Evening journal., 1913-10-04

70 lHe rlhUHtlc 8 loou WIN MISS lltdi
ing, and when he had gone for help Wig
gins fred ont the window at him. Cap
tain Evans had told him not TO break
in the door when he arrived.
did YOU shoot through the door at
all?r asked Mr. Carter.
'Ycs. long while afterward. Officer
Devensh and ! shot through IT,
Davidson stated that he and the other
Officers at the door finally decided TO
break in the door and called through a
window for the police across the street
TO stop firing.
How long was it then since Virgins
had fired q shot?'
1T was some time. about 20 minutes
did you think he might be
wounded?"
Il heard a mufied shot?'
81 was 20 minutes after you heard
the mufled shot that you decided to
90 in"
"From 20 to 80 minutes
When they broke the door open the
officer said they found Virgins lying
on the floor at the foot OF the bed on
his right side. He grabbed him by the
shoulder and turned him on his back.
lie did not SEQ the pistol or note.
did you see Chief Black at alp
asked Mr.. Carter
81 saw him when | came down
stairs
"was the fight over?"
"Yes."
"Did he say anything"
He said TO keep the crowd back.
Ordered Not to Shoot.
Sergeant George Lyons stated that
f, he had been at his home at Third and
Walnut streets, and heard the shots
fired. after which he hurried to the
scene. On the way he met Officer
Purcell. who asked him if he had any
guns at his house. Replying that he
had, he was requested to get it and
take Il TO Fourth and Shipley. His
story of the fight was similar to the
others.
Were you shooting a gun or pis-
tol asked the foreman
"A gun"
Were you shooting regular bird
shotg'
mo. duck shot
"When did you see Chief Black?'
81 first heard his voice on the third
floor: what he said ! don't know"
what did he say when he first
came up where you were?'
81 don't know, ] couldn't hear him.
Were you shooting
NO. 7 hadn't fired shot for over
five minutes. My gun was loaded
though. aud he then said not to shoot
any more, so | broke my gun and
took tho shells out ! don't think
there were any more shots fired af-
ter that
"Did you hear any one call out to
Wiggins to surrenderg'
IL was not IN the building where
he was. Some one might have called
TO him but couldn't hear it,
Broke Into The Room.
Sergeant Wardlc testified IT was
late. about 20 minutes Of | o'clock
when he arrived there. What he haC
seen Of the fight coincided with the
statements already made. II was HI
who received the information for Chic
Black through Detective McCarty, o
Philadelphia. that Taylor. the convict
was TO meet Virgins az the lodging
house, at Fourth and Shipley. Ate
he gave this Information TO the chic
il was the last he knew OF 10 unit
the night OF the shooting. When h
arrived at the scene he went into tn
house across the street from Wig
gins stronghold. and went up to tn
third floor, where Captain Evans wa
shooting.
"Was Chief Black with you ask
cd Mr.. Carter.
"Yos"
what did he do?'
"He went to the fourth floor an
ordered Sergeant Lyons TO stop shoot
ing, after which he came down 10 III
third floor and told Captain Evans {
; stop
The shooting then stopped. and the
went over to the house where Wig
gins was. He went up and he and Oh
ficcr Purcell broke into the room
- They found Virgins living on th
floor. his feet towards Fourt
street, and his head toward Thir'
= with a revolver near his left hanl
He did not sec the note. as Office
Mcbride took that.
"ln your opinion. did Virgins XII
p himself?' asked Mr.. Carter.
He certainly did; there is n
r doubt about IT, He told Taylor 9TH
convict) repeatedly that he wou
4 commit suicide before he would I
: captured"
officer John PurcelTs testimon
4 was along the same line. only he d,
lclared that the revolver was foun
@ near Virgins right hand instead
his left hand. lie insisted upon IN
statement. saying he was the fir
man to enter the room Tho pistl
was not i'm his hand. but near H. Il
was sure Virgins killed himself
il Chief Black Testifes.
Chief Black was next called
testify. He reviewed the case fro
the time OF the carbarn robbery. tel
ing how. at his suggestion Morr
, iCouncill. the traction company clel
p who was robbed by Virgins went
Philadelphia and identified Wiggin
photograph in the rogues galley. III
% ichicf had believed the robber was a
tracted to this city by the fair. al
lhoping he might be an old offend
$, had suggested looking in the rogue
m gallery At the seven o'clock rC
ie call on the day he learned Counc
rs had identified Wiggins the chief 10
's all tho men the circumstances al
'e warned them 60 be on the lookout +
tho young outlaw. Prior to I'll
Captain Evans had believed it TO
, an inside Job
- Tho chief told how Virgins had {
" photograph taken in the Philadelpt
!" studio on a Thursday. and he had
y copy the next day. Wgglns had
" taken I'm the name of Wells, and h
,- ordered The photographer to send