Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-23

that the sign was not right icr
Wanting tucumbsrs; told Ter l plant
ed nv cu,umbers in the grouudi we
iested about il; went out and cat wooo
and left axe in a notch in tree IN tie OF
ch,rd; saw the tire, men who rented tne
stable: told them that Paddy Mudd mao
bean allowed to pasture his horees in the
old orchard; told thsm that the isdie'
might rent the terrace in front Of the non 50
for pasture; was at postoffice; went TO snoe
sbop and clinched q nail in my shoes
NEARLY new which had pushed up and
was hurting my foot; did not DIVE any
nails in nv shoes; never wore shce Win
a ound-hsaded nail in it in my life.'
This last WAS a q Vt contradiction OF tue
testimony .of Aloizo Knox. Prot eedipg,
Baker said when he went back TO tue
touse. he found the three men at the back
door talking t., his wife and Mr.. McWhs
sbout renting tbs stable, and detailed the
transaction fully. He and his wife were
out to the stable, and when they came
back and told Ms. McWha abou. the
contrac. she said someone else had Just
been there and she would not let them in.
"My wife said: 'Mothe-, it might have
bsen some of the Mi ,hbor,'
About his trip to Crosse Creek village, re
said: "Isaid l mu hurry up or l would
miss the train and asked my wife to lend
her aatchel; passed through the room and
saw Mrs McWhs lying on the bed my
wife tried to dissuade me from going, bat
said wantei to 20; she kissed me god
bye; heard train aud though II was my
train; wen. to where could ses that it was
not; noticed Alorz, Kuox, but do not
know what he WAS doing"
There the witness detailed bis route,
showing the jury the way he wert by the
man, detailing where he had met o man
and asked him if he could ctcd the
train. Hs sid he did not go
over the route marked on the map, but by
a way 200 or 300 yards shorter. Nat a
section man, who told him he had ten
minutes. At the station he SAW William
R bsrts and Thompson Gilmore, end sat
down between them. He made out. his
own ticket to Hanlin's station snd return,
as was his custom. Was Introduced
to Rev. LYLE and Me. Marks, at Hanlin's
station. He walked along the track to-
wards Cross Greek station, and when 1t b.
gan to rain got under some cars. He
was soaked through and through when he
got to Gross Creek. His sol wss the int
person he saw OF Gross Greek. He said:
leave my satchel TO my little sor saw my
father standing on the ttoIe stsps at tie
village; we went to the houfe and mo her
got me some supper; dried ny clothes be-
fore the fir; wrote a letter TO my s)n ut
Stsubenyitle; told him o come 10 the Cove
the next day; went to the store and bought
some articles of wearing apparel for my
daughter; mother wanted me TO say day
CT two; told h.r l could not; sept with
nv son Msrcellls; started home about Six
o'clock the next morning; went to Han
Inns station by cleaner routs got on same
road on top Of the Coal Town hill; never
saw Butte Cross that morning, dor did he
see me; Was not at the station at six o'clock
only got there Thirty or forty Minutes b ,fore
train time; the section tOe was an old pupil
of mine aud he asked me if recognized
him; he was working at the switch and his
work caused him to walk back ard forth
ar d walked with bin, talking to him; got
back TO the Cove and saw MIR. VIM. Lee
went past the p ,stc flee TO get my mail; met
RobeI Is at the d Pot platform and he asked
me about what kind Of congregation hsd
had going up was dressed up and he askt
me where was going to preach don't re-
GILL that ppssd Mr.. keaggy's with NJ.
LEI; may have done so; halted moment t.
se what the men working on the dump were
doing; think Herman Campbell passed
me there; this was not far from ouI
gate; buggy p,s:el and Q LADY
said, tell your wife calei yesterday blu.
was sorry not TO have sssn herr asked
her who should tell her had called; did
not know Mrs. Swearingen except ut her
home; had not seen her fJr two ye irs
thought knew her tile Toy because he d
not seen him wearing goggles--rOi from
wearing them at that time; went ID the
kitchen door and found it fastened; ]
thought that perhaps they had gone to
Steubsnv.lle, Ohio; Mrs McWba was takir 4
medicine from DR.. McLsiD; !Oaksd at got
and saw that the staple, an old one, had
been pulled out; went 10 trout orch and
opened the door; noticed the window 81 +,
but went on in; set down my satchel in the
ball; looked in the room and found my
wife and her mother lyirg on the flo T;
picked my wife up and tie body wss limp.
Lsid her down in nearly the same position
think the position Of the left ann slightly
changed; went out aud yelled murder;
went back into the room; the blinds were
translucent but not transparent; went out
in our room and found the blind in its
normal condition; put my trunk key in the
lock and turned it aud the hasp fell cut
cav that $3.50 had in my large p:ctet
book was gene; that was when was In
the house o second time; to some one
said, they have taken my money to;
Mr.. Lee and the others came and we look.
ed around ard found things tossed about
Mr. Lee Mkei ne il the exs in the tub va
our sx-; told him thought it wss; wtnt
out and looked in the al house 10 see II
our axe was there; o great many people
gathe-e', to ssve-sl people 'old briefly o.
renting the lot which thought was not 9
legitimate trsnactioD, that tie msn might
have committed the crime"
The defendant then narrated his tele
graphing for officers, the arrival Of Chic
Smith, of this city, his testimony befort
the coroner's jury; and said:
Saw ] wss suspected OF tie murder
probable lynching, etc.; went 10 the eher.
if and told him wss ready for arrest .,
any time; wanted that bubble puuctured
when / was arrested a. the school house
wss hustled off In great hurry to jail
the officers seemed spprehensive but ridi
culed any lynching until We reached
Kings Creek when 0 crowd gathered.n
Baker sid he had two objects iu goisl
| to Gross Greek. One was to Sc his father
who was rot we'll, snd the othsr was 3.
give some of his funiture to his son. 81,
had never seen the axe after he had used
it in the orchard, cutting limbs, where b
had stuck it in tree, until he nw il Il
the houfe after the murder.