Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-23
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The Chain Of Evidence Grows AOog. Christie
and Kelley
STARTLING STORIES ARE TOLD,
Tbs S.gn.asauce Of Which Will be APPre-
c.a.ei by the Public.
The STATE TO REST TO-DAY.

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The second day Of the Glenn murder
trial began with some little indications OF
rain. The Jury filed into the Court room
a little before the hour for opening, look
ing reasonably bright and cheerful, and
during the interval before the bell rang
they amused themselves with locking over
mangled copies Of the morning papers, from
which the articles on the trial had been
carefully clipped by Deputy Sheriff White,
Who had charge of the twelve. The de-
PENDANTS came in under charge Of sheriff
White, Deputy McCullOch and Jallor
Nichols, while the Court bell was ringing,
and their counsel followed Immediately
behind, stopping in the Court room for
moment to chat with other members OF the
bar. The audience had been coming IN
RAPIDLY since the opening Of the doors, and
when Court WAS formally opened the seats
were full, many being compelled to stand
Yesterdays REag>rEE contained a NP"sJ"IH,
l..t. error iu Porter smiths evidence. Tue "oIl
.uutNg.Hlrri' should tr 'gNF,Hled
MCFARLAND EEsu MES.
After counsel for the defense had held a
conference with their clients Mr.. &. W.
Mcfarland, tue witness who WAS testliyIng
when Court adjourned Monday eytnIng,
resumed the stand, aud responded to ques-
tions by Captain Doyener.
prom the description given you by
these men OF Mr. Hoiimau's building,
after being shown the market house, you
were able to lind the house
Objected to.
O-When were you here last?
A.-ENcept when before the grand ury
seven years ago.
y Where, at the time OF the grand
Jury, did you go2
A-Went down to the market house,
turned to the LETT, went mp the alley TO the
legt. aud found the stable door ~ had been
told. found the moving machine -
they called It moving machine, but
cali it a sicEle-in the window, Just as
thew had told me l would lind it.
Q.-Who told you:
A.-Bo,h OF them.
O.-Where were they,
4 --lnthe Licking county jail. shorty
tol nue. he was getting out OF the windo"
10 yet into the ward, when the window Eel
and mashed u tiuger on his left hand.
" Did he have such mashed hngeI'
A.--Ies.
THE GROSSLY ANIMATION.
On cross.examination witness said that
Yesterday he had said that defendants
spoke to HIM about 4 sickle He said
thew always spoke OF It as moving
machine. but he called IL a sickle. lie
reiterated that he iirst saw the Hoffman
residercs when he was here attending the
Grand Jury Capt. Smith went with MN
gs far rs the lower end Of the market
house. Capt. Smith LETT him there, and
La worked" the alley from the descnp
ZION Christie and Kelley had gwen HIM.
He had no directions FROM Capt Smith
and no directions from any one except
what he had received at the jail. hr,
S,mmeryiil. made big effort 70
confuse the wituess by catecl-irg
him about his statement that he
went down" from the market house tC
thu Hoffman stable, hut the witness held
10 his story, saying il it WAS up lie Wa
mistaken when he said down lie
tbougbt ae went cnst from the markel
1ouse Int he would not he positive, be
c,use he was q stranger 10 the place. H'
aid not know OF the s'Ls OF the stable
" hat it was built Of or the uamher o.
the doors aud windows IN II, before ne
went there He only knew the door open
rps into the yard from the stable was locS
"a on the ward side, aud that Wa the roa
-cD "they" worked the window CHRISTIE
and Kelley told HIM OF board fence op
pnsits the stable. and when h. went there
h. LAW it, lie only knew OF lts existence
from them. They also told him OF coal
-bed. wnsge there were some broker
dishes. aud where they had gone ID
and sat down fot ? while. Christie
and Kelley both told him, trst Que and
then the other. Witness and tHey hat
talked together about t. He did not kno"
why they dill it; he only knew they ha'
toId him. Witness first learned that 20
Eraman had been killed IN Wheeling ate
shorty" and "Slimmy' came into thi
f,iI lie could not tell which OF the tw'
,gss Keilsg and which Christie. The nick
names were applied by The boys 10 All
lie WA IN ilil with them about twenty NV
dsys, bat never heard their names caIIe'
except when they told htH themselves
AFTER twenty-five days he couldn't te!
which was which, because their nance
we're never used. The witness rose anC
po;nteI out which WIS shorty anC
yuich was ',:Slimmy,'