Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-08-26
The Screaming Fares Now Holding
the Boards at the Gallatin
Opera House,
Tickets to Which are Held at Il
Fancy and Patti-Liks Price
of Ten Dollars.
The Frank James CombinatiOa
Drawing Full Houses Yes
terday's Performance.

ST. LOUIS, August 25.-A special from
Gallatip, Mo-, to the Post Dispatch AsSs'
the Frank James trial was resumed at eight
O'Clock this afternoon. The first witness
called was Dick Liddell. The defense i'm.
mediately objected to the witness on the
ground that he was convicted felon, hav'i
ing been formerly guilty of grand larceny IL
Vernon county, and sent to the penten'
tiary. Prosecutor Wallace responded that
he had copy of full pardon restoring
Liddell to citizenship. Objection was then
made to the copy,th defense insisting that
the original pardon should be introduced,
and then the attorneys for both sides con-
sumed two hours In arguing the force OF
pardons in legal sense. At IL O'Clock
Judge Goodman ordered recess to give
him time to consider the point, which is
One OF Great Importance
TO the defense, since Liddelrs testimony is
vital to the prosecution. Ex Governor
Chas. p. Johnson stated this morning tha.
the testimony would all be in by next
Tuesday evening and the case given to the
Jury on Wednesday. The opera house in
which the trial taxes place has seating
capacitv Of 400, and tickets Of admission
not exceeding that number will be issued
By the sheriff each day. AS much as 80 a
ti,ket has been offered to-day to parties
who il is known will be supplied with
front seats The audience is required to re
n, owe their hats, and seventeen gentleman.
Y ushCIs preserve order.
The Performance
will commence each morning at : o'clock
and continue throu ;hout the day, with an
intermis>ion at nuUn. Th:re is prospect
OF evening p rformaI ces.
GalIaIIm IS much putled up over lts sen
sation, aud its citizens are eXerting them
selves in every manner TO entertain their
guests. The hotels are crowded and private
families have thrown open their houses.
The single sa oOn in the town is doing
A Land-Onicc Business.
81 ooting-galleries kave been impoverished,
and lemonade and soda stands are on every
corner. Side shows abound.
Charley Ford has been paradiug the
streets all day followed by gaping crowds
OF country boys, but his brother, Bob Ford,
will not come here for reasons prudential.
There is little probability that Charley will
be put on the stand.
The Main witness
Of the State is Dick Liddel, who will testi-
fy that Frank James admitted TO him that
he had killed Frank Mcmillan, the stone
mason. at the Winston robbery. This is to be
backed I'D by the testimony of farmers,
who will testify 10 having seen and reCog-
nized Frank James in the vicinity OF VIM
ston July Is, esl-the date Of the robbery
and murder.
The real management OF the prosecution
is IN the hands Of State Attorney Wallace,
who has carfully prepared his testimony.
A Bitter Fight
is assured, and if James is not convicted
here that will practically end the prose
cution in this State. There are three in
dictments in Davies County, in this State,
against James. The first charges hlm with
the murder of Frank Mcmillan, of Wilton,
la at the Winston robbery, July 10, 1851,
ard for murder in the commission of rob
berry. The second is for murder OF Con.
duCtor Westfall at Winston, and the third
is for the murder of Captain Sheets in the
robbery Of the Gallatin Bank on December
:, 1865. The first indictment is to be tried
first.
There are
Two OEye-Witnesses of the Murder
of Captain Sheets here. but there has al
ways been some doubt as to the completely
OF Frank James in the matter.
An interesting feature Of the last days
proceedings was notice served by the
Court from the bench, that all persons ap.
pearing in the courtroom carrying con.
Cesled weapons would be rigidly prose
CUted.
fairfield Davis and Alexander Irving,
two prominent citizens of Gallatin, who
are witnesses for the 5 ate in the trial,
have received threatening letters from un.
known persons. James's friends deny that
they sent letters and say it is 4 tri * 10 ex-
cite popular opinion against him.
Frank James.
v hen he appeared in court, u dav, was
isultlessly attired in black, and bore al.
most a clerical appearance. He shows his
confinement plsinly. his face having very
little color. He received DO visitors other
;hsn his attorneys, sending word to the
newspaper correspondents that his case
was in the hands of his attorneys, who
would do his talking. His wife and little
six.year.old son are here with him, and
both spent the greater part of the day in
The cell which he has Inhabited since last
l.