The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-01
the SCARBOROUGH HOMICIDE.

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day.
The, Court House was crowded witt
people anxious To- hear the testimony IL
this case. Z I - y : : vi :
General Wheat and E. G. oracratt ap
peared for the prisoner, and ]. II. Good
Prosecuting Attorney, on behalf OF thu
State ~ 'gE 4 On NLE .
General Wheat said that the only ques
ton to be submitted to the Court was TIL
question Of admitting Robinson to bail
and to that end evidence would be pre-
sented to determine the grade OF guilt o
the prisoner, and he hoped to be able t.
show that this was a case bailable undel
the statute.
Frank Stanley SNorn-Am acquainted
with Robinson; saw him between 10 ant
II O'clock on the morning Of April 10
saw him again about o'clock; had gone
away and returned at the last named
hour; went through the bar into the din.
ing room; Mr., Schultz came down Stair
and said "there will DO q fuss up stairs =
l threw down the paper / had in my
hand and ran up stairs; just then heard
two reports; ! found Scarborough and
Robinson in holds; George had a revolver
IN his hand, pointed at Johns head; ]
caught hold OF his hand and pointed the
pistol upwards; then forced Robinson
into the other room, and then went 10
Scarborough and said, ."this Is a pretty
way Of doiDg;" l did not know then that
Scarborough was hurt; he went back
about ten feet to o lounge; there he
seemed to fall, and said, Frank, am
killed" or murdered" l can't say which;
didn't see anything then, and thought
1t was all fun; but l opened his vest and
then saw the blood on his shirt; didn't
see any one in the room but Scarborough
and Robinson. =
1.-THE witness here gave a description OIL
the upper floor Of q building
Scarborough did not live more than ten
seconds; know George W. Robinson; l
do not know that the parties ever had
any previous difficulty; have heard them
have words together, but never thought
It amounted to anything; they may have
had dispute in Robinson's faro bank, but
it didn't amount to much; about two
months ago ] heard that Scarborough had
slapped Ro6inson's mouth; I heard Rob.
inson say that evening that if he had had
what he usually carried, Scarborough would
have been buried next day. ,o..,
CF0s.eEdmined-There are two stair.
ways in the building; the front hall way
and stairs are in the second room; the
other stairway comes up out Of the kitch.
en- and goes into the third room; I think
that Scarborough was nearest to the stairs;
Robinson with his back to the north and
Scarbrough's TO the south; the front Of
the house Is on the east side OF Nam
street. When saw them they were
about five feet from the back partition.
The front room was used for what the men
had been doing. The lounge stood against
the wall towards the Main street front;
do not know that the front stairway was
locked. Scarborough had his hands On
Robinson's shoulders; Robinson had
him by the shoulder with his left hand
and held the revolver in his right.
had togo round John to get at George.
Direct reSumed-1 don't know whether
ever saw Robinson's revolver or not; he
generally carried one; do not know
whether Scarborough was armed or not.
Gross, Esanined-There Is not much
difference in the size of these two men.
Theodore Schultz, stoOrn-Same testi-
monY in chiefas before the Coroner's Jury
with the following additional particulars:
When left, Mccoy, Scarborough, Haskell
and Robinson were in the room; had to
pass through two rooms to get down the
back stairs; l heard Robinson say on the
evening after Scarborough slapped Robin
sons mouth that If he had had anything
with him there would be funeral next
day. 9 10 ~
Gross. Krdmined-There was no one in
the room but the four persons / have
named; there was no quarrel when l lett;
Scarborough called me odd Dutch
liar" four or five times; when l got up
Robinson and Haskell got up and stood
BY the table; there had been no words be-
tween Robinson and Scarborough then; l
was in the habit Of going out the back
stairway; always thought the front way
was fastened; l never tried it; Scarborough
was in the habit Of using pretty rough
language sometimes, / often drought he
was Joking when he used such remarks: i
never saw any weapon upon Scarborough;
Robinson had been drinking some; Scar.
brough was about In his usual condition:
Scarborough usually got angry when he
lost; had not played with them before
for five or six weeks. r@9
1neo. fInk sIb0rn-In conversation
had with Robinson in February last; they
had been playing cards at Duniap's saloon
and Scarborough had hit him over the head
four or five times, and Robinson came To
me and said he believed he would kill
himi1 told him that 1t wouldn't do now:
this was about three hours after Scar.
brough had hit him;.I afterwards heard
him say that he wasn't ALWAYS poiue TO
stand 1t to be cuffed around that way; he
wasn't armed when he was hit but armed
himself afterwards. rn;ssF, .geT d ~
Cross tanaiaed-H gave me 10 under.
stand that atthe time he was talking to
me that he would not stand that abuse
any longer; he was crying at the time:
Robinson, being ruptured, was not man
enough Tor Scarborough; Scarborough was
a quarrelsone man when playing cards
and abusive when losing, but it was all
over when the game was out; Scarborough
was better man physically than Robin.
son, In my opinionaq.soi MS H5Ia 1li9l 4
Direct resumed II tried to take the re.
yolyer from Robinson on the occasion al.
luded to, but couldn't get 1t. Ss,s5iI 3 e.
3 s. I. Mccoy, stoorn Same testimony in
chief as before the Coroners jury. The
following additional particulars were
given BY MI: Mccoy in answer to ques.
tons OF the Prosecuting Attorney:
Scarborough was sitting at the table by
himself; he approached Robinson who
stood in the door; I didn't think that
Scarborough acted as II he wanted to eel
nm a fiphf. I thnnbhE that thav had haar