The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-25
he would have to g. He reiterated The

he would have to go. He reiterated the
statement, but went.
Gross examined by E.. 6. Cracrait: It
was 800 when ! left Helmbrights Hall; !
jumped In q car and went TO the lower
end Of the line; live right there; when I
went into BishoFs saloon these men were
there; It might have been q few minutes
before or after nine o'clock; they were
laughing and Joking about shaking the
Dutchman of; ! then said to them,
Gentlemen 1t shows little gratitude to
act So"
They said, ByG-d We had to save our
selves. There were s or 10 boys and men,
to whom they we're talking about the af.
fair. All know came from their ownlips,
My only authority was the duty Of every
citizen TO arrest any person when fellow
citizens life had been got away with,
When they asked me whether was q re-
porter or not made no answer.
"The Squire then committed them in de-
fault OF bail to the Eighth ward lookup, as
they could not walk. Both OF them were
excited and under the influence Of liquor,
as Horn threw up several times on the
road. Squire Mix deputiEed me to arrest
them. They started to go to Benwood "a
cross to Bellaire. / said, gentlemen, as q
citizen arrest you, and l deputiZed five
other citizens to assist me.
ibid they not protest their innocence?
eyes; but my good God, didn't they
cause that mans death?"
Horn said when arrested, ~ don't see
what all this is about"
Redirect to Mr.. Jordan:
They told me that the boat had beer
filled with water and sank. They sale
nothing about the front oarlocks.
To Mr.. Cracratt:
He (Horn) showed me his neck where
this Dutchman had scratched him, and sale
he had ah-lofa time shaking him of. HI
also was talking about the shoe, and Riggi
said "by-God, he might have left you thu
shoe" He also said that he was so paraly
zed with cold that he couldn't hold on
but had to put his elbows on the boat, anC
thollowed" murder, Ferry Boat, help &c.
and he said when the men 60
hold OF him and put him into thu
skif, they had tor carry him. HI
could do nothing until they took hin
to Bishotrs and warmed him up
They were rescued below Benson's Ferry
Can't say how far that is from where til,
boat upset. Benson's Ferry Is about on,
and a quarter miles from Belmont Ferry
As soon as began TO question them the!
wanted to go home. They said they livet
at Bellaire. Don't know whether the per
son Is dead or not. They kept saying
ale is drowned" HE is drowied." ant
when left the 'Squife's office with then
they declared that he might have swan
ashore. They said they did not know thu
Dutchmau. They said he had some good
in the boat which he was taking home.
Fred. Bischof recalled: Saw these two
gentlemen when they, came into my sa
loon. They were wet all over from foo
to head. They were not drunk. The!
drank glass OF whisky each AMI
it may be a glass of beer also
They told me all about the affair of III,
skiG ride, OF their attempt to save them
selves, and OF the Dutchman's drowning
They told it in the presence Of about
dozen, Horn said he was rowing and thu
German said ~ can row better than that
let us change places" and in changin
places the skiff capsized.
The further examination was at 0:3
postponed until +. NJ. to-day, the pris
oners being committed to jail withou
bail.
Refs, the man who Is said to be drowned
was German, 20 or q years OF age an
had been in this country seven years. II
worked around" and boarded on tn
boat moored on the Ohio side at Whisk
Run.