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

Odd he ever ask you to make an,
investigation?
A.--No, sir.
Q.-Didn't Mr.. Metcah ssy to him
Hyou'd better have that letter sent back
to this office; this is the place to do that
work?"
AL don't know; he may have.
O.-Didn't YOU ask him 10 furnish
the handwriting OF DR.. Bard?
A.-Yes, sir; we asked Tor the hand
writing Of DR.. Baird.
Q.-Wasn't DR.. Garrison sentfor to
come to the PostofHceH
A,-Thcy did send for him.
'Q.-Didn't You have one and only one
conversation with DR.. Garrison at the
Market house2
Ayes, only one.
Q.-Didn't you ask him to write a let
ter and elicit a reply from DIR. Baird on
the water question:
,A.-No, sir.
Q.-Didn't you ask him to write let
terthat would elicit reply SO as TO get
Or. Baird's signature and writing?
A.-No, sir.
Q-And didn't hesay that he didnot
want TO do it?
A.-No, sir.
O.-Befora whom did DR.. Garrison say
it,was Dr. Baird's writing?
A.-Before Mr.. Metcalf.
Q.-Don't YOU know that there was
one certificate signed "George Baird"
and ali the others &c. Baird" and
don't YOU know that it was the general
opinion that the man who wrote
aGeorae Baird" wrote the letter?
A.-No, Sir.
s OILS it not true that two persons be-
lieyed it was DIR. Baird who wrote the
letter and that two believed he had not?
A.-No, Mr.. MetCalf always believed
it was DR.. Baird's letter,
Odd not Mr.. Metcalf and Mr.:
Naylor believe DR.. Baird wrote 1T and
didn't you aud Mr.. Hooten and DR.. Car
rison believe that he did not?
A.-No, sir; no one but Mr.. Metcalf
believed it,
Q.-Didnot you and the others ask
! DIR Garrison to try to get written ans
wer from Dir. Baird on some subject and
didn't lie refuse to do it and wasn't that
the cause ofthe investigation being stop
ped2
A.-No, sir.
Q.-When you spoke TO DIR. Garrison
about the letter, did he know you were
interested in it?
Al think SO.
Youhave good deal Of feeling in
this matter have you not?
Q.-You had good deal Of feeling
against DIR. Garrison before that time?
Ayes, sir.
Odd he furnish any evidence?
Ayes, sir.
Q.-Is it not fact that the only thing
heidi was to furnish death certificates,
and that he did that at the request OF
the inspectors?
x A.-Yes, sir; he did.
Q.-Isn't it true that your inspectors
asked DR.. Garrison to write letter ask
ing about street paving or some other
m9tterthat DR.. Bairdwould be interested
in and to let them send it Off to some
other city and have it copied and sent
back here to DIR. Baird, so that he would
write an answer and make it possible to
get DIR. Baird's handwriting and sigma
ture for comparison with that letter,
and didn't he refuse, and was not that
refusal the reason Of the investigation
being stopped?
Al do not know.
Gen. Alfred Caldwell was called and
said he had no recollection OF ever see
( ing q. pistol on DIR. Garrison's table i'll
his Office. Last winter witness and DIR.
Garrison went down into the Sixth ward
in the interest of the local Democratic
ticket; as they came near Shaller' store
DIR. Baird drove up and was busted
about his horses head; witness walked
on past Skaters store because he did
not want to be seen with Dir. Garrison
byDr. Baird, he being witnesses uncle,
because he knew OF the trouble between
them; witness waited till Dr. Baird
went into house, and he went back
and into ShatEer's store, where DIR. Gar
rison was.
Mr.. Caldwell stated, on cross.exam-
nation, that his reason for going on
past the store and returning after DR..
Baird had gone out OF sight, was be-
cause lie had not wanted DIR. Baird to
see him with the prisoner. Before the
Senatorial election 10 fill the vacancy
caused by the deeth OF Smith, Mr..
Caldwell was in DR.. Garrisons Office,
but could not remember the pistol on
the table.
General Caldwell and Mr.. Robinson
got off in time to catch the train.
Or. Reed Baird was called, and testi-
fled that lie never had any reason to be-
lieye his father was ambidcXtrous, and
that he was right-handed.
4 motion to strike out the evidence
! Of Robinson was made and entered.
John Holt was placed upon the stand.
He knows DR.. Garrison; he saw bin