Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-21
fbUa WITNESSES ARE EXAMINED
Sergeant Mitchell Tells story of the
Killing of Dora HAN, and Doctors
Gary, Greasy and Cores Testify Con-
corning Nature Of Wound Accident
May be the Plea.

Court room since The Davenport trial
wo years ago, Harrison Witchewah,
n hnlfbreed Potiawattone Indian, was
placed on trial for his life before
Judge r. ], Barhnm yesterday morn
ing FOR the murder of Dora Hail. Al
most the entire day was consumed in
imnnnelling n joury. four venires. n
total of 81 talesmen, being exhausted
before The jury was finally secured.
The jurors are:
C.. s. Patterson, $40 Thlrty.thri
street. carpenter.
George c. Chaplin. 100 Thirtieth
street, furniture dealer
II. Z. Boyer, 1900 Roanoke avenue,
bookke5pcr.
H. L. Sealey, 43i3 Huntington ave-
nue.. grocer,
c, f. bradley. 1871 Twenty.third
street shipiltter.
c. A. Malone. III Torty-third
street, blacksmith
William A. llowald. 2G05 Orcutt
avenue. carriage builder.
w. NJ. Rowcll. 33i Foriy.thrd street,
engineer.
Moss Shepherd. 2i2 Twenty. sixth
street.
l. y. Morris, I'll Tweniy-sIxin
street, Waterman.
H. =. Charles. salesman.
Robert L.. Wade, SIP Twenty eightn
street, carpenter.
Sergeant Mitchell First Witness.
Although It was nearly o'clock in
The afternoon when the jury was nm
ally complete, the hearing of evil
dencc was begun. Neither Common
woalths Attorney C. G. berkeley or
the counsel for the accused made
ease. Sergeant T. A. Mitchell was The
first Witness called to the stand. He
said that on the night OF December Z.
1897. he received n telephone message
n, The police station that woman
hal bee shot In room In the rear of
Carries Writings saloon, 24Oi War
wick avenue.
llurrylng to the place he found n
woman, whom he afterwards learned
was Dora Hall. lying on the floor with
great wound on the right side OF
her face. Dr.. W. II. Greasy was no
tilted and the woman later was moved
to the st. Francis hospital. After
questioning some men who were in
tile saloon, the officer secured II de-
scriptlon of the man who was thought
to have done the shooting and he
Immediately, began search for the
man. witchewah was arrested tho
following morning Sunday in Blood
field, by officer Whitfield OF the Blood
held force.
Under cross examination by Attor
ney Il. NJ. Lett, senior counsel for the
prisoner. the officer said that he could
not recall the names of any of the
persons who were in the saloon when
lie entered, rs lie paid but little at
tention TO the bystanders Continuing
he gave minute description of the
place in which the shooting occurred.
Dora Halls Statement.
4 few hours before her death on
the day following the shooting, Dora
Hail made statement to Sergeant
Mitchell concerning the cause of the
shooting. She declared that Witcho-
wah went 10 Mamie Gordon's hous'
on Twenty fourth street. of which
house the woman was an inmate. ana
asked her 10 go to New York with
him She refused. but later went 10
the saloon with the man. While there
he again asked her to go to New York
While Sergeant Mitchell was on the
stand yesterday, commemorative At
torncy Berkeley did not question him
concerning this statement, hut 1t is
understood that an effort will be made
10 have this statement of the woman
placed in evidence later on in the
trial
Explains Nature OF Wound.
pr. William f. Greasy was the next
witness. being sworn rs an expert on
gun shot wounds. He described thu
course OF the bullet. declaring that il
entered the right side of the face at
the check bone. took downward IN
ward and backward course, crashing
through the hinge of the jaw zone
into the neck and down the neck into
The vertobrae of the neck He de.
clared that he believed the wound to
have been mortal one.
When asked by Commonwealth A.
torncy Berkeley what he thought must
have hccn The position of the woman
and The nan III order for riich a wound
TO be inflicted. the physician stated
THAT he believed the woman must have