Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-25

CAN'T TELL THE NAMES OF.
was at Lock No. 4 day.
Q-Didn't you tell Mr.. SommerSllle
you fired the brick kiln the third Sunday
IN January?
Al said fired two Sundays.
Q.-What occurred at Lock No. while
you was there?
A.-Nothing much; q store was robbed
while was there.
Q-About what date was that?
Al don't know; about the 18th or
10Th.
Q.-Do You know Elisha Craig?
Al know ''Rsttly Craig"
Q.-Do you know Buster" Green?
A-Yss. Twas only day at Lock No.
4; heard of the robbery from some men;
then / went to a town where there Is a
distillery; don't know the name. was
there three days, and then went up
eight miles to another town; don't know
the name. Then l went to Uniontown.
I walked.
OIL thought you went by the Penn
sylvanis road?
A.-That il how did go.
Q.-What became of the other four days,
You said you were ten days from Mon. /"
City to Uniontown, and you have only &C
counted for six?
A.--You didn't ask me how long l
stayed in the other town.
Q.-What was the name of the friend you
gave me in UDiontown?
A.-W. 3. johnson.
Q.-Is that the name you gave me first?
A.-That is the name meant to give.
Q.-Who is w. B. Wallace?
Ale works at the coke works at
UniontOwn.
Q.-Is that your friends name?
A.-That is what suppose his name is
OIL thought you said his name was
johnson?
Al forgot it. That is his name. was
at Uniontown one day.
Q-From Uniontown where did you 60?
A.-McKeesport. Know Mary Slater
there. l got there the latter part of Febru-
ary-to her house. was there two weeks
before went there. She is the only per-
son know there. l worked fer $1.2O a
day for two weeks, but didn't work steady
every day. l drew SIS. Then l went to
Pitttsburg, Friday, at the last of February.
got to Pittsburg at night.
LOOT SOME JEwELRY THERE
from NJ. Bonds, $40 Liberty street. He
keeps jewelry of all kinds. l got half-a-
dozen finger rings, after ten o'clock at
night. ] paid sixty cents for them. l
sold them the next day at New Brighton,
Pa. Left Pittsburg that night. This was
pretty close to March 1st. No. / made
mistake. l was in New Brighton on
the Goth of February.
Q.-Didn't the other prisoner wink at
you right now?
A.-No. i made a mistake about the
time was in McKeesport That robbery
at Lick No. was about the 10Th or 10th
of January. When l come to think, l
pinched my little finger with knife, at
New Brighton, February Goth. was
with Tom Rankin. He is glass tesssr.
have not written to him. never wrote
letter to anybody. was in New
Brighton one night; stayed in the glass
house. / got my breakfast there and got
my supper ut the Duncaster House, in
Rochester. / didn't 20 home. / took a
train that night on the Fort Wayne road
and went to Mansfield, o. l got there
on the 22d. 1 went to Mt Yer
non on the night of the 23d
1t was IL o'clock. l got of to look
around and see what the town looked like.
had been there before. l left at in the
morning. / spent the time walking
around. had some baggage before | left.
| went to Newark on passenger train.
GOT there little after five. had valise
with me-a small black one-and bun
die, in gum coat. / had no overcoat
when 7 got TO Mt. Vernon, but had one
when | left. At Newark went up the
road about half mile toward Shawnee.
| came back in half an hour. was sit
ting on the track and saw Christie coming
down. He was coming from toward town.
I sat down to think over few little mat
ters. had never seen or heard of Christie
before. He had quart of whisky. We
talked awhile. He said good mo. ming, y
and pulled out the whisky. We took
drink and then went to saloon and
drank some beer and played cards, and
then we went ont to get our hair cut anC
shaved. l paid for it. Christie and
took
A FEW MORE DRINKS,
and then went down the road and CAM
back with what had, and went and bough
a yslise. had breakfast about half-pas
eight, at railroad restaurant, just abov
Canal street. 1t was southeast IRON wher
l got the valise.
After some questioning and reference
to Christie's testimony of yesterday, b
admitted the restaurant was on the sam
street. Resuming, the witness admitted
} in reply to sharp questioning, that when b
left Bridgeport the Mayor bought him
ticket for Bsllaire and put him on tn
train. This caused sensation. He the
, said he got off the train before he got q
Ballaire. and came back to Bridgeport an
crossed TO Wheeling. When he was al
rested at Newark four reyolvers-two 81
and two 3S's-were taken from him. Tn
pistols were shown him, bat he would no
swear 10 them. He said he had never hre'
the pistols-they were new.
O-Examine that revolver cylinder
How many shots have been fired tromit?
A.-Two.
II O,-Now look at me. Didn't you fir
those shots down in that alley?
A.-No.
Witness said be never saw Isaac n. Suit
ton, of BsnwoOd, in his life, until hssaw hin
on the stand. Ressw him while in jail, bu
never when he had his liberty. A piece
the burned shsnty boat was produced, ant
witness said he was never on boat
that color. He never borrowed q paper Q
Sutton, in January or any other time, di'
not know Benz. Sutton, was never Q
franklin Station, on the Ohio River road
and never bought ticket from there t
Benwood. Never saw Cyrus Hogs, eS
cept at the Wheeling jail. Never saw tn
| iron chissls found in alley @. He
NEVER USED TOOLS LIKE THAT.
, Going back to Bridgeport, he said b
wasn't arrested there for selling brass 70
gold; they didn't find any Of them O