Evening journal., 1913-10-14

watch the house. He not know
the chief had placed a watch over
the Virgins house on Sunday, or
that Virgins was expected to come
there that day.
The first he knew Of the trouble
Sunday night was when Captain
Evans called him up and told him
to send Davidson to the house at
Fourth and Shipley streets. A little
later he heard the shooting there
and hastened TO the scene meeting
Ofico Purcell on the way.
His story Of the shooting then was
similar TO testimony that has al
ready been publishec
He went TO the Fell Building on
the fourth floor. and Captain Evans
stationed him at a window with a
gun, telling him to watch for Wig
gins and If he saw anything Of him
TO shoot. He was to shoot at the
man and not at the window. He had
no conversation with Captain Evans
as to the advisability Of firing
across the street. the captain having
gone downstairs after he had sta
toned him at the window At the
beginning they had No. 10 shot but
later they got some No. shot He
heard Chief Black voice before he
saw him. The chief came up into the
fourth floor Officer Ward was fir
/ ing a gun from the window toward
Shipley street. The chief spoke to
Ward and as Ward turned around the
gun was discharged, the charge en-
tering the floor.
The chief then said to him, the
witness; 81 wouldn't shoot over
here any more unless you see some
thing" He didn't shoot any more.
To his knowledge there were no
shots fred after that
The sergeant stated that he was
shooting after the chief arrived. bus
/ did not shoot after he spoke to him.
The chief then went out and be did
! not see him again until they went 10
the garage
4 The sergeant stated that he could
have identified Virgins from the
photograph of him had IL been shown
to him. He had heard Sunday morn
ing that Wiggins had a gold tooth.
Some one at the station house told
him, he could not remember who.
He did not know whether or not
the chief knew IT,
He had withheld no information
the affair, and knew of none that had
been withheld from him
I'm reply to a question from Gen. I
Wickersham the sergeant stated that /
he had received positive orders from !
Captain Evans to fire at Virgins, but [
had received no positive orders from
anyone TO stop firing. Chief Black
had not positively told him to stop
firing The sergeant, in reply to Mr..
Bowers. stated that he did not asso-
ciatc the wigs with Virgins, when
they we're found Mr.. Bowers wanted
to know if he had not believed 1t 10
he Virgins at the house when he
heard of the stranger and the wigs,
especially when. they we're expecting
Virgins to come there, but the ser
geant stated that the description
threw him off the track
Sergeant David Wardle, who has
been on the force IA years, was next
/ sworn In .as a witness. He is a spe-
cial sergeant connected directly with
the chief Of police office.
He has know Virgins a long time.
He corrorborated Chief Blacks
statements about the carbarn rob
berry. the Identification of the photo
graph Of Virgins by Council, and Of
information received from Taylor, the
convict. relative to the request made
/ by Virgins that he meet him at the
{ Shipley street lodging house.
Nardle Got the Photos.
He had been shown the circular
photograph and description of Wig
sins sent out by the penitentiary,
which he declared he had seen hang
ing in the mems room for two or
three weeks.
He knew about Virgins having his
photograph taken in Philadelphia.
having been detailed upon that mat
ter at the time. He brought two of
the pictures down and gave one to
Chief Black. keeping one himself.
The one he kept himself he showed
Captain Evans, Captain Kane Ser
geant Tucker and several Of the Off
GERS, but not to Sergeant Lyons. He
had run down a number Of clues in
connection with the case.
The sergeant stated, when telling
about receiving the information
from the penitentiary about Virgins
being left handed. that the warden
had told him that Taylor said Virgins
wanted him to come TO Wilmington
TO do a job" and that they could
stay at the Shipley street lodging
house and have their meals sent to
their room. On Sunday of the battle.
chief Black had detailed him to
watch the home Of Wiggins' mother.
telling him about the two Young men
, seen going into the house about 5
; o'clock that morning. The chief in
strueted him to take another officer
, and he asked for Officer King. They
, watched the house until about min
. utes OF O'Clock from o'clock
The next he knew OF the affair was
/, When the chief called for him in the
p patrol wagon They came TO the
/, station house first, then he went down
2 TO Fifth and Shipley and into the
5 Fell building.
i Ihe chief told them 10 stop shoot
ing, as IT wasn't doing any good.
Who did he say It to?" asked MIR.
l. Hastings.
;. II must have been CAPTAIN Evans.
+ as ne was the only one on the third
j. floor" he replied.
The sergeant, however. could No,
: say whether or not Captain Evans
j. heard the chief. There was no more
o shooting after that. the last shot he.
a lug the one accidentally fred into the
d floor.
He then went up TO the fourth eoor
d staying there a short time. then cam,
< down and crossed the street over Ia IN,
r other building, lea'ing the chief in a.,
( Fell Building.
? He had been one of the officers Z,
break into the young bandits room. HI
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