Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-03-19

and answers as he recollected them. i
effect same as DR.. Close testified to) ;Da
said Borham overlook he and Archer o
s the bridge; and he said south end of tn
/; hridge; "Borham pulled me off the hOrs
I and killed me-"
8 Gross examined-Have writing her
5 that made at the time-(same showl
3 to counsel , there may be more of thi
) than L have given, but | have giveI
bulk of it. Between 10 and II o'clock
when searched Days clothing; part o
r them were on his person; there wa
: SS1 20 in the pocket book; no knift
: found of any kind.
: State rested at $40 o'clock, and wit
nesses for defense to the number of 55
, were called by the clerk and sworn.
Testimony for Defense.
George Mckittrick, lad-Was wit
ness before the Mayor in this case; wa:
sworn yesterday as a States witness
live in same house as Mr.. Alum; went
10 night school near First National Bank
was coming home from school when
heard some of this trouble; was neal
BOrham's slaughter yard. when | heard
1t; first heard some one say. "Is that you
shannon" and another said, 1T don't
matter, you get off your horse" and then
some man said, "You come out in the
country and Eli scorch you," and the
answer was, Better get off and do it
here" l turned to look what was going
on; saw horse, and a man sitting on il
at the northern end of the bridge: the
horse was stopped; could not see any
one else, but knew others were there;
man.fTst said, as that you Stannon ?"
the other man said, at don't matter, you
get off your hOrSe;" there was a little
scuffie, and then a man said, Look out,
he's got knife, hit him with stone;"
| this voice seemed to come from the
horse; the others were scuff1ing prOba4
bly, twenty feet off; heard no name used
at all; l ran on down to Albums store
on the same street, and didn't go back
there again; they scuffled about 10 or 16
seconds before | left; there was man
painting. as if he had been running; after
l got off piece, l heard "murderl' hal
lOoed; knew it was a man first, and then
women.
| Cross examined-Did not hear them
say anything in slaughter house yard
there was man went into the slaughter
house; l saw him go up plank into door
| (witness repeated story of conversation
! he heard on the bridgel
John B.. Heil-Live at Bellaire; re-
member of McMahon coming to see me
that night; he wanted me to go to my
place of business; he had lantern;
could not hear anything, but saw three
men and horse; two men were just en-
gaging in fight; the blows were fall+
isa when we got up; the first lick was
received by Borham, and his hat fell off
and knew him, and ! saw him falling
| back: knew BOrham as soon as his cap
| fell off; the other man faced Borham
and was letting him have it; Borham
backed about ten feet, the other man
kept coming right up, and striking at
him; he was striking for Borham's head !;
they fought about half dozen licks when
the other man left the horse and rushed
up. but don't know whether he went to
| fight or part them; at that time there
were number of people present; the
horse slowly walked up when the man
| left its side; II knew Samuel Day; could
not hear word that was said, as l am
very hard of hearing.
Cross examined Am an old acquaint-
hance of BOrham; the two men in the
fight were near the end of the bridge; the
horse was there to; when the man left
the horse there were five or six persons
there; the fight did not take more than
minute between the first two; have
talked to old man Borham often about
this case; saw no knife in Borham's
hand.
I'd Mnnohan- Koon tha Mon
loon; remember when these parties we're
in my place; saw them about o'clock
Shan Archer and / were on the steps
when they came up; Day and Borham
stayed there from A to ~ o'clock; when
they came in, Borham took out some
money and gave it to Day, who counted
it and said it was right; think it was
S65; Day put 1t in bis pocket book with
some other money; Borham and Archer
did not speak at the first meeting; |
knew, or understood, at that time, that
| Borham and Archer were not on speak,
ing terms; Day beat Borham two games
of dice, and then they took drink; one
Eof them asked Archer to drink; the
trouble between Borham and Archer
was brought up about half an hour BET
fore they left, they talked it over togeth-
er. while Day and | were talking; one
of them said, "We1l drop it and bury the
hatchet," and they shook hands on it,
after which they went away. Day was
an active, healthy man. Archer had the
whip all the time they were there, and
had it when they left; Borham said there
was something wrong with his Kidneys;
Day took off his coat while there, and
Archer helped him put it on when they
went away.
Cross xamination-Borham proposed
the dice and also he cards.
Scott Littleton-Live in Bellaire; was
at Monahan's saloon; | was there till
they left, about IL o'clock; L played eu-
chre with them; some one proposed a
four handed game, and Archer said he
had no money, and Day said he would
be good for him; don't know how Borr
ham and Archer got to talking together
first noticed them during the game !;
heard one of them say, "Well bury the
hatchet and say no more about it," Day
then called up the drinks; the trouble
was not mentioned again.
Mrs Mary Campbell-Am John Camp
bells wife; was at my husbands saloon
that night; was on the porch, can see
IHo oIluSe iTOm lutIo; HodIu d luSS' anu
looked and saw two men standing near
the end of the bridge-one struck, and
the others hat fell off, and as he was
very bald headed, thought it was some
old man being imposed upon; the taller
man said, Now, come into me-" and
then struck the other man twice; heard
Borham cry, Murder! help! policeP'
several times; the horse WAS standing
about ten feet on the bridge, and man
by it, but | did not hear him say any>
thing. l went in the house, and then
came out where they were, and Borham
was still hallooing "murderl" just as |
came out they fell, Borham on top; there
were two men engaged in the scuffle
when l came out; Noticed when came
up that they were Archer and Borham;