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up, and tho doctor told Kreitor no had
shot Br. Baird, he said

shot Br. Baird, he said s
lie HAD SHOT TO HIT, &
but didn't know whether no had or not.
On cross.examination tho witness said
he stopped in tho middle OF tho street
at that time, as n women stopped him
to ask tho timo OF day. IIc heard the
first shot aud looked up the street, but
did not know who had done tho boot
Ing, until DR.. Garrison told him, Arm.
strong first said that he had known Dr..
Garrison .iot four years, and that tho
latter had frequently como into the
hook and ladder house, where Arms
strong was foreman, with DR.. Forsythe.
Oh further examination Armstrong said
That DR.. Garrison had como into the
hook and ladder house only once, and
that no actually had no personal nc
quaintanco with him. Ito then went
OH to say that after DR.. Garrison had
told him he had shot DR.. Baird, Billy
kreiter camo up and tho doctor told
him no had shot DR.. Baird.
Q.-Wcre you not talking with Dor
rance McGinnis at the time OF the
shooting? A.--No, l talked with him
u little before, but not ut tho exact
tlmo had started across tho street.
Q.-ls 1t not true that ho did not
speak to you, but TINT you overheard a
conversation OF that kind? A.--No, sir,
it is not true.
Odd you not stand and listen to a
conversation between Garrison, Dun
levy and Kreiter? A,-No.
Odd you not go to Mr.. Kreiter in
tho evening, and ask him what it was
Or. Garrison had told him? A.-No,
sir.
G. A. Hukill, surveyor Of roads Of
Brooke county, was in tho city on March
7, 1891. Ho was in tho door of Duscll
Il Gauss saloon. ""
Odd you SEQ DR.. Garrison? A.
Yes.
Q.-Who was with you? A,-Nr,
Nichols and Morgan McColloch.. 1T
Q-Whcn you heard shots, what did
you do?. A.-After tho second shot ]
came out OF tho door, and DR.. Garrison
was right in front OF me. DR.. Garrison
started across the street and met man.
SePtotA bOfcllcE nero uTOSe:
rs THAT THE MAN?"
said he, pointing to John Armstrong,
who had just been broughtin again:
"Yos, sir" replied the witness, "thats
the man."
On cross.examination the witness
said he did not know that Morgan Nc.
Colioch was relative OF DR.. Baird. EIc
said he did not know whether DR.. Gar.
rlson had u conversation with John
Armstrong, or with others. Ho did MOI
wait to see, but went up to Prayer
store. lie noticed DR.. Garrison on &C,
count OF remark made by Morgan Nc.
Colloch. Mr.. Hukill said no had seer
John Armstrong once since the shoot
ing; he was standing on Market street
near tho Market house, when Armstrong
passed, and somebody said: "There
goes an important witness in the CARR
son case. lIc had not seen him since
except that morning in the witness
room. 1t developed from the cross.ex.
animation that liukill knew who was
going to be brought into the court room
to be identified by. him, and that he
could just rs we'll ohave said, that DR.
Garrison spoke to John Armstrong, in.
stead OF saying that he spoke 10 a man
The bringing in OF John Armstrong was
intended by the state as a sort OF dra
matte incident, calculated to impress
the jury.
John Holt on the It'll day of March
was at the southwest corner of tho ali rf
OF the Second ward market house. or
the west side OF the market house. He
heard the shots and saw the smoke
from the revolver. Ie started mr.
Eleventh street and met DR.. Garrison,
He asked the doctor who had done the
shooting, and he replied that he had
done it. He left tho doctor, and on
looking around he saw
DIR. GARRISON AND JOHN ARMSTRONG
walking together. Cross-examined BY
Mr.. Somcrvllle, he said that when he
asked DR.. Garrison who had done the
shooting the doctor replied, "Me." He
said that he saw DR.. Garrison coming
down street, and that so iar as he knew
he was the first man who spoke to Dr..
Garrison after the shooting. After sec.
ing DR.. Garrison with Armstrong, he
turned again and saw him talking with
Harrison Dunlevy. When he saw him
talking with Armstrong, he 0he wit
ness) was about in front OF Sweitzer's
store.
On the redirect examination the
witness repeated his story OF seeing Dr..
Garrison first talk to John Armstrong
and then to Harrison Dunlevy.
Sheriff Steenrod identified the reyol-
vcr with which tho shooting was done,
and said he got it from DR.. Garrison in
the jail. Two empty and three loaded
cartridges were in the chambers.
Court here adjourned until . o'clock.
and at that time the proceedings we're
resumed. 80
County Physician L. D. Wilson was
recalled by tho state, and identified the
bullet taken from the body OF Dr..
Baird, saying that he had given the
bullet taken from Dr., Baird's body 10
tho court at tho last trial. Circuit
Clerk Mitchell identified the bullet as
the one that DR.. Wilson had given him.
Adam Burkhardt, an employo OF the
Reymann Brewing Company, said he was
standing about thirty feet away from
DR.. Garrison when he shot. He heard
the first shot, and looking up Eleventh
toward Main street he saw DR.. CARR
son with his pistol raised. DR.. Baird
was turning toward Pagers store,
AND DIR. GARRISON FIRED AGAIN.
On the discrimination Burkhardt
said he noticed nobody but Drs. Garri-
son and Baird He stepped down into
busch 4 Gaus' cellar, when DR.. CARR
son approached him, and saw the doc
tor pass. He saw ne one else on the
street on either pavement. The shots
were only lew seconds apart. When
the witness first looked up Dr.. Baird