The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-08

bhlpp came, when q doctor was sent for, and
that after he arrived Pettlcord was taken
up and carried into the house. He was
bleeding from one ear. Umble did not know
the girl, but had seen here the previous day,
with Mrs. Ship at tho Court house. He
identified Susan Kaufman as The girl,
Squire George Alble was with the witness
and Pett!cord when they called a. the
house.
m TIE IiousEkEEPER'a kToRr.
Susan kaufman, Mrs. Ships housekeeper.
was next examined. She swore she had
never seen John II. Petticord till last satur.
day morning, when he came 10 the house
aud got 500 OF bis that Mrs. Ship had. II
remained there from between 7 and 8 q. LII.
I'LL his son came with another man abou! 8
p. m. He left Shortly after, but raturaed
ut 0 or I In the evening. The wlt1ess first.
saw him lying ct the bottom OF the middle
steps, near the door leading into the front
room. She heard no noise, and first know
Petticord was in the house when she saw him
lying there. Mary Vandyne came to the
door OF her room In the third story, crying,
and said, "0pen the door! Come quick I"
Witness asked what was the matter, and Mary
said, He fell! Ha teli!n When the two
went down stairs, officer bsrum and Amanda
Woods were there. The witness had been In
her room with a gentleman living in the city
whose name she mad forgotten, before Petit
cord came. The witness did not remember
seSipg Umble Monday. and did not tell
Equire Arklo she cav Pettlcord fall on the
outside step on Main street, or that he lay
there some time before a physician came.
Sh0 did not hesr that there had been a fuss
In the house before she c,me down stairs.
Mrs. shipp told her she had sent for Officer
Bsrum. ,P ~I
John W. Anderson xas recalled aud said
that when John H. Petticord came to town
he had at least Sllo with him.
The jury here took q recess until {. p. NJ.
equire George Arkle testified that Susan
Kaufman told him ut the house on Mon.
day that Petticsri had flllen on the Main
street step, outside the door, aud lay there
until Officer Bssum came In Response to a
message. On three different occasions during
outside the Main street door, and she said
nothing about his having fallen downstairs.
Az INMATES vERIoS.
Amanda Woods, an inmate of Mrs. Shipp's
house, next took the stand. She had seen
Petticord at tho Honse on Saturday morn
ing, aud asain IN the evening. He came In
the front door, aud after talking awhile said
he wanted u bed. Mary Vandyne started to
take him upatairs to put him to bed. Tbs
witness was waiting in the sitting room for
tho bread man to COME. 1t was @ or 7 o'clock
in the evening. She heard q racket in the
hall aud thought one Of tho girls had fallen
down stairs. She looked, and saw Patticord,
and said to Mrs. Ship, This mau has fallen
down stairs" She listened and could not
hear him breathe. Mrs. Ship said to send
Tor an officer, and il Il very fow minutes
Officer Barnm came. Snssa kaufman and
Mary Vandyne cana down stairs afterwards.
Petttcotd did not speak. The witness had
heard no noise OF a %scui!l., nor any person
talking loud. The doctur, when he came,
said the man ought to bs tnksu home.
Didn't he say" asked Prosecutor Jordan,
that he was fatally Injured, and ought not
TO he left to die In that houeeY 2,
"fes," ssid the witness, reluctantly.
She further said, in answetto pretty severe
questioning, thst the doctor was addressing
the conversation 10 Officer Barum when he
said this. A colored girl had gone after the
officer to his house. Witness had washed
up the blood from the hall floor and had
seen ho hair on the door cheek or floor. or
tcer Barum mud she lifted the mau up and
carried him Into the kitchen, and the Officer
held him up and tho witness waahed his
head. ..{T HEE IA.
When she went to the hall after petticord
fell she heard or saw nc sign OF anybody
eiss'a presence.
. Squire Ankle being recalled said that Susan
Kaufman had asked him when at the house
If there would be an inquest held, and he
said he could not tell. The girl then said
she hoped there would be none.
MRS. sH1rp ON THE STAND.
Mrs. Mary Ship, the laudlxdy. Of the
house where the alleged accident occurred,
was called. She said she had known Petit
cord some time. On Friday evening Petit
cord had given her $50 to keep for him at
Mrs. Woostes's, on Twenty-first street. The
next morning he came for the money before
abe was up. She roae aud went down stairs,
and .sayo him the money, taking out a dol.
lar for beer. She then went up street.; and
when she returned PesticoId was upstairs In
Susan kautilnan's room. He shortly came
down. and staid until his sou came. IA
He Came back just after supper and after
q little talk. went upstairs with Mary. She
and two girlH were sitting by the fire in the
sitting room when they heard a noise, and
guing to the hall door saw Petticord lying
there. She sent for an officer. She had
heard no tall from upstairs. Heard nobody
say Don't hit him !" The doctor had said
Pstt!cord had been too drunk to tell much
about his injury. sfr
Tho witness had heard nothing that would
indicate that another person had been on or
near the stairs when Petticord fell, Mary
'Vaudyne had told her the same story 81 has
been published NJ her version OF the affair.
officer Barunl had not bSen at her house be-
foro on that day. 6 & ~
Mabel Hamilton, the little colored gill who
was sent for officer Barum, Wat the next
witness. She Is \ bright yellow girl OF u or
noticeable. She had not seen Petticord fail:
had not heard any disturbance; had not told
any person that there was arrow at the house.
She found Officer Barum Mt home. He
ronched the house nearly as soon hs.she did,
cHlEFo p roLlcE BENNETT,
Captain Thomas D.. Bennett was called.
and asked as TO the man who was In Susan
kauffman'sr room ut tho time OF the accident.
The girl had told him II was a man pamed
John Cochran, OF Thirty.third siraet. while
Officer Barum said 1t was John G:bliue,a
saloon keeper on Main street between Twenty.
third and Twonty-fourth street,. Irf VI
During the Captains examination Sheriff
Brown brought Mary Vandyue into the court
room from the jail. The jury objscted to
the testimony being continued in her pres.
ence, and she we1 again taken out. he told
Of Il conversation he had with Mary Van
dyne, Of ona with Busan Kaufman aud OF Tone
with Mrs. shipp. Detective Haggerty accom-.
panied the witness to the house, and Officer
Barum came in shorty altar. Tbs latter said
to one Of the girls, indicating the frame of
the door, leading into the sitting room, "Is
that where the hair wasp and the gill an.
swered in the affirmative. The spot indi.
Gated wei about q foot or eighteen inches
| above the Hnnr. Z THE Cantaip,a1 Viii. ma an