Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-01-04

morning and 20 to the pains Of riding two
miles ~ turn evidence loO-o prcClalming
e crime Lad been committed, and only ten
feet below where the horse was tied, was
thr tracks 80 Ike my own. and IN that
ocular sguue-toe shape Do fair
:, .nGed people want to Relieve that had
All il, u,yht 20 think OF tas~. tracks and
IA. traces OF TINS crime and then went
down io ;hr scene a. murder in the morn
,.,,nnI .ett this eviicuc. stand NJ 10 point
Ne nut when the wave Of my hand 70
scatter the s.ri would have destroyed all
traces of sizr or character Of tracks. This
is crc little circumstance that !d'iS 10
agree with my guilt.
Where the mail bag appeared to have
pr,a rltIrd. there was clear Impression of
-, mans knees and toes in the damp, firm,
,1ri state witness said the popularity
about thSee tracks was, that the toe track
was square u, the sole; aud that there was
no other distinguishing or peculiar
mark shout them. My boots were
shown to he squarc at sole and
square at top OF box on upper. Any one
eau illustrate 10y getting down on their
knees that the upper leather will strike tn"
ground before the sol, and must OF ueccS-
~ity make . deeper impression than the
sole Now IL those tracks we're made 10y
my boots the impression of the box would
have been square on upper and even clearer
SD than AT the sole, because the Impression
was deeper on the upper than at the sole
The State witnesses gayr ~ a distinguish
my mark Of these tracks that they were
square ,t sole and no other marks. II the
tracks uad been made 10y my boots there
would have been another distinguishing
max ~ my boot would have produced a
clean cut square track on top Of box This
D. Is a. strong rs CiTCumstantIal proof can
he, that those tracks were not made by my
boots.
1t was shown in evidence that NIseI',
uurGprers crossed and re.crOssed the river
a. the pu,nt where the crime was com
mitied. and that the water on the south
side was between five and six feet deep ana
very swift. The owners OF the horse /
was riding, who were State witnesses, t,S.
titled that he WAS II hands or 56 inches
high The lowest depth of channel at the
south side was stated by State witEess 6"
b.. tive. teet or 90 inches 1t was proven
that the man who murdered HlseT crossed
thrrlyyg uaj came back through this deep
swift water. The horse ! was riding wan
only j6 inches high; the water on the
south side so inches deep and swift. 1t
would have been an impcSslhhlW
tor me to have crossed that water
without getting saddle and blanket
wet. and Getting more or less wet myself
What did State witnesses say on this
upru's Mr. Felix i. Welton testified that
lode up TO hjm a few minutes after the
muu,rr was alleged TO have been commit
ted. aud held Is conversation with HIM,
aud there was nothing unusual IN the ap-
Dyaraurr OF my clothing, nor IN the equip
mrurS belonging to the horse. Job Brown
AMI Aaron Welton, State witnesses and
owners of the horse testified that turned
rUe horse over To the stable hoy, who un-
SlGdl"d aud put HIM away. NeltOn said
he used tn, saddle ami blanket the next
incoming and there was nothing IN their
condition to attract attention IN any shape.
And he also said the blanket wasa wooden
one. amt ANYBODY with three grains Of
ugmrut knows that wooden blanket
thoroughly wet one day could not possibly
1r Used the next morning without attract
.u@ the attention. U' one "h" expected To
ste AL his equipments dry oud IN good
condition. This Is not only an Important
circumstance, but 1t makes 1t impossible
TOR me to have crossed that river.
have given the main circumstances IN
the ci,r lust rs 1t appears against me, but
hes. "tr.fles light as air. are combinations
-troug A. proofs from holy writ" These
combinations would readily he recognized
a.lfn-, me- why will they not he recog.
uiz.i in nay favor when the law CONES lu
.nG s,ys positively that 10 shall hc den"
believe that the Jury who tried my
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