Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-05-15

trated TO the jury about what 49,.
DIR. Garrison made when he LL,ouohs
second shot, saying he just up with with t H'
cRoss-EXAMINATIoy
Q.-You had gotten down fro..
seat on the wagon, and were bi,o your
your horses, or was about to hitch .Sllns
Ayes. 'nen?
Q.-And was facing soath? A-v
Q.-And didn't see anything tiu les
heard the shot. A.-No. WI you
Q.-You were not within ra,,o
know what was said? A.-Thev -.
have to speak loud. 'uu
(Which way did DR.. Baird ,r...
Ale turned to the left. He tnrra5
about this way [indicatingl He wai
in the act Of turning when Dr. Carrisoss
fired. He was very near turned
Ole hadn't completely the tpr,
Is that right? Ayes "
Q.-How far was DR.. Garrison from
you at the time? Al suppose thru
or thirty-tive feet; Dr. Garrison tnrne3
and came toward Market street. and
went in the cellar before he reached ma
EDWARD BRIGGS.
Odd you know DR.. Baird? A
Yes.
Odd you know DR.. Garrison? A
Yes.
Q.-Do you know where Dr. Baird was
shot? Ayes.
Q.-Where were you when DR.. Baird
was shot? Al was just turning
around the corner to go up Main street.
Q.-What street were you on? A
| guess | was about half on Main and
half on Eleventh street, was by Lash'S
jewelry store.
Odd you see DR.. Baird there? A.
Not before he was shot
Q--When did you see him? A.-Not
until after the first shot.
Q.-What did you do when you heard
that shot? Al just turned around
and run, and other shot was fired, and
ran down by the store.
Q.-Where was DR.. Baird standing
and what direction was he facing?. A.
His face was turned toward Main
street and Prayers.
Q.-Prager's door? Ayes.
WAS III IUWdIu MALL >littL
than it was toward the door or more to-
ward the door than toward Main street?
Can you say that? A.-No; Garrison
was facing toward Main street.
Q.-How was DR.. Baird facing, and
where was he standing when you first
heard the shot and turned around? A.
He was facing little toward Prayers
store and Main street.
Odd he move? Ale staggered
a little bit and then went into Prayers.
Odd he move before the second
shot was fired? A.-The shot was fired
so quick could not see.
Q.-NOw l wish you would stand up
and show the jury how DR.. Garrison was
standing. A.-This way [illustratingI.
Q.-How do you know he shot? A
I saw him fire it; | saw him pull the re-
volver down and saw the smoke.
Q.-What was DR.. Baird doing when
the second shot was fired? What did
he do with his hands? Al think
saw him put one of his hands up here
[putting left hand to his ear
Q.-When was that? A.-After the
second shot was fired.
Odd you see him make any other
motion? A.-No.
Q.-What did he have in his hands?
Adjoining; but | think he had his
gloves on.
INSTRUMENTATION.
| live at No. 1406 Market street; ran
to Prayers store, and the crowd got up
there, and then went and did the errand
was told TO do; | was frightened
little bit when the shots were fired, but
| ran down to Pagers; l did not see
the first shot fired; | was just going
around the corner this way illusUa-
tingl; DR.. Baird was down in front OF
the plumbing shop, as near as | could
see, and DR.. Garrison was in front OF
some steps.
Q.-When did you turn around? A.
When | heard the first shot; then !
looked and saw the second shot fired; ii
was shot very quick-in between two
and three seconds.
Q.-At the time it was shot, was you
looking at DIR. Baird or DR.. Garrison
Al was looking at both OF them;
when he went into Prayers was look
ing at Baird; had one eye looking at
Baird, and one eye looking at DR.. Gar
rison; DR.. Baird had one hand up, but
/ didn't see him do anything else; after
the second shot he put his hard up, and
then he went into Prayers; before that
| didn't notice his hand at all; DR.. Gar
rison was about as far from Or. Baird
as from here TO that char
ten feetl l don't know wh're
Mrs. knights door is; I'm
not acquainted up there; | was going
up to Sawyer's; / turned up Eleventh
and went up Main, but | didn't 90 up
until after Garrison went away; | went
up on wagon, but | jumped off at the
first shot; l don't know the men VINO
were driving; wasn't on the pavement
we were right by the lamp pest at Lash
corner. In the street; | never was VIII
ness before; the shooting was twenty
five or thirty minutes after 10, guess
/ know because it never takes me more
than ten minutes TO 80 up there; al
ways kept account Of the time; got Oh
the wagon at the Wheeling Bakery, ana
the mules walked all the way up; 1t was
twenty minutes after ten when J lei.
home; / looked; it was one o.
Simon Baer's wagons; | haven't mixed
up my testimony with any one; !
haven't copied anything for any one
never asked any one about what tooh
place: / have talked about the shooting
with my mother; / often 60 past 'he
| place; commenced TO read about In'
case the other day, but only rea1
about twenty lines, and then / went
bed; only read about when Court com