Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-23
was absolutely necessary.

MY God, You Have Shot Me-"
witness said after he took the CUR
out she asked him to get two NOR.
drinks and he went 10 door of saloon
Ia order them. He was then foolinf
with the gun. pulling the trigger M
ana swapping II back. The hartende,
ala not pay any attention TO the wit
ness when he went to the door ant
he returned into the room. Witness
was stu rooling with the gun ami II
Went on. Dora said: My God yor
nave shot me-" Owing TO the smoke
from the gun. witness could not sec
| the woman. but he immediately left
The place. going to the Chesapeako
d OHIO Railway yard. He was rojns
To give himself up. but could moi Nm i
me police station ami later returned
10 me saloon. Leaving there he wenr
10 negro house on Twenty.fourth
street and then to hotel on Wash.
ihRton avenue where he spent the
nieht. He could not sleep, arose early
and TOOK car 10 Jefferson avenue ana
Twenty-hfth street. Walked from thai
pace down 10 Ivy avenue ana was
there arrested
Couldn't Remember.
On cross examination by CAPTAIN
berkeley. the witness said lint ne ala
not reach his right hand for his gun
wheh Officer Vail arrested him. who,
asked If he had shown the gl,n 10
anyone on the l)at while coming IN
'his city. lie replied that he did no,
remember doing so.
ION you remember having your
gun out In the smoking room of the
Doat. taking cartridges ont OF your
nocket. putting them in the gun and
lhen taking some of them out again p.
asked Captain Berkeley.
No. sir" replied the witness The
witness did not remember seeing Two
negro men sitting beside him ON the
steamer and one demonstrating with
MN when he was handling the Gun.
Witness said he did not rememhor
pulling Dora Hall out of Mamie Cor.
don's. but he said he would no, saw
mat ne did not do II. He said he
uiu not remember striking Dora at all
and was positive that he did not swear
Ut her as he declared he did not use
such language" He did not re-
member pulling gun on any women.
hcr threatening 10 shoot Dora. He
could not remember II Dora held I'm
her hand. To ward off blow from
him. He did not remember pushing
Dora In the alley. nor did he remem-
per whether or not any one was in
the room. Witness did not remem.
per pointing the gun at Dora. but said
that he held II In the air. Said he
was used to playing with the gun by
cooking ii and then lowering the ham.
mer with his thumb, Witness forgot
That he had gun when he left Pine
Beach and was positive that he nut
no blanks in II either that day or
night. He did not recall having
asked the woman to go TO Pine Beach
with him.
,"as Afraid Of Being Mobbed.
Witness said he ran away after
shooting because he was afraid the
people In the saloon would mob him.
In spite of thetrying conduct of the
prisoner, the ccmmonwealth's nttor-
nev was calm throughout the examl.
nation, always addressing the witness
In kindly. though firm tone.
Saw Couple Together.
The first witness called when court
convened AZ 10 o'clock yesterday morn.
ing was Lille Johnson. negress who
was an Inmate of Rosa Jones house
on Twenty-fonrth street at the time
when the shooting occurred. She
stated that on the night of December
4 she saw man and woman standing
In front OF the Jones' house. The
man asked the woman to go TO Nor.
folk and she replied that she did not
want TO go. Later the couple walk
ed down the street toward Warwick
avenue.
Half an hour. or an hour after that
time the witness heard That the wo.
man had been shot. The witness
described the clothes worn by the
man and woman which tailed with
the garb of Dora Hall and Witchewah
Under cross-examination by Attor.
ney Lett. the witness said she did
not hear the man ask the woman 10
go 10 New York with him.
Indian Struck the Woman.
Viola Thompson, negro wo.
man. was the next witness.
December Z. was the next witness.
she said that on that night she saw
man and woman standing In front
Of Daisy HerLerts house. 445 Twenty
fourth treet, and that she saw the
man smack the woman in the face.
The woman said: "Oh Harry don't"
and when they were opposite the
alley behind Writings saloon the
man showed the woman into the al.
ley.
Nellie Boyd. another negro wo.
man was called and she told
practically the same story as that re-.
lated by the Thompson woman. wit.
ness saw Witchewah and Dora Hall
standing In front of Rosa Jones house
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