Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-10
Tho Story of Witness Who suicided-An
Interesting Trial.
4, u. 49, III Ihs Partat.r,

Tho Story Off Witness Who Su~icided-An
Interesting Trial.
T. the Editor Of he Register:
There is something daring and romantic
even in murder aud other crimes that
make il OF interest TO the reader and the
paper that gives the truth of daily events
without LEAKING one way or another way
but standing straight up aud telling the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth" according 10 the form Of oath al
minisle,ed in Pennsylvania ia q rare &C
uuisiioa. But two or three weeks ago
saw in tho Sunday REGIsCEE the only
strictly reliable account that has yet been
puohshed to my knowledge OF the shooting Of
+. +. Cartwright near Warrington and the
outlines Of the Baker murder which occur,
red four years ago, | wondered at the &C
curacy Of the account coming almost with
the report OF the shot. | who have followed
night and day the track Of the old Baker
tragedy for the last year congratulate the
REGISTER for its ability in being accurate.
As has been outlined in the REGISTER, the
trial of the Car,8rights began Monday, the
ll,h inst, and to one who has lately been
over Warrington district It is clear beyond
the shadow of doubt that the coming
trisl will be earnest and lively work for
both sidea. 4 hundred witnesses for the
STATE will be in attendance, and how many
for the defence ! do not kuOw, but | know
that [ who am writing have been sun.
moued By the defendants aud | know that
If they have aoae summoned that can do
them more good than |, they had better
maze their peace VITA God.
The story of Eli +. Sa,;arfelI. : nephew
of Samuel Safler6eid, v5o CT his
throat rather than give evidence before
the Coroner's Jury sitting on the case Of the
murdered John baker, gives Z thrilling &C
count Of d~eprayiiy, iphumenity ard devil
ishness. | saw Sattcrheld and he said to
me az Hssr as I can state, o. follows;
After Old JOhuy Baker was murdered, we
we're all anxious to hear if there was any
clue 20 the murderer. was not married
then and lived az home with my father.
NJ uncle, Samuel Satter6eld had married
e daughter of the murdered Johny Baker,
and | vent TO him o few days after the
murder TO learn What | could about the
mystery, and was surprised 10 find him
crazy with remorse ard grief and talking
wildly about death aud going into the
presence Of his God. lie told me that he
had, With five others, committed the terri.
bis crime, there young Sstterfeld named
each OF The parties He said he had only
thought il wal 10 be robbery; that they had
robbed him once before. BAT when he
iound'he had been a party to a murder,
the weight OF the crime vas too heavy for
him to bear and ne was going to kill him
self aud end his trouble.
He sent by me o message to each of the
parties named. telling them to take care Of
themselves and that he was going TO kill
bimsslE. / carried the message and some
G! them admitted to me that it wss true
(aere ne named three who admitted its
two | did not see, bat sent word TO
them BIZ one Of the others. 4 few days
latsr, sitter my uncle had killed himself,
one Of tie parties that | did not see, came
10 ne ard asked if | had told any one but
those named Of what my uncle had told
ne. I told hIm | had not, and he said it
was q id lie, and it he ever knew Of ny
about it TO any one he would
butcher me. The investigation closed and
the murderers were not arrested, aud /
have had TO carry this secret for all these
years for I have been il deadly fear Of that
man who said he would butcher me if | re.
veslsd it, aud he would DO i. Ihsve tried
20 be a christian, have been licensed to ex-
hort and have conducted religious meet
but the knowledge Of this crime has
borne ne down with liz heavy weight aud
the criminals tBsming them) have made a
tool of me, and l have o iAred to do
other than as they have bid
den me and that is why
you find me here in Jail charged with =
Such is in brief the story Of one of the
witnesses who was arrested charged
with q robbery, the goods having been
found in his house. He lived ON a farm
owned bY Joseph Cartwright who is now
in jail at New M~srtinsville and wss q
bsotherin,lsw of Cartwright, and the
writer Of this was present when the goods
we're found, and heard young Sstterfeld's
wife gay that her husband, if he had to 60
to State prison, could expose the crimes of
would send them there for life.
Following this clue, l visited SAtter6eld