Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-31

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bout. sister and brother OF the We.
killing. arc here. They , haze bee, been IN IN
brown. uncle of Lawrence Hudson;
who is understood 10 have engaged
The counsel for the prosecution
says ShnckcIford Fired First.
According 10 testimony given by VIII
lions on the stand this afternoon Mn.n
chief counsel for the dotonse. he saw
the first shot fired and ii seemed to DC
about in the center OF the front scat
of tho ear in which the whisky was
by Shack clford while Hall was stand
Ing on the rirht-hand running board
NJ the time the shot was fred he was
standing on the ground beside his car
Williams said. Following the shot. tho
whisky" car dashed by the officers car
and turned from tho Valley Pike into
2 side road TO the right nc said as
II caime by tho car in which Shachel-
ford and Hudson were riding knocked
him down, he stated. Q
FusiIndc of Shots Fired.
when he arose the ,ransporters' car
had crashed into an cmbanNmcnt aud
stopped and then the fusiladc OF pistol
bullets vas directed at il by Halls as
sociatcs. ne declared. This was the
same explanation Eivon by Williams
-, tho first trial OF the case.
whose home is about $50 yards from
The scene OF the killing, u different
was given. Williams declared thai
after the fusiladc no more shots were
i-ed Bly said this morning that.
after the general firing. in which all
20 have taken part. five other shots
were heard. Two were directed to-
wards the whisky" car and three III
& different direction, he said
shy. lie Saw PISTOL shots.
Bly, saw the fire from the uuzzIcs
% Tic pistol. he said, as he stood az
Inc window OF his home after having
been aroused by the Nollcy OF shots
road at o'clock on ihc morning OF
March &c. 1919. and resulted in the
death Of TWO men. NJ the time the
whisky" car and officers car wrrc
tnoueh,
BY vas Tho a-St witness to so to
the stand when court convened a 10
O'clock Tie was cross-cxamincd by
Mr.. wendenhsrs. 10 was no, certain
az some statements made at The pre-
v.ous ;rial II testimony given later
q l.T not go down the side road to
X whisky car Ea;ll tho firing ceased.
:; Is understood that lawyers for rho
PROSECUTION are working on tho theory
That thc Eve shots said 10 have occn
heard by Sly after lille tuSiladr were 10
empty three OF the bullets OF Shackcl-
iord revolver and put two bullets into
potts tn:s contention, they affirm.
SmnIl BOY on the stand.
George William Good. a ten year old
boy, was the outstanding witness ior
the prosecution during tho morning.
lie was living with HIS brother, Her
man Good. in their small home. about
$50 yards from where the tragedy was
He arose about $50 o'clock in the
morning OF the killing To make a fire.
Inc said. lie CHANGED 10 look through
the window and saw FIVE men, stand
and while he was looking a bottle was
passed around and all five took
+. NJ. Walton. of Woodstock. assoc
Ciated with MIR. Wcndcnbcrg in the
prosecution. cross-eXamined The keen
.SGd SoungSler roushly but he main-
what he related.
His brother substantiated him in his
William. Hcrsan Good testified 10
hndlns seven or eight empty pisto!
cartridges several days after the
shooting. and said that he saw bullet
holes In a nearby post and in his
garden fence.
Nurses on stand.
y One Q; ths three nurses from the
told the court during the evidence to
establish the admission OF tho death
statement OF ituuSon, that he said soon
h!ter his arrival at the hospital we
o;a not shoot tmeaninE lie and Shack
ctord), why did they?'
This testimony had never been givcl
before, but il was barred from the cyl.
dence. Only that statement made by
Hudson TO DR.. Boyd was admitted
concerning the wounded mans tall
while nc was undergoing treatment
When the jury returned after the
legal battle over the inclusion or the
dea bed evidence, Or. Boyd told 81
Iiudson's statement that he did no,
Shoot, and that he did not think
Shackelford shot
What was Hudson's condition a,
The time he told you that" JuI.
Ia'cnncr asked Or. Boyd
"Was Practically Dying"
TUCSON was practically dying
For several hours tonight ATTORNEYS
Tor the State Prohibition Departincnt
DE. Peters and all OF the prohibition
oncers. were closeted in conferences
oehind closed doors, mapping out Tho
course or action tomorrow The i'm
preston prevailed that the case OF ihe
the day. wa ''s
Indications +Arc tha, evidence for rho
defense will be concluded some time
thursday, and that the case viii en-
10 the jury Friday afternoon or night
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