The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-02
A new EYE WITNESS
Testifes to Having Seen DR.. Garrl-
son Fro tho Shots.
HE HAD PURCHASED CARTRIDGES
AFow Days Before tho Shooting, Says
Mr.. CartwriRht..Not Much Interest
Taken In tho Trial aud Very Few
spectators in tho Court Room.Tho
State Will Rest To-day.

is but small, compared with tho atten.
ton which was given to the first trial,
or oven that displayed in the trial Of
William Major. During the few days
tho latter case lasted tho court room
was crowded on every occasion, from
tho time tho first juror was examined
until tho jury brought in the verdict.
Tho attendance at Saturdays proceed.
ings was very small, not ovcr seventy
ire people being in tho room.
Tho state offered two witnesses who
had not testified at the former trial,
Mrs. Emmett Deloe, IN eye witness, and
Mr.. T.. j.. Cartwright, who testified that
DR.. Garrison had bought q box OF thirty
two calibre Smith & Wcsson cartridges
at his store three or four days before
tho shooting Of DR.. Baird.
Jacob Swoitzer, tho Eleventh street
candy store man, was tho first witness
called. Lie said he knew both Dr.. Baird
and DR.. Garrison. He was in his show
, window and heard DR.. Garrison say
"Take that back" Ho leaned forward
and looked up street and saw DR.. Garri-
son fire both shots. DR.. Baird was
standing still at the first shot, and Boz
fore the second was fred he moved, SO
that the witness could SEQ him no longer.
There was very little interval of time
between tho first and second shots.
Asked il Dr.. Baird had made n motion
to put his hand into his pocket, the wit.
ness replied that he had not, nor had lc
made any threatening demonstration
!. whatever. DR.. Baird said nothing that
tho witness could hear. Mr.. Sweitzer
said Dr.. Baird was facing toward Mar.
ket street, though not at right angles.
From his window he could sec up to tho
corner OF Eleventh and Main streets,
thoughnot tho
wKoLE WIDTH OF THE PAVEMENT.
Cross.eSpmined by Senator somcr-
vile, Mr.. 9weitzer made three different
answers to the question as to how long
q time had elapsed between DR.. Baird's
Inst professional visit to him and the
shooting, DR.. Baird having been his
physician. Mr.. Somerville had quito a
time with this witness, the latter say
ing that he had not como there to DO
"bullyragged, but to answer tho ques-
tons put to him. Mr.. Somcrville asked
Sweltzer il he had not told him, 4 short
time after the shooting, that he was in
the room over his shop, and not in the
shop, at the time Of the shooting: Ec
had not, the witness replied. Asked il
he had told Dan Trilnble the same
thing, and had further told him that he
knew nothing about it, the witness first
said be didn't know whether he had or
not, then he said that no had, then that
he had not; he did not consider a word
or two passed a conversation. Eie
had not had q conversation with John
Evans, a salesman in Gutman's store,
about the matter six weeks or two
months ago. He had never had n con-
versation with Mr.. Evans, and had not
told him that he knew nothing about
the case. On further questioning Mr..
Schweitzer said he did not SEQ DR..
Baird that morning until after the first
shot was fred. He couldo not say
whether DR.. Baird had q weapon in his
hand or not prior to the firing OF the
first shot, nor whether or not he had
made any demonstration with his
hands. y
0. g. Genther was called to the stand.
His store is ~diagonally across the mouth
OF Eleventh street on Main. Ho saw
DR.. Garrison raise his pistol and
AXE AIM AT DE-. BAIRD,
who was facing him, and fire tho second
shot On cross-e1amination he said hc
did not know what happened prior and
up to the firing OF the first shot. Willie
Kites. the next witness, said his attcn-
ton was attracted by hearing q shot,
and, looking out OF the window Of tho
third story of Emsheimer's, he saw DR..
Garrison FIRE the second shot at Dr..
Baird. Cross.examined by Col. Arnett,
he said he lived in North Wheeling,
"around dc gut" He did not notice DR..
Baird until DR.. Garrison fred the sec-
ond shot, and honce did not know what
DR.. Baird might have dono before he
saw him.
Eddie Briggs, at the timo of the
shooting, was on q wagon coming out
OF Eleventh street and going toward
Tenth street. Ho heard a shot and
looked back, and saw DR.. Garrison
shoot at DR.. Baird. Tho latter wa fac
ing Main street when the second shot
was fred. The witness indicated tho
shots as being about five seconds apart.
Ho was not shaken on cro.s-examina-
ton.
Mrs. Knight, who lives atNo. 81
Eleventh street, over Rose & Hamil-
tons plumbing shop, remembered the
day DR.. Baird was shot. She had not
seen the shooting, and she was appar.
emily only used by the state to establish
the fact that DR.. Baird made regular
calls at her house, visiting a typhoid
fever patient. She heard the shots and
went to the window, but saw neither
Dr. Baird nor DR.. Garrison. She saw q
man named Griffith standing at the cor.
ner Of tho alley. On being cross.exam-
ined she said she saw no ono standing
near Griffith that she remembered.
Mrs. Fanny Baker, OF 1902 Sixteenth.
She was clerking in Pagers store on
the morning OF tho killing. She saw
DR.. Baird in Prager's5 store. At the
time the shots were fired she was in
tho inside OF the store, and say DR..
Baird come in the store. He sat down,
and a,bucket Of water was got and she
bathcd his face. In order to loan over
the bucket no had to
uSRu1ToN HIS ovERcoAr,
which was bpttoned close up to his
neck. After the witness had bathod
his'iace, no retired to tho back part Of
tho store and lay down on q table.