Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-13
THE MURDER TRIAL.
AN ourLIyBoF wHAfrHAEsPIRBD In THE
BROOKE CIRCUIT COURT, YESTERDAY.
The Court House Again We'll Rla-Ihs sx-
animation Of Coroner Lss Takes Up Lest
Of the Morning 0!her Witnesses
on the Stand.

The Bsker murder trial moved along
pretty lively, yesterday. The attendance
of spectators was pretty large, and much
interest was manifested in whst traDspired.
There was some lite delay in opening
the Count, in the morning, or rather In
proceeding with the case, owing to the
non-arrivsl of Coroner William Lee, whoee
examination took up nearly the entire day
previous. Baker appe,rsd collected and
confident, and to thoroughly belieye what
he is represented as telliug the correspond.
emit of Piteburg plpsr-namsly, that he
would be acquitted.
When Mr.. Lee finally appeared, he re-
sumed the stand, srd Col. Arnett pro-
cssded with the crosse1aminatiop. 10
response qasst:o IS, the witness said be
was not very intimately related to Mrs.
Mcwha, His sons first wife was dauGh.
ter ef Mrs. McWha- Baker hsd tod wit
ne Is he saw the three men in tie orchard
and that be had drawn q trb of wstar on
Monday for bis wife to do some scrubbing
with. he said: II have no recollection of
him saying anything about the tub Of
water b. az in the room where tie women
were found; Afs may h.ve said he could
net understand why tbose things were put
in the tub; thee wss blood en- eb'e
leaf in the kitcneo; there was streaks
of this blood: don't know whether i
stated this at former trial or not; don't
think stated at lset trial I did not see
sny blood on table, ihs blood was in the
kitcher I noticed two sIo:s, one near the
stove had wsterJ appearance, the other
places seemed to Re dried Up; there was
blood on the doorsill going from tie
kitchen to tue sitting room; saw this sope
lime after, but q great many people had
passed in over the sill; I might have fee,
this q, sr the Cumberland trial, but can't
recollect thst there was ever any request
made to examine this blood on sills;
don't remember finding anything under
the pillow Of Mrs. McWha's bed; did net
notice anything banging ei'hsr at
foot or head of her bed; nsvsr found nor
ligh'cap Of Mrs. Baker; have NO rec ,llec-
ton of finding any pspeIs; the cut on Mrs.
McWhA's neck was on the right side the
mark made was evidence 10 my mind that
il was made by q car b:l'; Ii could not
have be made with any il strument hav-
ing a larger head than this bolt; the head
of Mrs. Baker was ov er and resrly psIal ell
with tho body of Ms. McWhs; Mrs, Nc
VIVA was lying on her back with her bead
inclined toward the door; Mrs. McWha's
fee. were about four or five feet from the
ire place; there was blood on the kitchen
floor tba. made the impression on me that
it was from person lying on the
floor, as though it had been made by o
per- on bsing dragged, ard afterwards
mapped NJ; did not see any trail Of blood
IN tie room over the carpet; this streak Ct
blood extended fully ten feet lengthwise
of the kitchen; it was over four feet hom
where this body appeared to lay on the
kitct en- Il or to the sitting room door;
this tt,eak of blood was not exactly in a
ditect line; this streak o. blood looked like
il was going to the outsr doo!; l oil rot
see any streak in the direction of Mre.
McWhG's door.
~ think l stated Oh the former trial I
touched bodies to see if they were co!d; l
did not roy the bodies were limp when /
helped the physiti Al to remove the bodies;
I STATED st the former trial that one Of tie
heads was limp; said from things that
occurred my impressions were that they
were limp, snd still say 80; engaged in
the search for the watch and wondered
Shere It va; they found it in q little
pocket raw 1t sfter it was found; il w,s
u cealed; don't know where the ether
watch WAS of my own knowledge; Baker
wa. arrested befole the coronei's invest:-
CATION was over; it was on Wednesday;
did not have any warrant or information
before Baker testified, but during the lime
he was tes.ifying application was made;
issued the warrant, and Immediately after
he gave bi, testimony he YVES arrs:ed.
| At the citse Of The crost examination,
Hutchinson, for the State, asked witness
severa! unimpoi taat QUESTION:, and then
called the next witre,s, Lysander PasteI-
son, the surveyor, who male tie maps,
diagrams, etc OF tie McWha premisea
He made full explar alton OF the plans,
gave distances, etc.
EN-. White was the next witness, and
testified to having called at the McWh,
hoass May 9th, and had cony eu alton
with the accused aud the two women about
renting the stable, pasterg.. e'c. He
was followed on the stand by VIM. Brown,
a resident of the Cove, whose testimony
was o. especially important.
There we're soma discussions, yesterday,
of visit by Conrt ard jury, to the scsne
of the murder, but TIE date his not yet
bsen fixei. Mr.. Braddock objected de-
cidedly to making tn, tine public, say
ing there was no reason for making tie
trip public excur,i,n.