Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-05-19
THE BIC TRIAL.
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leaving the witness TO guess, largely, at
what was meant. He said the breaches oil
the peace by the defendant ran from the
blacklist Of crimes down 10 assault, and
from that out through all the various
degrees to nothing, and under this, this
very indictment, the defendant could, II
the evidence justified it, be found
guilty of assault" and yet the inquiry
is made here whether he is a law-a0id-
ing citizen" He asked if this term law
abiding citizen" did not cover the queS-
ton asked by the defense, and claimed
the defense must either claim the de-
PENDANT might be QuarrelSOme and con-
ter tiOuS, and still be a law-abiding citi-
Ken, or the reverse. 1t was dilemma,
either horn of which must be let loose.
Col. Arnett thought the position
taken by the State was a little mar
yelouS, and denied generally and par
ticularly all the points made by the
State.
The Court said he would limit the
question as 20 provoking quarrelS or
fights, excluding the word "conten-
ton.
Q.-Do you know his reputation as
TO being a quarrelSOme man? Al
don't think he was very QuarrelSome.
Q.-DO you know it. Not what you
think? What people generally say? A.
II think mis- general reputation
Q.-Do you know what they say?
Allow else will / express it?
A.-By saying simply yes or no.
Do you know what people say? A
/ don't think the reputation of the
Doctor was Quarrelsome.
Q.-The Doctor was frequently in
your place? A.-Yes.
Ole was there but few days after
he had beaten DR.. Baird? objection;
sustained.
Q.-WaS DR.. Garrison in your place
discussing having whipped and beaten
Dr. Baird with his fist? A.-YeS, he
was there the day or the day following.
Q.-WhO was there-there was quite
a party there? A.-YeS.
Own you name them? Al can't
do that; there is always number of
people there; Mr.. Shutter and boy
named BrandfaSS are nearly always
there in the back room, aud l suppose
he was there then.
Q-WaS Mr.. Prayer there? A
Yes, he NAV have been.
OIL mean the Prayer who runs a
printing Office is? Ale may have
been.
Q.-You are a member of the United
Workmen, are you not? A.-No.
Didn't DR.. Garrison tell about it,
and wasn't you congratulating DR.. Gar
riSon9 objection.
Q.-YOu have been a friend OF DR..
GarriSon's through this, haven't you?
A.-Yes.
Q.-And have been a partisan in this
matter? A.-Not any more than any
friend would be for another; only so far
as / could learn the facts.
Didn't you congratulate him?
Al don't know.
OIL mean didn't you say you were
glad of what he did? Al said was
glad he came out of it without any hurt.
Q.-YeS, and then you knew DR..
Baird had been badly beaten and bat
tered uD? objection.
Or. Garrison wasn't hurt, was he?
A.-NOt that l saw.
Q.-YOu had admitted when you were
congratulating him, that DR.. Baird had
been badly bruised by DR.. Garrison?
A.-NOt badly.
Q-Wel, about the face? A.-NO,
not badly.
Q-Well, call it lightly, then, that he
had had his eyes BACKED? A.-NO, /
had heard that one man had been slight
ly hurt about the face, and the other
had his SpectacleS broke; l had under
stood the Doctor had been about to get
away with him, when some parted
them; but as to the black eye-Q.-YOu
didn't know his eve had been made
black and blue by blows? Ayes.
Q.-You didn't know anything about
il? A.-No; but didn't understand
Q-What was the condition of the
parties? Al understood the party
who Vas assaulted had got the best of
il, and l congratulated him; you wanted
to know why congratulated him, and
that is why
Q-No, sir; didn't want to know
why; l wanted to know the condition of
the parties when you congratulated
him, and l move TO strike it out.
IOveruled
Odd you ever know Of any other
quarrels by Dr. Garrison? A.-NO.
Q.-You were member of the Coun-
ell? A.-YeS.
Q.-DO you know Conrad, the gar
bage contractor? Ayes.
Odd you ever know Of his having
ouarrelS with him? Al have heard
he had had trouble in an official way;
but l don't consider that is quarrel.
Q.-What do you consider an official
Quarrel? Does il consist of bad Ian
guage, or blows? Do you think man 5
oath reQuieS him TO use OathS or TO pro-
woke a breach of the peace? A.-To
Mr.. Conrad, no; have heard of some
bad language through the papers with
Dr. Campbell.
Q.-What did you hear9 Al
couldn't repeat the language, but there
was an alteration through the tele-
phone.
Didn't you hear he had called
DIR. Campbell a =? Al suppose
that's what they meant; they don't
print that.
Q.-That was in the public prints?
A.-YeS.
O.-DO you know of his having diff
Guilty with DR.. Ackermann, and calling
him a Dutch ? A.-NO, sir; only
what I saw in the paper.
by Arnett l-Q.-Did you ever see in
any paper that DR.. Garrison had ever
called Or. Campbell a ? Objec-
tion by the State; overruled. A.-No,
sir, not in those terms.
Odd YOU ever see any alluSion to
IL until recently? objection.
Q.-When did you see any reference