Evening journal., 1913-10-15

his brother lie had never received amy
other information TO Che cllect that
Wiggins had been seen in town.
HIS description oi the Battle oi inN
ter. Corner coineidcd With the others,
hc having bccu in the police station
when Che shooting hcsan. Wheu the
coloied ianiior IAN m and said ie had
heard shooting near Fourth auad Mar
ket street., uc immediately ran go Che
SCENE
He first mel Officer Taylor who
told him of the shooting, and then
he continued 10 the house where ne
Joined officer Davidson.
His description of the AFFAIR was
similar TO that already given lie
stood at the front door of the Baxter
building during the ight and warned
people 60 keep back. lie told of the
shooting ol officer Scott He sent in
a telephone cali for the patrol. The
Patrol did moi come SO Scott was put
In an automobile at Fourth and Mar
kct streets and taken Go Delaware
Hospital. Hc went TO the hospital
with Scott He returned in the au-
tomobile and met man with hand
ful OF shells who told him TO take
them TO the captain. He TOOK Them
TO Captain Evans on the fourth hoor
of the building. The captain had
asked him what size shot was in the
shells aud ne had replied he did not
know. The captain remarked thar
the small shot was doing no good
and that he had sent for heavier shot
Inc officer declared he believed
the captain was shooting either 10
shoot Virgins or drive MIN out OF
the room
The captain went to the third ilooi
! and he remained on the fourth with
Sergeant Lyons and began shooting
across.
Chief stopped Shooting
b NO orders had been given to hin
, regarding the shooting until Chiel
q Black arrived and when he heard th'
r. chiefs voice he turned around an'
his gun accidentally went on, hrin,
. into the door.
lie did not catch the chiefs eXae
words but the shooting immodiatel.
stopped. The chief had made som'
remark about stop shooting. He di'
not know how long the chief had beer
there. He was not positive about OF
hcer Purcell being there. After tn
shooting stopped he went across th
!. street to The Baxter building viii
= several other officers who were n
!, the Fell building. He did not 20
into Virgins room until after th
, body was carried out He did no
n so TO the garage with the body
His accidental shot he believed 4
d be the last shot tired
Patrolman John Purcell. who ha
. been on the force twenty years, mex
testified. He did know Virgins sine
Il he was a small boy. He lad ncve
t seen the circular picture and hal
% only seen the picture taken I'm Phila
delphia when il was published in th
r- papers after the shooting. lie wa
q. or his vacation at the time of Wig
id gins escape from the penitentar
,n which accounted for his not scoin
'c, the circular. lie had received ~
le formation about Councill identiiyin
rd Virgins as the lone man who rol
he bed him.
er he had never received any info
th nation to the effect that Virgins wi
as In town and had never heard fro
hi- headquarters that Wiggins was e.
go poctod here at any certain time.
ith did not know of the lodging hou
90 Nearly midnight, on the night
at The shooting he had bccn called
id The phone and told TO go TO -Four
om and Shiplcy streets
His testimony was similar 10 tl
he had given at the coroncr's
.ho quest
~ He had brought shells 20 CAPITA
ne Evans in the Fell building He w
iie one Of the mon 10 break into q
nc, room where WiEains had killed hil
mt self. There was no light in n
hs room only a small fash light whil
10 be had and he did not notice the so
NE tooth a revolver was lying ne
~ his right hand and another on q
bureau. I'm the revolver ON the b
ld r'au was one loaded shell. lie D
ZEN not know whether there was mo
'tu than nine empty shells in the roo