Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-27
A MURDER CHARGED POLICE MEET CHARGES
John Wright Identified as AS Commissioners Investigate Re-
sassin of Jackson Boney. cent Railway Accident
WILL BE TAKEN TO VIRGINIA WITNESSES ARE EXAMINED
Governor Be Asked for Requson Railroad Employees Engineer
Papers Murphy Might Beens Saved.
ATTORNEYS TO CONTEST WERE BACK OFFICERS
Wright by Annie he
Was Conclusive. Engineers
WILL BE TAKEN TO VIRGINIA
Governor to Be Asked for Requisition
Papers.
ATTORNEYS TO MAKE CONTEST
Do Not Believe the Identification Of
Wright by Annie Green
Was Conclusive.

John Wright. alias Joseph Thomas. col
ored. who was recently identified at the
District jail as the assailant of Miss Mabel
Risley and Forrest GOoding, as heretofore
stated in The Star. has also been identi-
fled as the slayer Of Jackson Boney. An
ME Green. colored. who Is In Jail In Alex
andria county. Va, awaiting the action
Of the grand jury upon charge Of having
killed Boney, was brought to this city yes
terday afternoon and taken to the District
Jail. dozen colored men were placed
In line. and the woman was escorted to
the rotunda to look at them. 1t is said
she promptly identified Wright as being the
slayer Of Boney.
Sheriff Palmer took the woman to the
District Jail yesterday. and before she was
taken into the presence Of the prisoners
she was cautioned to be extremely careful
and not to make any mistake. Sheriff
Palmer explained what serious trouble q
mistake would cause, and Annie said she
would pick out no prisoner unless she saw
the right man. After leaving the Jail she
repeated the story Of the crime to the
sheriff and declared she had made no mis-
take. Her description given of the slayer
at the time the murder was committed.
the authorities say. tallies with that of
Wright.
1t is stated that when Annie Jackson en-
tered the rotunda at the jail yesterday
Wright lowered his head as il he wanted
to put it in a position to prevent her
from seeing his defective eye. She identified
him without any trouble and the common
wealth attorney. Crandall Mackey. Is fully
satisfied with the result of yesterdays ef-
fort. He is not entirely satisfied with the
alibi Of the prisoner in the case Of Miss
Risley, however. but he will not make any
move in her case at this time
To Be Formally Arraigned.
Mr.. Mackey told a Star reporter this af-
ternoon that he will prepare a warrant for
murder against Wright and send 1t to Rich
mond tonight by Deputy Sheriff Howard
Field. The warrant, he stated. is to be
sworn out by Sheriff Palmer and accompa-
MED by an affidavit made by Annie Green.
The sheriff will be designated in the requi-
sition papers as the agent of the state, he
said. and the requsition will probably be
presented to the court next Monday.
Attorneys John w. Patterson and A. w.
Scott. counsel for Wright. visited the pris-
oner in the District jail this morning. TAX
ing with them the wife and a friend OF
the prisoner. Upon their return they stated
that they were certain there had been no
such Identification of their client as would
Justify his being turned over to the Vir-
ginia authorities at this time. Wright.
they stated, will be able to prove an alibi
If he Is given an opportunity to do so.
I'VE are merely in the case to see
that the prisoner gets Justice" said coun-
sci. 'We fear that the Atlanta affair has
infiamBd the people and that If Wright is
taken across the river at this time he may
never get before the court"
Will Make Contest.
The attorneys say they will contest every
inch of the ground when the case is heard
in court here upon the requisition of Gov.
Swanson. Should the court grant the requi-
sition, they say, they will note an appeal
and take the case to the Supreme Court of
the United States.
Mr.. Mackey and Sheriff Palmer think
there Is no reason to fear that the people
of Alexandria county will take the law in
their own hands. Many of the people who
live in the vicinity of Fort Myer Heights
where the county jail Is located, he said,
are people who are in the employ of the
government and who would not participate
in a lynching.
When Wright reaches Alexandria county
and is lodged in jail 1t is the intention of
the authorities to have him identified If
possible, by Miss Bywater and her escort,
Mr.. Settle, who. as has been stated, were
assaulted by a colored man several weeks
ago in the vicinity of Four Mile run. Mr.
Mackey said 1t seemed to him that the
three crimes alleged might have been COM
mitted by the same man. In each case
there was pistol used.