The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-07
WashingtOn's Story

Washngton's story on the stand to- day was the same explanation he of- fered at the time of the .altercation into any holes, that he was only searching the tenants directory In an effort to find a family with which he understood a friend was stopping, ana denied positively that he had spoken to Mrs. Alvarez or any other woman.
 The acquittal of UIrich was not unanimous, Justice OKeefe dissenting from the opinion of Justices Moss and Seller. After Ulrich left the court he was arrested again charged with be- ing a fugitive from New Jersey, where an indictment has been found charging him with deserting his wife, who lives in. Orange. Ff45
 Washington, when asked If he had any comment to make on the outcome of the case. replied: ar
 No. not a word"
 Both Ulrich and Washington tolc their stories on the stand
 "I first saw Washington peering through the keyhole of my door" Ul rich said. "He saw me and left and walked toward Eighth avenue. saw him walking up and down the street. and after 10 minutes he came back. walked by MT. Revette's apartment window and stopped to look beneath the shade. I opened the vestibule door and burst In upon him and shouted, What are you doing here? He struck me In the face and then we fought. He asked me to let it drop. Washing ton said: I know l have done wro~s. Let me go.' While We were fighting he struck his head against fire hy- drant.'
 Had No Weapon
 Did you have any stick or other weapon with which you hit Washing ton?"
 NO, sir; used no stick"
 Mrs. Laura Alvarez on the stand said
 "When I went out cn the night of March 19 to take out my dog, I found Washington crouching down in front of MT. Revettes apartment, peering through the keyhole. I came upon him SO suddenly that he had no time to straighten up and I almost fell over him. He got up flabergasted and hur- ried out"
 Later witness said she saw Wash ington near Broadway.
 "He followed me down to the house." continued Mrs. Alvarez T was fright ened. I ran past him.
 What did Washington say to yono:" Tie Sdlu, I1ellO, SWcetHedit. What did you do thcn?' "I ran into the house and told Mir Jlrich; he went into the hall and saw him talking to Washington" con- tinued witness. MT Ulrich asked h!rn what he was doing and I saw Wash ington strike at him.
 Booker Washington appeared in court here today as the principal witness at the trial of Henry A. Ulrich, the white tha atrrn adj fn,s o beating one night last March when he found him i'll the vestibule of an apart ncnt house where Ulrich roomed on We~t Slxty-third street. Ulrich was ar rested on charge of assault. James I. Moore, one of the first contributors to the fund of the development of Tus- kegee institute. of which Washington Is head, appeared as Ulrich's counsel
 A statement issued by Washington at the time of the alleged assault said he was reading the tenants directory in the vestibule of the apartment house In an effort to locate a negro who was one of the officers of the Tuskegee institute.
 The nature of Ulrich's offense was fore shadowed by his previous assertion that he found Washington peeping through a keyhole and that a woman from whom ylrich rented room told him she had been annoyed by the negro while passing E lough the corridor. After the alleged assault Ulrich se- cui ed Washington's arrest but the edu- cator was released when he told his story.
 Detective Hagan
 retectivc Hagan. the first witness, tes- tihed that he saw Ulrich running after Washington and he came up to the man anG found the negro on his hands and knees.
 Washington was bleeding on the head, yaiu Hagan. Ulrich said: This man is thief found him with his hand on the doorknob and his eye at the key hole" -tts
 "On the way to the station house ,-l- rich remarked that 1t was q good thing I lad come for if had not he would have knocked the negro's brains out. There was another man with us and he said "I think he was after those two young girls" "Ulrich then said he thought he might change the charge of attempted bur glary to something else, but I told him tlat did not think he had much of u ease anyway" The detective said Ulrich told him his wife had met the negro while taking dog out for an airing and was afraid to oo ottt aOain If Waa then that TY1-