Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-21

. Nc. az salQ Was \ an W HlI. ne was GUN
In, no Fol street. while witness was stand,
in, at the corner Of Sixteenth and Eof
Streets. Van Walt was coming trom the
direction o. Seventeenth street Another
uau mad passed on up EoH street twas
between ; and O'Clock on the morning
Counsel for the defense
MOVED To s,rIunE
AL the evidence ofthe witness The Court
excluded all that Mr. McEAy had told wit
les,
William Mcynv was called, lie WAS a
romposiror in the REGISTER office. He
vas working there in October last tie
vent home the morning after the robbery
With Nessrs hePuer and Nolte. IL was
On Ihursdav morning. October 9Th. He
So. Van Walt on E3lT street coming from
iGa di,ec.lyu OF B5dley shop He MEG
Toned Van Walks name 10 heUuer and
No.,e lie saw another man. He came
40 the street With Van Walt, and separated
Eron! him AZ Sixteenth street. Il was BE-.
tween 3 and 4 0 clock il the morning.
L.o.is C. Nolte a comPOsitor IN the REu-
LISTER cIEce, vas called He lived on
Eighteenth stree, tie remembered being
in company with Nr Kspner and McNay
on thu corner OF EoH aud Sixteenth streets
between three and four o'clock on the
morning If the alleged robbery. A man
oassed them wEi,e they stood on the cor.
ner. McYay saiO, There goes Van
WaN' He went on down Sixteenth
a.-,rt Hs came from the direction ol
) vruyeeuth street; another man was with
him until he reached the corner OF Six,
teer,h street when they separated.
Mr. F. II, Hudson,
THE VICTIM og THE ROBBERY,
bad by this lime appeared and was sworn
He came down street on the It'll OF DC
to5er to meet Parkersburg boat. he
went into Hsaly saloon ia the evening,
aud from there h. went down to The bridge
and out Eighteenth street to Bodley shop
lie net the drreudeut in the saloon, He
had about 50 in silver when he went there
and about 500 in paper mon
ev. he had the paper money
m nil righy trousers pocket, and the
liver in the left tie drank during the
ayeuin, Al E1dicys he vas met by two
nen who struck him on the lett cheek and
sieked him. and said, Give me your
money CT will kill you. saye them
the sil,e7 money and threw the bills away.
they took about $l+ in silver. One
man was heavy set, big man sud the
other a small one. He could not tell who
rba men were ie could not identify the
defendant o. one Of them. After getting
away IRON the men ne went on toward the
east and started mp the alley Just west OF
the Sixteenth street cemetery, There the
two men met him again and pointing re
yoiYer demanded
HIS MONEY OR HIS LIFE.
Thay went through his clothes and wanted
10 know where hls pOcketoook was. After
Getting away from the men he went to Mr.
Uu.ou's and together Trey went 10 Bod
lev and found the pocketbOok with the
On cross examination witness reuem.
7ar,d talkins to newspaper reporter
He could not remember what he then said.
tie might have said the robbery was a.
Your,s drug store. II he had said go it
was not correct lie did not know how
long h. was kept in the alley; it seemed
Ike an hour. lie might have told the re.
7or;-r II was TWO or three hours.
Tue Court called the witness to account
Tor not appearing at tae proper time, Hnd
decided that he should pay the cost 0!
rba rule issued for him. To this
the Ri;uess demurred and seemed disposed
10 argue the case with the Court, but he
was suppressed and the trial went on.
Iamrs Porter SAL be was with Mr. Hud-
son on tae evening O! the night on which
rbe robbery occurred. They We're in Hea-
w. saloon together. They visited several
s,'o5ns and drank in all OF them. They
were IN gealys AZ midnight; Van Walt
was there Hudson had the pocket book
,,rryiuin., the bills out in Van Walt
urrsepce Van Walt told witness to take
The buggy home. Witness last saw de-
tsndan, and Hudson together sometime
after Que clock in the morning. 1t was
hard 10 tell whether be took the horse
home or the horse took him home. He
WENT 70 SLEEP
on the way
George Carl. bar keeper at Letlkus So,
looa saw Van Walt about o'clock on the
morning o. October Sth. Van Walk LAID
tive silver dollars en- the bar, and asked for
g tive dollar bill lie did rot give him a
bill About % o clock he heard thst man
had been held up.
Frank Hral7 remembered Van Walt
srd Hudson being in his saloon on the
NIGHT OF the robbery Ghey went out aoout
mi:oighr Hudson going first.
Henry Robr,yht was in Healys saloon
on the night Of TOE robbery. lie saw HHG.
SOL and Van Wa!t ,here. Eek FlIao WAS
wi,h them
Mrs ylr,ir,s Wilhelm knew Van Walt.
Ha came IN her husband saloon about T.
o clio, 4 on the moruiUg OF October sth,
And .xcharg & i've silver dollars tor five
dollar Dill
John ,rndr said Van Walt borrowed
dollar in his fathers saloon about 10
o'clock on the evening CT October eth.
James DiNoa saii Van Walt was in his
saloon on the night Of the robbery from J
% clock "a uatl q N.
jacob Dillon testified TO Mr.. Hudson
comirg 20 his hotel on the morning OF Oc-
,aaer 9Th. lie went with him to BodIeys
,hop, where be found pocLetbook con,
earring $96
lanes Cahill .sid Van Walt and Hud.
son were 10 HeaIy's saloon on the night OF
,b- ,aHbery. hudson 60; a ten dollar oil
changed.
The State here rested,
~ Fllan was called for the defense
H.. did no, see Hudson on n" night OF
october ,th lie had heard of the ro5o cry,
He v.s arrested on the charge OF
UolNC tbs -Oe.
He saw Van Walk On the sight Of he rob
be-v He saw Van Walt in Letzkus' So
loon between , aud O'Clock N the morn
inc. BE stayed ur,i! ) a m, when they
went home together. /
Mr.. O'Neill said be SAW Van Walt IN
I.,.As7' saloon about mijnighf. he went
IN Hsalv. I'D stayed an hour and halt.
v,n Wsl, camo - whilc he was there. de
vent back into LetoAu. ami Var Walt (
ans in there sEaia sEa StSGe' until !
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