Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-27


about 1t afterward, and Andy said he
had shot a squirrel, and had forgot
ABOUT the she'll which was left in the
gun. Gun shown to witness. Thai
is the gun.
A Juryman-Was Height with the
party?
Witness-No. He hadn't been there
five minutes when 1t happened. He
had the gun In his left hand when he
took the glass Of beer with his right
hand. / did not see the gun until 7
heard the shot.
By the Justice-Did you see the shot
fired?
WitneSss-I heard the report, and
then l saw the gun up, but can't saw
how it was pointed-whether he had
it up to his shoulder, or held it so,
illustrating. 1t was all done in an
instant, and as it went of he dropped
1t. 1t seems to me that he had the gun
In this position. illustrating, with
gun held at his side.
Elmer FOSTER went out with some
friends yesterday to hunt mint for Rad
cliff. We went up the run and passed
one OF the picnic wagons and saw
Height there. We passed the camp and
halloed at them, and on the way back
Fahey called to US to stop, and we did
so. heard shot and saw the lady fall.
went up and bathed her face and then
went to the bus and helped put her in
and she died there. saw the gun
when we first met Height. 1 was not
looking at the crowd when the shot was
fired, but was talking to Mr.. Kinney, who
had asked me to take a glass Of beer. 1
heard the report, and when looked the
lady and gentleman both fell and Fahey
threw the gun on the ground. / heard
no words. didn't know Fahey's name
at the time. We didn't start until some
time after she died. She died in the
bus, and we moved her to the little
wagon and brought her to town. She
died, as near as can say, In ten min
uteS. didn't notice Fahey with the
sun until he was in the act Of throwing
IL down.
This witness gave partial list Of the
names of the people present.
DR.. r. L. Ashbrook-I saw the DO dy
of the deceased after death.I was called
and on going out met the wagon, just
above Fishers. l looked at her in the
wagon, and saw where the shots had
entered.
William Shefflin-About half-past l
o'clock l went out with Foster to gath
er mint, and we passed through the
picnic grounds. They asked US to stop
and we told them we would on our way
back. When we came back,
after getting a load OF mint,
we stopped. Kinney was sitting
on the wagon, and called to US. We
had gotten about thirty feet from the
people-they were playlng-and l had
said: "Wait till l tie her, and I'll come
up" and l was just pulling the mare
over when heard the report and saw
the girl fall. The man then threw the
gun down. Foster jumped down and
ran up, and 1 stayed with the mare, for
some Of the shot had gone by her nose.
Then went to Weitzel's assistance,
and Foster went to the lady who was
shot. / told Weitzel to get in the wagon
and we would take him to town. He
said CAL right" In the meantime
they had gotten the lady to the bus. l
asked for assistance to get Weitzel over
the fence, and when we did so, asked
if the girl was dead and they said no, and
was told when we got 10 Fulton to send
DR.. Ashbrook out, aud did so, and he
started out. I took Weltzel to town
and got doctor for him. When / saw
Fahey first l was walking to Kinney,
and l heard the gun. He was standing
over by the log where they were sitting
and l saw him throw the gun down.
The parties who were shot were stand
ing oQer little way from the rest OF the
crowd-to one side. did not see the
shot fired. Fahey was thirty-fve or
forty feet from nae. heard no CONVEX
sation before the shot was fired, for l
was talking to Kinney at the time. l
suppose Fahey was twenty-five or thirty
feet from the parties shot. After the
shooting Fahey said: "I'm going to
town to give myself up" He acted as
though he was crazy. didn't see
Fahey when we first drove up, and l
didn't see him leave the grounds. He
was still there when left.
PR. Healy-A party of us were down
the hill from where the shooting occur
red. / heard the report, and in mo-
ment l heard lady crying. Several
of us ran up. found man sitting on
a log with his hands up. He said he
had been shot. asked him If any one
else was shot, and he said lady. She
was In the wagon. went TO her and
tried to talk to her. She seemed un-
asked what was the mat
ter, and Fahey said he had accidentally
shot her. Fahey said he would surren-
der. The lady died in ten minutes. Fa-
hey came in with me and surrendered
himself to officer No. 2. Driller.
J. A. Smith, was in the party with
Healy, at the bottom of the hill, and
was just going home. l thought l
heard a shot, and then heard woman
crying, and Iran up. l saw man with
his face disfigured, and went over to the
bus. A lady was laid out on the seat.
She was unconscious, but was breathing.
sent for doctor, and then got the in
iured man to buggy and started
in. I saw Fahey, and he said
he did the shooting. He seemed
to be nearly out of his head. He said 1T
was an accident. He was not in a con-
dition to talk to anyone, but he said
some things to us. He said the man
had said the gun wasn't loaded, or
something like that. was about one
fifth OF mile from the shooting at the
time-1, 200 or 1900 feet-and couldn't
see the party. They were at the top
of the hill, while we were at the bottom.
There were no other eye-witnesses Of
the shooting present, and Justice Ankle
adjourned the hearing until this even
ing at seven o'clock, at his office.
During the examination a brother OF
the dead girl, who arrived at Frew N
Bertschey's soon after the remains were
hronrht there. sat by the side of the