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


to the position taken by Capt. Dovener,
that it was a dying declaration. The ar
guments were not concluded until hall
past eleven, having lasted two solid
hours.
The Court said Judge Raymond had
fairly discussed the whole subject, and
very recently, and asked for the ques-
tom
THE SCENE IN THE STORE.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS did
Dr. Baird say?"
The Court overruled the objections
and the defense excepted.
A.-When he came in | went up TO
him and said: "Oh, Doctor, what's the
matter?" and then | saw the blood on
his face and | said: "Who did it?" and
he said: "Dr. Garrison shot me-" Then
Mr. Prayer came in and he said 'slt
down" and the Doctor sat down In a
chair bv the door. He kept wiping his
eve with his glove-he had his gloves
on-and he said to me, to
ouiet me, | suppose, ''lt's moth
ing, it's nothing, it's nothing.
| had two handkerchiefs in my apron
pocket-one was silk, and went and
cot them, and he said TO MIR. Prayer,
ssshut the door and lock it," for the
crowd was then crowding up closely,
and said he would go to the back part
of the store, where no one could see
him. and he went back and sat down
and took off his gloves, and he then
wiped his eye with the silk handker-
chief. Then l got him glass of water,
but he could not drink it, he was choked
with blood, and | said, "Oh, Doctor,
can't YOU think of something can do for
YOU: and he said 81 don't know that you
can do anything for me-" Then got d
bucket of water, and another handker-
chief, and he unbuttoned his coat and
wiped his eve, and l bathed the wound
back of his ear, and then l took
his hat off and smoothed his hair, and
then | saw his eye was running all
down his face. He had unbuttoned his
outside coat. and said, sob, Doctor!
Doctorw-[ interrupted by the Court,
who excluded what she said. Then
Mr.. Prayer came and knocked at the
door, and he said he would lie down on
the table, and he got up all but one
| heard crash at the window, and then
he began to choke, and then l saw an
other gentleman,-I don't know whether
he came in through window or not,
and then / screamed when saw him
choking, and then they put me out.
How long did it seem you were in
there after you heard the shot? A
1t seemed to me long time-hfteen
minutes.
Q.-You said he unbuttoned his coat.
Why did ne do that? A.-To have ac-
cess to the bucket OF water-l had
brought in the water. His coat was
buttoned up except the lapel. He I'M
buttoned it himself. 1t was buttoned
up to where it laps and down as far as
there were buttons. 1t was buttoned
all the way down.
O.-Was the coat inside his overcoat
buttoned? Al don't know. 1t was
buttoned here indicating the throat,
but whether it was buttoned all the way
down, don't know. He took both his
gloves off TO battle his face. l noticed
he had gloves on when he first came IN,
for he was wiping his eyes, and | gave
him handkerchief because l thought
it was softer. [GloveS produced and
handed to witness. They look like the
gloves. They were gloves Of that kind
heavy kid.
CROSS-EXAMINED.
The witness said the shots were close
together, "bang," chang" and she came
ont towards the store, and Mr.. Prayer
and some one else in front of Che store,
ran out. Il saw the Doctor with the
outside knob in his hand, and he came
in and slammed the door without turn
ing around. l was frightened, but don't
get excited. | did not get excited
enough to lose my head-not to not
know what l was doing"
Q.-When he came into the store, he
first took a seat near the door? A
Yes; between the window and the stove.
bat away up by the window, then he went
to another chair in the back part OF the
store: he was not in the first chair very
long; he was in the second chair ten
minutes or over; he walked TO the table
himself and got up on it himself, except
one limb; before that Mr.. Prayer asked
him if he would lie down, but he didn't
answer. He went to the table OF his own
accord. | heard no one talk to him OK
cept myself. After Mr.. Prayer went
out, the Doctor told us to lock
the door, and Charley Phillips
locked it; | got the bucket after he had
moved back TO the chair in the rear;
got the bucket to wash the blood off; he
was in the back part of the store when
he unbuttoned his coat; he had TO open
the coat to stoop over; you know the
Doctor is a pretty big man, and he
couldn't Stoop over without opening his
coat; | washed the wound on his head
and he washed his eye; didn't know
of any other wound; he had to hold his
head over the bucket, and to reach to the
bucket to wet his handkerchief; he wet
a handkerchief and so did L; he did
not wash his eye, until the coat was I'M
buttoned; that's why l suppose he did
it; | had noticed before that his coat
was buttoned up to the laps; | noticed
it was all buttoned up: | know 1t be-
cause looked at him; when he leaned
over he opened all the buttons and
saw him; the under coat was not so big
and tight-at least think so.
Q.-How far was the under coat but
toned? Al know the top button Of
the under coat was buttened, but
don't know about the
others; don't know about the
under coat so we'll because the overcoat
was buttoned over it; after he unbut
toned it l was busy looking at his
wounds; know the overcoat was but