Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-30
JURY IS |MPANELED
| FOR MURDER TRIAL
Prosecution Implies Dry Agent
Shot Youthful Bootlegger
With Malice.
WOMEH ARE WITNESSES
Efforts Of Defense to Break Down
Testimony of Mrs. Alfred
Bly, Prove Futile.
ny stnn Correspondence,

my Stnn Correspondcnt.>
MANASSAS. va, Dec. 23.--Before "a
crowd of folks from the surrounding
country that packed the little Prince
william County courtroom so tightly
.na' scarcely another person could push
ms way through the heavy swinging
doors, William c. Hall. special agent
OF the state Prohibition Department,
went on trial today at 10 o'clock,
| charged with the murder OF Lawrence
hudson, alleged bootlcSgcr. on the Val
! ICY fikc. while he was ACCOMMODATING.
Raymond Shackolford from Baltimore
! IN an automobile in which o93 quarts
OF whisky were being transported.
In less than forty-iivc minutes after
| the court was called TO order by Judr.
Sanluo' G. Brent. the jury of twelve.
composing a majority OF farmers. had
been impancicd. 1t is a typical country.
jury. Most of the mon arc mast mindJs
aSs and there is on their faces the
iTnddy in ~ tint I'm that that comes only from ife
is in the twelve. lie is probably NOT
Charges Deliberate Shooting.
cniaT nJudge F.. S Tavcnncr, OF woodstock.
piled that Hudson was deliberately shot
inS inS ordnr irdl or another prohibition officer.
against the dry agents after s,aekals
ford had been killed. This mpicaiion i,He
he ,,aTs nnoi III Introducing the case when
ne declared that tive shots had bccn
fred when the two autom obiies bad
Tome Was Irivins do stop after shaekelford. WHO
whisky, had beer, enc fafaIv faT earryin,s the
los. ST COZ SontrSl of the wheel.
| ,rn Wo shoss were fired at one time.
| it,neS were the ores which resulted -it,
;uhmyennerS ;hrn,l sn said. "Then there We're
S,hackelfords pistol to partially eI1tniw
It and prove that ho fred in the e"ines me-
rn,a,r was the first one to find Shackeiford's
with il os s"h no ne a WAS free to tamper
Prosecutor Claims Malice
Efforts will be made by the nros.o,,
,n. ZION TO Ia, Introduce tho deathbed state
nhest Ismt sr or linds9n I in the hospital at Win
nurse that as far as he knew SHac,<nis nis
noinn, r"in oia a not ilre single shot. II this
Weaken tSe tS'ens,shea ense FED It. t viii materially
Gha GshinSes g. On the action of Hail in shootinn
The bullets whieh aiie * fiied hes ddfy; Hyason
Gnn,a WeIe m, nIed with malice to shoot down"
duction. He laid stress on the wnntt,
! or hudson, who was IS. although mn
ascnrG;, asuaidy well -develoned and muscuiar.
Ford, of Woodstock. who was nrsS.S; w. -;
al al, ,he AUTOPSY at tho Winchester hesl
table was so pounds, Dir. Ford tsStfIc,Y tetfHpaY
ol Silence still as death hung over il'iGd. tSs
OF ths @hl1s tMo PT b,sts 0rd tols Of .ss
frer fne death eat ~ Of Hudson. Both entesed esed
Einer OF Wounds Fatnr -
n one emerged in the back below +,.
ppeys ppessea the he waist on;n he stated lie eE
sw9 vt5 wounds ' would have been fatal snS .nS
SAID SAID that iudsons rugged constit,,tinna,, dna
long as he did 'eei 'hS as
,or nt,SSrnsy ,Sa G Wendenburg. chief counse,
ins ststemeni aetense; ,a admitted in his open
good old stuff sometimes knownt thas
Shaek S.ek iefoES were p In nth, the car driven BY
passenger. This n ~hoh broh-st Hudson was
laughter. into the courtroom ''ppie OF
,bo oefSraa .Iar Of the jurors did not follow
smile III. sSt'fbie at tbe oni6 set by the others and
sna Mri * >, ,fUrs wssnd,,snburg declared tha.
ai inmped t1red or nt the first shot and
perform his Sworn duty" and "a nturo 70
the ene cuiprit after being fired upon He
hhin1 hin1 tmn, av.r lthdson th grabbed him and hit
whisky bottle. umil m
Bottle Is Displayed.
tho rms u, ,,onns, caused Hall to shoot Hudson.
ie its conteptsy aornsy S;a,, stated The bottle and
said to have been delivered ID was 9s9~ dis. Is
played prominently on 4 table in from,
Tavenner and l.. o. WendenburS. iI,e
iTst ~ witness was called to the stand az
! :'2 o'clock. BEFORE court adourneS
at M O'clock. nine witnesses for the
prosecution had been heard and eight
drnburG. 49,
When trial OF the case is -esumed
tomorrow morning. Alfred Bly, whose
nome Is located about zoo yards from
the spot where sShackelford was killed
and Hudson mortally wounded, viii
again take the stand for cross axami-
and sister in-law held the center OF
the stage during the afternoon. They.
Win biy. constitute the most impor-
tant witnesses of the prosecution.
Women Pnt ON stand.
Very little evidence not given
tember in the same courtroom was
adduced during the day No yerdict
was rendered then.
In spite OF all attempts by Mr.. Wen
frIned their testimony given at he
former trial. telling of having rushed
TO the window of their bedroom aftcr
hearing shots fired. and seeing lets
of flame shoot from the muzzies -of3rc.
voiverS, durin he fus',lado OF shoot
as many as thirty shots might have
been fired. Testimony of her husband.
and sister tended to minimize this es-
innate. - ~ g.
Tn The car in which shaokelford and 4
Virginia from Baltimore, down the
Valley Tucnpike. is on the way to Ma
nassas TO be used as evidence. Itshad
not arrived late this. afternoon. II is2
expected to have an important bearing
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