Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-11-16
THE WHEELING MEN
ON TRIAL AT WASHINGTON FOR THE KILL
ING OF STAUB.
The Evidences Addlcd in Court Ysstsrday-Cap-
tain Dovspsr for the State, and 0shsr Dis
tinguished Attorneys for 4
the Defense.

The trial of Peter Kres', FeRhk Riddle
and John Rust, three of thefOur Wheeling
9fen~Gharssd Mitb~the murder o. Adam
Stsu6, Jr., at TAylOrstowD, Pa, on the
evening" of September 5th, last, began a!
Little Washington late Wednesday after
noon, AID was continued throughout yes
to-day. Adam Shaffe-, the fourth of the
purity, eltc.ed to be tried separately, and
bi, hearing will occur bereattsr. Cap B.
B. Dovener, of this city, aad District Attor-
ney TAYLOR represents the State Of Penn
s~yiYauis. NJ L. A. McCracken, j. i.
Judson AMI JOHN NJ Braden, E qrs., ap-
pear fur the defendants. ~Forty-sight
names were callei before the panel of
Jurors was completed.
District Attorney Taylor oponed the case
for the PROSE cut;o1 Wednesday after
noon, in q short speech in
which no stated the case ID the jury and
gave some points Of evidence which they
expected to pro luce. TIE first witness
was Dr.. Denny, who testified that he had
made a rOlt murien examination of Adam
Staub. He { sllinsd to the jury the
character of III, wound and said that
death had been CluIed BIZ it.
Dr.. Deany was recalled yesterday morn
ing. He testified as f)lloTs: A coat AID
vsst wss sh2wn witness who identified
them rs ones Staub had on when killed.
he expla ined to tae Jury where the lead
frcm tbs gur entered, and where a gun
gsd way found in the cost. He said Mrs.
Steub was present before he7 husband
died; he knew he wss going to die.
Frank Bjnksrd, sworn-Live ia Tsy-
lorstowu; saw the defendants on the even
ing of September 9TH, in front Of Auder-
son & BuChanan's store 10 q one-horse
wagon; f. little by who recognized 4 Of
the spoke to him about o bgso bali game
that ha1 bren played the dsv befIra, and
said, 'ididn't we do you up;3' they drove
around the corner; 1me one Of them hul'
lowed back, 'go to he'll you soDs Of
-;" IN y stopped sitter they drove
around the come; where tue wagon was
stopped wa7 but a short distance from thu
store; one O. them camo back; don't recog.
nizs the Que that came bsc< as u of the
defeu ID lts; he said, 81 can lick soy son-
Of a - il thu crowd" thtre were
a good. many persons standing around; no
one made Any answer to him; he then ea'd
II Gao lick any two and you are afraid 10
come out aud fight me-" Ezra Hand said
mo one wants to fight" he went up to
Hand aud struck him i'll the breast; the
other men then came running f'On the
WAC III with their arms full of stones. A
free fight then took place. Some enc Of
them said! 'boys les get the guns" three
men then ran bsck to the wagon and
brought the guns; the cONd aToaua
the store then scattered; one Of tie
Wheeling m:n said "boys this is
a riot, we will clean ont the town." |
ran into the store; there were q rumb: T of
men who ran in the store; don't know how
many; the door was shut and latched
some ore Of the croTd kickei the door
open; 8 man ran in after ~, with q gun in
bis hand; l ran ont the rack GOlr with
some others; the man snapped ths gun
twice before it went off; | was climbing a
fence With a number of Ct1e7 mel; ~ the
gun vent off he sail, take that, You sons
of , and climb the fence" l heard
Eour shots ia all. Thsy were ire same
uaity. l cannot identify the man who
fredithe shoS back ofthe store.
Cross-ex spined-The witness was sub
iscted to q very severe cross examination,
lasting over half an Eour, by Mr.. Judson
He terrified rs follows: Came to Tsy-
iorstown in April last snd resided there
aye- since. Am spumper. Have been sn
oil nan all my life. My parents live in
All -ghney. Am unmarried. Am intim-
ately acquainted with a numbsr of the oil
msn. In the crowd | saw the three Hand
boys, Mr.. Porter, Mr.. DAlif, Russell Dav-
il and John w. Leonard. This is all l can
rem ANTE having seen without having
time to think. l did not see Samuel Sol
ingsr DUNG thu fight. He had not c>me
onto the ground at that time. l Jaw
VIM. Martin ia the light. / think there
were about twenty five oil men and fifteen
of the citizens Of Tsylorstow n in the crowd
on the conner where the gas light stands
Crowds vera in the habit Of gathering
there every night, bat there was an u1.
usually large crowd cole ito that evening.
There was also a number OF boys present
in the crowd. Igot onto the uppiuE block
after the fight started. The boy who
acc Dsted the men ia the wagon did rot
talk cross o. impudent, neither did they
answer in that style. 0ne msn was
lyirg down in the wsgrn. None of
crowd on the corner had said
anything t. the Wheeling par
ty. l wss On tie ground ten minutes be-
fors the wagon came. After the mau said
"Go to hell, you sons OF -, the crowd
laushe]. Can not identify any Of the three
defendants az the msn who wasin aivarca
l cou,d not see the wagon from the point
where / sat on tins tipping block. The man
bad no more than struck Hand until stones
were thrown by the Whesiing men. I saw
two of the msn get out Ct their wagon.
saw them and four or Eve Of the oil men
striking. / was stIuck on the side Of the
hesd while %sittirg oa the uppi1g block by
one Of the Wheeling men, with whom
I clinched. Cannot identity any OF
the defendants az thu man who hit
me. l Yves standing in the door
Of Fishers store when tie
men were under the gas light with their
guns. Mr.. Sutton and two OtLe8 were
with NE in the door. 1 did not see the
man wto fired the shot in the rtar Of
Fishsr's stoae. Was hunting for my hat
in an apple tree about twenty FIVE feet dis.
tant from the rear door Of Fishers store
when the shot was fred. I heard the pro-
ptietnr say to the me1 who were folio wing
a., Gentlemen. no one in here has both
sr,d you" Aftsr this time wa no. out
on the strset again until the Wheeling
party had gone. Only p1rt of the WbesI-
ing men went back to the wagon for the
guns. Tom Hand and VIM. Mart1in were
Knocked down. Did, 10. sea any one kick
ed. am twenty-fJur years Of age.
Ga redirect examination witness te,ti-
fed that from tte report Of the gun fred
in the rear Of Fishers store he thought il
was q shot q heavily loaded. On To-
cross examination be stated thai he did