Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-02-08
THIRD TRIAL FOR
DRY AGENT VIC. HALL
Charged With Killing Law
renee Hudson and Ray
mond Shackelford
BRENT TRIAL JUDGE
Occurred Nearly Two Years Ago
Trial ut AlanaSsas-EXpected tc
Close Saturday.

Manassas, Va. t'eb. S.-l ne thlfl
trial of W. u. Hall, the prohibition
cfficer charged with the killing Of
Lawrence IJuGson and Raymond
Shackelford, alleged bootleggers, in
Shenandoah county nearly two years
ago, was begun in the Circuit Court
for Prince w nlam County yesterday
morning. Up tc noon the work of
getting a jury had engaged the at
.ention Of the court, eleven members
having been obtained, when a recess
was taken rntil 10 O'Clock today.
There will b nine other members
added to the Jury, and ;rCm this We
nire Of twenty men the defense and
the prosecution will eacn strike four
men.
1t is believed that the remaining
jurors will bt easily obtained. the
sheriff and his deputies being given
the list Of names by the court and
directed to haze the report for SER
vice in the court at 1880 this
morning.
There wa considerable crowd
when the court convened. all Of the
LAWYERS being on hand when the
Judge asccnded The bench. The State
is being represented by Thomas II.
Lion, the attorney for the Common
wealth, AMI hy Judge Frank S.
Tavenner ard John n. Bausermann,
both of Shcpsr10ah, rctd LFad' by re-
lativcs ad fric,.dS Of the dead men to
aid the Commonwealth. The defense
is in the hands of former State Sena-
Tor Louis O. Wendenburg, of Rich
mond; former State Senator NJ. l..
Walton, of Woodstock. and Messrs.
Dituake and Mettze, the latter mem.
bers of the l,cai bar.
The belief here is that he case VIII
actually get u..der way by noon 20
day, and thu. once under way II
will be pushe i with all possible speed
and the senA reached not later than
Saturday. noen. The accused man is
in court and. all the witnesses ,'vere
reported to te on hand and ready to
get rid Of tie ease. Should there be
another hung jury. il is believed that
tie. case will be %nolle
prosecuted. mere having already
been two mistiials.
The doublc killing took place after
the officers hai topped ar automo-
file in which Hudson and Shackelford
were riding.
There Il; a conflict of testimony re-
garding what trok place at the time.
the officers insisting that. when they
sought to make an inspection Of the
car they were fred on, ard they say
they returned tie fire. Hudson, who
was eighteen years old, sworc just
before dying in Winchester hos
pital that neither his companion nor
himself fired a s;rot. Three other
men were arrested along with Hall,
thev being Mcssrs. Sweet, Dunlcavy,
ard Sullivan
HALL has beer twice tried. reports
being that the first jury was six to
six for conv ttiGn. the second time TO
three. Hall w,s at first denied ball,
and the Supreme Court stepped IN ane
allowed bail. He has been at liberty
since that thug. The last Leglsla-
ture directed that no part OF tne
funds or tha department shall be
used in eferding the officers wnen
orrcsted and charged with violation
of the laws.
Former STATE Senator Louis 0
Wendenburg, oi Henrico, who defend;
cs the mer a.iil he on hand this time
70 conduct the defense. The case
will he called tomorrow and the dat:
for. the actGa! hearing will beglf
when Judge Brent has heard iron
counsel and - date settlcd. Wher
the car in which the two men "erf
travelling was searched il, was fornt
that they bad z39 quarts Of liquo'
aboard. -,