The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-05-24

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issued the subpUnas early "Wednesday
morning and delivered them to the po
: lice. I also notified the States attorney
OF tho time and asked him TO 10 present
| At time OF trial both State and defen.
dan,s were ready and the trial began
q Williams was first examined. Asked
"Do you recognize these defendants az
the two men who assaulted and robbed
you Sunday night last2" he answered,
4 recognize that one" pointing to Rob.
inson, "but l am not sure az 10 this one, !
pointing to Gray. When asked tho
same question again no said he recog.
nized Gray, because he was consider.
ably taller than the other onn, and that
he was not certain as TO Robinson. He
said he first saw the defendants ir ia.
loon on the corner Handlan's], and
then In Sullivan's saloon. lie said,
1--WE bad several drinks together In Sui.
| iivan's saloon. Witness never was In
sullivan's saloon at all. j and the
! boys drank in Handlan's saloon; went
from Sullivan's saloon about II or II :l5
| p. m. said they would 70 to d sporting
house; went about four blocks away !;
was then seized by tho two men, one
catching mo around the neck and pull.
! ing me over, and the other striking me
in the stomach; this was about 1880, l
suppose. l fought some, but ives over.
powered; was so drunk at the time that
didn't know or recollect anything.
Then again I sobered up and knew what
I was about; have no knowledge or
recollection OF what became OF me after
that until l was taken to the gas works.
This was about 8 q. Ii. Monday morn
ing" Is'y.5
"How much money did you lose ?"
II don't know exactly; l had $40, a
S. and 81, and about IS In silver change,
IS near as l can remember. I was In
Halpin's aud Hearne's saloon, rs stated
by Mr.. Parker, about 80 or 9 a. M,
Monday morning, and had not at that
time been beaten and robbed"
The drunken condition, whether
caused by drugs or too much drink, |
won't say, of the witness was such that
his memory failed him entirely, and from
the tune he left Mr.. Handlan's saloon,
about 10 or II p. M, he knows nothing
Of himeelf, and didn't even know that
he had been in Halpin's saloon until
asked by the court. In Handlan 3 saloon,
as stated by Mr.. Handlan, and this
is the only place and point where
they were ever seen or known
to be togtber, Williams was put ont
by Mr.. Handlan, he thought, about
$3.50 or 10 Sunday night, and then the
others left, too. Mr.. Handian thought
that Gray had said something about
doing Williams up, but wouldn't besure
US to the words he used. Lucy Belmont
said that the boys, Gray and Rob.
inson, came to her house about II |
that night and staid about half
an hour. She had no timepiece.
Adam SchaGer said that Gray came
into his saloon at 1880 Sunday night
(the night Of the occurrence), and played
cards until Monday morning, and was
not out OF his saloon until that time.
This is about all tho evidence OF any
value in the case. Is there anything to
hold them on, or to show even "proba-
BILE cause?" The prosecuting wit
ness's testimony was worthless, be-
cause his mind was perfect blank for
more than five hours, or until they
found him in Halpin's saloon at 9 a. nj.
Monday morning, which he admitted
himself. II. rs the morning papers say,
other evidence has been found against
the defendants, then something else,
and somebody else, will be found to
have been the guilty parties, and not
Gray and Robinson. M |;
The clue to the person or persons who
committed that Outrage, will be found in
or near Halpiu's saloon, not that the
proprietors know Dior had anything to do
with it, but there were some there capa-
bic Of doing such deeds OF blood and
robbery. II there js any connecting
link between Gray in Adam schatfer's
saloon from 1880 until S q. IN, Monday
morning, and Williams in Hatpin's sa-
loon at Up. m. the same morning, un-
hurt then, ! fail to sec it.
,, =. WILLIAM II. DAVIS, Justice.
, Wheeling, May %.