Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-06
SMITH ON TRIAL.

negro implicated in the murder OF Wal.
ter F. Schultz, was called in the Cor
poration court this morning. the court
room was illed With mixed crowd, Sc
on the opening days of The trials o!
Pines, Dorsey and johnson.
A panel of SIS from Charlottesville
responded to their names and jury was
secured in less than half an hour.
TIE prisoner was then asked to plead,
aud in firm voice responded "not
guilty"
|, The jurors selected are: A. NJ. E.
Runkle, J. q. Nails, 8. J. Dudley, J.
E. Jarmau, 8. G BskeY, E S. Pugb,
O. II. Wood W. q. Gre,ves, 8. 81.
Florence, E R. Newman, q. E. Parrot,
aud W. E. White.
Counsel for Smith moved to quash
the YeDire ss q whole and Individually
and 10 quash the panel, but the motions
were overruled by the court.
The Jury was tnen sworr.
Mr.. Brent made the opening statement
for the prosecution, He said S NTH vas
either guilty OF murder in the frat de.
gree or wss not guilty at ell; there wss
no middle grou1d. He reviewed the
evidences the state intended 10 bring be-
fore the jury aud in closing said he ex-
pected to prove tina! Smith VAS an active
participant In The murder of Schultz.
Mr.. Bent was brief and vas followed
by Mr.. B,umback. who made tine open
ing statement for the defense.
The court then sWore In 3. B. Smith
as deputy sergeant and at 40 O'Clock
court adjourned until 9 o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The frat witness called WAS Mrs. A.
p. Gillette, OF Sioux City, lows, who
stated hat she VAS sister of Walter F.
Schulz and identified photograph OF
the murdered mao.
Windsor W. Domaine, undertaken,
testified to having been called to the
field in which the body Wss fouDd. He
states that while the mau had lost st
least gallon and half of blood, there
was but little blood where the body was
found, and he remarked at the time that
the man had not been Killed whers he
Sss found. Under CROSS examination
Mr.. Domaine testified that the ground
on which the body was found was 40
saturated Gilh water that it wonld not
have absorbed the amount Of blood that
must have been lost OF the dead man.
Mrs. Maggie Herring, who was the
ticket agent q! Payne and Camerc2
streets a.ation the night of March G,
testified thst she heard no unusual
noises outside the Office.
DR.. S. B, Moore, the coroner de.
scribed the cuts 10 the side Of SchulIz's
neck, severing the large arteries and
the internal vessels. DR.. Moore also
testifed that from one to two gallons of
blood had been discharged from The
body and but little blood vas found on
the groand. Under cross examination
nothing new was brought out from the
witness.
Chief Goods testimony was along the
line OF thst given In the previous trials
80 far as the finding Of the body was
concerned, and be identified the cloth.
ing worn by the dead man.
He said Smith was arrested Msrch y
aud made no statement uniil the follow.
ing Sunday that when Smith made a
statement to Mr.. Brent 1t was with the
understanding that it would be purely o
voluntary one, and no promises OF i'm
munity were held out to him.
The chief ssid that Smith was not
perturbsd during bic incarceration In the
sation house, but seemed relieved after
hayirg confessed Chief Goods was on
tho stand when this report closed.
John Burns Assaulted.
London, jap. 6.-Dispatcbes from
Stafordshire today say ths! John Burnp,
labor member of Parliament and presi.
dent of the local government board, was
assaulted last night by 30 unknown msu
iast as he was entering his automobile
after 8 political speech. Barns was struck
several times but not seriously hurt. His
asssilant fed when friends OF Burns came
to his assiatsuce.
Another show of roTdyism occurred
this afternoon when Sir William Bail,
conservative member of Parliament from
Hammersmith, in the west end OF Lon.
DIP, engaged in fist fight with man
who insulled him. The men was one o!
crowd which vas following aud jaerog
Sir William. The fight attracted large
crowd and continued until the police
separated the bellgeren:B,
Attempted Murder and Suicide.
Reading, Pa, jap. 6.--Frederick
Neudoerfisr, democratic leader OF the
Fourteenth ward, was shot and probably
fatally ipj1red in his cfhce 10 the Baer
building today by an unknown negro,
who later committed suicide. It Is not
yet known what vas the cause OF the
shooting.
Neudoel fer died Ia 'er in the hospital.
Hia assaisnt was ideuliti as John
BROOKS, al enploye Of the Toledo AS
phal! Company, which Is repairing the
sheets here.
Three Men Burn 10 Death.
Marquette, Mich Jan. 6-Thres
men are dead and one ia In . gerloua
condition today as the result of the ttss
days work on The new furnsce OF the
Oboeolay Lake Superior Iron and
Chemical Company, The furnace had
been idle many years, but had been re-
built and put into blast only yesterday,
The sccidept was caused by q man
passing through the oil room With
lighted torch.