The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-22

to Menkemiller's drug store and found
Officer Joe Glenn there. He claimed
he had been shot.
Objection was made by Mr.. Sommer.
vile to the witness's stating what others.
had told him, and the objection was
sustained.
The witness said he noticed that
Glenn had n hole in his clothing over
his stomach and in his body, as il he
had been shot, and had been bleeding. |
There were two holes in the sides OF the |
derby hat the officer had worn. The |
officer was made as comfortable as he
could be at the drug store and then car
ried to his home on Market street near
Twenty-sixth. The witness had known
Glenn for probably year and a half
before the occurrence.
After seeing Glenn carried home Mr..
Hoffman went to the locality OF the oc-
currence and examined thesurroundings. |
The stable door was broken open, and
there were tracks in the yards, with the
heels toward the house, showing that
the person making the tracks were going |
out. Two chisels were lying in the alley,
about the middle, one half way to
Twenty-second street and the other
,,o,no d E;iI;,oS, ~, t%an, "-'-
i''; M -, 80. .l,o oll,.
Mt the time Of the firing, 4 rubber re.
yolycr cover was found in the corner OF
Alley @ and Alley 10. Bullet marks
were found nm the fence Mt the south-
west corner OF the two alleys. Bullet
the stable. the range being from the di-
rection in which t6e revolver cover law.
He saw no bullets in the stable door,
though there were marks Ms il of bullets
in II.
Glenn's coat WIS shown the witness.
and introduced in evidence. The chisels
were also shown. identified and put in
evidence.
The next witness WINS Mr.. John G.
Hoffman. ar. who said he was at home
on the night Of the murder. He heard
the dogs barking; was awakened by a
shot, and opened the window, got up
and went down stairs, and then went down
street. In about half an hour he went
TO the stable and found the door open,
the hook broken off the door. He saw
two foot marks, one larger than the
other, and found chisel close to the
stable.
THE FATAL WOUND.
og;oor corrav tostif,ad that ohort n
or 0ee of oma 9,cIo"E Surdn~ mornin"
Sa "n e 0Ginor SSorts want n tSe CITE
W IL In aid thon want down street N ia
n rt% ot To '' Will thor" thew hoard
poIicn whistle md Constable 1--we ran
aIon" and said n man Ind been shot nj
MenIemilicr's Witness and Shorts ran
down and found II wos Glenn They
osLod how II had occnrred md Glenn
toll thom bo hHSrd doc harEinc and
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m %oH, P Ho wont owov INT he"4in9 the
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uoS D n 4IIsv 70 and no T So tpnod ~ 20
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wbero yon are y md This WINS followed
by shot. The tallest OF the two men
shot him. There was another man,
short and heavy set, who also shot ut
him. When they started to remove
the officer to his home witness ran on
ahead and awakened the relatives.
Chief Of Police Smith told Of leaving
Glenn just few minutes before the
shooting. Capt. Smith also produced
the revolver carried by the dead officer,
and it was put in evidence.
Drs. Alderman, Schwinn, Wilson and
Baguley were called and examined in
the order named. They told OF the
wound the murdered officer received.
The ball, OF 90 hundredths of an inch
calibrc, had passed through the abdom-
inal wall, through the left lobe OF the
liver through n portion Of the stomach,
but without penetrating into the cavity,
through the pancreas, through the tissue
surrounding the kidney, and had then
struck n portion OF the spinal column,
and stopped in the adjoining muscles.
The general health OF the patient had
been good. The bullet was the cause Of
death. This bullet was exhibited to the
court and jury andplaced in evidence.
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