The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-11-19

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door OH, a door, ! saw Hobrccht strike
him; Hobrcclit was sitting aside VI Eddie
Edele; kiger got up afterwards aud H0.
luecht told him 10 stick the knife in his
pocket, and lie hid there awhile and sHid
something to HObrecht, and was CRYING
when he got UP; no didn't look like he was
intoxicated; didn't sec Kiger strike at OF
hit any person; / heard OF EdelC being
struck before Kiger got up: when KigeF
got up he told HobrCcht he didn't want
any OF his lip; didn't SEQ him haven knife;
after. he said TINT Hobrecllt said "you
don't" ind this here "Tiger" said, mo, /
don't" don't know nothing else; then
they throwcd him ont; / was buck in the
corner when Tiger stabbed lIobrecht; /
was told lie stabbed him; didn't see any
Of the difficulty; didn't see the wound p;
saw Kiger there before; didn't sec him
have q knife or revolver; didn't see any
one kick Kiger; don't know what made
him cut .s .le,. 5,g,.f
THOMAS clEGG
was at the shaRty Saturday night, be.
tween q and Z o'clock. Met couple Of
fellows on the way and went with them;
Kigcr was there when got there; Ho-
hrccht came afterwards, after | had rG-
turned there second time. As came
back they were oil sitting around the
stove, joking; Kiger had been drinking;
lie wasn't drunk; he got q board and laid
down on it in front OF the stove; Iobrccht
touched him on the back with poker, !
couldn't say whether in fun or in earnest;
Kigcr turned round then and struck over
his head with his knife aud cut Elelc in
the hand; HObrcGht then told him to put
his knife in his pocket and not be
cutting; he said lie didn't hurt him, and
Hobrecht said he oughtn't to had it out in
a crowd like that, anyhow, Tiger then
raised up on his feet and said he didn't
want none OF his lip. Tiger" started TO
cry then and drew his knife back and got
into, tho corner and HObrecht went into
him and offered 70 strike him, Couldn't
say whether he struck him; he had his
back 10 me they were tusseling then little
while and a few ofthe fellers pulled them
apart, I was one Of them. They then put
Wrigcr" ought Of the slanty; when
Ho6recht raised his arm to strike Kiger
drewTback that way witness inlicating).
It wasn't no time till they got into it,. ]
heard they had been intending to fight be-
foro. They were about the same height,
liobrocllt about five or ten pounds tie
heaviest; knew Kiger since last fall. |
seen him have n revolver at times, not
that night; hadn't seen kiger since he was
put out OF the shanty; don't know what
.becamc Of the knife; | looked to see how
Hobrccht was injured; saw. q hole
in his side; he had on an undershirt and
mir Of pants, remained until DR.. Haz-
lett came; VIC carried him home after the
Doctor left; The blade OF the, knife was 8
10 3. inches long. ,i .-a- a.
+. lta FREDERICK EDELB l'l
sworii testified as follows: Was at the
sl,anty Saturday night, went there about
40 minutes to D; saw Edward kiger,
Franz HobreCht and number Of others
there, should Judge 90 in all; when ]
went there they were all setting around
Joking, didn't appear tdabe in any anger
tail; John Miller danced for. them; after
he got done dancing he went and set down
and this here 'Tiger'' he went and laid
down on board; he was laying buck OF
the stove first. For some cause brother
llo moved around to the front OF the
stove and laid this board on this klose's
foot, and he tried TO pull his foot from in
under il, but he held it there aud he laid
down on it; Hose tipped him oifand then
he laid down again on the board. Then
they done something to him; l don'tknow
what it was. ! seen this HObrecht lay
poker on him not in anger. lie tkigerl
raised up on his arm like and made nthrust
with his knife, and icrSod my hand back
and it struck nc on the hand between the
two fingers; / asked him what he done
that for; | understood him to say he didn't
mean to cut me; l!obrccht said what
did you pull knife out in that way for?
he jumped up and said he didn't want any
OF hisd--n lip about it. kigcr wascrying
at the time. tIobrecht said, "don't yon?
He said, "nOI don't" llobrccht rushed
ut him and fell buck, and then he madea
second rush 1T him, and the boys held
him back, and he put lis landst TO his side
and asked il he was cut, Somebody called
Tor n handkerchief; anil they told him to
set down, and soMehgly held his hands
down, and they put the handkerchief TO
his side; diltn't see the knife until llo'
brecl,t w,ls cut; don't know what became
of the knife; didn't see Kiger after he was
put out ni tic shanty; lett Immediately
after. Ii WAS the first time ! was ut the
shanty; had Il half keg OF beer there;
neither Kiger nor, llObrecht were under the
influence ofliQuor. r
BE-. a- JOSEPH DUDLEY
testified to being ut the shanty Saturday
night; kigcr was laying on the floor Oh
this board; Ididn't watch what wasgoihg
on; heard this Elcle ask him II he didn't
have any sense; Kiger had knife in
his hand with tho blade down; Ho
breclt rushed at him; don't know
whether hc hit him or not
and then he fell back like and throwed his
arms down; don't know what kiger
done; there was n crowd; after they said
l,e was cut they pulled IIobrecht back and
he made rush at him again, Hohrecht
did; he sat down on the bench aud they
pulled up his shirt, and seen the cut
in his left side; seen some one shove
Kirer out OF the door; didn't notice the
knife except when ho first got upi haven't
seen Kiger since. There was lamp In
the shanty.
j3' wTLLtlN.NiLLgR,
sworn, testified as follows: I went to tho
shanty Saturday night about @ o'clock. /
don't think Hger was there when went
there first. IIObrccht was tlIorc, and went
home to supper and returned afterwards.
went away and returnod, and Kiger was
there then. Kigcr was lying on the
board; soon afterwards he raised up, and
had his leg hanging over the doorllke with
his knife in his hands; he was digging
down in the door withit. Then he laid ii
on the floor and laid down on il. lie was
laying there u few minutes when ! heard
Freddie Edely ask him what lie cut him
for? He said he didn't mean to do il.
Hobrecht said he ought to stick his
knife in his pocket; lie told him
that several times and Kigor rose mp and
swore he wanted none OF hislip; lEo.
brccht says sydu don't" and matlaa rush
at llimi there wasa few lisks struck at ono.