Evening star., 1912-11-11


as alleged occupants of the automobile
which killed Charles Satterfield Of 72l
7th street northeast, in this city Friday
night, We're held this afternoon for action
of the grand jury by a coroners jury
after an inquest at the morgue.
The men held for the grand jury are:
Ambrose Smoot, bartender. twenty
three years old: +. ID. Chappeer, ply
sician, thirty-one years old: Raymond
Hitch, merchant thirty years old: VIII
liam G. Woodburn. clerk. twenty seven
years old; Spencer Car!co. an attendant
at the Government Hospital for the In
sane.
Accused by Verdict.
The verdict of the coronors jury was
as follows:
Charles Satterfield came to his death at
the Casualty Hospital November 0. 1912.
from rupture of the liver and hemorrhage
caused by being run over by an autom0-
bile the night of November 2, 1912, on
Pennsylvania avenue southeast near 18th
street, said automobile being occupied by
Ambrose Snoot, Raymond j. Hitch. Fred
J. Chappelier, William G. Woodburn and
Spencer Carco. We hold them for the
grand jury
1t is understood that these men will be
released on bond today. soon the
amount of the bond has been set. George
Ray of Georgetown will be their bonds
man.
Testimony of Witnesses.
Eugene H. Stol,be, an electrical ma
chinist, was the first witness. He was on
his way from Randall Highlands to WASH
ington about 1870 pm, and he found
Satterfeld lying in the street. Coming
across the Pennsylvania avenue bridge ne
f.il NTH in
lit, and the lamp on the right side was
out. Mr.. Stobbe thought.
The car was going at high speed. and
the men We're sitting low in it. He could
not identify any of the men in the ma
chine.
Saw Wheels Strike.
Lenard G. White. elevator operator
Riggs building, saw the front wheels OF
an automobile pass over an object lying
in the street and at the time did not
know it was a man until the mans hat
blew off. Then ne went out to 1t and
found it was that of man. He did not
see the man knocked down.
The car that struck the man was
black and looked like a Ford" he said.
He could not recognize any of the men
m the automobile
Miss Naomi Hanover stated that an
automobile running at thirty-iive or
forty miles an hour struck an object
in the street.
Arrival at Police Headquarters.
1t was about II o'clock last night when
the five Marylanders i'm one car and five
detectives in two other cars reached police
headquarters. The detectives had spent
the greater part of the day and evening
in Charles county, having returned there
yesterday after their visit Saturday night.
1t was not until about o'clock Sunday
morning that the Saturday trip or Detec-
tives Mullen and Warren and Precinct
Detective Wise was finished, the officers
having been lost in the woods shortly
after they left Hughesville.
On the trip to Maryland Saturday night
the five men who returned here last night
were seen in Hughesville. They admitted
having been in this city Thursday and
Friday, and~Said they had returned home
Friday night by Way Of the Pennsylvania
avenue bridge and Silver Hill road to
Brandywine. but they denied that their
car had struck Satterfield, or that they
had participated in an accident of any
kind.
Had Supper at st. James.
Statements made by the men were that
they had supper al the st. James Hotel
and that they started home about 1870
o'clock Satterfield was fatally injured
near the west end of the bridge shortly
before IL o'clock. Although the five men
discussed their trip freely and denied
having participated in an accident, the
detectives were convinced that their car
had struck Satterfield.
Ambrose Smoot. who was operating the
car and Clarence Woodburn, who occ,i-
pied the front seat with him, declared
the car could not possibly have struck
Satterfield without their knowing IT,
while Spencer Carrico, Raymond Hitch
and Dr. Frederick d. Chappelier, oceu-
pants of the rear seat, were equally posi-
tive that the car was not in an accident.
Leaving the vicinity Of Pennsylvania
avenue and 9Th street northwest about
1890 o'clock. the police say, the automo-
bile should have reached the place where
the accident happened just about the time
Satterfield was struck by car. Contin-
utng in the direction Of Charles county.
the five men in the automobile reached
T. b., Prince Georges county. before mid
night.
Dance in Town Hall.
There was a dance in the town hall
at T. b. that night and the automobile
lists made a short stop there. A c.
Wheatley, who conducts q bar at
and who had attended the
dance. rode home In the automobile
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