The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-10-09
THE WARTHORsT TRIAL.
Review Of Recent Testimony In tho Case
The Evidence Nearly All In---Probabiiity
Of the Case Going 10 the Jury
by Saturday,
Following is the continuation OF the
testimony In the WarthOrst case:
uae. MATILDA UHLMAN RECALLED by

LRB. MATILDA UHLMAN hk'UALLkD III
srATR,
Was AT Charles Merwln'B house Sep
TENDER 2bj cannot tell what time II was
Mrs, Henry Beatty went with mei saw
Mrs, .Merwin, Mre. Kline and another
lady there; said 10 Mrs, Merwin, "Thia
Ia a late time TO make q CALI asked
Mrs, MerWin II she was au0p0enaedi
told her | was subpOenaed on the side
of the defence; Mrs. Merwln said, "There
Ia no use In aupbonaeing me, Az ! know
nothing aoOut III" | did not say TO Mrs.
Merwin 1 did not know what MISS Ma,
lOney said that aftern0oD SAID ava
not know II was Miss MalOney, but ~
was some one who called Mrs, Kirkland
auntie; perhaps | did say 10 Mrs.
Merwin / did not know what
Miss Mal0nCy said and came TO her for
information on the subject; don't think
Mrs. Merwin said that Miss MalOney was
not there that afternoon; can't remem'
Der Of saying at Mira. Merwin'a, 70, no,
the lady | mean Was dressed In black
don't think | said TO Mrs. Merwin, you
were nj Mrs. Kirkland'a oil the time
we were there;" Mrs. MeTwin did not
say that Miss Maloney was not there
that a%fternooni perhaps did say TO Mrs,
MerWin, 1--WE don't know what Miss Ma
lOney said that afternoon and come 10
Won for information on the subject but
not connecting myself with II.
Re.examined-I said to Mrs. Merwln
that Mrs. Beatty wanted TO know what
time she, Mrs, Beatty, left the room
also said TO Mira, Merwin that the young
lady who called Mrs. Kirkland anntie
also said she slept with hes; did not
say 10 Mrs, Merwln that | did not know
what Miss Maloney said that afternoons
went TO Mrs. Merwln's that day AT the
instance Of Mrs, Beatty.
Re.cross.examlned--Dld not say 10
Mrs. Merwin that | knew something
was said that afternoon but could not
remember what II was,
JONATHAN II. HUDSON.
Live In Canton; am o justice OF the
Peace; know Philip Glaaseri have the
means OF knowing his general Teputa
tion for truth and yeracity; II IL bad
JACOB BAcnTEL. .
Live In Canton; have lived there about
8 years; know Philip Glasseri was form
erly a policeman for four years. have
the means OF knowing GlasserH general
reputation for truth and yeraeltyi " II
bad; would not believe him under oath,
Cross-examined--l arrested Gla'serj
have no feeling against him on account
OF that arrest; heard Of his bad reputn
tion before | was a policeman heard
Steiner and u man named Bachert say
they would not believe him.
THEODORE yoGEs,
Live In Canton; am connected with
tho Canton Il Waynesburgh Ryj was n
the army Of the u, g.; have had expert
ence In use OF firearms and explosives
have made experiments about the posi-
bllity Of recognizing persons after night
by flash OF pistol; took my son out In
the woods with me nj night and he 0fed
pistols of from 90 10 A c0llbre within
two feet OF me; the flash Ia 30 quick that
person cannot DO recognized Gy II; !
tried II s or o times can see white spot
on the PERSONS face doing the shooting
also went into n dark cellar ana tried
the experiment, and we were not fonr
feet apart; had shots fred into the col.
lar twice; could not |eeanything at all
tried n 22 calibre pistol there; the fash
from the pistol blinds n person; more
no In the dark than In the light; " wis
medium dark In the woods, and very
dark In the cellar; the night was darn
when | made the experiments, " wa
between 8 and o o'clock; the flash IN st
sudden that II disappears NJ once, aud
the closer you get the more binding II
IL.
Cross.examlned-Mr, Day procured mt
90 make these experiments; no one hui
my son was with mo. Witness here dc
scribed the manner In which tho OK.
perlments were made) In one pistol w
use blank cartridges aud In another
ball cartridges; did not use u 32 calibre
used u 22 and a calibre..
Re examined-There IL no material
difference In the fash Of u 22, ~ and n
oalibre pistol.
THEODORE voGEs, JR.
Am u aOn OF Captain VOgps; was will
my father when no made some expert
ments with firing q pistol; | fred I
number OF ahote AZ my father, no llrod y
number Of shots In my directions coult
not recognize hia face; no stood NJ on
time within Ave or eight feet OF me, ant
another time four or ilyo feet; no fred I,
one side OF me; could only aeo u whit,
spot on hls face; the flash blinded me,
Cross. examined-Mado no expert
menta before laHt night, could not telI
whit l saw by the fash was n face.
Lie, coLE RE CALLED ny DERENcE,
Made an examination Of the broker
window In defendal1'e house, saw piec,
OF glass on the window sill; II VIVA
large silver OF glass, this was about
o'clock In the morn ng,
Too ADAM wENDLtNG.
Live In Massill0n, am City MarehNl
have lived thore ~ years. was NJ kifk
lands the morning after Mira, klrklnnt
was killed; went 10 defendants hOlsl
about 9 o'clock that afternoon; looked IL
tho priyy and stuck n stick down there
saw nothing Of n revolver; wap NJ hi
house after they took u photograph Of II
LOUIS NJ, slARrER,
Am d s%tenographor, am Official etono
grapher OF this court, WINS present 4
tho preliminary hearing OF Warth0fat II
this case, took short hand notes OF Mis-
Maloney's testimony NJ that hearing
document shown me IN n transcript o
my notes written out; Miss Malone.
aaid NJ that hearing tho noise she nrs
heard ehe thought was not In her un
cle'e house, had only seen Warthorat
or D times; that II seemed ono leg an
foot and an arm OF Warthoiet was insid
tho window when no fred the pleto
and the foot was not bare,
Cross. examinod--Think | took oil O
Miss Maloney's testimony down.
rII MRS. BTR0DEL,
Live In Maseillon; lived on East Ga
street last year, remember the day Mr.
kirkland was killed; was at Kirkland
on the 81 Of July; know Lizzie Malone,
saw her NJ Mrs. Peacock'a aud ME-, kirl
land's house that afternoon, took he
from P%oacock'e over 10 her unple's TIM
afternoon between 4 aud b o'clock; too
her Into tho sltttng room and aat her o
the lounge. room was full OF ladies'; n
member only one, Mira. Ellen Bfuny,