Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-05-30
MANY BROAD SMILES
Caused at an Examination Before
JustiCs Ankle,
Growing Out of the Serious Charge OF
Shooting With Intent to Wound
Disable and Kill.

! proceeding before Justice Ankle yes
terdsy afternoon at o'clock, the &C.
cssion being charge OF shooting
with intent to kill, preferred by John Duffy
against Louis Schaefer, a nightwatchman
at the Riverside mill. 1t seems, from the
evidence, that very shortly after midnight
Yesterday morning, while Schaefer was
standing at the corner Of Main and Twenty
fifth streets, Just outside the mill building,
three men, John Dlffy, Charles johnson
and William Kenney, came up the east side
of Main from Twenty sixth street. and
crossed to where Schaefer was standing.
This much all parties agree to. but as to
what followed there are two widely diher-
emit versions. Duffy, the prosecuting wit
meas, said as he and his companions pass
ed Schsefer they looked rather closely into
his face, when the watchman proianely de-
manded what they were looking at. Duffy
said he replied that he thought he was
Officer Stephens, when Scbsefer responded
that "he didn't think anything of the kind,
and followed up this with an order Tor the
men to get off the sidewalk. On their de-
clinipg to do this, Duffy sNore Schseier
levelled q revolver at him and pulled the
trigger, the ball passing closely over his
head. Schaefer then ran to the factory and
called two other watchmen, Messrs. Charles
Platt and John Powell, who came out.
Schaeter then put the muzzle OF the revol'
yer against witness side and threatened his
life if he did not move on. The nttair
then blew over after good deal OF
aparring and profanity. This was Duffy 8
story, and his companions kinney and
Johnson, corroborated it in every detail,
each saying there was 40 provocstion given
the Waterman, and that no violence OF any
sort was offered him.
Then came the defense, and with It the
fun. Waterman Schseter said the three
men came up to him, and without the least
provocation began to apply TO him the
most vile and protaue epithets. He said:
Gentlemen, you ought not 10 behave In
that way" when he WAS told IN italics, TO
90 to a warmer climate. He turned 10 go
into the factory, when one of the three men
struck him with a chunk of n brick, In.
h:cting a painful wound on his hip He
then drew his revolver and fired in the air
to Tighten them off Another stone was
after wards thrown at him. He had no
thought Of killing any one, or be could
have done so very essiiy. He called for
Platt aud Powell and they came TO his Gid.
Duffy caught hold of Plat and threw him
down, while witness was at the hose house
looking for an officer nufy here under
| took 10 crosE,exsmine S2haefer, with some-
thing like this result:
Didn't you aim your pistol right at
mel"
mo, l didn't"
You didn't, hey2"
mo"
We'll, say you did"
And say | didn't"
You did"
Il didn't"
"les, you did"
You can't BULLDOGS me"
Don't want TO-
Il ANT skeered OF youl'
II don't want you to be-
Counsel for the defeuse-If it please
your honor, | think this hardly the way
to
The Court-Gentlemen, you must stop
that"
Dufy-Where did You get that brick2
"0u the pavement"
What pavement
'In front Of the mill. "
What mill2'
The Riverside"
What forH'
ITO show what WAS hit with"
Nobody hit you"
Eyes they did"
They didn't"
They did"
Il cay they didn't"
This would go on for q time and then
the Court would cut it off, but it would be
resumed again and again, amid roars of
laughter
Mr.. Schaeier produced the brick with
which he was bit, and also exhibited his
wound
Wstchmen Powell and Platt corrobors.
ted bis testimony, and finally the hearing
was concluded, and the accused discharged
by the Court.
Duffy, Kenney and johnson were at once
arrested by Officer Watson on warrants
charging them with assault aud were taken
to hesdquarters They will be given q
hearing tomorrow morning.
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