Evening star., 1909-06-09
DEFENDANT Tells HIS STORY
PINES ON WITNESS STAND IN
ALEXANDRIA TRIAL.
Denies He Was Involved in the
Murder Of Walter F. Schultz
March 6 Last.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 9.-Rchard
Pines. charged with the murder Of Walter
F. Schultz March last, was on the wit
ness stand for forty-f1ve minutes at the
session of the corporation court today.
He gave an account of his doings the
afternoon and night of March G. Court at
1910 o'clock took a recess until > O'Clock,
when Pines resumed the stand for con-
tinuation of cross-examination.
After the examination of two witnesses
at the morning session the state rested its
case in chief
William J. Whalen was the frs. witness
this morning. He said he saw Pines after
the murder with pistol while in the
blacksmith shop
Policeman Frank Sampson testified he
saw Pines the morning following the muir
der. Pines, he said, viewed Schultzs
body.
Witnesses for the Defense.
Arthur Parker, Wash Jackson and C.
W. 0 Meara were called by the defense to
testify that the reputation of Henry
Smith for truth and veracity is not good.
Mary Grayson. colored. testified she saw
Henry Smith at John Ellis home at !
o'clock the afternoon Of March g. Mary
there.
A summons was issued for E. P. Purvis,
Southern railway freight conductor. of
Amherst county. He is expected to testi-
Schultzs body was found the afternoon
of Mar g.
John Ellis. colored. saw Smith at his
| home 10 O'Clock the afternoon of
O'Clock and he accompanied him to tne
corner of Queen and Payne streets.
Smith invited witness to visit a nearby
saloon for drink. He declined, and
Smith left.
| Mary Earl, colored, testified that Smith
was at her house at o'clock the night OF
| March and remained there until 4
o'clock Sunday evening. Smith tod her
| he thought the police We're after him be-
cause he knocked white man in the
head with rock for calling him a name.
| Smith, she said, slept and read the pa
| per.
During the night he groaned while
| asleep. Smith, she said. told her he
believed he would go to Washington. be-
cause he knocked white man in the
head. Witness denied having made a
statement that 1T was about o'clock
| that Smith came to her home.
James Earl, colored. husband OF Mary
Earl. also testified that Smith arrived
| at his home March last at s O'clock
| in the evening Smith read a newspaper
and went to sleep in chair. Smith
| requested that he be allowed to remain
| over night. He told witness. on Ieav-
ing. that he was going to Washington
| TO lie around. because he knocked q
! white man in the head.
| William Willis, colored, testified that
| the evening of March 6 Beverly Diggs
| colored. employed by him, was under
| the influence of liquor
Defendant Denies Charge.
The defendant was then called. He tes-
/ titled that at = o'clock March he was at
Mrs. ONeil's. cutting wood. He returned
| nome a few minutes after o'clock and
/ later went 10 sleep in a chair. His
mother aroused him for supper. After
ward Pines left home for Ed Green:
poolroom. He described the route taken.
! With other things he said that in pass
| ing the Webbs' home he got out in the
/ middle of the road, because John Webb
recently died there. Pines said he played
several games of pool with Phil To'er,
colored. Pines said that after the games
/ he laid down on the table and went to
sleep and knew nothing further until
some one aroused him and told him it
was time to get up. He did and he
! then went home and to bed.
The next morning about 10 or IL o'clock
the defendant continued. Policeman Ar.
rington told him about a man being cut
up. Witness said he called his dogs and
with boy named Irby. went rabbit hunt
1 ing. A colored man told him about the
| finding of the Schultz body. He went
| over to see 1t.
The defendant related how he secured
| a pistol in game of cards. Afterwarc
he put the pistol in pawn, and subsequent
ly a boy paid the pawn fee. Pines saic
| the last time he had pistol was in Jan
| uary or February.
| Pines denied telling Dorsey at the Fair
| fax jail that if he didn't stop fussing h