Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-05-22
ARGUMENT s
In the Murder Case to Start
To-Day.
THE EVIDENCE ABOUT ALL IN.
But Two or Three Witnesses for the
Defense Remaining.
WHAT WAS DONE YESTERDAY.
Tracing the Anonymous etter--WitneSSsS
Who Saw John Armstrong and DR.. Gar
riSOn TOgether--Impeaching ]. E.
Baker--Dr. Baird'S RevOlver
and His Babit Regard
ing It.
WHAT WAS DONE YESTERDAY.


spectators when the Court room doors
were opened, at nine o'clock, and the
seats were soon well filled. The jury
and the defendant were present in good
season, but Judge Campbell and counsel
were slow, Mr.. Sommerville being the
first attorney to arrive, his arm-full of
law books auguring discussion upon
some Of the legal points previously
raised and laid aside for the time being.
The first witness called, by the defense,
was
DAVID Il. BROOKS.
To Arnett-I have lived in Wheeling
forty years; | knew the late DR.. Baird
very intimately, and know Dr. Gar
rison: have known him about seven
years.
The Colonel asked witness if he had
ever heard DR.. Baird use hostile lam
guage toward DR.. Garrison, to which
Can't. Dovener objected, and said it was
pretty near time to have the authorities
brought in allowing such testimony.
The Coart decided the witness might go
on, and the witness said there had been
such remarks, in conversation in wit
ness house, about five days before DIR.
Baird's death. Proceeding, witness said
he was sick and DR.. Baird was attending
him, and he came in one evening-he
had been trying to get reconciliation
between the two, and had got DR.. Gar
risons consent. objection. told
him the thing had got to stop; that both
men had families, and it would have to
stop, and he said he would never. let up
on the -; the thing was not over yet.
To Howard lever told DR.. CARR
son about it.
To Dovener-I have not taken a great
interest in this matter, in behalf of DR..
Garrison; | have not been to see wit
nesses, except at Alex. Young's drug
store, aud | went there because | had
been asked by Col. Arnett to see il DR..
Baird had ever had pistol out there,
and | went out to Alex. Young and
said THAT didn't occur, did it, AleX?"
and he said no; did not go to the coun-
try with Homer Wells to see witnesses,
nor did 90 to OHIO to see witnesses;
thought | had not seen the PTS
toll. and ! told the Colonel that,
but he said sometimes we forgot those
things, and | went to see if was mis-
taken; the Colonel did not tell me who
told him about the pistol, and | did
not ask him, but there was no particu-
lar reason why l did not; l did not
want to get on this case, and told the
Colonel | was particularly anxious to
keep off the case if could.
The defense here rested, and the
State called in rebuttal
GEORGE W. ROBINSON.
BY Dovener-Did you have 4 CONVEX
sation with DR.. Garrison, in January,
1891, about letter, received by DR..
Garrison, and which be wanted inveS-
tigated? objection by the defense that
it was not relevant to the case; the
matter was argued for half an hour, and
the Court overruled the objection.
Odd DR.. Garrison furnish any evil
dence about the letter. or furnish any
information to these inspectors? OBJ
lection, and Capt Dovener said if the
defense were trying to kill time until
the 1920 train left, on which the wit
ness desired to go, he would keep the
witness until noon to-day. The de-
Tense disclaimed any such idea in
vigorous way, and there was
wrangle, which the Court ended by
telling counsel to make explanations at
the noon recess, and allowed the ques-
ton to go ia. A.-Dr. Garrison set on
foot the investigation by sending the
letter to Washington; it came back
with two inspectors, and he furnished
evidence in the shape of writing of DR..
Baird, DR.. r. M. Baird and Geo. Baird.
We investigated the matter for close
on to two weeks, and was told to tell
him that DR.. Baird never wrote that
letter, and we told him to keep quiet
and he would get another letter, and
then we would be enabled to trace it.
O.-What reasons did you give to DR..
Garrison to convince him that DIR. Baird
had not written the letter? Al told
him the language was that used by DR..
Baird, and that DIR. Baird had not writ
ten, but that some one else had used it
to make him think it was DR.. Baird
He agreed to wait and see what would
happen to wait until this thing came
to pass
Q.-To investigate DR.. Baird further?
A.-NO, sir; another man.
Q.-Was that spoken Of? Ayes,
and the mans name was spoken of.
Q.-Who was it he agreed to wait to
investigate? objection.
To Arnett-The letter was sent by
DR.. Garrison to the Postmaster General,
and returned to this Office; it vas said
so by DR.. Garrison; we have the letter
he sent; it was returned here by the two
inspectors; don't know that it was re-
turned here by the Attorney General of
the United States; don't know whether
it came from his Office or not; don't
that DR.. Garrison was talked TO about it
and he requested to have it sent back;
he made the request in the postoffice to
Mr.. Metcalf; 1 don't know if
Mr.. Metcalf asked him to
have it sent back and gave
him a letter head 10 write on: | don't
know anything about that-it might
have been the case: / don't know that