Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-09
vou knov Who harmed wilkins, barn

Won know who burned wilkins barn
or do YOU want to know?' | said yes
then Weir said: "Ster Riggs did il;
Weir then said TO me: IL will give yor
S. il you tell him say he did il, and /
he denies IL | will shoot the son OF I
! D." Weir then pulled some plsto
balls out Of his pocket and saId; This II
what I have tosd0 10 with He wa:
very much intoxicated, more 80 than
| mad ever ST en- him befor'. :.
Equally as managing
! Harvey Bumgarner, The fireman on
! the narrow gauge road, was the next
! witness examined He testified that he
! had had conversation with Weir short
! lv after his trial had been postponed
that be Rad taken a trip down the road;
-tnat he Weir said his trial had been
pos, pnred aud that ''that woukigiy him
a better chance tp get q settlement with
Riggs, AMI rhat settlement he wonld
have" AMI that he would either get
away with Riggs or rice rcr~r
An Invitation 10 See the Murder Commit
-.... ..a ted 80 -
Samn-l g. Christy Vas the mex Wit
two mi g. iron u E airsvil.e; that h-
l.ad uDInr. 90 ipSu uH idst Ehi!SImiS AMI
Wa, Us. rni-g IA . bIHi playing al sa-
lrsyu;atan " .Isaps a org ipilossi by
hs passed him tChr'sryf .sald
he y ~ going M. street 10 shoot hyts,
.,uI tha, T. Wrarl !uNltvd them lthr
buysl up 20 >re il done; then went
across the street 10 'yhIcery, and later
On weul fnr,GtT up the street, al whlrh
time heard the snGts fired
Mr. ltariuri then proceeded tn cro' s.
uu-sViun the witness ahi cndeavor I"
,.ruharrlS 49, hi:n, but he stuck 10 his hrs:
S.a'pn-ut, never VARYING one iOta, a.
though he coull not tell the names ui
heb9ys who were. following Weir.
4 he Victim of the Arson Plot Came Next.
Mr.. wilkins testified that he was a
f,rmer living one Durth OF Il mile out OF
TOWN: that his barn Was burned OH the
- n Of November last; that he had a
talk with Weir, having heard that he
knew vino burned the barn; Weir said
Riggs had burned 1t; asked him how he
knew and he merely answered that ne
knew he did it" between Gep'
hsrlt's and Downing's places We had
little taik, during which Riggs stepped
ont Of DOwning's door and Weir said:
"There's that son OF b; II he comes
down here m put ball through him."
Weir then reached in his pocket for his
pistol. At another time Weir proposed
that | should 20 down to Riggs and az
cuse him Of burning the barn, and II he
denied it, he should shoot him. This
harpened a week or two before the
shooting While We were talking near
Downing's little gIrl came ont and
whispered something 10 Weir, and The
General whispered something To her
and got her to go away.
Testimony OF John l.. Rice.
Was present at the shooting Of Riggs;
Weir and were in Fink's saloon just
before ii occurred; We went out into the
street; after We left the saloon Weir
and some other person got into a row;
pushed Weir away and told him |
would take care OF his opponent; Welr
then left and went up street; when 1
got up town Weir was standing In front
Of the May Or's office; Riggs was their at
that time; Weir said, There's the man
that's goin' to send me to the peniten-
tiarv; watch me, Sterl; watch me on the
day Of the trial." Riggs said, 81 will"
Weir was right in front OF me when he
fred the first shot; the second shot was
fired before Riggs struck the curb, and
he received the third shot. The revolver
was here shown the witness, but he had
forgotten it's number. Mr.. Rice said
that he had heard Weir make threats
against Riggs, saving that he was
damned rascal, and that he was going
t. see to him.
Talford Patton Sworn.
Reside at st. Clairsville; was here last
Christmas; did not see the shooting; was
sitting in Johnson's office writing; heard
the firing and ran out to see what the
matter was: saw Riggs over by the
Treasnrer's office, his face all covered
with blood; ran down 10 Camp6ells
alley and got Weir's revolver aud ex-
am,ned it; found three empty chambers
and two loaded ones; l then handed it
to Mayor Riley. The weapon was here
shown the witness and he ldentlhed II
as the one with which Weir had done
the shooting by the number and by a
small mark on one side OF 1t.
Samuel West Examined
Reside at st. Clairsville; was here on
last Christmas Day; was passing along
the street and saw crowd at Patter
sons store: started down and the first
thing saw Sterl started light back and
then toward the curb; near the centre ol
the pavement Weir fired; Riggs stumbled
and AZ the curb ne fired again; Riggs
then went on and al the ash pile Welr
fired again: Riggs then went on across
tine pike TO Alexander's pavement and
then down to the barber shop: heard
nothing said by Weir; Riggs moved be-
fore he received the first ball, going east
toward the pike. nv
Cross Examined by Daniord-Was
rerfectlv cool during the occurrence;
saw others who were very much excited,
and then Others who were comparative
iy cool. -,
Here the counsel for the State said
that some OF the witnesses whom they
desired to place on the stand next were
NOT present, and asked the Court to ad-
iourn until TO morrow, "a II others who
were present were examined next 1t
would interfere with their Introductory
prosecution, and Judge Okey according
iv adjourned Court until $50 o'clock
'o.morrow morning.
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