Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-06-29
MES TONTLINSON.

administered, and then, all being ready,
the State called
JAMES TOMLINSON.
The witness Sid us he vas going home
from the mill he heard y Woman hallOw-
ing Just rs he passed JOhnSon's house. Tie
went back, and when he got on the rail
road he saw Thatcher holding a woman
by the hand. He heard Thatcher say,
Come on, and Johnson came out and
said three times, Let hergO. or I'll shoot. y
Thatcher reached in his rear pocket, and
said, Hold on, there" but before he could
take his hand ont johnson shot. Thatcher
let 90 of the woman and stepped away,
and Alexander Johnson caught hold
OF his left arm and cascd him
down to tke ground. Eugene johnson
then started up the I'LL Before the shoot
ing, witness saw Alexander JehrSon ut the
foot of the hill. He grabbed up something
and ran up the bill to Thatcher, who said,
s.Stand back, there" Witness could not
Say whether Alexander had anything in
his hand or not. This WIS before
the shooting. Gene Johnson shot
Thatcher. 1t was about : o'clock in the
evening. Eugene was just inside the
gate and Thatcher was outside. johnson
was not Ear from the house. He held the
gun all the time ike he was just about to
shoot.
CrOSs-examinatiOn, to Capt. boEeaor
johnson was ON his own premises. Thatcher
had his wife by the hand. Witness was
about the depth of the court room away.
He saw no pippers on the M john
son said, three times, Let my wife gOI'
His wife was screaming something, he
could not understand what. Witness did
not remember seeing LOrena Gilmore near
the scene of the shooting. There was 4
small tree near Johnson which prevented
him seeing Mrs. Martin; knew the tree was
there, but did not know Mrs. Martin was
present; did not see Mrs. Martin ut
the time of the shooting; was GO
ing through the gate TO my
place when first heard the gOman scream;
Alexander Johnson WAS not out OF sight
from the time | first saw him until after
the shooting; he stopped rs if to pick up
something and then ran; when he came up
Thatcher said, stand back. > and AleXan-
der stepped away; Mrs. Johnson was then
on the ground; Thatcher spoke in an or
binary tone; could not understand what
MrS. Thatcher was screaming for because
her voice was finer than u MANS never
had any trouble with Johnson ITO amount
to anything;" had said TO Mr.. Martin that
he didn't think much OF JOhnson-that he
didn't like him very well; when Alexander
caught Thatcher no S!w nothing fall from
bis lAleNander'sl hands.
EDWARD MANGLE.
Was on my porch when the shooting Oe-
cured; knew the parties; was about 100
yards off; was in the kitchen stirring cherry
butter; Mr.. Nixon sent his boy in to tell
me to come out If | wanted 10 see some
fun; Thatcher went to JOhnSon's house,
looked in az q window and then anne
around and showed the deer open; Mr.. and
Mrs. Thatcher came out and both jumped
OF the porch; the woman screamed;
ThateheT's hold broke, but he grabbed her
and after a tuSsls Thatcher dragged her to
the gate, when they had another struggle
and then Thatcher got her outside OF the
gate; there Thatcher took something from
his pocket and put it on her wrists, and
then he heard . yOice-eOuld not Se the
m~an-Saying, You - Oft - let her
co." Thatcher drew a revolver partly out
of his pocket, and then he heard shot and
Thatcher fell; Alexander johnson was at
the dug hill, four hundred yards away,
when witness saw him, before Thatcher
and Mrs johnson came out Of the house;
when he heard the screaming Alexander