Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-01
BUSCH'S DEATHBED
CHARGES RECITED
ON WITNESS STAND

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piled he had made a mistake; that he
did not know who was the man in the
blue suit.
'In these trying times" he ex-
planned. its easy to make mistake
with the firing Of questions"
Slicker Is Mentioned.
O'Donoghue challenged the witness
on his frequent references to man in
a green slicker" after Ach had iden.
titled a black one as resembling the
one in question on the morning of
the shooting. O'Donoghue showed
Ach the black one and then asked: us
green similar to black?"
''It is very similar" replied Ach.
O'Donoghue fired his questions in a
loud voice that caused Horning to APP
peal to the court. The prosecuting at
torney requested that O'Donoghue be
instructed to address his questions in
polite voice" as 1.-The witness is
not a criminal, but guardian of the
law" O'Shea objected to this remark,
and for a moment everybody talked at
once, but O'Sheas voice could be heard
above the others, demanding the mat
ter be discussed at the bench. After
quiet was regained, Justice Hitz said
he had heard nothing that would war
rant criticism.
O'Shea's cross.examination dwelt
particularly on McCabe's connection
with the shooting. Ach reiterated
again and again the various features
of the occurrence, and, for the edifica-
ton of O'Shea and the courtroom,
stepped from the chair, used McCabe
as an illustration Of his relative po-
Sition, and also pressed into service
Clifford Grant, Eagles attorney, to
serve as 1.-The man in the blue suit. "
He then demonstrated how he grabbed
McCabe by the belt in the middle of
his back and the man in the blue suit
by the left arm.
Talked With Young Lady.
O'Shea asked Ach if he ever had dis
cussed the case with a young lady
named Bobby" and the witness re-
piled he had. but when he found out
she was a friend of John Proctor, one
of the defendants, he refused to talk
further about 1t.
you are not favoring anybody in
this case?" asked O'Shea.
i've no right to-" replied Ach.
You are not trying to conceal the
identity of any one. are your"
this matter, it would never reverse
any decision have made in this case, :"
Ach replied.
Walter A. Proctor, 27O2 Huntington
avenue, Baltimore, brother of the de-
PENDANT Proctor, testified that at 10
o'clock on the morning of September
26 he arrived at his home and found
John there with a bullet wound in
his stomach.
He was taken to Franklin Square
Hospital and, Walter said, when he
asked John what caused the wound,
the younger brother was unable to
talk and he never learned from him
the facts in the case.
Felix Solari, an earlier witness in
the proceedings, was recalled by
Horning to identify a cameo ring,
which, he said, was taken from him
by Eagles in a ho1d-up on the Balti-
more pike about two hours before the
Petworth shooting. Solari said the
first time he had seen the ring since
the robbery was in Mornings office
this morning. Yesterday George H.
Vogel of 4105 New Hampshire ave-
nue. testified that he found the ring
in a paint bucket in his cellar
Wednesday night las the result Of
certain information impaired to me-"
Questioned on Ammunition.
When Ach resumed the stand for
direct examination yesterday after
noon, he was asked by OLeary IL he
observed McCabe's condition as the
four men and the two officers went
in search of the "broken-down car"
Ach replied that McCabe appeared to
be las well as I was and was in
perfect health at that time. He
walked straight and I didn't notice
anything unusual about his walk, and
he talked clear. There were no
odors about him."
Ach testified that McCabe, Moreno
and Eagles were brought into his
room at Garfield Hospital September
81 and that he had not seen the de-
PENDANTS prior to the time he ap-
peared in court at their trial.
Then O'Leary turned the examina-
ton to the ammunition Ach used,
receiving from the witness the state
ment that .38 special cartridges
were used by him that night. 'Ach
stated that those shells were given
him while he was student at the
police school last January. He was
shown a cartridge and after examin-
ing 1t Ach declared it was similar in
appearance to the ones he used. The
exploded shells in Achs revolver
were removed by Capt. Frederick
Cornwell of the tenth precinct shortly
after the shooting and thrown away
the captain had testified, to prevent
corrosion in the gun.
OShea fought the ammunition
phase of the testimony, declaring this
witness cannot tell about the bull
let's" and adding, they want to
speculate and then compare them
with other evidence in this case"
Archer, counsel for Proctor, took Ach
over part of his story on cross-exami-
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