Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-05-15
AFTERNOON Sc SION.
The Testimony of 7. d. Prayer Opens
the Evidence.

AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Testimony of !. d. Prayer Opens
the Evidence.
At the opening of the afternoon ses.
sion the Court having had the evidence
given by Miss Baker read over to him,
said it was good deal mixed up, and
he would indicate later what should go
out and what should go &c the jury, but
would not settle on it at that time.
Myron Nickerson and John Walters,
summoned for the State, were dis
charged, their evidence not being neces-
sary.
l. d. Prayer.
OWN you kindly tell the jury your
name? A.-Isaac ID. Prayer.
Q.-What is your business? A
Wall paper business, at No. II Elev-
enth street, on the north side.
Q.-Do you remember the occasion OF
DR.. Baird having been shot, in March
last? Ayes.
Q.-Whose place of business is east OF
you? Arose & Hamilton's.
Q.-Who east of that? Airs.
Knights.
O.-And who is east of that? A
Mr.. Switzer; there is an alley east OF
him; Lash's jewelry store is west of me,
and fronts on Main street.
Q.-Where were you at the time of the
shooting? Al was in the front of my
store, with Mr.. McGrew, OF Martins
Ferry; heard two reports of a pistol,
or a dynamite cartridge; l heard no
commotion; they came. as near as |
could tell, as quickly as man could
shoot; did not see DR.. Garrison; not at
the time the pistol was fired
O.-How soon after did you see him?
About a minute; l suppose it was
the prisoner; the gentleman's back was
to me; he didn't get as far as Dusch's
corner; he was on the north side OF
Eleventh street.
Q.-What, if anything, did he hold in
his hand? Al took it to be pistol.
ON which hand? An his left
hand.
Odd you see DR.. Baird then? A.
Yes, he came in in few seconds.
Q-Who opened the door? A.-Well,
as heard the shots naturally turned to
the door, and | put my hand on the
knob, and he had his on, and | opened
the door as l have dozens of times when
customer would put his hand
on the knob, and he came In,
and | shut the door, and he stood still
several seconds, and l went out; when |
came back be was sitting on chair In
the rear of the store; he was sitting over
a bucket of water, and boy and girl
-Chas. Phillips and Miss Fannie Baker
were wiping the blood from his eye;
snatched up glass and ran up stairs
and got some water, and came down In
hurry and offered him the water and
he said he didn't want it, and another
man in the store said he ought to have
some whisky, and he said no; he did
not sit on chair over three
or four minutes, and then L
suggested to lie down, and he got up on
the table all but one leg, and Charles
Phillips put it up; the crowd broke
large pane of glass, and one man came
in through it. and ran to the front to
keep the crowd out and told them l did
not want any one there except those
sent for, and then l got my overcoat
and put it under his head; he lay on the
table till the undertaken took him out In
the afternoon; he didn't live over five
minutes after he lay down on the table;
he was unconscious from the time he
got up till he died. didn't go back to
look at him after he was dead; | saw
him carried out after he was dead;
saw him lying dead on the table; when
he died, was in the store, in the front
part.
O.-You saw him come in the door?
Ayes.
Odd you notice how he was dress
ed? A-Not particular.
Odd he have on an overcoat? A.
Yes.
Q.-Was it buttoned or unbuttOned?
Al can't say.
Q.-Were his hands covered? Al
couldn't say.
There was no cross-examination.
The defense here added to their
motion to strike out, a motion to strike
out the questions and answers when
DIR. Baird said DR.. Garrison shot him.
CHARLES PHILLIPS.
Not present.
WILLIAM BALDWIN.
Not present; telephoned for.
WILLIAM elites.
Not present.
MRS. KNIGHT.
OWN you tell the jury where you
live? Alt No. 81 Eleventh street,
on the north side.
O.-Where Is the entrance to your
house, with reference to adjoining
stores? A.-Next to Mr.. Switzer's.
Q.-Whose door is west OF yours?
Arose & Hamilton.
Q-Do you remember when DR..
Baird was shot? Ayes.
Q.-On what day? A.-March 18th, at
1920.
Q.-Do you know where he was CO.
ing? A.-To my house.
Q.-To see who? A sick gentle
man.
O.-Who was it? A.-Thomas Har-
bridge.
O.-How long had he been sick? A
Three weeks.
Q.-How often had he been coming?
Apart of the time twice day, and
for four days three times. He was there
Friday evening, and at o'clock in the
morning, and he was there at : o'clock,
and said he would be there at o'clock.
Q.-Who attended Thos. Harbridge
after DR.. Baird's death? A.-Dr. Jep-
son.
OH Won know whether or not Dr.