Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-12

Did you hear any voices before the
gun was discharged?"
II heard Mr.. Jones say, Hands up
was her response.
| 1t was several minutes after she heard
him give that order that the shot was
| fired. The shooting occurred in the old
| rart of the house. said witness. and Nc
Pherson's body fell across the sill Of the
dining room door.
Mcpherson came into the house earlier
| in the evening. she said. and said he
| wanted to get some tobacco. After he
had gone to the old part OF the house. the
rifle was missed and witness concluded
that Mcpherson had taken It,
| Jones' witness stated, complained that
he WIS sick last night and had his supper
served in his room
Who fired the shots?' she was asked.
| MIR. Jones'
Did you see him fire the shots.'
| No. sir. I turned away"
| Witness said she saw Mcpherson have
the rife and she thought he was going to
kill Jones with it, After firing the shots
| witness said, she heard Jones say he had
| killed the man, but he hadn't done 1t
Intentionally.
Mrs. Jones' Account.
Mrs. Katherine Jones, wife Of the de.
PENDANT, told the jury that she and the
colored woman left the house last night
going out the front door. while her hus.
band went out the back way. She told
her husband that Mcpherson had taken
the rifle, and said she would go for a
| policeman.
Her husband told her he would ge,
the gun, and went to where Mcpherson
was. Witness said she heard the noise
made of the discharge of the weapon
but she was on the other side Of the
when he fired.
Shortly after the shooting occurred he,
husband passed the house Of a neighbol
where she had gone. She heard him tel
the neighbor he had killed Mcpherson
He said he had to do it in self-defense
| Deputy Coroner Glazebrook told the
jury OF the condition of the body and
result of the autopsy. There was Q severe
wound in the left arm and chest. thu
wound being about four inches in diam
eter. Several ribs were shattered, the
| left lung punctured and the tip OF tn,
heart torn OF.
Witness found a number Of ordinary
birdshot in the body. There was an alco.
holic odor about the contents Of the
| stomach.
The police have the papers SHOWING
the discharge of Mcpherson from the
United States Marine Corps. They show
In Detroit. An effort is being made t.
locate his relatives.
Jones' Attack on Guiteau.
An extra edition of The Evening Star
OF saturday. November 10, 1881, con-
tanned the following account OF Jones
attempt on the life of Guiteau:
| THE van with Guiteau left the CITY
Hall about 2:30 O'Clock this afternoon.
James Leonard. the driver. and Policeman
Edelin, on the front, and Perry Carson,
the officer in charge. on the rear. Gui-
teau was seated on the right side of the
van.
"They went the usual way, through
intersection of East Capitol and list
| streets man with a red face, well
| dressed and mounted on sorrel horse,
rode up beside the vehicle, and, wheeling
pointed revolver at the side and fired
He then turned the pistol toward the
| driver. Officer Edelin, jumped up and
he rode off. The officer and several others
followed him.
"Guiteau was struck by the ball on the
left forearm, grazing the skin. He hast
lily changed his seat. The officers chased
the shooter some six or eight squares in
q northeast direction, and finally lost
sight of him. Guiteau was driven to the
Jail and appeared very much frightened.
and seemed very glad that he was within
the walls Of the jail.
This morning at the courthouse there
| was a man answering the general de-
scription. said to be an IIlinoisan. who
| dPPCdiSo OciI >Rch SCIeiu6 ii LILO oUIl0-
| ing and was refused admission, and he
muttered about it. 1t was noted that
some who knew the party were offering
to bet that there would be no trial Mon
day"
| The Evening Star on the following Mon
day printed an account of the arrest of
William Jones as the man who had fired
at Guiteau. The report said that Jones
was q resident of Prince George county,
Md, thirty four years of age. a farmer,
and one of the best horsemen in this
4 vicinity. Jones was tried and acquitted.