Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-09-24
The late DneI..
[From the Rlohmond Whlz Of yesterday.


from the Richmond Wing OF yesterday.I
The honr appointed forresuming the exami.
nation was o o'clock, yesterday, but owing to
the ProTacted absence ofjustice AtIee it did
not commence unhla quarter past eleven. Mr..
Roger A, Pryor, editor ofthe South, one of the
witnesses alluded tosin yesterday paper, was
then recalled to the witness. stand and Mr.
Young, the Commemorative Attorney, proceed-
ed to lnterrogate him, as follows Messrs.
Randolph, Lyons, and Crump, appeared as legal
advisors of the witnesses. aza
Question Did you sec Mr. Clemens on the
morning of the lTthi"
Answer-"Y les
Question-.'I here did you see himf"
! Declined to answer; but after areconsideration
-s'At the Central Hotel
Questionable what honrs" SEQ
Declined to answer. as
Question-s.A An article appeared in the South,
on Saturday morning. which was signed By Mr..
Clemens-was that article published in the
South by authority of Mr.. GlemenS?"
Declined TO answer. n
QuesEon-9Di Mr.. Clemens tell you, on the
morning after theduel, that he had been engaged
IN a duel OF make any statement in regard to
any personal difficulty between Mr.. Wise and
himselfon that morningg
Declined to answer.
No further questions were propounded to Mr..
Pryor, and he was accordingly committed to the
custody ofthe sheriff of Henrico for technical
contempt OF court, but the commitment WAS
only matter Of form, as he remained in the
court room, and subsequently, appeared before
Judge Meredith, by virtue of writ of Habeal
corpus.
Francis j. Smith sworn.
Question-.'Are you the proprietor Of the
Central Hotel?"
Answer-"I am"
ousstion-sW hat time did Mr. Clemens ar.
rive at your hotel?"
AnSSver-u0D tho 1 9Th
Q1estton-sDo you know ofany occasion on
which he lefts"
Answer" Personally, L do not2"
Question: Personally, You do notl He was
absent at some time, wasn't he2p
Here, observing a brief coloquy between the
witness and one of the lawyers present, Mr..
51oung, Commonwealth Attorney for Herico,
rose and protested against suggestions being
made to the witness, except by counsel if any
were present for him.
MIR. Smith, have no counsel, sir; but
desire to say am apprehensive that answering
the questions will tend to criminate Ine. -
Questinn-"Was Mr. Clemeds absent from
the hotel on the morning of the 1Tth2"
Answer-"When went to market he vas
Question-"Did you see him go?"
Answer-"I did not"
Question-"Do you know, of any information
from him, where he wents"
Here another brief exchange of words between
the witness aud Judge Crump, was objected to
by Mr. Young, wtereupon the Judge declared
himself counsel for Mr.. Smith, at whose advice
he declined answering the question.
Here the investigation closed and the same
form of committing Mr.. Smith was gone through
with as in the case of Mr. Pryor.
Mr. Randolph then opened the discussion be-
fore Judge Merideth, who sat upon the bench,
in an able speech of an hours length, in defence
of the refusal to answer, and was followed by
Sir. Young for the Commonwealth, who was
speaking when We left the Court room. To-day
Judge &erideth will deliver his opinion as 10
the validity of the refusal to answer.
The Richmond Examiner says:
We understand that the ball passed entirely
through the bone, ranging upwards and was
afterward found in Mr. c. S sock. He is sur
rounded by friends, and is receiving every at.
lention that could be desired.