The Washington herald., 1920-01-24
INQUEST JURY
HOLDS WESTON
He Is Man Who Killed Po-
iceman M'Kimmie, Says
cofoqer'. Tribunal.
CONFESSION IS HEARD
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Accused Told Of Robbery
Plan and Execution-De-
tective Testi6es.
CONFESSION Is HEARD

Herbert Sheely Weston. negro
tcharged with the murder Of Police.
man Oscar A. McKimmie. was com.
mitted to Jail to await the action OF
the grand jury following an inquest
at the morsue yesterday.
The verdict of the coroner's jury re-
cited that Policeman NcKimmie came
to his death January II, near 1s1s
Tenth street northwest. from a gum
shot wound Of the heart and shock
from 9 pistol in the hands of Her.
bert sheely Weston. as charged by
the Police Department.
The prisoner. manacled to an oficer,
sat with bowed head during the hear
ing. and upon advice Of his counsel,
deciined to make a statement to the
Jury when informed by Coroner j,
Ramsey hewitt of his right to do so.
The first witness was Deputy Coro-
ner w. Browne Carr. who described
the fatal wound.
Detective Sergeant Edawrd J. Kelly
testifying, produced copy of the
confession which he, said Weston
made In the presence of Detectives
Berman. Scrivener and himself.
Detective Kelly gave In narrative
form the contents Of the confession,
and said the detectives had found
some OF the stolen jeweiry and a re-
voiver In Weston's apartment.
| Says Weston Was swatchnau,,
He said Weston admitted being at
the scene of the murder as "watch-
man. for his pals while they entered
the home Of Mrs. Yetta Solet, IslC
Tenth street, for the purpose Of rob-
| berry.
| Weston, Detective Kelly said, also
admitted firing two shots following
the outcry of Mrs. Solet-one at Po-
ltceman McKimmie and the other in
the air-and that he threw the dis
charged cartridge shells in the stove
at his home.
Another part of weston's confess
sion as described by Detective Kel-
ly. would throw light on recent
hoid-ups and burglaries. He said
the prisoner admitted that two pals
and himself spotted" Mrs. Solet
While she was in the o street mar
ket. and that they noted she wore
diamonds and other jewelry, includ
ing a costly lavalliere. The trio de-
cided to rob her and the first sug-
gestion was to assault her with a
slungshot on the street, the detective
says Weston confessed, but that
Weston demurred to this plan and
proposed entering her home at
night.
Mrs. SoIet Tells Of Robbery,
Mrs. Solet testified as to the entry
and robbery of her home and to
nearing pistol shots in front of the
house.
Mrs. Ada B. woodson, 1880 Tenth
street. said she saw the flash of two
shots as she stood at her front
door, one coming from behind a
tree. and the other from the middle
OF the roadway. Two colored men
ran up the street. passing so close.
Mrs. woodson said. phat she could
have touched them.
Counsel for Weston asked her con-
corning the color of the men.
in the South" she replied, I'VE
would call them gingerbread
color"
Other witnesses were Ellis Solet.
boy; Mrs Nellie Endres, 1873
Tenth street: Fred z. Hopkins, 1852
Otis street. and Policeman John A.
Foley, of the Second precinct
The members of the coroner's
jury were: Walter p. Skinker, w.
F. Thompson. H. c. Zimmerman,
Harry Saur. jeremiah Mccarthy and
]. Walter Mitchell.