Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-03
SUSPECT JACOB WEISS
Alexandria County Authorities
to Cause His Arrest.
FOR MURDEROUS ASSAULT
Believed to Have Shot John W. Null.
len Sunday Last.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS VIEW
Believes He Has Solved Mystery Of
Crime Committed in Dead
Mans Hollow.
FOR MURDEROUS ASSAULT
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS VIEW

Crandal Mackey. commonwealth attor-
ney of Alexandria county. said this morning
that he feels certain he has found the miss
| ing link in the case OF John William Null
| len. the young who was shot and
| beaten Sunday afternoon while In the woods
| In the vicinity of Dead Mans Hollow" at
| the time Miss Amelia Weiss claims she was
assaulted by a coIored man.
And" he said. II will have an arrest
made before tomorrow
Charles Weiss. brother of the young
woman who figured in the affair. is still In
custody although the commemorative at
| torney said he was satisfied with the abb
| he had set up Mr.. Mackey said the ques-
| ton of a negro having participated in the
| exciting affair had. In his opinion, been en-
| tirely eliminated from the case. He says
he had two witnesses before him who say
| they saw Jacob Weiss. father Of the young
woman. Amelia Weiss. return home from
the direction of Dead Mans Hollow
shortly after the shooting occurred. aud
| Mr.. Mackey says he saw him go to the
rear Of his premises in advance Of the
| shooting. 1t had teen denied that there
| was a pistol in the Weiss house until last
| night. when Emile Weiss. Mr.. Mackey says,
| admitted that he is the owner or such 4
weapon.
L usually keep it in chest upstairs" he
said, and I'll go III and get 1t for you
Fails to Produce Revolver.
Mr.. Mackey waited for Mr. Weiss last
night. but he failed to get the weapon and
turn it over to him. He said this morning
he had been unable to find It; that 1t was
not in the chest.
Mr. ipta TO- I'd
Jacob Weiss.
Mr.. Mackey and Emile Weiss visited the
Georgetown University. Hospital yesterday
afternoon and saw the wounded man. Null
len repeated his story Of the affair, telling
of what happened directly before and after
he was beaten and shot. He had put the
shooting on Charles Weiss, he said, because
the action of the man was so quick that he
thought the elderly man incapable OF hav.
ing welded the club.
And another reason had for believing
1t was not the old man. he said, was be-
| cause the man who struck me wore a SLOUGH
hat. The old man always wore derby
Witnesses who saw the father Of Miss
Weiss Sunday after the shots were fired
say he wore SLOUGH hat, and Mr.. Mackey
says he had on SLOUGH hat when he saw
him. 1t was recalled by Mr.. Mullen that
the man who beat him with the club came
through the barbed-wire fence from. the
direction of the settlement where the home
of the Weiss family is located. The first
blow with the club was dealt so quickly, 1t
is alleged, that Mullen hardly realized what
had occurred. He rolled down the hill and
while he was still rolling he was again
struck. Then the shots were fired, the bull
let's which struck him serving to almost
stun him.
Almost Blinded by Flash.
when l was shot in the MOUTH he
said. II almost blinded by the flash.
Mullen said Miss Weiss told his assailant
that he had hurt Mullen enough and begged
him to cease firing. The bullet that struck
him in the hip. he said. struck the bone
and nearly paralyzed him. Miss Weiss,
who still adheres to her original statement,
says she asked the colored man If he had
killed Mullen and he said he did not shoot
with the intention OF killing him, but that
he only shot to scare him. The man, she
says, added that he would kill him, how
every, and bury his body in a hole in the
woods, where she could see his grave the
next morning.
In the investigation Of the yesterday
Mr. Mackey discussed the affair with rela-
tives among them being Mrs. Weiss, wife
of Charles Weiss. He saw her at the home
of her father. Mr.. Carter, SO5 d street
northwest. Mr.. Carter, who Is an elderly
man. said he had been worried almost sick
over the arrest Of his son-in-law. In con-
versation with members of the Weiss fam
lily. Mr.. Mackey said he expressed the
hope that II any OF them had done the
shooting they would admit 1t and clear the
mysery. AS the case stood yesterday. he
told them, there was a stain upon the
county, and the colored people had been
charged with having committed an awful
crime.
IF any of you did It," he said. admit It
and give bond for your appearance in
court"
Recalls Other Cases.
Mr.. Mackey called attention to the Loving
and Strother "unwritten law" cases in vir-
ginia and pointed out that there had been
acquttals in them. He told members Of
the Weiss family that the statements of
Mullen put the case on a par with other
cases in the state. Miss Weiss, however,
denies that there Is any truth In the state
ments made by Mullen. She still contends
that she and her escort were held up on the
road by a colored man and that they were
not near the barbed wire fence where the
club and comb were found Mullen, she
still declares. was dragged from the road
to the woods and she was afterward over
taken by the colored man. dragged into the
woods and kept there fully three-Quarters
Of an hour.
Mullen. who knew he was not more than
100 yards from the home of Mr.. Mackey at
the time he was shot. said he did not go to
the house Of Mr.. Mackey for assistance be-
cause the man who had beaten and shot
him returned in that direction. He made
his way to the Auueduct bridge and found
Policeman Steinbraker.
Mr.. Mackey sad this afternoon that he
would release Charles Weiss after he had
caused the arrest OF the man he now sus-
poets.
Jacob Weiss Enters Denial.
Mr.. Jacob Weiss was interviewed by Q
Star reporter this afternoon. In answer to
a question respecting his knowledge Of the
shooting he stated that he knew nothing
whatever about 1t. He said he was at his
house Sunday evening about the hour the
shooting is alleged to have occurred and
denies that he left the house at that time
or earlier. He claims he can prove he had
no connection with the affair and knew
nothing about 1t until he was informed by
others. The statement that he left his
home that evening for any purpose prior
to the shooting of Mullen was emphatically
denied.
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