Evening star., 1914-11-14
Gilbert Cave, Washington In
surance Man, Tells Sensa-
tionaI Story on Stand. i
THREE SOUGHT HIS LIFE 7
LAST JUNE, HE SAYS
Trial Of Dr.. J. D. Eggleston, Thomas
CAN'T and Richard King Begins
at Prince Frederick, Nd. |
From a Stan Correspondent.

1
PRINCE FREDERICK, Md. Novem-
ber 1.-THE very walls OF the little
courthouse here seemed to tremble and
a hundred or more farmers and others
who packed the courtroom shuddered
during the recitation of dime novels
story. when Gilbert Cave. a Washing
ton insurance man. today related to q
jury In the circuit court q story of
an alleged conspiracy to kill and rob
him near Chesapeake Beach last June,
When DR.. ]. d. Eggleston of PA Oak
street, Takonla Park, u. c.. a prac-
| ticing physician. and Thomas CAN'T
and Richard King, farmers residing
near Chesapeake Beach, were placed on
| trial on the charge of conspiracy be-
fore Judge John p. Briscoe. the most
sensational trial ever conducted here
was begun. States Attorney J. Frank
Parran. read the INDICTMENT to the jury,
which contained four counts.
The first count charged that DIR. Eg-
gleston, CAN'T and King. with an
| other unknown to the jury, on or
about June %, 1914, did conspire, COM
| bine. confederate and agree together,
feloniously. willfully and of their
der one Gilbert Cave
In another count it is charged the
men conspired Ito inture. MAIN. to put
| in bodily fear and danger of his life,
and to steal his money and property.
and also to unlawfully extort and OBJ
tain from the said Gilbert w. Cave
certain money and property"
Cave Tells His Story.
| Mr.. Cave was the first witness. He
testified that CAN'T came to his office
in Washington. June %. and represent
ed himself as Mr.. Cary, and said he
understood the witness had an automo-
bile for sale.
| He declared CAN'T or Cary said an in
| valid woman residing near Chesa-
peake Beach wanted to purchase an
automobile. and that if he would take
his machine down there he was sure
| she would buy it. Cave then told the
| jury that he went to a point near
chesapeake Beach In his machine with
Can't and his chauffeur. He told Of
| walking some distance up hill
| through woods. When he got in sight
of shanty. he said, King met them.
! Can't excused himself and said he
| would go and see the woman about the
| machine" Cave testified. He left King
with me. Within a few minutes ] saw
| DIR. Eggleston come from behind the
house and give what l thought was a
gleston in Washington and recognized
him. I then became suspicious that
everything was not all right"
| Mr.. Cave said he then questioned
King as to the ownership of the prop
erty, and then he declared he accused
| King of being implicated with the
others in some wrongdoing. The wit
| ness said King accompanied him back
| to his automobile and that he endeav-
| ored to have King accompany him to
| Upper Marlboro. The witness said,
however. that King refused to go He
| then told of having notified the police
of the alleged conspiracy.
Says Cave Had Revolver.
George McNeal. an employe of a
Washington hotel. was the next wit
ness. He testified that June % he was
employed as a chauffeur by Mr.. Cave.
| In the course of his testimony he told
of having driven the automobile with
Cave and Can't to the place in the
woods near Chesapeake Beach. He
said he remained in the machine while
Cave and CAN'T went up the hill He
then told after lapse of time of see
ing Cave and King running down the
hill. and that Cave had a revolver in
his hand. He then told of the return
trip to the city.
Sheriff Hardy of Prince Georges
county, Md, was testifying when this
report closed. Detective Burlingame of
W washington will close the testimony
for the prosecution. 1t is expected the
case will go to the jury late this after
noon.
Attorney Elisha b. Powell of Oswego.
n: ". with Attorney Leonard Block of
| Washington and Attorney Jo-n 2 FRA,
and J. Briscoe Bunting of Calvert conn
| W are representing the defendants
while States Attorney ]. Frank Parran
| is conducting the prosecution