
off Then he heard more hring. VINES
was confident the sentry DID not My
what he was firing at. because no
seen anything himself. ..,o-
"This sentry told me In conversation
short while before" said Mr.. Grotz
"that he was working man and and. IL ioleea
IN shoot he would shoot to XIII scuo.
He said he was member Oh tile
Guard OF Lynchburg." .o,-
Witness had not seen any drunKen, 80. s4i-
diers. but he had seen some VINO me-
ed their step little" - ,nto
Linne Starke saw the venicio ~ s,a,ar.
e,owardin Avenue and heard the soialels
al, for "captaint' The buggy "as
,aire slow1v at the time Then he hearo
the Command to Haiti" He didn,. see
how the soldier got out OF the venice
He saw no shooting, but heard IT,
TAYLOR A GOOD MAN.
e n. burrows did not know AWNING
OF the shooting. but told OF gong 70 ene
barns where Taylor had peen taAen.
and how he had been given .Iel.sMs
by the company surgeon. ana alteIwa.u s
MT On car and carried to Seventh ana
semmes street. When he was placed
In an ambulance and carried 70 tne
Virginia Hospital. He spoke wen OF
Tav,or and said he always treated his
family and friends well.
r. j. Gibbs saw little OF the snootins.
He was standing a. his door. when ne
saw a sentry across the street IRE ."'oo
:. 11 ~, NJ owen was at his door on
roward,n Avenue when he heard tho
firing. The vehicle came UP JUST as q
soldier fired. The horse was gong az
a great speed. Taylor was leaning over
The snatter-board as though trying 70
nrotect himself from the bullets, iie
heard no command to halt, ana Cd"
the shots fired. One bullet struck ins
door most and went into the parlor. "here
~ w 80 +o,,nd On the floor the next morn
'hs. SAW TROUBLE COMING.
ror,as.T Morris. Of No. 3IS Cowardin
Avenue, was talking to sentry across
from his house when he hearo Tue s14oo
Ing at Hull Street.
That's trouble" said the sentry.
Witness could see the horse tearing
down Cowardln Avenue. ia
..That's a runaway horse no ea4u'
u = soldier d shouted. stop that horse"
When It came UP to where Mr.. MOTIFS
stood Taylor was leaning over the
r,,i .h-hoard. Several shots were Ilreo.
Isa then went to where the morse zen
and helped to carry Taylor to the power
house. and of his treatment.
a ball had gone through MS nouse'
hut had not injured any one.
In reply to question, witness sa1o tI'e
.orsa vas going at a terrific rate.
ar wouldn't like to have tried to stop
that horse" he said.
clifford Davidson took the shooting as
toke at first. and thought the soldiers
vera firing blank cartridges to frlghten
away some one. u,,,,
He was on his way to store on Hull
street, and walked down from frleno
drugstore midway Of the block with the
sentry on duty there. AS they reached the
second telegraph pole from the corner, no
heard shot from Cowardln Avenue IN
the rear OF Schwartzs $. The soldier VIII
whom he had been walking treo IN the
direction OF the first shot. Iheh ne hearo
several other shots and went on to where
he started. He saw no soldier come across
fine street and fire. Did see two get on
the car He saw another soldier farther
down Hull Street, who asked him what
was the trouble. He didn't know, but
said he thought they We're firing plank
cartridges to frighten somebody. Inc SOL
der told him they were not blank car
tridgcs. and that orders had been given
to shoot to hit
FIRED WITHOUT ORDERS.
Later he saw soldier on Cowardin
Avenue, who told him the man had shot
without ORDERS. ana lHas 10 Aao to'o
them not to shoot.
M. J. Moore. resident of Cowardin
Avenue. was about to retire when he
heard the shooting. and went to the door.
He saw the horse running rapidly and
thinks it was hit about opposite his house,
as it reared up and ran across the street
where 1t fell. He saw no one In the buggy.
sentinel not far away heard shouted.
"Shoot, fire" He found two bullet holes
in his wall. He heard five SLOTS fired at
ter the horse passed McDonough Street.
He called out: "For goodness sake; stop
shooting" and sentinel cried: stop
shooting you'll hit everybody In the
neIghborhood."
c. r. Firth saw the buggy go into
Cowardn Avenue. and then he went into
Friends drugstore. He saw no excite
ment or drinking and always moved when
he was told to do so. 81
That closed tho evidence for the day.
There are several others to be called,
Monday morning and then the soldiers
will tell their side of the story.