Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-05-22

he only wrote note saying he had
Simply received the letter, without say
inc who 10 came from: l know the
moment DR.. Baird was killed | went
into the Office and said, "that settles
this investigations" objections; the
Dapers on the case are in the hands OF
Mr.. Netcalf: l suppose l could go and
get,hem; objection by the State to the
defense making the States witness a
a messenger for the defense,
aud wrangl ng between DOvener
and Arnett. don't know that he
Wrote that letter. don't know that
saw il. 1.-The witness here offered 10 90
and Get the paper. if the Court said sol
I don't know whether DR.. Garrison
wrote asking 10 have the letter sent
hack: DR.. Garrison came TO the oihce
and he came in and talked about II;
when he spoke TO one of us he talked TO
all OF us. / was sitting there listening;
he did not say anything 10 me person
allv. there, but he talked about 1t to me,
an by the market house; / spoke to
him first about it; he knew that l was
a deuuty 4. :. Marshal; if he hadn't he
vouldp't have talked 20 me; he never
asked me personally 10 investigate II,
hut he did ask the pOStOtlice department,
AND am Que of the pOStoitice depart
mcpt. I have heard him ask people 10
investigate il: he told Joe Metcalt; Il
want this letter investigated; l was
there. and got up and went out; the
PostofGce Department might nave sent
for DR.. Garrison. we sent for DR.. Carl
sci fsTrs .nrA u.Lst an
him IL he had any writing OF DR.. BAIRD,
and be produced the writing; the urSt
and last time / ever talked 10 him
about the letter was at the
market house, ! did not ask him TO
write letter and elicit a reply
from DR.. Baird, i'm regard TO some mat
ters of health or water did not do IL;
told him DR. Baird had nothing 10 do
with il: ne didn't tell me at the time he
didn't want 70 write such letter; l
don't know that the opinion was that u
certificate signed Geo. Baird was the
Same rs the letter. nor that DR.. Carl
son said that was not DR.. BairdS writ
isr. some one asked Or. Garrison If he
could produce Dr. Baird's writing, and
ne said ne could; Mr. Metcaf always
said IN was Baird who wrote il, and Mr..
HOotep and Mr. NaylOr and myself said
ne did not; the decision wasn't two ana
Two. Mr.. Naylor did not say Or. Balrd
wrote it-he never said so one
time. Mr.. Metcalf was not there
the whole of the time; am
satisfied DR.. Garrison knew l had some
thing TO do with 10; DR.. Garrison sent on
the letter, and the detectives came Oh
they wouldn't have come II he had not
sem the letter: don't know that he ever
asked for detectives; it isn't true the
investigation stopped because DR.. Car
risop would not elicit letter from DR..
Raird-po indeed-it was stopped by
Dr. Baird being killed; we SuSplcioned
TWO men. and worked on II up
IN about February %, and
chen between February > and
March I nothing was done, and between
these dates l spoke 70 DR.. Garrison AT
the Market house; he knew l had some
thing 10 do with IL because he acqul-
esced in what ] suggested; l had some
feeling against DR.. Garrison before this
Investigation, but still went TO him
and told him how the parties stood
the Two inspectors and myself; Metcalt
had uOLnlu- W ub WIN e1N - -
we did. Garrison knew that others
besides Metcalf had something TO
do with it, because he furnished
q death certificate at their request l
don't know that DR.. Garrison was asked
20 write letter about street paving or
something in which DR.. Baird would be
interested, and have it copied and sent
60 another city, TO be sent TO DR.. Baird
and get reply TO be used; If 1t was
done don't know tit was not done
at my suggestion; Mr.. Hooten agreed
with me: we investigated hand writing,
and the probability that DR.. Baird had
written tive examined all these
things
GEN. ALFRED CALDWELL.
by Dovener -Q.-General Caldwell,
did YOU ever 20 into DR.. GarriSon'S Of
Gee and see a pistol living there? A