Evening star., 1909-03-15
Arrests Made Yesterday.

The three men were arrested between y
and O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
The day opened with a thorough and
searching examination of Henry Smith,
the negro upholsterer, taken into CUSTODY
and secreted in the police station Friday.
While. as the police say, he is held Tor the
larceny of a watch. it is evident t'iat
Smith threw considerable nSht on tiie
murder mystery.
This deduction is based the fact
that Smith was placed under severe
grilling beginning at 10 O'Clock YESTERDAY
morning. which was not concluded until
1870 o'clocl, in the afternoon. The eX-
animation was conducted by Common
wealth Attorney Samuel g. Brent. Mayor
Paff :.Id Chief Goods in the presence of
several policemen. 1t was held behind
closed doors in the private office of Chief
Goods
Several other witnesses were examined.
Among them was Smiths wife. two other
negro women, a negro boy and white
man.
of Smith was resumed. When led down
stairs. shortly after o'clock his looks
| indicated that he had had hard time.
1t was then generally believed he had
| given out some startling information. He
probably implicated the men now in Gus
| tody.
Afterward practically every policeman
| on duty was called to report at the Of
| fee. Each was given Instructions by
| the chief and told to act.
Calvin Johnson was brought in a few
minutes after 3 o'clock by Policemen
Bell and Sampson He was arrested on
upper Cameron street after having just
| returned from buggy ride.
| Ten minutes afterward Chief Goods ar
rested Dorsey at King and Columbus
streets. Pines was arrested at 6:30
O'Clock at King and Henry streets by
Policeman Garvey. All the prisoners eX-
pressed surprise. They denied any
| wrongdoing. although no mention was
made of the charge to be preferred
Prisoners Are Examined.
| Each prisoner was taken up stairs sep
arately and given a searching examina-
tion. What it revealed was not disclosed.
They were taken one by one 10 separate
cells, while Johnson was taken to the city
! Jail.
! That Schultz was killed by three men
and that they were negroes is the convic-
/ ton of the police. According to a report
| Schultz arrived here some time on Sat
urday evening. getting off an electric car
at the upper end of King street. He was
| intoxicated and apparently in mood not
to be particular about his company.
| He indulged in drinking during a part
of the evening, it Is said, and also eX-
| hibited money. If reports are true. about
8 o'clock in the evening he was lured to
| the spot where his body was found and
dealt a stunning blow with a rock on the
back Of the head, which feled him tC
| the ground.
| Rendered Senseless. he was set upon One
man hacked his throat while two others
assisted i'm holding him down. The mar
welding the weapons sat upon his chest
while the second and third, respectively
held arms and legs \ portion OF his
money then taken.
The men became frightened by the flare
, from the headlight of d passing electric
train and made off leaving their victim
with the life blood oOZing from the wound
in his throat.
! 1t now develops that the dead artis
was hit over the head. A bruiSe evident
ly made with a rock was found beneath
his bushy suit Of hair.
| When the body was first found it wa:
noticed that the head was besmearet
with blood At the time, however. only
superficial examination was made.
Deliberate Murder Is Theory.
That the murder was deliberatel
planned there seems to be little doubt
1t is reported that one man who assiste
in the crime is said to have declared tia
he struck a white man in the head with
rock after the former had called him a