Evening journal., 1913-10-04
WIGGINS INQUEST NOT
FINISHED, MAY LEAD TO
POLICE BOARD PROBE
Chief Black Tesfifies He Was Kept In Ignorance oil
fhe CIosiug-up On Wiggins at Lodging House.
Had Given Orders for Place TO Be Wafched--No-
body Called On the Bandit 10 Surrender
MOTHERS CASE CONTINUED,
BROTHERS AND OTHERS 90 FREE

given him a chance for his life had he
desired
May be Investigation.
In concluding his statement Chief
Black affirmed last evening that had he
been informed of the trouble At tho
lodging house. instead of being left to-
sleep in Ignorance of thc affair, no
would have conducted it upon entirely
different lines and declared he would
have been able 10 capture the trapped
outlaw without killing him. lie con
sidered the general shooting unneces-
sary II also developed at the hearings,
not only from the chiefs statement but
from the testimony of the other oiiiccrs,
that the moment the chief arrived upon
the sccne he gave orders for the firing
TO cease Immediately Beyond one shot
that was accidentally fired into tho
floor of the fourth story room IN thei
Fell building, there was not Shot fred
after his arrival
The serious nature of the re,elntionsi
has given rise to an impression of iac-
tionalsm n the department and it IL
believed will result I'm q rigid invcsti-
Cation into the police department. to
ascertain the laxitv OF certain officers
IN the natter. and the reason why tha
chief. who should have been the first
: man notified OF the trouble WAS left IN
, the dark until he received word in
) roundabout manner
Another interesting point brought
! out was that Wiggins engaged room
5 at the Fourth and Shlplcy streets
{ boarding house ON Wednesday of
state Fair wecl-thc day on which
! nc robbed the carbarn OF Sl.Ss6 IN
e the morning-and lived there a weok
, going undisguisod from and return
e ing to the house all the time the
! police were seeking him about he
e city.
r To Hear More Witnesses.
r The inquest lasted about three
y hours. each witness bcing closely
questioned upon all facts bearing
, upon the case. While il WAS shown
D. beyond All doubt that Virgins died
ri by a self-innicted revolver shot. all
IT the evidence pointing to that. and llr.
m G.. Burton Pearson. who performed
lie the autopsy stating that he found
ad powder marks on the dead boy's~facf
OF and detected The odor OF powder h
an tho wound yet the Hry decided MOI
81 to return a verdict until further eyi
denco had been heard one or two wit
ncsses were absent. and the jurors
ie adjourned 10 meet again at tho cali
n OF the coroner
M The jury selected by Coroner
40 Spring 10 hear the evidence compris-
Il ed George Carter. foreman. Frank
= Hainsworth. secretary; Henry G..
n Robinson. Nevin NJ Clowney. Robert
~ l.. Chadwick. Seth II. Foaster and
N William G. Hamilton.
! The examination OF the witnesses
IL took place in the small private room,
f.ft inc
IL rately. The testimony was very con-
q nicting the evidence on some points
r, given by one witness contradicting
a that which had been given out BY The
j. previous witness.
d Miss Lucy Healing, whose mother keeps
A. the lodging house, was the first witness
N callcd She was requested by Mr.. Carter
10 60 tell her story from the beginning Of
70 her connection with the ease.
ID Got Room Day of Robbery
D. "The first time Virgins come TO our
IN house was on the Wednesday of tlfc far
l. week, She said. He paid for his room
" for a week IN advance, went out many
pt times and did not 20 sway until the
p Wednesday or Thursday of the next
us week After that we didn't see him amy
CT more until last Monday week, about 3
he O'Clock in the morning, when he came TO
ng toe house and said he wanted the same
room for about two months aud would
Sc pay for it each week in advance. Each
en- night he would come in about $50 or
as 1890 O'Clock. and we know that ON three
ce or four nights he went ont again
M "How long would he stay out q asked
er the foreman.
,e- .sHc would 60 ont between 1880 and
,m n 80 and stay ont all night, she re-
he in the dining room and sec him so our,
ad land he would not return until or 10
80 lo'clock the next morning Sometimes he
ae would come in in the afternoon, but ne
~ would never stay long. We never
- Thought there was anything wrong, as
=. he never went disguised and didn't seem
~ to be afraid of being caught.
ei en Miss Healing then told how Sergeant
~ Kcllebcr had come TO the house on
nc Saturday last and asked her if strange
~ Young man was staying there She told
~ him about Wiggns but described him as
ne n man of gbout 2S or 30 years OF age
ry Sergeant Kcllelcr stated that he did not
az think il was the man they wanted, hui
~, IN asked to sec his luggage. When he open
ue ed the suit case arr saw the wigs h'
remarked she said. "Oh Gee, that Eel
ne low must be an actor The officer ha'
&C asked her If the man secmed to hav
ne much money. but she did not know, al
e. though she thought he must have, as b
ng never seemed to work. She told hi1
ne about the man having a gold tooth. Il
he has a gold tooth he is not the ma
ne we want. but ! would like to see him,
sct the officer ,said, she testified.
ms On Sunday Sergeant Kelleher an
lnu officer Fox came to the house agal
m and wanted to know if the strange
vas had returned. When she said he ma
lan not. the two officers told her II Il
vho came that night to go to the stauo
ped house and ask for Officers Davidso
NY or Crozicr She was not instructed
cry notify Chief Black. she said.
uch The girl stated that she waited un
hief I'll Sunday night after 10 o'clock, am
airy had reached the conclusion tnat IA
to stranger was not coming oaek: ~
tain soon as he. came in she immenia,t,'
said went 10 the station house and aske.
rem for Davidson or Crozier. az sne , ma,
At been instructed She told Caplt',
no Evans about the man beine ,nere
une and he promised 70 send an oil'o'
ave Continued on PAGE Two.