Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-10
RICHARD PINES TRIAL
Jury visits Scene of Murder-Smitb
Repeats f1is Story-Ciosiug
Arguments.


Several witnesses were placed on the
stand in the Corporation Court yester-
day afternoon after the GaZstte's report
OF the trial OF Richard Pines, colored,
indicted for participating in the murder
of Walter F. Schultz bad closed.
w. M Rittenour, a trolleyman on
the electric railway, testified that q
negro and a white man disembarked
from the 1925 O'Clock train out of Alex
sudris the night of March last al 81.
Elmo, and that the negro resembled
Smith.
A young man named William F.
O'Neil testified that the morning fol-
lowing the murder Pines told hinl he
could find the man who committed the
crime, and James O'Neil, another
young man, said Pines had told him
the following morning that he could
catch the man in ten minutes.
Gardner l.. Roothe testified that be
did not believe Schultz was the man who
boarded the electric train the night Of
March 5. The negro who accompanied
the man, he said, was considerably
younger than Smith.
About 4:S0 o'clock the jury visited
the scene of the hOldup and the murder,
When Smith repeated his graphic de-
scripiion of the scenes in the alley on
west Cameron street on the night OF
March and the subsequent murder
OF Schultz on the confines of the city.
Pines WAS within two feet of Smith
while the latter was going into all
the details of the crime. Smith sud.
denly pointed his finger at Pines and
said: "You know / am telling the
truth" Pines, with faint smile, shook
his head.
During Smiths recital one OF the
Jurors suddenly turned on Pines and
asked him where he stood while the
murder was being committed, and bis
reply was: Captain, Pm telling you
the truth; | was not there"
Upon the return OF the jury to the
city court adjourned until this morning
THIS MORNINGS SESSION.
The first witness on the stand this
morning was Mrs. Fannie Cook, who
conducts dining room in the market
building. She positively identified a
photograph Of Schultz as that of a man
who took dinner in her place between
1 | and IL O'Clock March 6.
George Ayers testified that Pines
came into his place the morning Of
March 8 and paid him 81 for repairing
gun. People 10 the store joked with
Pines and asked him il that WAS one o
Schuliz's dollars, and Pines said
Good Lord, no; let me get out o
here"
Charles Gaskins, colored, testified tina
Beverly Diggs delivered wood and Goa
at bis house about 9 p. M, March
and he did not appear to be intoxicated
then.
Chief Goods was recalled, and ststet
that Mary Earl at first denied that SmitI
spent the night at her house, but final,
admitted that hs did, aud told OF con
flicting statements the woman had made
He also said tbat the Esrl woman at frs
said that Smith told her Saturday nigh
about knocking a white man in th
head.
Mr.. Brent took the stsnd. He ssit
he went to the police station the morn
ing of Sunday, March IA, to question
Smith in reference to a stolen watch
He found Smith agitsted, and told hin
not to talk in that condition. Smitl
then received visit from his wife, an,
about 3 p. m. sent for him and made
a full and free statement as to the muir
der.
Benjamin Thomas, colOred, testife,
that he Was leaving EarPs house abou
$3.50 at night and met Smith going in
Philip TOler, colored, testified that b.
played pool with Pines in Ed Green
The night of March 6, but it was aftel
10 o'clock.
Clay Smith, colored, who at first gave
Chief Goods q statement in which hi
said he did not see Pines the night G.
March 6, changed biS mind snC
said he saw Pines in Ed Green's place
playing pool When pressed by Mr.
Brent TO explain the contradiction
Smith said he had been advised by biz
parents to come forward aud tell the
truth.
Edward P. Pnrvis, q freight con-
ductor, repeated his testimony that be
saw the body of man lying in the field
Saturday. March 6, at 1915 p. m.
Mr.. Brent rigidly cross-examined the
witness, who protested that the body
was that of white man, and that it was
lying Just where Schulz Vas found.
Lynn $. O'Neal, a brakeman, said
Conductor Pu.vis called his attention to
an object lying in the field, but he
merely glanced at it. 1t was raining
and showing at the time.
Edwin O. Atkinson repeated bis testi-
mony, given 10 the trial OF Johnson, to
the effect that he was hunting along
Hooff's Run the afternoon of March 6
and saw no body.
Vernon Shaver and Lawrence Arnold
corroborsted Atkinson's testimony.
Frank G. Grimes testified as to certain
distances in the field 10 which the body
was found.
E. A. Mcdonald, the assistant ticket
agent at Union station, testified that
Sunday morning, when something vas
said sbont man having been found in
the field, Conductor Purvls remarked
that ne saw "something" in that field
the day before. This closed the tssti-
mony and at lao court took recess
until 1880 p. m.
AFTEpNOON sEggTONl