Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-03-19
New Series-Vol. 25. No. IL

when Day caught hold of me on bridge.
he did not have his overeoat Oh, don t
know where it was, didn't have it on
when l cut him, and if there is hole in
the back of it. would say some one else
put it there. (Witness repeated story of
the meeting on the bridge.) Was afraid
or Archer, and of course was afraid of
Day; Archer made no assault on bridge;
both parties had hold of me at the same
time; Day kept on striking at me until
backed 20 feet, when Archer run in and
threw me down, and then drew knife;
( Archer was kicking me, he kicked me
two or three times; Day was on my legs
and cut three times the last time cut
him, he started up, and give him push
with my feet; Day did not make an out
cry, but got On bis feet and walked
away; Archer then got on top of me,
and cut him on top the head; took the
knife with me in my pocket, couldn't
see any blood on it; didn't cleanse il and
had no one else TO do it.; didn't see Day
or Archer have a weapon; have known
Archer to have weapon, but he never
drew one on me.
The question was asked if prisoner
had ever drawn a deadly weapon on
Archer, which was objected to. and the
court ruled that the question was proper,
but witness could refuse to answer it,
which he did.
Don't remember of Day saying on the
bridge, "Is that you, Shannon 2" or "If
you'll come out in the country Iii scOrch
you;" don't know where Day got off his
hnrca. I fba
versing with Day while crossing the
bridge. and did not say, "Get off your
horse here" and did not pull him off bis
horse; struck no blow until | was down,
only tried to knock off licks; Archer and
l were not on good terms, bat Day and
Archer were good friends, could see
that when they met; no words between
Archer and l in slaughter house yard;
was considerably crippled with rheuma-
tism that day, and had some difficulty
getting over fences out at Days; he
used the cattle whip: 1 threw 40 stones
at the cattle; asked him to chuck dice
for pasttime, had no particular object in
it; gave him 500 that day, and don't
know if he had more money; there was
no controversy about any amount of
money in Monahan's saloon had no
trouble at all with Day. until the assault
on the bridge; think Day was insti-
gated by Archer: 1 hallooed murder all
the time from the first lick; at first Day
wanted S75 for the cattle, and 1 got them
for S66, but there was no controversy
after we got to town; / proposed to go
to the saloon; / proposed to Archer to
bury the Ratchet, and that was all there
was of it; only used knife when thought
it necessary to save myself.
@. Did you ever cut any other person?
Objected to, and witness refused to an
swer.
@. Did you hit Dallas Hammond with
a boulder? Witness refused to answer.
@. Do you know Conrad Long, of Mar
tins Ferry? A. Yes, sir. @. Did you
ever use deadly weapon on him2 A.
No, sir.
@. Were you ever cut or manned by
the use of a deadly weapon? Objected to.
Know Eugene Carpenter; never cut
him or shot him, he tried to shoot me,
though. Ny wife left the house with
me when l started to give myself up;
met Mrs. McElroy, but did not say to
her, 81 am going over to finish the d-n
son of b." had revolver in my hand,
but did not pull it from the bolster.
At $50 the examination of defendant
was concluded, and the defense rested.
REBUTTAL FOR STATE.
At the conclusion of the defendants
testimony the State offered testimony,
tending to disprove the story of the de-
fendant,of which We give the following:
Day Cash-Brother-in-l of Samuel
Day; was there when Oliver bOrham
was there for cattle; saw nothing wrong
with him; saw him climb one fence;
saw him get on and off his horse without
difficulty; he picked up stick five or six
feet long, heavier than a cane; be had it
in his right hand; be drove the cattle
himself to past the house, when some
one went to bis assistance.
Mrs. Mary McElroy- Saw Borham COM
ing up street from bridge Immediately
after tight, covered with blood; l was
going that way to see what was going
on. l said to Borham, "Was you in that
fight ?" he says, 81 was; they tried to kill
me and tried to mob me. when they got
me by mself in the dark" / says, 'Whe?'
he SAYS, shannon Archer and that Day.
didn't know the Day, and he says Day
l got the cattle from, and says, 4 am
boh dOOhS AOAs Noh NIL q OCDCA tlaO
them l went on over to the bridge
then, and when l turned to come back
Scott handed me his cap and told me to.
give it to him. l took it and started to
go back home, and l met Bub going
back, and he had revolver in bis hand,
and said, where are you goingY he
said, i am going to give Archer enough,
the s. of a b.; will give him enough
His wife was there pleading at his back
not go to down, and ne turned and went
back to his house.
On cross examination by defense. with
ness testified that she met him again af-
and he threw pistol up in her
face. and his brother Scott pulled his
hand down.
DR.. Geo. A. Close was recalled by State,
and testified that knife with which de-
fendant claimed to have done the cut
ting. could not have been the knife that
made the wound in Days side.
The charge of the court and the YER
dict of the jsry will be found on the
second page.
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