Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-03
QUARTET IS TAKEN
. FROM WOODSTOCK
BY ARMED GUARDS
Company of Blues Accom-
pany Prisoners to Fred
ericksburg Jail.
EYEWITNESS DISCOVERED
BY ATTORNEY WILLIAMS
Alpeus Bly, Testihes He Heard
Forty Shots From Scene of
Tragedy.
SHOW BULLET HOLES IN CAR
Much Depends Upon Evidence Re-
garding Rents in Cloth Of
Side Curtains.
SHOW BULLET HOLES IN CAR
oBy s.an correspondents

'By S:aH Correapondent0
WOODSTOCK. VA, April -Four
Virginia State prohibition agents.
charged with numbering Lawrence D.
Hudson and Raymond Shacklcford, al
legged bootleggers killed near here last
week. were held without bail for the
grand jury after a hearing here today
before a magistrate. pending redraft
OF the evidence and its study by Judge
Whiting, of the Circuit Court
The accused, Harry r Sweet, j. Ii.
Sullivan, w. c. Hall and w. NJ Dun
leary. were ordered taken TO the
fredericksburg Jail, under protection
of the Richmond militia company
which had stood guard in and about
the courthouse during the hearing
They left here tonight
i The character of bullet marks left
on the car driven by Raymond Shack
leford and Lawrence Hudson. alleged
6ootleEgers, when they were shot tos
valley Turnpike at Fshera nls Elm on nm shs shs
morn ing OF March. tas: may s iEsis;:
sss Sanyissten s e a1f 11frF sns T. S S5,I
!eaty, tic agents being given a pre-
liminary hearing here today on the
charge OF murder. 5s5
isycwitncss Discovered.
1t IS principally upon these marks
that Commonweath-Atto e L.
Williams, and his associates depend
although anls Is they haye an e$cellent wit
part of the tragedy. whose knowiedse
Of the shooting was inado known. to
Bly lives beside the road where the
a drink Of water. at ; o'slceR on the
kept awake by the crying Of his child,
until he heard a fIsiiade Of shots, shots
about twenty minutes later.
Five Shots Fired First.
BLY, says that five shots were fred
hrst, then four in about half a minute
He says that it seemed many people
fortx @Tt1 snho3thS .h"t S a, once, probably about
Then he rushed to his front window
in time to see two other shots fired
mediately after this three other shots
rang out to be followed by a cry from
some on~ in the car
shooting until after daylight. when
punleavy inl .st.y and Sullivan, still guarding
they had had little fun when some
body tried to run a bluff.
some Ono at Rear of Cnr Participated
IT. TIE i;arbsE Gat9mo0ie ntoIs,d is here in garase
Of it., In cour, this morning he said
the bullet marks showed that some
one to the rear and left OF the vehicle
One front curtain. ripped off at tho
time the car came under his observa-
,6nc ,ion; has i,, Two bullet holes through tho
These. show powder marks cs,ensibi.
thois those fIom ena-il,. The gun that fred tho
holes were punched inward When ,hs
curtain was brought to his garage tho
smoke stains, hc said. were on the iu-
Louis Wcndenbcrg. aiding in the de-
sSnse lens or, OF the men. pointed out. how,
to have been punched outward
Describes Holes in Curtnin.
Mr.. CARRIER replied that. f this were
true. the appearance had been changed
s'nGo mo,os ne iirst saw the curtain.
auto show. according to Mr.. CARRIERS
testimony. that the man who fired the
tho road; One entered he top on the
!cft-hand side. near the rear end. Ii
struck the conter of timber OF the
other hullet struck the top OF the left
hand door. Two struck the rear OF
.he front seat, and another passed
lhrouSh u can OF grease lying between
Two seats.
No Other Mark on Cur.
There is. SO far as has been dis
covered no other mark o: battle upon
Deputy Sheriff g. N Borden was one
or the principal witnesses this morn
ing; ing II was 10 him that Harry sweet
and j. r. Williams, surrendered soon
after the shooting He stated that
when he surrendered. Sweet said that
the prohibition men had shot in self
defense, after Hall, who is said TO have
jumped on the running board of the
Shackletord car. had been fired upon
ny one or its occupants. and hit over
INC head with Il whisky bottle by an.
other.
Sweet said. according 10. the dcpu.y.
that Hall fell from the ear, and that
the other men thought ne had been
Killed. Then they fired on the car ar
N f.
and tires.
Neither of the accused men was mr.
on the stand. j. Q. Williams, chauf~
feur TO the party OF agents at the time
OF the shooting, was the only witness
put OH by the defense. His testirnonv
was practically that attributed 70
Sweet by Deputy Sheriff Borden.
No Hullet Marks on Tank.
There are no bullet marks on ci,bsr
the tank or tires. however HaiTs /,
overcoat, a big double breasted 'bi,,e.
o! heavy cloth. was displayed i'm courf
1t has hole through the left breast
The nrst four witnesses called this
morning were put on by the Common
wealth TO show that tho prohib!t!oa
agents had held up practically eysrv
car passing Fishers Hill after mid.
night OF March IS. 49, h $50
B. Landon Ward. nrstto testify. said