The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-05-13
7HH GARRISON CASE
Now Well Under Way and
Growing interesting.
Yesterdays PROCEEDINGS
Given in DetaIl.-.The Witnesses Ex.
amined and the Evidence Ad.
duced.,.Dr. Garrison's Wife
and Child in Court.

in court for tue urst time. Ihey Wet'
accompanied by the Doctors brother
John Garrison, Of this city, and hiI
vile.
Dr. G prisons boy Is a sweet child, a
little more than four years old, and wner
the deputy sheriff led him aud hi
mother into the prisoners box, he rar
at once to his father, and climbing upor
his knee, pressed his face close up Il
his fathers. Df. Garrison could no
bear up under this outburst Of affection
and was soon in tearp, while the swee
child held him firmly round the neck
lsughiugat the chanceto once more Sc,
his father.
Il was their first meeting since thl
Doctors arrest, and they sat in thiI
position fully i've minutes before tht
Doctor could diBengsge the little iellow'l
arms. Then be removed his spectacles
wiped his eyes and gave his wife few
minutes very aaeclionate attention.
Doctor and Mrs. Garrison talked earnest
Iy, aud throughout the morning they
consulted together al intervals.
The Doctor'sfiltls boy, however, had
no very distinct understanding OF what
II all meant, aud sat upon bis fathers
knee apparently as happy as when he
used TO meet him at his office door with
a kiss and bright smile.
Frank L. Hoge, the city civil engineer
wsS the first witness called. He dis
played TO tue Jury a blue print map ol
Eleventh street between Market and
Main streets, showing all objects, and
the dislances in ieet and inches between
different points that it might be drsira'
ble 10 refer to from time to time during
the trial. To Colonel Arnelt he stated
that the plat was made about ten days
ago, and that some additional measure.
ments were made yesterday. He had
made no examination at the time OF the
homicide and did not know whether
there had been any changes between
that time and the time the measure
ments were made.
Q.-"You simply inspected the side
walk and buildings and made your
measurementsW
AYES, air."
To Mr.. Howard he said he had made
careful examination OF the street, and
had known the street for ten years. BE
conld recolIeCt no particular change in
any Of the buildings on the street. To
insure that the plat had been drawn TO
scale he was aaked the distances between
a number OF points, and after making
scale measurements, announced that
the measurements were correct.
SOME DISTANCES.
He gave the distance from Genther's
show window 10 the hitch ring on Elev-
epth street as 14O feet; from the corner
Of pu.ch & Gauo's saloon, as 2lO feet /;
from the northeast corner of Main and
Eleventh strsets to the northeast corner
Of the alley that comes into Eleventh be-
tween Main and Market, as 107 feet;
from the northeast corner Of the alley to
the hitch ring, as 40 feet; from the middle
Of the gutter across the pavement, TO
carry water from a rain spout on tho
bopse Of syeitzer, to the hitch ring. as
20 feet; from the western edge OF the
stone step at Knights house, disgonally
across the pavement to the hitch ring,
az II feet; from the hitch ring 70 Pager's
door, IS ii feet; from Heunig, door to tho
hitch ring IA 81 feet; from Walton's easy
window Oh Eleventh street 70 the bitch
ring aa thirty and onG.half feet; from
the hitching post near busch & Gauss
saloon to the hitch ring as 81 feet. To
Colonel Arnett he said the measure
menls are made along the curb and the
building lines OF the streets. The hiteh.
ing riug referred to is on the west side Of
the alley ALLEY By. The measurement
from Walton's window to the hitchinG
ring was not AZ air line measurement,
but measurement from point imme-
6iateIy below the window. The window
is in the second story. He Raid he could
make an air line measurement, and Mr.
Howard asked him to mskesuch meas.
urement. Here the court interrupted
with the statement that the original an
swer 10 Mr.. Howard's question did not
qualify the measurement in that way.
Mr., Hoge stated that the measure
mcnts upon which the answers to Mr..
HowRrd's questions were based were
actual measurements made on the
ground and not calculations. He then
explained that the map wn1 drawn %
measurements to a gcale, and the DIS
tanCes now arrived at are made by scat
ing the map. These measurements are
moi stated npop the map, and the scale
measurements are shown by the scale
to within foot.
Colonel Arnett-"WbSt is the actual
distance from the northeast corner OF the
alley iAlley B) TO tho northwest corner
Of Main And Eleventh streetsf"
Here Captain Dovener corrected the
Co!onel's statement that the question
had been asked before. Col. Arnett then
changed his question and asked the dis
lance iromthe northwest corner OF tle
alley to the northeast corner oil Main
and Eleventh streets. He replied, "one
hundred and seven feet" Col. Arnetl
then asked il II was not the same quess,
ton that had been asked before, and u
1t YVES not the same measurement, Tue
engineer then corrected himself anG
made the distanCe one hundred ano
seventeen feet. The StenographeE ther
read the questions back and toItt
showing that the ten feet OF the alley
had not been counted in before. Col
Amett then GEked thR distance from thI
barber shop door" To the hitch ring
Mr. Hoee replied, "46i feet" Col. Ar
nett then asked that the question snf
answer be B,ricken ont aud that Mr
NOge give the distance from the door o
Dusch & Gsus' saloon, nearest to th'
corner, TO the hitch ring. Hr, Hoge an
sWered, "ous hundred aud sSTenteei
feet"
Col Aruett-"HoW Ter from the hitch
ing post to the hitch riDg2"
Mr.. Hcge-"gl feet"
ArIe,t-"HOw isr fTom the first doc
west Of the hitcbiBg post to the hitcl
ring; the barber shop door?"
HogI-"About 81 feet"
Arnet,-"From the door Of O'Keete'
millinery Btoro to ths hitch rinR2"
H0SC-"About Il feet"
ArUes the c9ntre Of Benter'
door 70 tila bitch riuRp
Hogt--"AGOnt 5S feet"
Arneu-"FfoM The point markc
Swe!lzsr's step 70 the bitch ring2".