The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-20
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The jury were assembled in the front
room. The lounge, on which lay the
body of the dead man, was carried in
and placed at the point marked 5,
where the table stood at which he had
sat an hour before.
DR.. Robert Cummins made post
mortem examination OF the body in the
presence Of the jury. The witnesses
we're then called and testified as fol-
lows:
William iShanlsH s~orn-I am pro-
prietor OF this house; some time during
the day Noah Heiskell and John Scar
brough came here to get a drink.
Afterwards they went up stairs. George
W. Robinson and Theodore Schultz
came in and inquired if there was any
one up stairs; receiving an answer in
the affirmative they went up. Shortly
after Samuel Mccoy came in and asked
for my brother Frank. told him that
he was I'D stairs and he went up TO see
Frank; Frank came down in a short
time. Pretty soon heard a noise like
the falling OF a board, shortly after
heard another such a sound Frank
said, Whats that? 1t must be shot.
We both went up stairs, Frank ahead,
and came into the back room; Scar
brough and Robinson were in the mid
die room; Scarborough had hold of
Robinson by the wrist and lapel OF
the coat; Robinson had a pistol in the
hand that Scarborough held; Frank
caught hold of the revolver and asked
What's the matter2' George said
Zone of you mold him." Frank took
hold of Scarborough, and took George
and pushed him into the back room
and talked to him about raising a noise
in my house ] think Mccoy passed
out Of the side door at this time it was
some time after dinner; think between
one and two o'clock; Scarborough was
on his feet only about half q minute
after we came up stairs
.Samuel Mccoy S,rorn-l came to pay
little bill to Frank Stanley; William
Stanley told me he was up stairs; |
went up to the front room; thew were
playing a game Of seyen.up; ! mean
that Robinson, Scarborough, Heiskell
and Schultz were; | asked George Rob-
inson if | could set down and see the
game; he told me that he had no
objections. Scarborough wanted to bet
ten dollars that he would get out first
he had made five points; no bet was
made; Scarborough was beaten; they
only played one hand on the next game
when Scarborough turned to Schultz and
said: "You cant play that on me, )"
meaning that he thought Schultz had
cheated him; Schultz denied having
done anything Of the kind and quit the
game. AS he started to leave the room
Scarborough called him "a liar" and a
"thicving Dutch son Of -
Schultz said, "You can call me that
here, but you must not do it
everywhere Schultz wanted to give
Heiskill two one dollar bills, but
Scarborough claimed one of them.
Schultz then left the room and Robin.
son got up from the table and stood by
the door between the front and middle
rooms, where he talked to Heiskll.
Scarborough was sitting at the table
cursing Schultz Robinson said to
Heiskill, 81 hope I may have my arm
cut of, i'll did any cheating at this
Scarborough called Robinson "a thieving
son Of a -" and Robinson retaliated
by calling him "a drunken bloat," and
some other hard names. John then
got up and started toward George,
who stepped backward into the
middle room, at the same time
putting one hand behind him. When
Scarborough got into the middle room
where Robinson was ! saw a pistol in
Robinson's hand; as it was pointed d.
rectly towards me | shut the door
between the rooms and almost instantly
heard three shots fired and then the
parties scutfling; opened the door and
saw no one in the middle room. then
went out through the side door out on
to the street. l thought the parties
were skylarking and did not know that
Scarborough was hurt when went out
| do not know whether or not there was
any one in the middle room when
passed through it.
George Robinson S,o0rn-l decline to
answer any questions you may put to
me on this subject.
DR.. Robert CamnlinS S,Gorn-l find
gun shot wound on the left side of the
chest about two inches below the nip
pie, penetrating the chest between The
fourth and fifth rib, and entering on the
right side Of the heart. 1t is a wound
that can put my finger in. There Is
another wound on the right side. There
is no reason for examining it, as the
other is sufficient to produce death it
is necessarily fatal. The whole left
side OF the chest is filled with blood,
showing great hemorrhage
Frank STANLEY Srorn-I did not see
the beginning OF the quarrel; was
down in the dining room; after Mr..
Mccoy came in ! went out. The first
| heard of it was while ! was reading
the paper; Mr.. Schultz came down and
as he was passing he said there will
be a fuss up there" 1laid the paper
down and heard scutfis. Ny brother
William was in the bar room, and he
and l went up together. The first
saw OF them, Scarborough had Robinson
by the shoulders and Robinson had one
hand on Scarbrough's shoulder and in
the other he held a pistol which he
was trying to cock with his thumb,
pointed at Scarbrough's breast; I
caught hold Of the pistol and pointed
it up to the ceiling; George said,
make John let 20 and III let 60"
William Stanley at first took hold OF
Robinson; then / took hold OF
him and backed him into the