Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-18
Narrowing Circumstances of
Crime Recited by Smith.
DEED MOST Deliberate
Upholsterer Net Band With Their
Half.Choked Victim on Road,
MADE TO ACCOMPANY THEM
Artist Dragged to Field, Clothing
Removed and Fatal Knife Thrust
Cruelty inflicted.

| ALEXANDRIA, March 1S.-How Walter
| F. Schultz victim OF murder. came to his
! death March at the hands of four ne
groes, the narrator Of the circumstances
himself assisting under duress: how the
victim was choked and dragged unresist-
ing to the spot where he was slain: how
| the clothing of the insensible man was
removed almost to his whist and the
fatal knife thrust deliberately inflicted:
| how the pockets were searched for valu-
| ables and q watch left behind as dam
Eerous loot, was related with narrowing
circumstances in the crowded courtroom
| here this morning by Henry Smith, a
negro upholsterer.
Schultz. a Chicago artist. was slain
March last about 8 o'clock at night.
Smith implicated himself and Richard.
alias Dick Pines. James Dorsey and
| Calvin johnson, all negroes, in the muir
der.
The four men were held for the action
| of the grand Jury.
Owing to the intense feeling against
the prisoners. Pines. Johnson and Dor
sey were at l o'clock this afternoon
lodged in the Alexandria county Jail.
| where they will be kept until the time
| for their trial.
Pines and Dorsey were manacled to.
gether and were in charge OF Chief
Goods and Policeman Ferguson. John
son was manacled to Policeman Samp-
son. City Sergt. Cox accompanied the
policemen and their prisoners.
On their journey to the courthouse
the men passed the scene Of their crime.
AS they did Pines said:
Let me look at my old hunting
grounds
He appeared the least concerned Of the
three.
Smith is now a prisoner in the city
jail. He will be kept there until the time
! of his trial. The authorities deemed 1t
unwise to put him with the others.
Smiths Story Of Crime.
On the night of the murder. Smith re-
cited, he left the house Of John Ellis
shortly after o'clock during a heavy
rain. When he reached Cameron and
Payne streets he saw Schultz surrounded
by three men. Schultz he heard moan,
God. don't do me that way
He approached the men. Smith said, and
| inquired what they we're doing. Pines.
who had an overcoat over his arm, re-
piled:
mix in there! You know am a crack
shot and will kill you" With this, Pines
flashed a pistol in his face. said the wit
ness Smith Joined the band. in submits
sion to this demand.
Dorsey. one Of the negroes with Pines.
| threw Schultz's overcoat over Schultz's
| head. said Smith. They started on with
| Schultz. The other negro, Johnson,
known as sonny" grabbed Schultz by
both feet.
At this point, witness declared, he tried
to interfere. saying. Don't do this. boys !"
No attention was paid to him, however.
The band moved on toward the railroad
track. johnson, he declared, wanted
Schultz placed on the railroad track.
| where q train would run over the body
| and make the police believe he had been
killed by q locomotive. Dorsey objected,
said Smith, to this plan.
Pines urged the men to hurry. said the
witness Work fast! The train will
| soon be here" Pines said.
Schultz Dragged to His Death.
Smith told how they dragged Schultz up
the railroad track. The intended victim
made no struggle to get away. said Smith
| They reached the spot where the crime
was committed.
Ch,,lf1
lar unfastened and practically all his
clothing down to his waist loosened. As
Smith told this part he demonstrated to
the Judge and coroner's jury how 1t was
done.
One of the men, he said. had clot h.
which was placed about Schultz's neck
Dorsey then got on one side Of Schultz
with Johnson on the other
| The rag was drawn close about Schultz's
neck. Dorsey thrust knife into
Schultz's throat. A groan was uttered
| made. At this moment. said Smith, a
train passed. Until the sound died
away the men waited silent. Then they
| went on with their work. The rag
| about schultz's throat was removed.
They proceeded to empty the pockets
of their victim Schultz's watch was
found by Johnson. Dorsey remarked
| ID the watch! I have been pulled
| twice for q watch johnson did not
| take it.
Il have got mine." said Dorsey. the
next moment.
without another word the men arose
| to their feet. leaving their victim lie.
They went toward the railroad track,
separating as they proceeded. Pines.
however, went toward the union pas
senger railroad station.
Spends Night in Negress' House.
Smith then told of having gone to a
negro woman's house and remaining there
overnight. The murder. he said. was all
done between Z and o'clock at night.
| Smith said It had appeared to him that
the three other negroes had been choking
schultzs life out Of him before he met
them. Once the dead man remarked
Don't do me that way"
IL says to Pines, Don't do that way"
said Smith, concluding his testimony II
caught Schultz's leg to help carry him up
| the hill And that was all"
As Pines was being taken downstairs
following the announcement OF the court
| he cried. aloud:
IT am satisfied to die. but did not do
| it. Don't let Smith 60
Pines called for Attorney Lewis H.
Machen. who was In the courtroom.
The hearing was held In the police court
and was in the nature Of joint hearing.
the coroner's jury with Coroner Moore.
being present. Justice Cation presided