The Washington times., 1910-09-29

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Corroborates Officer Roberts
The testimony Of these two men fully
corrOborates Officer Spencer Roberts, IN
50 far as the most material facts of his
statement are concerned The officer
said yesterday on the stand that he was
in the block OF j street, between Eighth
and Ninth from about HIS until 11-45
o'clock. watching a group Of negroes
on the Armour stables corner az Eighth
and L He also stated that he pulled
in from the box at Ninth and at 1
O'Clock
Both Davis and Wallace stated this
morning that as they were passing up L
street. between 1I-35 and I1-50. they
saw and recognized Officer Roberts
standing in the shadow on the lumber
yard J5rner at Eighth and I, as If he
was watcni7rg something OF somebody.
Their attention was also drawn TO a
group Of cOIOTed people on the Armour
stables corner Members OF the jury and
Assistant District Attorney Turner
cross-questioned severely both of these
witnesses, but were unable 20 shake
their testimony in the slightest degree
Both men also spoke Of the bright
light IL that part of the block at that
hour that night Wallace stated thai
-ile was quite sure that he saw Roberts
ecfsAAA tAA CAtECtr Ltrdi - ellN-f -
and Davis were returning 10 the boat
about / o'clock
Clashes Between Counsel
Attorney Lambert, representing the
brother and sister of the dead man,
and Assistant District Attorney Tur-|
ner, FLASHED several times during the
morning session, because OF the at
tempt Of the former to show by the
witnesses that the block in which the
body was found has a bad reputation
that q affords admirable opportunities
for cOncealment 60 highwaymen and
that several hOld-upS are known TO
have occurred in the square.
When Attorney Lambert asked Wal
lace whether the UeighbOrnOOd was
dangerous, and again when he asked
Harry Cheek subsequent witness.
whether he had every heard of any
hold-ups in the blocks Mr. Turner
sprang to his feet and objected Strenu-
0usly 10 the admission Of such tesJi-
mOny- He said he thought that IL would
be irrelevant 70 the point IN issue, and
that II tended 10 throw no light what
ever upon the case
Nj Lambert Sustained
Nr- Lambert made a brief reply. il
which he asked that the evidence De
heard fer the purpose Of showing
whether or not Harris may have met
with foul play at the hands OF some
1OOtpad-
Coroner hewitt sustained Nj. Lam
bert in both instances and the wit
nesses were allowed 20 answer Wallace
replied that he didn't like the square
at all. and that he seldom walked on
the pavement after midnight. He gen
orally traverses the middle Of the
street
Had Been Held Up
Cheeks answer was that ne. himself.
was held I'D at the FOOT Of Z street about
two years ago. and that his mother
was also held up about four years ago
in that square.
The Coroner however refused 10
allow Cheek TO say. in answer To q ques-
fiOu, that mis- stepfather, a night watch
man in that ueiEhborhOod. IL IN the
habit OF patrOllng the vicinity with ms
revolver IN uand- me t&IEsr VIII De
called later or TO testify upon t'Is point
Cheek testified that between 1I-3J and I
= O'Clock Saturday night, August ., he
heard a noise that sounded 10 him Ike {
the report of a pistol He said he was
IN his bed room, at III 7 street south I
west when ne heard the report !
He could not say from what direction Il
came He was not sure that II was q
pistol shot
T.pon cross-exauinauion by Attorney /
Lambert the witness said that he had
often heard reports from automobiles Z
and motor cycles mat sounded 20 him /
very much ike that Of a pistol
He further said when asked If he had I
looked in the direction Of the body. that 1
his bedroom was on level with the I
foliage Of the trees between the two I
points and that these objects obstructed /
his view, 50 he could not say whether .
there were any other persons around /
the scene at the time
Cheek corroboraIed officer Roberts /
statements that there were several ne
ETOeS on the Armour stable corner be I
tween lL-5o and 12-n1
Cheek said that ne had often heard I
OF people stealing lumber from the yard I
In that block. and nc had also heard !
the thieves drop the lumber upon de- /
lection, and that the noise thus pro-
oGced sounded similar To that coca
stoned by the explosion Of q pistol
Heard Pal Shots.
Mrs Virginia Dickerson- mother of I
Cheek. was the next witness heard. She
corroborated the testimony of her son. /
saying that she recalled hearing a pistol /
shot about 1870 o'clock on the night OF !
the tragedy Mrs Dickerson said she /
thought she could distinguish between . /
pistol shot and the exhaust of an auto /
mobile or motorcycle
Mrs Alice Redman- Miss Eliza beth Z
BeduIan and Miss Clara Reduan. Of 81 /
Seventh street southwest. were also pro-
duced as Witnesses by the police, and {
testified that a pistol shot had been /
heard IN the vicinity about Il-y0 10 l. 4
o'clock
These three witnesses however were
unable 10 fix the exact time of the re-
PORT although Mrs Redman said that I
II vas nearer - O'cIOC6 than 1I-50-
Andrew J. kimmel. who Is watch
man or a river boar during the sum
neT. and 2 special policeman stationed .
st one of the theGters in the winter
Eestiiled that ne had been IN Halls sum
meT garden at about 11-3J o'clock on the
night in question and that he had heard Z
. pistol shot. He was unable to rfx
the exact time OF the pistol report
Attorney Lambert drew from ATr
Eimrlel the Information that he had
been a special policeman Tor eight or (
nine years
Differs With Other Witnesses.
Mrs Fi6ma BiIin-slev. or $50 + street
southwest. was also brought forward by-
the police to testify that she heard a +
pistol slot on the night harris was
killed Mrs BiHinSsiey however. dis