Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-11-29

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" hug her and kiss her. he said he
expected to have to pay IS and costs
Tor whipping him II he caught him. He
mad 40 club, but his wagon was In the
street. 1t did not look in 1t. He ran
outO the depot, and I went up to the
express Office, and as went up EleV-
enth street, saw Church and Neeld go
around Beuter's corner. When was
a. Water and Eleventh, the other Two
We're at Beuter's side door. Church
1ad stick, and was holding 1t down by
us side, just as they went around the
corner. The other man had bis arm up
over his head. / went on over to the cx-
press Office and saw Neeld down BY Frew
d Bertschey's, holding his head, and
when I came back Church was going
down Eleventh street. 1 did not say
anything to Frank there. Frank hao
the club In his hand when he went
back down Eleventh street. l didn't
know where he went when Church ran
out of Eleventh street. l looked
around for him, and he was gone.
stayed about five minutes. The SUCK
was about foot and half long, two
inches thick, and red. l don't know
what 1t was.
To Dovener-I don't know that
Church usually carried a club on his
wagon for protection. don't know
that Church had the club at the depot
and that he borrowed a knife from Mr..
Thurber to smooth it off.
David Grant-My place Of business Is
No. 10 Eleventh street. l saw Church
pass there last Tuesday morning. He
had a stick in his hand, and man was
kind of running at the edge OF the
curb and following he wouldn't do 1t
any MORE" He threw up his hand and
knocked his hat of. His words were,
81 won't do 1t no more" The man was
In the gutter then. he came up on the
pavement and went around Beuter's
corner. When l came out they had
gone down Main street, but l saw
Church come back down Eleventh
street. didn't see Frank hit him.
My attention was attracted by the
words. 81 won't do it any more," and L
saw the men. 1t was red stick; foot
and a half or 30 long. Frank had the
stick when he came back. He said
Neeld had insulted his wife. / picked
up Neeld's hat and hung 1t on my bar
Der pole. The wind blew 1t down and
took it in, and then man came for 1t.
Louis Bertschey-To Dovener,
Neald's height was five feet eleven inch
es, "heel MEASURE" and six feet two and
ope-half "toe" measure. The "heel"
measure is supposrd to be nearly the
standing measure, without his shoes.
Charles Van Keuren-To Dovener-I
knew Elias Need. he stopped at my
house April 18th last. Two others OF
the same company were there when he
came. One of them was named Lewis.
Do you know Of his having any diff
Guilty about ladies at your house? lob
lection by Mr.. Atkinson. Mr.. Dove
ner said that In admitting to ball the
Judge took into consideration good
many things not evidence. Now, some
of the friends of Mr.. Neeld are very In
dignant about this thing. They have
never heard about his offering Insults TO
ladies'
Mr.. Howard here objected to Capt.
Doyener's statement, saying there was
nothing of the sort in evidence. After
a wrangle Capt. Dovener said the char
acter of the witness was that he was In
the habit OF insulting women, and he
proposed to prove 1t.
Mr.. Atkinson-You can't prove that
in this case.
Capt. DoVener-Yes, can, and II
you'll allow me, III prove 1T to your en-
tire satisfaction, not only in other towns
but in this, and will prove by Mr.. Van
Keuren that he had to put him out OF
his house for insulting help.
Mr.. Atklnson-You know as we'll as
anyone that you can't bring that into
this case.
Capt. Dovener-It has been agreed
that this hearing shall be for two
purposes, one OF which is the informa-
tion of the Judge.
Mr.. Atkinson-Well, object to 1t.
Capt. Dovener-Well, object to 1t.
It's in there. Proceeding, Capt. Dow
ener reiterated that 1t was the habit
OF the deceased to insult women. That
he and his companions had been put
out Of the Hotel Van Keuren, and
further, that Neeid had fnsulted ladies
of color in this city.
Mr.. >Atkinson-All that can't be
dragged into this case, and you know
it. The character of deceased has moth
ing to do with it. Even his conduct
toward Mrs. Church can't be brought
into this case, and you know 1t.
Can't. Dovener violently dissented
from this and said that if I'm the defense
of her honor, Mrs. Church had a right
to take pistol and shoot to death the
man attacking her, so had her husband
that same right.
Mr.. Atkinson-Not the next day.
Capt. Observation-Disclosures the matter
comes to his knowledge. 1t was so in
the Sickels case, and in others. In one
case it was done nearly week after.
Capt. Dovener proceeded to outline the
whole case, and In the course
OF his address, said that
when Neeld met Church in
the evening, after insulting his wife in
the afternoon, it was really to ascertain
II Church had been informed by his wife
Of the outrageous episode OF the after
noon, and finding that, In the interests
of peace and harmony, Mrs. Church
had not told her husband, Neeld in
duced Church to take two or three
drinks OF whisky and then went back
to the Church residence, for another
unlawful purpose, and knocked on the
door, tapped on the windows, and called
Mrs. Church by name, and in doing
this, he left an album lying on a shelf
outside the house, which album was
still in the possession of the defense.
In replying to Capt. Dovener Mr..
Howard said Capt. Dovener had accom-
plished, in his statement, all that he
could have accomplished by the admis-
sion Of the evidence he sought to adj
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