The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-01-27

Ganey Dy their races anu Knew uAcSOEmac
by name-had known him about four
years. Was on the Milan road Nov. Ia.
IlS79. Saw Witt;ck in his wagon between
| III andI2 o'clock. Pointed out on the map
the place where be saw Witch. Witness
was opposite Schatz's saloon in Mr..
Stodd's yard helping Mr.. Stodd pick up
pieces of glass; noticed Wittick going
south in his gagon-south of the saloon in
a one horse wagon: saw the defendants
going down the road minute or so before
he saw Witch, They were running and
| in single file; didn't hear them make any
noise: didn't see Wittick at the saloon.
Opposite BruckDan's they were picking
| up stones-pieces sof the macadam.
| Two were on the right side
and one on the left, south of the saloon.
They were standing near the corner of the
fence. close TO the fence; saw Wittick COM
ing down the road, as he drove into the
middle of the road he made a motion to
his inside pocket, holding the lines in his
left hand; he drove on fast trot; when he
got to the men he pointed first to the men
on the right then on the left. then on the
right again; when he first pointed to the
men on the right be was north of them !:
when opposite he pointed to the man on
the left; when he passed them he pointed
to the men on the right again, and the
man on the left threw the stone and struck
Wittick on the back Of the head: witness
heard the blow; Wittick fell over the
dash board; witness ran into the street
when be saw him fall out of the wagon:
two of the men ran east and one west: did
not see him again on that road; Wittick
was driving at pretty good gait; didn' t
see him slacken up his gait at all; the two
men ran when the stone was thrown; the
men acted as If they were drunk; when
Wittick passed them the men on either
| side were close to the fence; only saw one
come to the middle Of the road, didn't see
Grogan throw the rock; Ganey was going
with him across the field.
Cross examined. knew Pig rim and
saw his wagon. The men ran about q
block till they were across the bridge.
| They were at the corner of the pasture
when they were picking up stones. Wit
| tick was less than block from the men
when he put his hand to his breast. He
began pointing at them when he was on
thing before witness saw Wittick.
The court then adjourned at 6 IN, til
9 O'clock this morning.
SECOND DAY.
Court met at o'clock Tuesday mora
ing. Deputy Marshal Blackburn was the
drst vi tness and testified as follows;
The court room vas packed at this
opening of court and crowds outside IN.
able to gain admission. Within the circle
and near there were some female friends
of the prisoners, among the number Mrs.
Ganey, wife of one OF the prisoners, who
subsequently sat beside him and seemed
greatly affected to meet him. Between
the counsel for the people sat Mr.. Geo
Wittick, son of the murdered man. and
Mrs. Wittick, Georges mother. The
passage way was blocked some of the
time, 80 much so, that it had to be cleared
by order of the court. Barring some
sharp passages between counsel the morn
ing's proceedings were marked for nothing
outside the usual routine of examination
A disposition to laugh at the proceedings
was promptly rebnked by the court, and
it was Indignantly denied by Mr. O'Mara
and DIR. O'Brien that the defence had
anything to do with or 10 any way sang
toned it.
l am dep uty marshal; have lived here
80 years; know the city well. From the
centre of the bridge to opposite Schatz'
door is 81 feet; to Brockmaun's door is
S. feet, to the fence corner on the west
side of the road is 90 feet. to the corner on
the left is l47 feet, from Brockman's to
the right. third post on the right is l2l
feet, width of the road is 80 feet, width of
macadem is l21 feet, from the point
where he was thrown out is 155 or l56
PAGES. These figures were taken from a
memorandum and reference was made to
the map. From Schatz saloon to the
corner west side of the road 369 feet and
to the Sd post on the right hand side is
397 feet | had a slight acquaintance
with Conrad Wittick; saw him in the
armory on the day he was injured; visited |
the place next day: the road was smooth
there were marks of blood; the macadam |
was generally covered with dirt; could |
see no evidences OF the man having been |
dragged; saw two of the defendants about |
IL O'Clock on the night of the occurrence, |
near the old distlllerv. l was In pursuit |
of them. Officer McCabe was with me;
had been IN search of Grogan and McCor-
mac since o'clock that afternoon: heard |
that two of them had crossed the river at
Rockingham about clock, then crossed |
the river below the old distillery; heard a
boat ahead of as. The distilIery
is about mile and half below this. We
remained near the dlstilIery on the river
bank. for about an hour and a half after
we heard the noise of oars. The night was
very dark, could hear VOICES, and recog-
nized McCormac's voice; we separated
about 10 yards and came upon them before
they were aware; they said don't shoot,
or something like that, took one and
McCabe took the other and brought them
to the jail Did not say why we arrested
them. Mccormack requested me to take
them to the Jail, not the ArmorY, as he
was afraid there might be mob, he asked
me il the man was dead, l cautioned him
that anything he might say. could be used
against him. | picked up some rocks at
the place where Mr.. Wittick was injured.
The macadam IS about 90 feet wide; there
are some other stones scattered about,
some stones were produced which witness
Identified as those be picked up, he had
marked them. Came from the distillery
With prisoners to the sawmill, crossed over
The railroad, and then up the public high |
way, McCormac or Grogan made the re-
mark | cannot positively state There !
'ome discussion took place between coun-
Il ! II.