Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-29
CONFLICTING STORIES
BROUGHT OUT IN THE EVIDENCE In THE
F. BAKER CASE.
The State Makes Strong Showing in Rsouttai-
VIA. Mrs. Ksggy Told. the Son-Ths
End Almost in Sight

The REGISTERS usual summary OF ths
evidence in the Baker murder trial was
crowded out of the Sunday issue, owing TO
the pressure of the joint tariff debate.
On Friday afternoon, Justice Lee, A. G.
Lee, the defendant him:elf and d. q.
Keaggy were all recalled, but the facts
elected were not important. The defense
called Henry Moore, expecting to prove oy
him that q man came to bis house on the
18th of July, at or near Patterson'S Mills,
Pa. and bore resemblance to one of the
three men in thu orchard the day Of the
murder, and when charged of the resem-
blancs became angry and confused, ano,
although he was in search Of work, threw
his clothes ont of the window at three
O'Clock in the morning and disapp Jared.
Court ruled the evidence too remote and the
defense took an exec otion. Sheriff Brown,
Marcel!us Baker, Stenographer ALI. Rhein.
stron, Alonzo Knox vera successfully
called alter Nc. Moore, but there was
nothing in it worth printing.
Mr.. Braddock then moved to strike fIom
the record all references to Bakers testi.
mony before the coroner's jury. The
Court faid that such references would be
stricken from the record and directed the
stsnographer to 90 through his note, and
read each question of that kind serintim
and they would be pas ,ed upon separately.
His testimony before ths coronel's jury
could not be admitted, bat the questions
regarding what that testimony had been
were not lex ,ctly the zane thing.
The jury was excluded from the court
room and tie stenographer's notes of the
former testimony Of Evan H;ndman were
read for the Judge to decide question
formerly raised as to the sdmissib lily of
the testimony.
Tho gls. of the testimony was that
Baker, in a conversation with Hindman
regarding school teaching, said that he
prefe red teaching in the West, but his
wife did not want to leave her mother,
and SIS, 900 was worth staying round here
for.
The State wished to use this testimony
to show motive on the part Of Baker. The
Court excluded it.
In the testimony in rebuttal, when
Thomas GMduer was on the stand, Mr..
Hutchinson asked
You say that day or two after Rails
ton asked you about seeing the woman
and if he had said that she wore Q sun
bonnet?"
eyes, SIR"
"And what did you say?"
"Told him he had"
''What did he say?"
"WelI, that does beat HI, anyhow"
Saturday morning DR.. B. F. Harden was
called, and subjected to long examination
of q technical nature.
arthur II. Stewart, Thomas Smith, O.
D. Hemphill, w. James, r. N. Morton
and DR.. Purviance, and several others
were successfully called to the stand, but
had nothing startling to say. David
Keagey, ST., was recalled, and said:-- ,
"Mr. Ralston took us out on Tuesday tt
show us where he had stood on Monday
and saw Mrs Baker; he first said she had
bonnet on, then said, 'I'n not be posi-
tive; WAS speaking of having seen Mrs.
Baker by the coal house Monday afternoon
about four o'clock"
Capt. w. A. Waldron, of Columbus, o.,
drummer said: Saw Sam Rslston, ST.,
at S.eubenville about July %, 'S7, and
lad c0nvers alton with him; persons came
and went; Think T. b. Coulter heard
about all the conversation; several Others
heard q part of it; conversation was in
progress when I came up; Mr.. Rslston
said he was telling what he would swear
to: told him Baker claimed that he was in
the orchard when Mrs. B Tn and Mrs
Swearingen called, and his wife was with
him; Ralston cad, I did not see them
there; don't remember that saw Mre.
Baker after he had left that afternoon"
Fred Aphoff said: "Know little Davy
Keaggy; he was around Keaggy's house
all the afternoon of May 8; know where he
sat on telegraph pole; did not see him
there at all; went with Mrs. Keaggy and
Davy to New Cumberland at former trial
one day in buggy; drove myself; she told
Davy to testify that he saw E liza come
ont to take drink, throw part Of the
water away and then take the cup back
in the kitchen; she told him if he did she
would buy him the bsst suit of clothes to
be had in Steubenville."
To Braddock-'I came here few days
ago; doa't know who sent for me, mol
what will get for coming; did not tell
Thomas Gardner that / YVES getting 81 q
day, my board, plenty Of beer and was
having good time; was at home at
Keaggy's when David cana home Monday
evening, and he said he had seen Ella
McWha come out of the hou:e and take 9
drink out of tin cup"