The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-23
TRIAL OF GAMBLE
FOR WERRES CRIME
ONAT ALEXANDRIA
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Bevers, Henry Norton. jr., Frank Hill
larry, and George w. Donaldson.
Mr.. Hillary, on examination, said
that he had three sons in the army.
He declared, however. that this fact
would not prejudice him at the trial
OF a soldier
, Three Richmond detectives were in
the court today, having been sum-
moned as witnesses by the Common
wealth They are Sergeant s. T..
Goldsby. who first arrested Gamble
and Robert L. Newman, the other
soldier involved in the case. in Rich
mond; Sergeant ]. L. wiltshire, and
Sergeant c. W. Atkinson, Of the Rich
mond Detective Department The
latter two obtained the original con-
fession from the - men that they
had done Werres to death.
Gamble appeared at ease during the
proceedings today. He
smiled at persons he had met when
he was brought into court for ar
some weeks ago and
talked freely to The Times repre-
sentative about his case.
wouId he Aoyer There"
81 realize that I am up against IT
for fair" Gamble told The Times rep
ION the level, did not
kill the man. All Of US were drinking
that night, including Werres himself.
don't know why I began drinking
so much during those few weeks lead
ing up to the killing.
81 wish IL were possible for me to
go across the pond right away.
would be willing to face q German
gun and take my chances along with
the rest.
at did not wait for them to con-
script me. tried FIVE times to en-
list before was accepted, and I am
as eager now as 1 was then to get
into the scrap.
at seems hard for me to be here
all alone facing such a serious
charge and with none OF my family
here. Ny father is seventy-one years
old and has to work hard for a liv-
ing. He can hardly spare the heavy
expense involved in bringing him
here. Ny mother has been i'll and
an invalid for the last eleven
years"
Thinks of His Children.
Gamble told The Times that his one
concern now is that he may be
spared to redeem himself in the eyes
Of his two little daughters, who are
in the little western Pennsylvania
town with his parents.
"It is a horrible thing to talk
about Here my pictures are being
printed in the papers throughout the
country and 1 am being called a
murderer. These things are too
much for those little girls"
Gamble said that he had not men
toned the killing to Mrs. Katherine
Burgess, the woman who was with
him on the night of the tragedy and
who had left her husband because
she loved him.
I'VE are in different wards at the
jail, and 1 have communicated with
her only by writing a few brief
notes." he said. In these have
never mentioned the killing"
Mrs. James Downing. mother Of
Mrs. Burgess. spent this morning in
the Jail with her daughter. She
brought a suitcase of fresh clothing
to replace the white waist and black
skirt Mrs. Burgess has worn since
her arrest in May.
No Night Sessions.
Judge Goolrick announced this after
noon there would be no night session Of
court Morning and afternoon sessions
will be held at hours to be fixed later.
There Is a report current in court
house circles that a further effort to de-
lay the trial may be made on the plea
that, because the defendants are sol
diers, they should not be tried until
after the close of the war.
All OF the defendants are from other
States. Gamble is from a mining
town in west Pennsylvania, Newman
is from a farm near Dallas. Tex, and
the Burgess woman is from Laurel,
Md
Judge Joseph Goolrick, trial Judge,
is from another jurisdiction-Fred-
ericksburg. He was designated by
Governor Davis. of Virginia, to try
the case.
Admit Striking Werres-
werres was from Washington. He
was employed in a Government de-
partment and during of hours oper-
ated a jitney. which the two men
both soldiers-hired to take them
with the woman on a joy ride. When
he refused to continue the journey
after reaching Alexandria county, he
was done to death. Both men admit
having struck him. but both deny
having struck the fatal blow.
Since their arrest in May the trio
have been in the Alexandra county
Jail at FIT. Myer Heights.
Attorney H. r. Thomas, OF counsel
for the defense. has given no intima-
ton Of the line of defense that Will
be offered. Whether the same de-
tense will be offered for each OF the
defendants he does not say.
First Indictment Quashed-
The defense gained a temporary
victory recently when II had the first
Indictment against the trio quashed.
New and separate indictments were
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