Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-10
SOLDIERS N COURT
- II
s. R. Young on Trfhl for
Manslaughtsr. u
JURY SOON SECURED
PRISONER A MEMBER OF THE
UNITED STATES ARMY.
Charged With Killing Policeman Smith
Last July-The Taking OF
Testimony Begun.
JURY SOON SECURED

The room of Criminal Court No. /. city
hall, presented a decidedly martial appear
ance today 1t was well filled with Uncle
Sans soldier boys, clad In the ol1ve-drap
uniform, the campaign hats worn by them
being bedecked with cords of cavalry yell
low The troopers had been summoned as
witnesses in the case of Samuel r. Young,
placed on trial this morning for manslaugh-
ter. The charge against Young is that the
evening of the 4th Of July last he caused
the death of John Jacob Smith. for many
years member of the metropolitan police
force, stationed at the north end OF the
Aqueduct bridge, where the shooting oc-
Cured The fatal wound was caused not
by a leaden missile, but by the wad of
blank cartridge, used by the troopers in
their drilling at Fort Myer particularly in
the riding hall, in order that the cavalry
horses may grow accustomed to the sound
of revolver and carbine reports.
The defendant, a member of the 10th
United States Cavalry last July. was held
in jail from the time of his arrest, the day
following the shooting. until last December,
when he was released on bail He Is
young man Of excellent appearance, and
was attred today in stylish suit of cloth
ing of a subdued brown hue. The defend
ant displayed great interest in the proceed
ings. He Is represented by Attorneys James
B. Archer, jr., and John Lewis Smith. The
prosecution is being conducted by Assistant
United States Attorneys Turner and Easily
Smith.
No difficulty was experienced in securing
jury, the following members of the regu-
lar panel Of the court being sworn to pass
upon the question of the guilt or innocence
of the accused: Messrs. Charles L. Howard,
Hiram r. Biddle, Hill Blandford, Clar ence
E. Latimer, Andrew Boyer. Robert D. How
ell, Herman ]. Walz Lafayette Jefferson,
Jay B. Smith. Charles Linger, Harry T.
OHara and Edward Forrest.
DR.. Glazebrook First Witness.
After Assistant United States Attorney
Turner had outlined to the jury the story
of the shooting of Policeman Smith, from
the standpoint of the prosecution, DR.. L.
W. Glazebrook was called as the first wit
ness for the prosecution. AS deputy corr
oner, DR.. Glazebrook performed an autopsy
on the body OF the deceased the 7th of last
July. He found wound near the center of
the abdomen and beneath 1t a bruise on the
intestine. There was considerable hemor-
rhage, but no missile was found. Accord
ing to DR.. Gazebrook, the deceased had
heart trouble, which may have had some
thing to do with his death. In the opin-
ion of the witness, death was due TO shock.
On cross eXaminatiOn, DR.. CilaZebrOOk
was asked if shock could not have resulted
from the surgical operatio performed on
the patient. In answer the witness replied
that he believed everything that was pos
slbe was done by the surgeons who per-
wounded policeman. .
DR.. George T. Vaughan, chief surgeon OF
Georgetown University Hospital. told of
how he operated on Policeman Smith. In
the stomach was wound sufficiently large
TO permit the Introduction therein of the
witness thumb 1t was a large and irreg-
ular wound. The witness had never be-
fore seen che just like it, The heart of Po-
liceman Smith was diseased and he had
suffered considerable loss Of blood. When
he began the operation the witness thought
the wound had been caused by bullet,
but nothing in the way of a missile was
found
The next witness was DIR. w. Clarence
Gwynn. He assisted DIR. Vaughan in oper-
ating on Policeman Smith, but related
nothing new regarding the condition of the
patient or of the wound
The prosecution then called Walter D.
Weir. He was on the Aqueduct bridge
within one foot of Policeman Smith when
the latter was shot The witness was I'M
able to identify the defendant as the SOL
der who had done the shooting. He testi-
DR.. Roy b. Adams. who rendered first
aid to Policeman Smith at Georgetown
University Hospital; Thomas H. Graves.
who witnessed the shooting, and Stuart f.
Hall, formerly sergeant of Troop II, 18th
Cavalry. one of Young's party the evening
Of the shooting, testified late this after
noon.