The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-06-18
INQUIRY SPEEDED
AS z ARE SEIZED
IN RIVER KILLING
Coroner's Jury to Meet
Tuesday - Arraign-
ment Wednesday.
BONDS INCREASED
Two Witnesses Tell Police of
Fight on Boat-Saw Knife
Pass Hands.
BONDS INCREASED

With two youths, one a Washing
tonian and the other an Alexandrian.
charged with manslaughter in con-
ection with the fatal stabbing of
Louis Mccormack n i melee On the
steamship Charles Manchester. last
Wednesday night, the authorities Of
Alexandria have announced vigor-
Gus campaign of investigation by
which they believe they will den
nitely determine the Identity OF the
death-knife wieIder.
A second session of the coroner's
jury will be held at the Alexandra
police headquarters Tuesday night
al 1880 O'Clock when several mate
rial witnesses will be Interrogatel.
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock
the two youths now under arrest.
Earl Figart. Is years old, 629 4
street southeast, and William AldreG
Waters, 81 years old zoos Duke
street, Alexandria. will he arraigned
before Civil and Police Justice Fred
erick G. Duvall for a preliminary
hearing.
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock a
special grand jury will be impa neled
by Judge w. Robinson Noncure to
examine the case. with a view to
indicting those responsible for Nc
Cormack's death
Bond Is Increased
Shortly after the arrest Of the two
suspects. Police Justice Duvall set
their bond for release at s2.5OO. hut
this amount was increased to $1,000
by Judge Moncure. after Waters had
already been released on the bond
Set by the police magistrate. Waters
was re-arrested and at an early hour
this morning was still being held
at the Alexandria police headquar-
ters-
Figart however. was released
when the desired bond was paid by
his stepfather. William Fl. Hamil-
ton his mother and MS stepbroth-
er, ]. Ernest Hamilton, all resid-
ing at 500 4 street southeast.
Edmund Burke. of this city. VINO
has been retained as the attorney
for the two young mer now charged
with manslaughter. asked police
authorities of the Virginia city why
they had jailed two innocent men,
but was given a curt answer that
suspicion was strong enough to
warrant ;heir Incarceration"
According to witnesses. police
stated last night. they believed that
Fisart passed some object to Wa
tiers during the riot which led to
McCormack's death. while a third
man who is alleged to have been
implicated in the incident is being
sought by the police.
Two Witnesses Tell of Fight.
Roy F Mitchell. "A Q street north
west. and Archie Briggs. loo First
street nOEhwest. two passengers on
the deathsbOat gave a detailed des-
eruption Of the fight to Justice Du-
vail at Alexandria yesterday. They
also viewed the men held. but no
announcement as to whether they
had identified them was forthcom-
ing
Both witnesses declared they were
l. Gether on the rear deck Of the
steamer when a shOrc man with
light h"ir challenged everybody on
the boat 20 fight. Thev declared
they did not see ANYBODY accept
the challenge. but that they did Sc
a tall man slip a knife INTO the
hands of the challenger Later. a
few feet away. both asserted. Nc
COrmaCk was stabbed.
Waters. police say vas released
recently on bond in connection with
a serious assault case which &C.
CURED on May IL He and mis- faith
er are accused of having beaten up
a Washington hacker. Robert Ma
chant near the Hunting Creek
bridge. Both were arrested. tried
at the Fairfax County criminal
court and sentenced to n year in
Jail with a fine of $500 Both APP
peaIed and were released IN bond.