The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-05-22

Tuesday.
On cross,exemination witness said he
was on the train with Baker, and that q
party OF gentlemen we're talking and
Mr. Baker seemed to be the only one
who had any information on the matter
at the time.
Mrs. Jennie Usselton knows John
Armstrong and DIR. Garrison; on March
she was in the market house; she saw
DR.. Garrison and Mr.. Armstrong talk
ing; they were on the crossing between
the market house and Stoltze q Bayha's.
IL. Booher, of Cameron, knows ]. E.
Baker; Baker lives mile out OF Cam
eron; witness saw Baker on Sunday,
March 8, the day after DR.. Baird was
killed; Baker told witness several things
that day, among which was the state
ment that he saw DR.. Baird driving on
Eleventh street, and that he saw DIR.
Garrison, and that Garrison was be-
tween him and DIR. Baird; witness
knows the general reputation of j. E.
Baker for truth and veraCityin the COM
munity where he lives, and 1t is not
very good Witness saw Colonel Arnett
at Cameron about four weeks ago.
On cross-eXamination TO Col. Arnett
witness said that Baker had told him
that DIR. Baird had put his hand upon
his hip as he stepped up on to the pave
ment from the gutter. Concerning see
ing Col. Arnett ut Cameron, witness
said in reply to the Colonels questions
that. Col. Arnett hadaskedhim what Mr..
Baker had told him, and had asked
the witness ii he would come to court
and sustained those statements. Col.
Arnett asked-"Wasn't the talk in the
neighborhood that Mr.. Baker was big
talker and was fond OF exploiting him
sell; kind of blow hard?"
Ayes, sir; that's it.
Samuel Parrott, who keeps hotel at
Cameron, knows Mr.. Baker, and de-
tailed the conversation he had had with
him on MarchS. He is acquainted with
Bakers reputation for truth and verac-
ity and he knew it. was bad, Witness
remembered that Baker had said he
was on the street when DIR. Baird came
up the street, and that he had stopped
him to get prescription.
IT WAS COMMON TALK.
Colonel Arnett cross.examined him
at some length. He asked: "Who did
you ever hear speak Of his reputation
for truth and yeracity." Witness said
it was common talk in the community,
and that he had often heard his reputa-
ton discussed.
Q.-Does lac often talk about himself?
Allies somewhat of a romancer.
At this point Colonel Arnett asked
that the Cameron. witnesses be.excluded
from the COURTROOM. The Sheriff order
ed them to retire, and there was n rust
ling OF feet, and about thirty Cameron
people rose and left the room.
DIR. i. S, Davis is a physician and
druggist at Cameron, and has been there
since 1876, Witness saw ]. E. Baker, the
day after the shooting,at his drug store;
Baker said he saw Dr.. Garrison on the
street, and that Garrison had pistol in
his hand and that he shot him while
from thirty to forty feet away. Witness
is acquainted with Mr.. Bakers reputa-
ton for truth and veracity among his
friends and acquaintance and he knows
he is ian inveterate story teller"
On cross-examination, the witness
said Baker is not an intimate acquaint-
ance OF his, and that he has never
heard ANYTHING about his reliability us
witness under oath. Witness said he
had had three conversations with Ba-
ker, and that others were present at all
Of them. Witness was not answering
loud enough for Mr.. Bonneville to
hear, and he called for him to talk
louder. Witness then complained that
Mr.. Sommerville was not talking loud
enough. The attorney and, the witness
came to an understanding about their
tones, and the Scross.eXamiiatiQn was
proceeded with, but nothing Of Import
lnce was elected.
William Kincaid knows Mr.. Baker
and heard'him talking about the tragedy
in DR.. Daviss drug store on the day fol-
lowing the shooting. Capt. Dovener
asked "Did he say that he met DIR. Gar.
rison thirty or forty feet from DR.. Baird
and that he had a revolver in his hand?"
Witness replied ''No, sir; l never
heard any such things"
Q-Are you acquainted with ]. E.
Bakers reputation for truth and YER
acity?
Awe heard it talked about.
Q-What is that reputation?
A-Not good.
On cross-examinaton he said he had
heard Jerry Fitzgerald, DR.. Davis and
others say they would not believe him
on oath" Witness said the greatest
thing about him was his big stories;
that he was considerable OF braggart
and had a great deal OF braggadocio
about him.
TIE PosTMAsTER's STORY.
RIB. Watson is postmaster at Cam
eron. He saw j. E. Baker at the post
Office the evening after Dr. Baird was
killed and Baker handed him IN even
ing paper saying, "here's full account
Of the murder in Wheeling" Concern
ing Mr.. Bakers reputation, witness said
it was not very good so far as truth and
veraCity are concerned.
On cross examination, witness said he
had known him to be n braggart and
that he "told big yarns and WIS fond OF
making hero of himself" Witness
never heard OF him telling an untruth
on the witness stand and he had never
heard anyone say he would not believe
him on oath.
Question by Dovener-Did they call
them yarns? Tell us what they did call
them.
A.-well, they called them lies.
Samuel Reinheimcr is a clothing mer-
chant in Cameron and has been there
fourteen years; he knows j. E. Baker
and knows his reputation for truth and
veracity to be bad.
On cross.examination witness said he
had nhnrrn Of n hnnsn that halnnped to