The Washington times., 1921-02-10
DEFENSE SCORES
i'm MANASSAS TRIAL
Witnesses Bear, Out Claim OF Ac-
cused Dry Agent-Jury
Gets Case Today!
by STAFF CORRESPONDENT.

| MANASSAS, Va, Feb. 10.--With
two OF the main witnesses for the
prosecution veering under. cross ex-
animation and giving testimony for
the defense, the trial OF William Hall,
| former State prohibition officer.
| fghting for his life for a third time
| for the murder of Lawrence Hudson
and Raymond Shackleford; alleged
bootleg4ers, is expected to close to-
day. Former State Senator Louis
Wendenberg, in charge of the defense.
Announced he would be ready to go
to the Jury this afternoon.
There Is little doubt in the minds
Of the throngs who have crowded the.
Ilittle|court-room that once more there
will be a mfs-trial. In this event. the
State has announced II win drop all
efforts to convict the former dry
agent.
UNDERTAKEN TEsTIFIES.
Hall claims self-defense. and this
claim was partly borne out By H. c. A.
Ftrlk, an undertaker. of Winchester,
who prepared Shackleford,s body for
rburial. Though called by the prose-
cution, he admitted, on crosse exam
| nation, that the wound which killed
the alleged bootlegger penetrated his
body through his right arm pit. The
wound could not have been inflicted,
he said had the arm been In its natural
position or extended over the steering
wheel Of the death car. The arm.
he said, must have been raised--this
bearing out Halls claim that Shackle-
ford fred at him first.
1t was also testified that Shackle-
ford's revolver, found in the bottom
of the car after the killings, had
three discharged shells In its cham
bers. .A
DEFENSE SCORES.
The defense scored again when DR..
+. w. Boyd. visiting surgeon of the
WINCHESTER Memorial Hospital, where
Lawrence Hudson was taken to die,
testified as to the latter's dying state
ment: In the two previous trials DR..
Boyd quoted Hudson as saying, 81
did not shoot, and ] don't think my
partner did l don't know"
This time, cross-examined he ad-
mitted Hudson did not believe he
was dying when he made the state
ment. Hudson did not realize he
was dying until more than six hours
afterwards, DR.. Boyd said. This
legally pullifes the statements
weight.
Dr. Boyd also said he found in
volver and receipt from a Balti-
more firm Cor $500 in payment for
twenty cases or .whiskey.
SWEET ON STAND.
H. S, Sweet. one of the inspectors
who tried to stop the death Car. tcs-
titled .as an eyewitness to the
shooting. He 'swore Shaclxleford fired
first, and that, a moment later, he
saw Hall. who had leaped on the
running board, fall across the door
OF the car He thought Hall had
been killed, he said, and himself
opened fire on the car. firing six
shots, but missing every time.
Hall says he fell over, the door
when Hudson tried to pull him into
the car. He shot Hudson, he says.
when the latter hit him over the
head with whiskey bottle.
| The wounded policemen are:
| Abraham Horwitz, thirty-ive. shot
through head, serious: Silas Cannon,
| thirty.two, shot through leg; Sergt.
Joseph Hallecks. shot in side, condi-
tion critical
| Later the body of the woman was
! Identified as Grace Robinson.
About n. m. residents In the
neighborhood saw alabama Joe''
throw the negress down the steps
| and then fired a revolver at her