The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-16
RED MEN ON TRIAL,
The Harbour County Mall Robbery CRscs
The Mail Carriers ktOry.

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The Mall Carriers St0ry.
Special Correspondence Of the lntelli.encer
CLAEKsnuGG, December l4.-The interest
in the mail robbery eases now trying ut
this place is increasing. The Court room
is we'll filled with anxious observers, AS
the witnesses undergo their examinations
the testimony has revealed IN unusual
amount Of outlawry in Barbour county.
The "Red Men, so.called, have disgraced
the hitherto fair name Of that excellent
territory known as Barbour coNnty..
One OF the witnesses to-day swore TINT
one oil the defendants approached him a few
days prior to his leaving home to come to
court, and offered to pay him S..5, il he
would swearas said defendant wanted him
to. Witness said lie needed the money,
and accepted the offer. Ten dollars was
paid him on account. He came to court,
and in the night while lying in his bed, his
conscience troubled him, and lie GOT up,
went to the District Attorney, and gave it
away. taE - nj
Another witness sworc that two of the
defendants came to him and asked him ii
he would not like to join "Jesse james"
band for the purpose OF marauding through
out the country in general way. Witness
said lie considered the natter and came 10
the conclusion that it would not pay, and
accordingly declined 10 20 into it. :,
Another witness stated that he had told
four different lies us they were termed by
Attorney Davis, because he was afraid Of
his life being taken il he had told the
truth. He said that one Of the parties in
terested, who is one Of the defendants in
this suit, is dangerous man, and would
as leave shoot 4 man as look at him.
y THE MAIL CARRIERS STORY,
The mail carrier, bright. boy Of seven.
teen, told plain, Straightforward story.
He said that he and Price, one Of the de-
PENDANTS, were riding through Browns
woods . few miles from Belington, and ali
OF a sudden two men jumped into the road,
drew u pistol and II club, and ordered him
to give up the mail bug. One OF them
pulled him off the horse, while the other
took the mail pouch into the brush and
cut it open. The other man handed the
bridle OF the mail carriers horse to Price.
and he, too, went into the brush.
The boy and Price got on their
horses, and rode to Calhoun postoflice
and reported the robbery. Price had rid
den with the boy about three miles, before
the robbers attacked them. Testimony Of
other witnesses tend to show conspiracy
between Price md the two real robbers.
The mail carrier readily recognized K ettle
and Hoffman rs the two men who did the
robbing. There does not seen, to be much
doubt about the guilt OF Kettle and HolI.
man; but in Price's case there is some
doubt. ,Si'.D. '3'~0-",
Up to this time about twenty Of the one
hundred and thirty witnesses have been
examined. You can readily see that It
will take week or len days more to finish
the present case, and when it is done. the
cases OF kittle and Hoffman will be tried.
Hoilman's father to-day testified that he
had no associations with his son, and did
not even speak to him. He is IN Old man
Of u, and is a respectable citizen. IA
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