The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-05-16

be got in the county that would make
II out more than murder In tn" secU ,I'I
degree. Little always held out LnS
most Inducements to me. hutn auu
Little told me one day that W" mus
take the back track; that thS II Va.
point in law was 10 ueuS M NJ" my w
maud the proof ios IT, ~" a. ulT uo'
want to prove We I'' ,Ssn NJ ~ move wa
more, but Wnnteu 'He'l' =" pt"'S
did. They asked my consent |" "tAM
mp certain aLnuh,"' "u'GH WHIT, 49,, 49,
them II they Inousus IL Mout" uetSS'
my cause 1hey tn9usut II Woutu'
as u "outu 0te'N IIOSe STU
ments: AZ any E"'e IL couIu hol Wuts|
me. lheS tolu me 10 sehu 1oE tue Jus
tieeS'Ijrayser ana IohhSon'0n SetL l.ii1
saturday. anu tuat tue aulueES MOutH
oereAuS; anu mat AL WoulCt nNie "
do WAS TO swear IL was coFFeot = Hnu soy
these are the FACTS gave you
l sent Tor the JuSuces anu IISJ "uu
Little were Drought INTO the SelA ny the
Sheriff. The Sheriff came into my cell
before he admitted them anu SAID ne
was going 10 ask hS question ana
wanted nne 70 aus" .L., nun truly toI9
MN 10 put ms SueS1lSu anu would
answer IL. ne tnen asked me II II was
my ues1Ee tuaI 'hUSe nAen Sa1lne mere. l
toIA MN IL was. ne sald ne wished to
advantage 70 me- out that II was his
duty not only 70 Keep me here but to
protect me. Inc Sherih then brouSh hit
tAeW ln' Little then requested the
SLerlh to leave the room. The Sheriff
told Little he wanted TO know the OBJ.
lect OF their meeting and then he would
know whether to leave or not. Lttt6e
then said he wanted to take my nfii-
davtt: The Sherittold him to state what
AfftNnV1f FAf
In 40 so; and the Sheriff told the men to
gonut, that nothing of that kind would
he allowed while was i'll his charge.
Little then requested me to say nothing
in the presence OF the Sheriff. | did not
know the nature Ofthe affidavit tat the
time but afterwards found out it was II
paper certifying Babes innocence in
the murder. My counsel said it was
necessary the affidavit should be drawn
up so as 70 oFeak my statement. They
SAID II the statement went into Court
uncontradicted 1t was certain death TO
Ans;
Mt LttIs seemed very much ulsap-
Polnteu Wneh Inc Sherln lnterfered
Win MS arrangements. HE said he
"ouiu nave the Justices come in yet,
ana ne would snow the Sheriff II was
NOT ms place 70 6e present at any OF our
.iteetltiSs' ME. NuIu came III uay or
Two atseF tnat ana SAID he had expected
tne SheFlu would interfere with the
ASrAnSament. be then told me he
would nave Or. CreiSh to come in and
see me and Tor me to state the faces set
IotIn III Tue atndaSlt TO the Doctor as
near D. AS coGiu recollect. de said the
DOCTOR WoNld not say anything about
II. to4u MIN would DO 80; which l
uI4:
LIE 01roqsnt III the aihdavit one
gay ana Ruth requested Little to read
II 10 me; which he did. Ruth then
7 $50 iIe - - Mouta sign IL told MN
"ou!1 Il IL "ouil DE OF any use TO
mem IN my case. Ihey said it would,
ana then signed 1t. After that. Little
otoueGt paper IN 10 me and said he
%4nieu me 10 copy 1t ot in plain
hand-wriie, word for word; which did,
Euu signed 1t ana sent 1t to him oy
ruth Little salo that they wanted TO
At PGot'sueu IN the washington
paper, anu mat he would try and get
~ ." ann 10 come In ana see me, and
!oE me 20 give II to him and request him
TO publish it. Swami did not come, so l
sem ths paper ana copy also to him
ny ruin Little said when he brought
TUG paper IN not 10 let any one get ahOld
81 II. ne said ne mad counterteited his
N1hu-"t!tlnS All through the paper.
asked Little one day when he was
SoIhs 10 nave the athdAvlt published.
ne sala IN week or two before We
went 10 tr!ai. objected to having it
Puo''s ae1. ne told me after that one
Gnf - lucy were gong to have It
Puot'Shtu i gay or TWO before the trial
~ cue ftltSOtFgh papers. He said he
Wahteu IL 10 De published so as to ar
FlET 1 mere daF or two before trial. He
sA.u me reason It mad not been pub
t'sNeu Oeiole was that they did not
want tHehl 10 have any hold on US.
SUPPOSE ne meant by "them, tn"
couhse1 lor the commonwealth. Ruth
was IN AlteF that and told him to tell
Lutte h0t 10 nave the affidavit publish
eu III all
Little toid me that they were going
10 Apply Ior change of venue in my
case ne SAld ne had evidence in my
lav9F tuat kne" nothing about. He
salu must keep quiet and not make
any statement IN court, and if they
forced me 10 /: to deny all and go down
on the atndavlt described above. He
said the court might want me to go be-
creme STand jury but that they would
,.,g zee, anu II was forced TO go to state
tAe facts set forth in the affidavit. He
SAID II l made the statement that 1
nau s formerly made that had better tell
Lae oneF14 10 get rope aud hang me
az ouce. l tolu MIN the Sherlh did not
snow any disposition of wanting to
AhhS me. he sal9 II ever there was
rope CUT Tor mo, 1t would be Sheriff
Snlth mat would do 1t, for that thou
S4nu uolIaIs was org thing, and II
was hanged the Sheriff would get the
reward. de further said il l swore
against Montgomery that the Supreme
court could DO nothing for me, and
tnat II diu not, they would carry my
case TO The supreme Court on the bills
OF exception taken during my trial.
ms. me ias. gay OF my trial he told me
Ina E-S4 !n tn1ohtgotnery was out
aa;d AZ h ~ es WV .ns III our favor and
"a 80, ia" sTt tnetn ~ where we want
"I . 1uaS ne esquire Mont
-, ~, ,,.D,aI tuet' an the money
tho STGyar, 49, 60 ~ carry my case TO
NIP III C 1oo -.
that If ,bor oo t , oe'oIe gong 10 trIai
tr;o5 t;rss tbe n1G ~! manage 10 get Babe
- Sict vi montgomery had