The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-17
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OF whiskey. there is at the present
time considerable Bookkeeping, and
| the prohibition department has not
sufficient funds whereby to engage
| other officers to take their places. He
doubted if experienced men could be
/ found.
Mr. wendenburg suggested that
| Commemorative Attorney Williams
present the testimony of the com
! monwealth. Mr.. Williams said that,
as the defense was asking for bail
he felt that the burden rested upon
! that side of the case, and that the
defense should present its testimony
/ This, Mr.. Wendenburg said, was en-
tirely agreeable to him. Inspector
Hall was put on the stand. Hall was
in charge OF the squad of prohibit
ton officers on the night of the
Fisher Hill tragedy. He told of his
/ length of service on the Danvllle
police force. which covered period
of seven years. prior To being en-
ployed by DIR. Peters. He then re-
lated the happenings of the morning
of March 26. According to his story
he had known both ShackeIford and
Hudson for a number of years,
! on the night of March %. he said
at about half past ten O'Clock, he,
with Sweet. Sullivan and Dunleavy,
went to the south side of the bridge
near Fishers Hill and turned their
car facing north The officers he
said had information from Chief of
Police Dorm. of Winchester, that
whiskey autos were proceeding down
Mt s>1
several cars, but allowed them to
continue on their way when they
had satisfied themselves az to the
identity of their occupants.
Shortly before 8 O'Clock, Hall con-
tinucd, he and his fellow officers dis
cerned the spotlight of "A large car
bearing down on them. Bootleggers, he
said, usually use spotlights to sweep
the road before them for the pur-
pose OF determining If any one is
in the road to stop them.
Judge Sims wanted to know what
information the officers had as to the
iapproach of the Shackelford Hudson
car Hall replied that the inforna
ton he and the other inspectors had
was general. and not particular as
to this car. We had information"
he continued, that all cars come
down the Valley pike" Two nights
before, he said, he saw Hudson and
a man by the name of Staples GO
ing north. our information" he
said, was that bootleggers with
loaded cars travel this highway
Could See The Liquor.
The inspectors, Hall said, drove
their car up and turned The spot
light on the whiskey-laden car. Il
WAS on the left side" he said. and
could see Old Forester IN pink
piled up packages in the back of the
car, There was 239 quarts"
The inspectors car drove up to
within two feet of the blockade car
and cut across it's path for the pur-
pose of blocking IL. The other car.
according to Hall stopped just
where the road turns off
Hall got out and walked to the
other car. Pulling down the cur
tain, he said: How are you, Shack"
Hall said he had known Shackel-
ford for five or six years. How are
you. Mr.. Hall" Shackelford re-
sponded Hall said:
Consider yourselves under arrest"
Shackelford, Hall said. backed up
a foot or two. then lunged forward.
firing the while. Il fired back at
him. Hall said, adding; I'VE each
fired three times"
| Hudson, according to Hail. grab
bed him around the neck and hit
him over the head with q bottle OF
whisltey Hall said he shot twice at
Hudson, but is not certain whether
| he hit him or not. The car" he
said, hit a curve. lunged into a bank
and threw me off on my back"
/ II walked around the car" Hall
went on, land met Hudson, who had
gotten out on the opposite side and
was walking across the back OF the
car He had his hands on his chest
and I could see that he was hurt. He
said, oh, my, 1 told my partner not
to shoot
Hall said he told Inspector Sweet
| to put Hudson in his car and hurry
/ him to the nearest hospital. Both
Hudson and Shackelford were lifted
into the car and rushed to Winches-
| ter, Sweets son driving. Hall wait
ed for the others return.
Hudson, he said, was seated on the
right hand side of the car and
Shackelford was driving.
Hall was asked who fired first.
"Shackelford fired first" he re-
Piled, land I fired back" Shackel-
ford fired twice more and Hall fired
back.
About this time" he said, "Hud-
son grabbed me around the neck and
pulled my head inside OF the car and
struck me on the head with bottle
of whiskey. causing a knot and al
small cut. When Hudson grabbed
me and struck me and while my
head was in the car. ! fired at him
twice. ! don't know whether 1 hit
him or not. / showed the cut on my
head to the other men and also
showed it to Chief OF Police Perry,
of Fredericksburg. when we got
back there from Woodstock
Hall said that all Of the shooting
was done in a few seconds He went
on. The other officers also were mr.
ing ut the car. and shots were whiatlin9