The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-05-14

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went down to the store.
Q-When did the shooting tax
place?
Q-You were in the room half al
hour, then; did any one Of you go out
A.-No, sir.
| Odd you notice who went into thl
paper store?
A.-No sir.
Q.-How long did DR.. Garrison sta,
A.-Id do not know; went back to the
window and he was at the barber shop
! Q-Why did you step away from tht
window2
it.
Q.-How long were you away from
the window?
A.-Not very long.
Did you see Garrison come down
Eleventh street that morning?
A.-No sir.
Q-You had been at the window
some time, had you not?
A.-Yes sir, considerable time.
Mr.. Laing said that he and French
and Lottie Walton had compared notes
as TO the location Of the parties.
Albert Majors was called. He knew
DR.. Baird; re membered bis death; did
not remember the date OF his death; he
saw him dead alter he had been shot;
after he had been dead ten minutes; he
was in Prager's lying on table in the
back part Of the room; witness is an
undertaken at Friends; he took the
body to prepare 1t for burial; DR.. Baird's
body had en- coat overcoat, boots, collar,
neck tie, etc.
TIE CLOTHING IDENTIFIED.
Witness opened the pockage contain.
ing DR.. Baird's clothing and identified 1t
as that he took of the body. He took
the clothing, article at time, and iden.
titled 1t. He pointed out holes in the
front OF the overcoat, one through the
right lapel and the other through the
body OF tho goods under it, He took
the dress coat and identified it and found
hole in the lapel and blood stains upon
it The vest was examined and hole
and blood stains were found upon 1t.
He next took the white shirt DR.. Baird
wore. II was covered with blood all
over the front and back and had bullet
hole through the bosom. The under.
shirt was doubled at the collar and the
ball had passed through it at two plaCes
All these garments were identified sep.
arately and introduced as evidence.
Questioned by Howard-Where was
Dr.. Baird's body taken from Friends
establishment?
A.-0ut to his home on Fourteenth
street.
To Colonel Arnett he said he frat saw
DR.. Baird's body in the morHlng, near
noon; that he received tho body from
Prager's paper etore about noon; that
be had taxed, besides the articles shown,
q n9ir Of boots and socks, suspenders, a
collar and necktie from DR.. Baird's
body; that the clothes were in the lower
cellar while at Friends; that he took
the clothing to the sheriff after they
were there a day or two; he could not
tell whether the holes were made in the
undershirt by a bullet; he does not
know whether or not the holes in any
OF the garments were made by bullet.
Colonel Arnett and Mr.. Majors exam
ined the garments, noting carefully the
location OF the bullet holes and having
them written in detail in the record bs
the stenographer.
sheriff Steenrod was called to the
stand. he stated that the clothing had
been in bis possession all the time since
1t was turned over to him. He said Mr..
Howard had examined it in his pres
ence.. A pair OF common driving gloves
without gauntlets, reaching only to the
wrists, were handed to Mr.. Steenrod.
He stated that the gloves were handed
to him by boy at Prager's store, and
that they were supposed to be the gloves
worn by Dr.. Baird. The gloves were
we'll worn and had several holes in the
Gngers. 1t was conceded by the State
that the gloves could not be introduced
in evidence except as the gloves that
had been handed to Mr.. Steenrod at
Prager's store the day OF the tragedy.
George Baird, the son Of the doctor,
was called to the stand to identify the
speCtacles that had been found on the
pavement on Eleventh street. One OF
the glasses was missing and one OF the
ear wires had been torn of. Mr.. Baird
said his father was eixty.two years old
and that he wore spectacles, and that he
believed the speCtacles shown were
those that his father had worn at the
time he was shot. The speCtacles were
introduced as evidence.
William Addelsburger was called
next. He lives in North Wheeling; on
the forenoon OF March Z he was on
Eleventh street; he remembers the
time Of DR.. Baird's shooting; he was
across Eleventh street from him on the
south side; DR.. Baird was on the north
side; he did not know DR.. Baird; he
did know DR.. Garrison; he saw him on
north side OF Eleventh street; he was
coming down Eleventh street; he heard
the report OF pistol, stopped and
looked across the street, he cav the two
doctors over there; heard DR.. Garrison
say, will you take it back ?" and then
he fred again; he was pointing his pis.
tol at DR.. Baird; DR.. Baird was possibly
moving when the second shot was fred
he was moving towards Main street; he
went into Prager's paper STORE; he wss
turning to 60 to that place when the
second shot was fired; DR.. Garrison
went on down Eleventh street; witness
did not know what be did with his pis.
tol, Garrison said before the second
shot was lred ana after the first shot
was fred, will you take it back !" pr.
Baird said and did nothing; Dr.. Baird
was standing eideWise when the shot
was fred.
He then stood up and indicated the
positions Of the principals, showing DR..
Baird's back to be turned when the
peeopd shot was fred. DR.. Baird made
no motion nos ss.d anytbihg 30 DR.. Gar.
rison; be at no tipe PhthIs hands to bis
pockets.
THE CROSS EXAMINATION.
Colonel 4raett srOss.eFa@iReq the
witness.
Q,-where had you been before you
came to Eleventh street2
A-Down on Main street.
Q.-Were you walking along when
yon heard the shot?
a: a,fse', 'lFI I bad come down Main
Q.-You vere examined at the core.
neF's ineuest2