Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-18
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hell against them.
Johnson. however. wanted to tax ne
said he knew nothing OF the crime anu
that he could prove by witnesses Wnere
he was on the night Of the murder
He had Arthur Parker called 10 .le
stand to testify to his Whereabouts 1ne
night OF the murder Parker said Johnson
was at his place all that night He saw
Johnson at midnight. said Parker a.. a.
though he was unable to remember the
| time when ne first saw him that eVenlhs.
Parker said il he sent Johnson 10 .
grocery store that evening II must nave
been about o'clock.
Dorsey furnished the police Win 'ne
| names OF several witnesses. by whose
testimony he promised to prove an aiiol
concerning his whereabouts the night OF
the murder Charles Tyler. bootolacK
whom Dorsey had summoned. testined
that he saw Dorsey at O'CLOCK tha'
evening. He did not remember seeing
him afterward.
Spider" Ford, colored. testified that
he saw Dorsey at o'clock that evening
at Thomas Kelly's saloon. He didn
remember seeing him afterward.
Pines was also anxious to prove his
whereabouts at the time of the murder.
Edward Green, proprietor Of colored
poolroom. who was summoned, was un-
able. however. to remember that Pines
spent the night at his place.
Finding Of Body.
The first witness to take the stand was
Richard Wines, railroad employe, VINO
told of the finding Of the body just east
OF Rosemont Sunday morning. March
last He was with Richard. alias DICK,
Pines. He Immediately reported the ind.
Chief of Police Goods testified to having
received a message about the finding OF
the body from Louis Harding, railroad
employee. Schultz. he said. had a deep
wound on the left side of the neck. ap-
parently made by two jabs OF a knife.
There we're other marks about the neck.
he said.
The witness next identified the clothing
Of Schultz. He then told Of having found
money orders for $500 and $23. In cash
In Schultz's inside vest pocket. The body.
he said, was afterward removed to an un-
dertaking establishment
Chief Goods then related the story OF
the arrest of Henry Smith and of a con-
versation he had with James Dorsey
Dorsey. he said, told him he was al
Thomas kelly's saloon the evening of the
murder. remaining there until $50
o'clock.
Pines, he said. told him he was at Ed
Green's poolroom from 7:3O O'Clock that
night. and slept In the poolroom.
JOIulSOIs uc Sdlup tOlQ IitIl 0OouS ooihe
at Peck's store at 8 o'clock that evening
and of seeking two policemen.
Clothing is Exhibited.
Chief Goods said he then made a search
Of the homes Of the three men. He was
unable to find knife or pistol.
A steel gray shirt, covered with blood
stains, the property of Dorsey. was then
exhibited A shirt belonging to johnson.
which had been Numbered by Lottie
Johnson since the crime, found in Par
ker's place, was produced. as was a pair
Of overalls belonging to johnson.
Chief Goods then told of a conversation
about the murder with Henry Smith. and
said that the talk took place in his Office
torney Brent. He added that Smith had
made a confession.
Coroner Moore next took the stand and
described the wound found on the left
side Of Schultz's throat. He said there
were two distinct cuts, either sufficient to
cause death.
Common wealth Attorney Brent said this
morning, following the hearing. that the
case is strong against the men. He added
that the authorities suppressed the de-
tails in order that they might have ample
time in which to work up their case.
The members of the police department
are now being congratulated on what was
in the beginning regarded as an unsolv-
able mystery.
The next grand jury term OF the cor
poration court will convene. with Judge
Barley presiding, in April, at which time
It is expected indictments will be returned
against the men. 1t is probable. how
ever. that a special grand Jury may be
convened for that purpose Following
their Indictment the prisoners will prob
ably have special counsel assigned by the
court and probably will be given a speedy
hearing. -
Verdict Of Jury.
Following the action OF Police Justice
Cation. the coroner's jury. with r. NJ. Ora
ham as foreman, returned the following
verdict:
IAN inquisition taken at police court
room. In the city of Alexandria. Va.
Thursday, March Is. In the year 1909, be-
city, upon the view Of the body of Walter
F. Schultz (or person unknown). there
lying dead, the Jurors. sworn to inquire
when, how and by what means the said
Walter F. Schultz Tor per3on unknown)
came to his death. upon their oaths do
say:
HE came to his death from a wound
by a sharp instrument in the left side Of
the neck same severing the jugular vein.
cartoid artery and other vessels. From
the evidence before us the wound was In
ficted by one or moro OF the following:
Eugene Dorsey. Richard Pines. Calvin
johnson and Henry Smith, assisted by
the others.
I'm testimony whereof the said coroner
and jurors have hereto set their hands.
"R. NJ. Graham, foreman; r. S. Bar
rett. J. F. Buckley. ]. G. Cockey, ]. y.
Drew and w. c. Davis.