Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-10-17
HENRY BRISCOE FATALLY
WOUNDED BY WI. OEHLERT .
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and City Sergeant R. H. Cox. There
were about twenty-five spectators in
attendance.
The shooting took place at 10
o'clock Saturday night near the
place of Pierce Reed, about two miles
about midnight received word of
the affair and soon the witnesses
were gotten together and two were
detained by the police pending the
result of the shooting.
1t was about o'clock Yesterday
morning when Oehlert was taken
in custody at his home in South
Favette street by Policemen Now
land, Lawrence Padgett, Cline and
Cabot.
Cehlert when seen yesterday af-
ternoon at police station by rep
resentative of The Gazette and ask
ed for statement regarding the
shooting declared that he did not
care to say anything at this time
on the advice of his counsel.
AZ 2:30 o'clock yesterday after
noon Oehlert was taken to Fairfax
to the Jail at Fairfax Courthouse
by Sheriff ]. R. Allison and Deputy
Sheriff Harvey Cross. Justice Troth
came to police headquarters and
made out the necessary papers.
Brlscoe was c. nscious to the end.
A short time belize his death he
made a statement to Chief of Police
Goods regarding the shooting, al
though he could barely talk at the
| time.
As soon as Briscoe was brought
to the Alexandria Hospital and eX,
animation was made by DR.. S. B:
Moore who ascertained that one of
the bullets had penetrated his abdo-
men and the second his thigh. No
| hope was held out for his recovery.
Following his death last night
his body was taken to Wheatley's
chapel and coroner's jury sum,
moiel by Sergeant r. H. Cox,
Coroner T. M. Jones and the jury
viewed the body at 10 o'clock and
adjourned over till 1880 o'clock to-
night. The jury is composed Of John
McCucn, NJ. P. Pitts, John W. Gar
ner, Z. H. Lewis, James L. Foster,
W. x. Griffith.
Griscoe was a native Of Swami
aroa, North Carolina, and had
lived for the past three years in
Fairfax county. He is survived by
his wife and six small children.
The funeral arrangements have not
ben completed. Mr.. Briscoe was a
member of the Masons and Odd Eel
lows of Swannanoa, North Caro-.
lima. Representative of the Alex
andria Masons and Odd Fellows will
look out after the funeral arrange
mcntS. The deceased for several
years had been employed as a con-
ductor on the Washington-V Virginia
| Railway Company and recently ow-
ing TO cut in the force he was let
ont and it is understood that he was
employed by the Washington and Old
nomjnion Railroad.
TIE deceased was we'll known
in Alexandria where he had many
friends.
Ochlcrt on the night of Novem-
| Der II, 1918, while in the Southern
Railway yards in this city, shot and
killed Linwood Kidwcll where both
were employed. He was given three
trials before his case finally was
disposed of. His first trial took
place in April, 1919, and in April /.
! 1919, q jury returned a verdict of
~urlty and fixed his punishment at
ten years in the penitentiary.
May 10. 1919, second trial was
held and this resulted in Il hung
Jury. On September q, 1919, Jury
from Fredericksburg, Judge Chi
/ chester of Fredericksburg, presiding
found Ochlcrt guilty of involuntary
manslaughter mad he was scntcn-
ccd to serve six months in Jail. The
/ court allowed the time he had spent
| in Jail to 90 on his sentences and ne
had only eighteen days to stay in
/ iail.