The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-18
rHE BLACK AIcKAIG HoMICIDE.
The Trial Of Black at Frederick
Fifth Day.
From Report Of Cumberland News.


Fifth Day.
From Report OF Cumberland News.
FREDERIcK, April Is, 1871.
Court opened It's session today at nine
o'clock.
EVIDENCE FOR THE DEFENcE--coNTTNUED.
James ONea sseorn.-Reside at Frank
lin mines; am q miner; acquainted with
Crawford Black; his general reputation
for peace and quietness Is good in every
respect; they all are wishing him back
again atthe mines; actually'believe they
arc praying for him TO return there.
Elijah Fuller StrOrR.-Reside in Cum
berland: am Register Of Wills; acquainted
with Crawford Black of late years-iour
orfive years past; his character for peace
and quietness and amiability is good; l
saw Black after the shooting on the 18th
October at the court house.
Geo. L. LdymGH StDorn.-Am Sheriff Of
Allegany county; acquainted with general
reputation of Harry Crawford Black for
peace, quietness and amiability of temper;
| It Is good; first saw Harry Crawford Black
after tho shooting coming around the
court house corner toward the jail; he had
on light 0vercoat; mixed purple and
Brown. Goat here shown witness) l
think TO the best Of my knowledge that is
the coat; am not positive, however, Mr..
Shafer, my deputy, WINS with him.
John G. Greenfield Slo0rR.-IIeside in
Cumberland city; occupation, plasterer;
know Crawford Black; his reputation for
peace and nmiability Of temper is good;
never heard 1t disputed.
j. ". H. Pollock S1orR.-Reside seven
miles below Cumberland; acquainted
with Crawford Black; have always under
stood he was n quiet, peacea6le young
man; have heard his character discussed
prior to tho shooting; think it is good in
his immediate neighborhOOd.
Henry Selr1uer, Sr.-Reside IN Cumber-
land, near Crawford Black; his reputa.
ton for peace and quiet in that neighbOr.
hood is very good.
Patrick MdLl0y.-0Ccupation, miner;
knew the prisoner over fourteen months;
was at Franklin mines last summer; his
character at the mines was very good, so
far as / know.
John MeReoa.-Reside near Western.
port, Allcgany county, about two miles
from franklin mines; general character
oil Crawford Black for peace and quiet
ness in that neighborhoOd is good lam
q miller,
Chas. Taylor swOrH.-Reside at Fred
erick; am o storekeeper; made Crawford
Blacks acquaintance in Camp Chase, I
think in 1854; was also in Fort Della
ware with him; the prisoners in Fort
Delaware were both military and civil;
in Fort Delaware with him eight or nine
months; this Is the first time have seen
him since; four hundred or five hundred
were confined there; his general reputa.
ton while there for peace and quiet and
amiability was very good; l don't know
the fact that lie was In the Confederate
army, but he was held as o prisoner OF
war; the discipline at Fort Delaware was
very strict; we could not show much tenn.
per before the United States authorities;
Black was peaceable and even tempered
there.
w. u. CahiH recdlled.-Knew Crawford
Black at Omaha; met him there in 1867;
his character there was spoken Of as very
good-as on amiable, accommodating and
clever young gentlemen in every respect.
OpeR RiLliSOA.-Reslde In Cumberland;
keep livery stable; Blacks general repu.
tatiOn for peace and quiet Is very good.
Horace RSleg.-Knew the prisoner,
Crawford Black, for twenty years; his
general character has always been very
good; always thought him a good boy;
l am Clerk Of the Circuit Court; have
been for twenty years; l saw Crawford
Black few minutes before eight o'clock
on the morning Of the 18th OF October; he
came alone in the court house yard; he
had brown overcoat on. Goat here
shown witness) 1t was u coat very
similar 10 this, Il this is not the one; Black
was In attendance at court the week be.
fore tho OcCurranCe took place; II was q
trial OF civil suit, in which the coal
company was involved; cannot say the
exact day that his father was presented
for shooting at W, W. McKAig; saw him
there think, on the 18th; the verdict in
the coal company case was given on the
18th; do not rccollect that SUN him
there at any other time; the recOgnlzanCe
OF the Senior Black was entered into on
the 18th; the indictment was before. Mr..
Resley was again shown the coat by Mr..
Whitney, and upon close questioning
stated that lie could not say that this lraS
the coat Of Harry Crawford Black.
Mr.. Resley, US Clerk of the Court Of
Allegany county, was directed by the
counsel Of the State (Mr. Whitney, to send
at once for the records to show the date
Of the presentment of H. D. Black.
John N. ReSIey, examined By Air SeySter.
Have known the prisoner seventeen
years; his character for peace and quiet
ness has been excellent. Q.-Do you
know the handwriting in that letter ?
Letter handed to witnesS) Ayes, sir;
il is Mr.. McKaig's Ut isN half sheet Of
"letter" size, writing on both sides, in a
tattered condition, having Il number of
straight and irregular breaks in the paper.
This is the letter which the defence claim
was received by Miss Black from Mclaig
while she was at the house of Col. Resley,
and which alter reading she tore into
quarters and threw in the crate; it was
rescued from the flames by third party
Mrs. Resleyl and the severed parts joined
together. The letter is dated June 90,
1866. There is no name signed to it,
Before allowing the witness to proceed,
Mr.. Whitney asked TO examine the letter,
and 1t was handed him by the witness.
After an examination of It by the counsel
for the State, Mr.. Whitney passed 1t over
TO the court with the request that the
court would examine it, stating to the
court that they would perceive it was
without q name, and had first been writ
ten with a pencil and afterwards re.writ.
ten in ink.
MI. Whitney said before they (for the
State) made an objection they wished to
ask these questions, which he now sub
mitted in writing;
ii. What Is the object Of the testimony,