The Washington times., 1910-01-12
Convicted Slayers of Arts
Schultz Granted Delay
By Governor.
FORMER TESTIMONY
NOW CONTRADICTED
Police Officials In Alexandra
Implicated by Convict's
Statement.

/ That his testimony IN the Waite r..
! Schultz murder case. By which CALVIN
| johnson, Eugene Dorsey. and RichzrI
I Pines were sentenced TO the electric
chair. was fabricated IN coalition win
! Chief of Police Goods and Policeman
} Frank Sampson Of Alexandra and
that the three men are innocent SO fz
as he knows Is the statement made
by Henry Smith. the principal witness
I IN the case
in his statement made public this
morning Smith declares the confession
vas framed I'D at the instfgatioa Of the
. Alexandria police chief. so that he
might swell his records for coBvf--
+ tioHs-
! As soon as the statement vas mad
+ it was teIephoned 20 Governor swan
son and the executive. on the srreng,1
J o. the sensational confession. ordered
? stay in the execution OF the three
7 men They were TO have been electro
T cUted on Friday.
Policemen Deny Charge.
Chief Of Police Goods and Po15ce-r---
Sampson gave out statements this
morning emphaticaUy denying Smiths
charge and the chief declared the con
fession which implicated the three men
had been made voluntarily.
Smiths statement, when II bscz~,
known this morning, gave Alexand-ia
more 10 talk about than IL has had r7-
( many moons Ns1r citizens dizcrs5-t
/ the statement and stick 20 their orig
insI belief that the three men were
guilty Of the crime. Others believe thar
Smith alone is guilty
Smith does not mince words in MS
confession. He declares the former con.
fession was manufactured out Of Who'll
cloth and that if the three men were
implicated in the crime he knew moth.
ing Of IL
Smith says the names OF Pines z7I
Dorsey were suggested by Chief Coos
and that Jobnson-s name vas suggested
by him As proof that ne was limo
cent Of the crime Smith pointed out tnal
he told Chief Goods at the first trial
that he could not locate Jhe spot where
Schultz was found and knew nothing
c bout the positi-- OF the body
Says Wink Was Signal
He details Al IerEth the alleged cosr.-
ing he says he received al the hands "
Chief Goods and Policeman Sampson.
and declares that. during all the trials.
chief Goods sat behind Mt. Brent ana
gave the signal by winkinE his eyes
whether he should answer the questions
put by the prosecuting attorney
Simpsons part during the trial. smith
said, was TO stand by his chair and do
tate answers he should make 20 all
questions
Il am innocent Of the crime. he con
cIudes, and I was forced 10 say what
I did and have perjured myself so that
Chief Goods might make a record 3D.
discovering the criminals.
Chief Of Police Goods when shown the
statement of smith this morning said
Smiths statement Is absolutely faIs-
m that he was forced by me To make
the confession duplicating Johnson.
Pines and Dorsey.
Smith was arrested on Frida-
charged with stealing a watch. and ths
first thing that 7 knew that he wished
to make q confession was when he ask
sd 10 see M Brent. and iH the presence
Of Nr. Brent and myself willie Nsyu-
Taft was standing at the door. Smith
made q confession in which ne described
minuteIy the route taken by him and
the other three men in carrying the body
Of Schultz 10 the spot where u was
found
Statements Said to Be Voluntary
Smith made his statement voIunra--
IIy, and the only thing he asked was
that he might be protected. by which /
thought ne meant that he might be
lynched-"
Policeman Sampson denied Smiths
story Of his connection with The case.
stating that the rags waicf smith
claims he put there wers found on the
field the morning SShUItz's BODY vas
found, which was five days before
Smith was arrested NJ. Sampson also
denied having prompted SsrItH during
the trial
This the latest Of tie several cor=eS-
sions Smith has made. was signed IN the
presence or Harry t-aCk and r ID.
BTunhscN- The staten eut follows
Il desire 20 state tiI&t the rouresei3U
MADE hy me In the tllree trials o. CAL
win johnson Richard Pine and F.-
gene Dorsey was "a So and uDtr1l-.
That II they had anythi7s T. 10 ufsr
the commission or the n:'.rje5 % schultz
I know absolutely nothinC = Jt-t IT,
The reason want 10 make his state
meut is dc not want innocent men ia
suffer by reason OF any stc<y tod nv
me 7 had always iutcndeS , deny this
confession had 7 been ac.- lifted That
was the reason I wanted he judge 20
sentence me at once 90 7 could tell thu
truth before JotTSon, Pines, and Dor
Sey were executed
THO Contrived Story.
IT also want 70 say wat ths story
was made by Chief Goods. SauuSor.
and }. chief mentioned tire names =
Pines and Dorsey. and suggested