The Washington times., 1922-06-21
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RIOT
SUSPECT.
INDICTED
Charles Waters 10 Charged
With Crime by Grand
Jury Here.

William Alfred Waters. Of zoos
Duke street, Alexandriav Va. wss
today indicted by the District
grand jury for first dsgres neuy-
der. The indictment 10 II eut-
come Of the fiSht on board the
steardpr 'eharies Mscalestsr on
DE h|1ht q June "a, when Louis
B. M6Cormack. of 1887 Fifth
street northeast, was stabbed and
killed.
PBiics Judge r. q. Duvaii, OF
Alexandria, today released ths three
men held in connection with the fatal
stabbing of Mccormick.
These men are Waters, Earl Fieurt
and Robert q. Devine. waters ana
Figart were charged with fsspensi.
biiity for the crime. Devtae was
under bond for the preliminary hear-
ing before Judge Duva1l
Court had no sooner ben called
than Edmund Burks ana 0e9f6e b.
Vest, attorneys for the 1to4nsr
moved dismissal. Judge D4vslla re-
leased Devine unconditi0no5ly with
the understanding that he win ap-
pear before the grand jury calied by
Judge Moncure. IL 90 asked.
= Jurisdiction st Issue.
Fieart was notified his bond Of
$1,000 stin held for his appearance
before the grand jury. Waters was
summoned to q hearing today before
United States Commissions Woolls.
The question Of jurisdiction was
raised at the Duvail hearing. and 10
expected to figure prominently when
the grand jury meets.
The inquest last night had been
continued from laAt Thursdays ses-
sions and In the nature of the tes-
timony much resembled the earlier
hearings. On numerous occasions
witnesses, both men. and women,
seemed on the point OF revealing
things Of vital moment to the in
vestigation3 OF the stabbing and the
identity of the person or persons
responsible. There always inter-
vened, however, descriptions Of q
melee 90 .dsnse that no one could
see who W. engaged or who did
the cutting. 81 ~
-Four Ars Able Witnesses.
Honors In this game Of blind
mans buff went to Mrs. Elsie Hart
bower, 502 queen street, Alexan.
dria; ID. L. Justice, insurance
broker In the Virginia city: Mrs.
Eleanor Martin, 21< Royal street.
Alexandria, and Miss Mary Cath
crime Harrison. of Del Ray, Va.
Mrs. Hartbower testified that q
short man dressed In gray ran up
and apparently struck Mccormack
in the stomach, and that the young
man cried out: MY God, I'm stab
bed" staggering toward and grasp
ing her. But she was very doubt
ful Of her ability to recognize the
Justice declared that he had seen
Waters engaged In an alteration
a little before the stabbing. Waters.
he said, abused him as disloyal
Aiexandrian when he attempted to
break UP fight between two
young men, one aid to be from
washington, the other from Alex
andria.
Attorney Ii Rebukcd.
Mrs. Martin informed the jury,
men that when she got off the
Manchester at Alexandria she met
Waters and Figart. that the
former had been wounded on the
right index finger and that he
asked her to bind II up for him.
Miss Harrison told Of seeing Nc
Cormack staGHer and fall, covered
with blood. " she stood by the
gangplank. walking across the
wharf, she testified, she noticed
Devine standing behind an auto
mobile, and iatef saw him on King
street. Illustrating how 10 make an
at>nok Viii /. . knife. Eighteen
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