The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-27

SrRAUDRR's PRELIMINARY ExAMSA-
rIoN.-The preliminary examination OF
Taylor Strauder, charged with killing
his wife, Annie Strauder, took place in
the debtors room of the jail, before
Justices Gillespy and Launaer, yester-
day morning.
The testimony OF Mrs. Thomas and
Fannie Green, offered by the State, was
precisely the same as that.given at the
inquest held on Thursday, April Is.
The additional testimony we. publish
below. George Davenport, Esq, ap-
peare6 for Strauder. -
JF Merriman sworn-Saw prisoner
in cell Central Station Honse, Pitts
burgh; didn't know his name; be
asked me if | was not from Wheeling;
on receiving an affirmative answer,
asked if / was going to take him down
in the morning, said no, and he then
asked if Capt. Consnt was coming after
him l told him that some of the Pitts
burg b or Wheeling officers would ia e
him down in the morning; this is all
the conversation | had with him; he
made no acknowledgment or confession
10 me.
j. q. Gillespy sworn-l saw the wo-
! =,
of the jury that held the inquest; saw
a hole in her left temple and another
behind her lett ear, that seemed to have
been made with blunt instrument.
j. ST. j. Carkson SDorn-l object to
being obliged to give any testimony in
this case. What the prisoner said Ia
me was in answer to questions | put III
nv capacity as newspaper man. |
am OF the opinion that these remarks
mad. by person charged with an OF
tense, and which are drawn from hiE.
in the interest Of the newspaper reading
public, should not be used against such
prisoner. My view is that the same
rule that allows priest to refuse to
testify as to what criminal may reveal
to him in his sacred character, should
also apply to a newspaper reporter
Otherwise his sources Of information
will be closed. He will be afraid to
Question, and any one charged with any
off.use afraid to communicate any
thing, because the reporter may be com
PEELED to testify rs to these confessions.
The Court, after consultation, decided
that the testimony must be given.
Mr.. ClarkSon res,msCl-1 met Strauder
at the depot in Bridgeport and rode
over to the city beside him in a street
car; in answer to my question when
did you kill AnnieY' he replied about
five o'clock in the morning; he knew
who l was, but to make it certain |
told him was connected with the REG
IS TER; ] asked him what time on Wed
nesdav night he took the hatchet from
the cellar to the bed room; he said he
didn't take it up the night before, but
that il had been in the room for some
time. He then gave me the route he
travelled and stated that when he first
left the house on Thursday morning, he
had about halt determined 10 give him
SELF up, and if lie had met an officer he
would have done so. On Thursday
night he 80 wanted to see his wife that
he came back as tar as Martin Ferry
on the road TO Wheeling but turned
again and went to Rush Run. There
he slept in coal shaft until most
morning. when he took skift and
crossed the river TO the Virginia side
and made his way TO Pittsburgh. He
said he had cause Tor what he done:
the only explanation Of the cause was
that she had been uutailhml to him ::
he said he had caught her with another
man; he did not say when that was.
Robert JmkinS S,oora-know the
prisoner; was in conversation with him
coming to the city on the train; he WAS
under arrest; offered no inducement 10
him; he knew ! WAS All officer; | sat
behind him in the car; he was seated
with an officer and said he wanted TO
speak to me; lie asked me if ! had
seen Annie, his wife, and where the lit
tie girl was; told him she was at
Mrs. Thomas he asked if he could
get to see the girl; | told him supposed
20; ! then asked why he committed the
deed; he said what he seen with his
ewes satisfied him and he felt now like
living no longer; he did not tell what
he had seen with his ewes; he said lie
felt like dying; he made no further
confession; | asked him the route he
had taken; he said he crossed the
bridge and went up the railroad; he did
not saw in words that he killed the wo'
man, but gave me to understand it 10y
the use of the words have given; he
said nothing about using Ratchet.
Luke C0naat SDorq-( Producing the
hatcheD this Ratchet was given to me
by Squire Gillespy on the morning OF the
murder; it was at Strauaers hous'
Bubra Sly sworn-Am mother Of
Mrs. Strauder; am on the Hope as
chambermaid; my daughter lived with
me; am home every other morning;
started ur to the house on Thursday
morning; met Mrs. Thomas; she told
of the murder; the child Fannie is the
daughter OF DR.. Green and Mrs. Strau-
der; don't know where DR.. Green is
now; ! heard Strauder make threats
against her within six weeks alter their
marriage; she was going down street
with me when he jumped from bed and
caught her by the hand and wouldn't
let her 60 with me; when came back
she told me that he had beaten her;
she told me that SIrauder had threaten
ed TO kill her il she let him; StrAuder
was present.
This concluded the evidence on be-
half OF the State. The prisoner cOun-
sci stated that he had no testimony to
offer at this time.
Taylor Strauder was then committed
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