The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-19
THE GARRISON CASE.
Juror Joseph Robinson denies tho
Charge OF Prejudice.
HIS CHARACTER is YOUCHED FOR
by n Number OF Witnesses, and ono Of
them Denies Statement mado by
Lester Bates when on tho Stnnd.
Tho Evidence Is all Takonand Ready
for tho Judge.

The taking Of testimony MS to the eli.
eibility OF Joseph Robinson for tho pc.
sition Of n juror oil tho trial Of DR..
George l. Garrison for the murder Of
DR.. Baird WINS resumed at tho court
house yesterday morning, all tho four
attorneys engaged in tho case again DO.
ing present. Tho first witness put on
the stand was Joseph Robinson, who
had been charged in an affidavit made
by Lester Bates, his brother-in.law,
with having served on the Garrison
jury after he had said that DR.. Garrison
had killed tho best man in Wheeling,
and that no ought to be hung without
judge or jury.
Robinson denied that no had ever
used tho language attributed to him by
Batos, or In any other way at any timo
expressed any prejudice against Gar
rison. He said that his relations with
Bates and his wife were notvery friend
ly, owing to u dispute between tho two
mems wives about the estate OF their
father. He was at Batcs's house M
evening before thoy quarrclod, and told
them that DR.. Garrison had killed DR..
Baird tho Saturday before. lIo did not
say that tho DANCED scoundrcl ought to
DO hung without Judge or jury nor any
thing like that. lie did not know either
DR.. Baird or DR.. Garrison, and never
saw the latter 10 know him till he saw
him in court when he was On trial. DR..
Garrlson's father had lived on the wit
ness's iathor-in-law's farm.
Robinson said he had tried DR.. CARR
son fairly on tho law and the evidence,
without any prejudice or bias. In an
swer 10 n question by Colonel Arnett,
he said that ii he had before the trial
expressed any prejudice against Garri-
son he would now say So, and do the
prisoner justice.
Robinson also said that all the talk
he had with Dolph Tolbert was near tho
scene Of the shooting, when Tolbert re-
marked that it was not far from there,
and the witness said, no, it was right up
there. This was after Robinson had
been chosen on the jury, but before he
was sworn.
This was the substance OF Robinson's
testimony, though there was o good
deal said about the quarrclin his neigh
borhood over q proposition to close the
local school. The witness was on the
stand nearly all forenoon, and was put
through a searching cross-examination.
Samuel Simms was next called by the
state. In his testimony Lester Bates
had said that in n talk he had with
Simms, who is q neighbor OF his, he had
told him that Robinson had expressed
to him n prejudice against Garrison.
S;mms, however, said he had not the
slightest recollection OF any such con-
versation.
Auumbcr OF witnesses were put on at
sons character for truth and veracity,
and rs q law abiding and moral man.
They all gave him an unusually high
character, the onlything alleged against
him being by one witness, who said
that he had heard it said that Robinson
was in the habit OF talking a little too
much at times. All said his reputation
was high for truth and morality.
There were OF course the usual mum.
Der OF objections, and the customary
amount OF what the lawyers call, when
done by the other side, "~playing for the
reporters" but the evidence was ended
with that outlined above, and the stem
~ographor LETT to struggle with his notes
and prepare his report for Judge Camp
bell.