Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-22

| questioning of tn, prosecutor but they Sc
| cured the additional information that the
late Charles Beall left nine houses after his
death. and the witness had become agent
of the executor. and three of these nine
houses were oeceed by heirs of the es-
tate. 20
The noon recessswas taken. when Mrs.
| Bibb was excuseM
Testimony Regarded as Important.
| Mrs. Jessie Beall Oelrichs was regarded
as the most important witness for the pros
ecution. and she-was placed on the stand
Immediately afteItte recess Mrs oelrichs
| lived at the house 1874 H street, and kept
house for her mother, the woman who was
| murdered ~
Mrs Oelrichs tod of the relationship of
| the various parties to the case she being
the oldest daughter of the deceased woman
and Mrs. Bibb the Youngest. Mrs Weldon
| is a daughter of a previous marriage of the
| witness father. The witness described the
arrangement of the rooms in her house.
On the day of the murder December IL.
| 1908. Mrs. Oelrichs said. she left the house
| shortly before o'clock. A few minutes
| afterward Virgie Douglas departed, and
she was soon followed by the witness and
| Grace Douglas. Mrs. Beall being left alone
| In the house.
! The witness had several errands down
| town. and upon returning home she entered
| the house from the rear and going into
| the kitchen discovered the body of her
| mother
| The witness traced her movements while
| she was down town in order to show about
the time she returned home. Witness de-
! scribed the position of the body Of her
| mother under the stove. She said she at
| tempted to extricate the body, but was
| unable to do So. Her husband arrived at
this moment, and together they dragged
the body from under the stove and found
| that Mrs. Beall was dead.
Witness Shows Emotion.
| NIL
she recited these details. After she had be-
come more composed the witness said her
| husband left her in the house while he
went to notify Everett Beall a brother en-
| plOyed at the War Department.
The witness then told of the efforts made
| to fix up the house after the return of
| her husband. As the house was not plas-
tered and looked like storage place, they
desired to have 1t look more homelike when
| strangers should come in. The witness and
| her husband then went to the ninth pre-
| cinct police station to notify the officers of
the murder and returned Immediately.
Witness told of finding one bullet In a
| pool OF blood under the stove, and another
In the murdered womans shirt waist.
The witness was taken to the station
| house that night and remained there until
| the next afternoon. Mrs. Oelrichs declared
that the house was undisturbed when she
went through 1t after the discovery of the
| body of the murdered woman In answer
about 81 eco In cash and several diamond
| rings, all of which were undfsturbed
Resided in Her Neighborhood.
The witness said Andrew Weldon and
his wife lived in the neighborhood, but
there had been no intercourse between her
| family and the Weedons. The witness
| Identified pictures of the house taken by
the police shortly after the murder The wit
| ness was then turned over to the defend
ants counsel for cross-examination.
Inc direct examination was severe and
| searching, and was concluded by District
Attorney Beach.
Attorney Lipsc6nfb. for the defense, sub
n'itted the witness to most severe cross
| examination. Tbe witness described the
| condition OF the house at the time of the
| murder at the request of Mr.. Lipscomb
| She said the house had been planned by
| her ami built underi her direction, although
| it was built by her father and was part of
the property in which the murdered woman
| had life interest
| The ccoss-examinatior of Mrs Olerichs
| was still in progress The Stars report
was closed TOM
Proceedings Yesterday Afternoon.
| After the recess yesterday afternoon the
examination of the government witnesses
was Immediately begun.
| w. G. HaZen a civil engineer was the
| first witness called to the stand to identify
| a plat o. the square, 1925, surrounding the
| house at 1874 II street northeast, where the
murder was committed. The witness de-
| Scribed tie square. giving the dimensions of
| the alleys opening into and running through
| l., the houses fronting on H street and
| Wylie court, which runs through the square.
In answer to questions by the district at
| tcrney Mr.. Hazen described in minute de-
| tail The house in which the murder was
] committed The witness showed the jury
| by means of the plat, the location of the
| house ard other points
| In answer to question by Attorney Lin
scOmb the fact was elected that the plat
| was made June IL, at the request of the
| district attorney Witness stated, under
| cross-examination. that the map was not
| complete and that he had not been asked to
make a complete map of the square. He
| did not include in the map all the houses on
| the street or on Wyie court.
Mr. Lipscomb's questions were all d.
| rected toward completing the description OF
| the square begun by the government.
| The witness was on the stand more than
| half an hour, and when he was excused
| Policeman johnson. formerly the official
| photographer of the police department
| was called to identify several photographs
! produced by the government. The photo
| graphs were made by Johnson Immediately
| after the murder and included views OF
the house, the locality and the room in
| which the murder is alleged to have oc-
CURED. These three photographs were Of
| fered in evidence by the government as
| soon as they had been identified Police
| man Sandberg. the present photographer
| of the police department. identified several
| other photographs showing exterior views
of the house in which the murder was COM
| mited.
Other Testimony.
| Policeman Hayden. the next witness. tes-
| titled as to the finding Of the murdered
| woman in the house. Morguemaster
| Schoenberger told of the removal Of the
| body to the morgue and Deputy Coroner
| Glazebrook. the last witness examined in
| the afternoon, gave the jury the benefit OF
! his investigation of the cause OF death OF
| Mrs. Beall, as determined by an autopsy
| performed by him at the morgue
| At the conclusion of DR.. Glazebrooks
| testimony court adjourned until 10 O'Clock
| this morning.
| JOHN GooDE ILL.