Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-07-29
THE sCsoro TEsrrmonY.
The Evidence, Save The Measurements
aIlIu and the Case Adjourned.

Ihe Ev50enee, save tue Me0SuFemenass
aIlfn and the Case Adjourned.
A medium crowd attended the Scioto in
vestigation case, yesterday, and heard lit
tie in the morning to reward them. In
the afternoon Prof. Schreve's testimony
was very valuable and interesting
Alexander Baker was the only. witness.
He is o sawyer at Brooklyn, West Virginia,
end was on the Scioto. He saw the Tomas
coming down, and thought she was within
GOO yards when she whistled. The Scioto
responded quickly as possible. The Tomas
changed her course toward the Ohio shore
when she had whistled and as the Scioto
was within fifty or sixty yards of the Ohio
shore, she made an effort to get over, when
the Tomas struck her. The Scioto. he was
certain, had ruDg stopping and shipping
Virginia shore when etruck. He did not
notice whether the wheel of the Tomas
was visible. The witness had noticed no
indications Of intoxication in Keller's con-
duct.
After a severe cross examination by Mr..
Cracraft, the Court adjourned until two
O'Clock.
In the afternoon, Prof Chas. R. Shreve,
Superintendent of the Martins Ferry
schools, was the first witness called. He
had been on the Tomas and had heard her
blow one signal blast. When he first saw
the Scioto she was a half or three-quarters
of mile distant. This was after the Tomas
signalled. The Scioto gave two signals in
reply, but cannot fix definitely the lapse
of time. But it seemed to me there was
less time between the second signal and
the collision, than there was between the
two signals. thought the Scioto's signal
was tardily given and was struck with 1t.
When she blew the distance was considera-
bly shortened, but how much, / cannot
saw. heard no other signals, except what
took to be a distress signal from the Scioto.
II was a continuous blast Of the whistle
and only seemed to die out as she SUNK
andthe water cut off the steam. After the
double signal, the Scioto seemed to change
her course and steer directly into US. AS
she approached US was sure there Would
be collision, as the boats came DOW on
But presently, just before the coliision, tns
Scioto's head was suddenly turned toward
the Virginia shore and instead OF striking
bow to bow, as they would have done, the
Tomas struck her about ten feet back OF
the bow. l was on the forward boiler deck
of the Tomas and could hear no definite
bells and could say nothing as to the speed
of the two boats.
Some further testimony was given, in re-
ply 10 questions by Captain Young, but
nothing of importance was elcted' Capt'
Gray questioned the witness for time,
asking if the positions Of the boats were
such that they might easily have passed to
the right, to which the witness said he
thought they would naturally pass to the
right. Captain Dovener wanted to, know
if the rising moon did not cast a shadow
over the water, and if such a shadow might
not deceive a spectator on the Lcmas, as
to the shore line, but the witness did not
believe such shadow existed, and did not
believe he was the victim of any optical
illusion. However, If the shadow existed,
he said he might have been deceived about
the distance the Scioto was from the Vir-
ginia shore, but did not think he was. He
declined to enter into any hypothetical
problem, either with Captain Dovener or
Captain Gray.
This ended the testimony, save little in
relation to measurements along the river
and the Court adjourned until next Mon
day week.