The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-08
HARRY s.
SNYDER IS
ARRESTED
Charged With Shooting
Seibert Cease.
BAIL is REFUSED
BY A MAGISTRATE
The Young Man Declines to Make Any
{ Statement as to His Guilt or lnno-
cence-Will Be Given an Exam
lnation To-Day--Condtlon
Of Mr.. Cease Pronoun-
ced Much Better.

Harry s. Snyder. brother of Mrs L
seibert Cease, whose husband was shot
at his home In Highland Park Sunday
afternoon, was placed under arrest early
last night charged with doing the shoot
ing.
Snyder. youth OF seventeen or eigh-
teen was carried to the county jail and
locked up Squire Lewis refused pail,
and as 1t was Impossible to bring the
matter to the attention OF Judge Wick
ham last night, Snyder spent the night
| in q cell.
| The warrant was issued for his arrest
Yesterday morning by Squire James II.
Lewis and was placed In the hands OF
Constable James Eubank to be served
Mr. Eubank was called upon SUNDAY
/ fternoon also to serve the warrant on
seibert Cease, sworn out by his wife.
Mr.. Eubank found Snyder at his house
| on North Ninth Street. The young man
did not seem to be at all surprised 70 70
hear the mission Of the Constable. On
| the other hand, lie appeared to be sex-
pecting him He went with the officer
/ to the courthouse willingly enough. but
! wien lie found that he could not get ball
he was deeply disturbed.
Wouldn't Think of It.
| Squire Lewis was communicated with
/ and asked II he would grant bail. The
magistrate considered the shooting OF
1 100 dangerous character even to think
i Of Il with that view. Application was
made to DR.. Franklin, physician to Nlr.
Cease, for a certificate as to his patient
| condition, but the doctor said he pre-
ferred to wait until to-day; 1t would be
n nf
4 assurance then Snyder had nothing to
/ do then but wait until to-day, when he
Will be given n preliminary examination.
i with a view OF granting bail II the cir
cumstances warrant It,
snyder is not saying anything. He
was asked at the jail last night If he de-
sired or was willing to make any state
4 ment to the public through the paper,
but declined. He said he had been ad-
vised by friends and relatives not to dis
cuss the matter at all. All OF his rela-
tiyes and friends who have been willing
to discuss the affair at all have denied
that he had any knowledge whatever OF
the shooting, though near the place al
| the time.
snyder has not yet been seen by a
lawyer. 1t is understood that when the
case Is called to-day he will be repre-
sented by one OF the foremost criminal
LAWYERS In the city, who Is the legal rep
resentatve OF Mrs. Cease. but as Yet nc
one has been formally engaged
Saw the Shooting.
Tho street car men saw two mer
beside the window through which
the shots were fired a moment before.
They were confident that one or the other
did the shooting. though they did not
know their names. The other person who
was present at the time, us mentioned
by the street car men, proved to be Mr..
John S. Lear, grain and flour merchant.
No. 11O4 1-2 East Main Street. who says
he saw the shooting, which was done by
n Young man whom he was told was
| named SNYDER, a brother of Mrs. Cease,
Tt could not be learned Monday night
! who this gentleman was, who, with the
two street car men, made up the trio
who were first on the scene when the
two shots were fired or soon after. The
car men saw Mr. Lear and mentioned
the fact to The Times-Dlspatch repre-
sentative, hut being new comers here did
not know Mr.. Lear.
Mr.. Cease Better.
The condition of Mr., Cease Is very
much improved. DR., A, G. Franklin said
last night that his patient was better
than he had anticipated he would be-
The ball had not yet been probed for
and Is not doing any harm for the pres
emit THE physician said that he had
good hopes OF the recovery Of Cease now
il he could keep him up physically for a
day or two. He was In very poor shape
to sustain such an injury when 1t was
received, hut he has a good constitution
and this Is coming to his rescue.