The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-17
THE BLACK McKAIG HOMICIDE.
Trial at FrederIck-sFourth Day.
From Report Of the Cumberland News.
FpPDRurrtr AnriI IA 1871

Trial at FrederIck-.Fourth Day.
From Report Of the Cumberland News.
FREDERICK, April IA, 1871.
Court convened at nine o'clock.
Twenty-eight additional witnesses fol
the defence were then sworn.
EVIDENCE FOR THE DEFENCE-CoNTINUE
John Hpp.-Reside in Cumberland; am
q briCklayer by trade; knew MCKaig In
his lifetime; know the prisoner at the bar
saw them the morning McKaig was kill
ed; was right opposite at Deetzs store
first saw them after the first shot was
fired; saw them both spring from Tear
ney's corner Off the pavement; both had
reYolvers; said: "My God! they arc kill.
ing one another | then shw McKaig run
across the street and Black after him; ran
towards Reads store where saw MCKaig
fall; saw u revolver in the had Of each
one they ran cat a.cornered; l was inside
Dcetz's store; McKaig fell about twenty
feet from me, in not exactly the middle Of
street; did not sec them when they reach
cd tho pavement on our side. Alter the
first shot / turned around and Immediately
looked out; saw them when the second
shot was fired at the curb of Tearney's the
third was fired when they were in the
middle of the street; the fourth was fired
when he fell right next 10 MadOre's SHOP
about ten feet away-a little out toward
the middle Of the street, in front oil the
curb Of MAdore's shop; saw pistol il
| MCkaigs hands when the second shot was
fired.
George Carney (cOIorel Live in Wash.
lngton City; was in Cumberland on the
day Mr.. McKaig was killed; was standing
on Rhind's corner the morning of the
shooting, waiting Tor Mr., Hughes son to
come and tell HE what TO do; heard the
report Of pistol; cast my eyes across; saw
Mr., Black Nnd Mr., MCHaig; both had pts.
tolls; MCHaig had pistol and cane; they
got pretty much together on the pave
ment; then McKaig ran across the street
with Black after him; McKaig tried to
make the other pavement; then the other
side: when BlaCh fired the third shot;
McKaig was in the act Of falling; Black
fired the fourth shot when he was down;
then Mr.. Black said he had killed the
scoundrCl, and il any man said he'd done
wrong he had another extra load here for
him; before Black said that about the ex.
ira load, he said he had killed the man
who had treduced his sister-Or something
like that McKaig had spistol and cane
both in his hands; shortly after they fired
his pistol and cane both drdpped while he
was on the pavement; his hands fell to his
side-the cane drapped from his lelt hand
and the pistol from the right; alter the
first shot he ran across the street and at.
tempted to draw another pistol; Black fol-
lowed him up and fired on him again; Mr.
McKaig was trying to get across to the
other side; before he got over Mr.. Black
fired at him again; the third shot was fired
when he got on the pavement; the fourth
was fired when McKaig fell; before ht
fell he sort o doubled himself up and
threw his arm behind him, and said
"Oh!" and fell on his face; Black run L
the other side of the street when he made
the fourth shot, and then made the excla
nation that he had killed the man who
had treduoed his sister-or something likt
that.
Charles CIark-(A witness for the State
was here put upon the stand by the de
fence and sworn) Live In Cumberland
know MAdore; knew McKaig; didn',
know Crawford Black; was in Madore't
store that morning; saw the killing;
looked out the window and saw Mr.
McKaig, and Mr.. Black about four fee
behind him; pistol fell then; but coult
not tell where it fell from; 1t fell right il
front of Mr.. Tearney's door out in the gut
ter. l only heard one shot; then LOOKED
out the window; saw McKaig tall; thu
whole thing occupied about minute; die
not see it fall from McKaig's hand; l saw
one hand-the Left; the pistol lay abou
seven feet from the body; went out a
soon as the body was picked up; the pis
toll was picked up after the body; l did no
20 to the body; lid not sec the pistol lyinI
there while the body was there. :
Or. HamDlslSaimS calIal-I am den
tist; have resided in Cumberland fol
twenty years; knew McKaig; saw IN,
shooting; after first fire saw DIcKaig re
treating from the edge oil the curb; tlinl
| saw something tall, at nearly the edgI
of the gutter; | couldn't distinguish posi-
lively, but think it was not u cane; it wa!
dark object; saw him (AIcKaig) eros
to the middle OF the street; Black fired tn
second time; McKaig crossed over TO tn
other side OF the street; near the curbston
on that side he stumbled, caught hold OF
post and appeared TO reel at that point
my impression is that just before b.
reached the post the third fire occurred
he then retraced his steps toward Black
when near about the middle Of the stree
think the fourth shot was fired; SHORTY
after that he fell; after the third fire b
clapped his hand on his back and saiC
oh" and threw up his hands at about tn
same time that is all know about it.
Laurence WILSO1.-I was in Ferguson
y Crnzens saloon one night in 0ctobe
last; saw McKaig and Black there; whei
came to think over 1t last night | thinl
it might have been the Sd OF October
the witness here narrated the meetinp q
Black & McKaig on that occasion.
As McKaig came down from the bill
lard room and was stepping off the las
step he sort Of josted with his elbow AM
shoulder against Black, who was stantlInI
there; he had Just come in; l was slttini
on settee. Black turned around an;