The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-11


murder OF her husband, Frank Leslie,
came 10 an end yesterday. At ten min.
u.cs after five o'clock tho case was
given TO tho jury and it retired. At
$50 last evening q verdict Of mot
guilty" was brought in.
Mrs. Leslie took an intelligent intcr-
est in tho proceedings, and onco or
twice wcpt during horcounsel's speech.
Her sister, Laura Goddard, was with
her and sat by her side during tho day.
Mrs Leslie was recalled 10 tho stand
md identified tho knife found BY Police.
man Wilkie in tho room whore she
shot her husband, us looking like ono
she had known him to carry.
Mr. Oscar Sceley testified that last
winter, about o'clock ono morning, no
was awakened by hearing Mrs. Leslie
insisting to her husband, that no order
some people out OF the saloon. From
what she said he judged they were dis
reputable characters, whom she wanted
put ont.
Mrs. William Carter, with whom at
one time Leslie and his wife boarded,
testified that she had heard Leslie
threaten and had seen him strike his
wife. lie had,torn her clothes and once
SHOT at her, the bullet going through
her dress. One time, tho witness said,
Leslie came into her room, with two re-
volvcrs in his hands. Ono no threw on
the floor, and said TO his wife: kill
me and I'll kill you. Shoot quick, or
I'll shoot YOU" Mrs. Leslie had mover
threatened her husband. Sometimes
he drove his wife from her meals.
Mrs. G. W. Sawyer said she knew both
Frank and Mrs. Leslie. One morning
ut thee o'clock she heard Leslie abuse
and threaten his wife. Mrs. Sawyer
would not repeat the language he had
used. .,tJ
Mrs. Sawyer was asked by. Mr.. How
ard n number OF questions intended to
get her to admit that sho had been in
I.cslie's till very lato hours, and had
drank there with her husband. She
promptly and cmphatically denied all
these charges.
WITNESS FOR THE DEFENSE.
William A. Carter, now of West Alex
ander, testified that he used to live at
90O6 Main street. He knew Mr.. and
Mrs. Leslie we'll, having met the tor
mer in April, 1891. The Leslies and
the Carriers lived in the same fiat. Car.
ter and his wife were sitting in their
room one night, and Mrs. Leslie ran in.
They fastened the door, and Leslie
broke in. Ho rushed into the room
and Jumped on'' Mrs. Leslie. Carter
pulled him OF and said: you won't
kill her in hero"
Question by Col. Arnett-Whatt threat,
il any, did he make? Ale said:
"lll kill you, you D. -"
On cross examinati on Carter said he
used TO keep saloon at the corner OF
Twentieth and Main streets.
Miss Mary Hoffman, said she now
lived with her grandmother in Alley 7.
She knew MIR. and Mrs. Leslie, having
worked for Mrs. Carter at the time the
Leslies boarded there. She had seen
Leslie strike his wife once and kick her
once. He had torn his wifc's clothes
up and thrawa them at her Flo one
time threw rocking chair at her.
Mrs Mary llanes said she lived in
Alley B. n few steps from l.eslie's sa-
loon. She had never heard Leslie
threaten his wife, nor had she seen him
strike her. The witness then said she
had heard Leslie threaten his wife. Mrs.
Hanes also was a witness to the wanton
destruction Of Mrs. Leslie's clothing.
On cross-examination Mrs. Hanes said
she bad not very often heard quarrel
ing and fighting in Leslie's house.
Mary Hoffman was recalled to the
stand, and testified that she had seen
Leslie one time pull Kis Walton, pros.
titute, into his house and put his wife
ont. This evidence was excluded, as
Mr. Howard claimed it .would be good
evidence in divorce suit, but not in n
murder trial.
THE DEFENSE RESTS.
Here the defense rested. In rebuttal
the state called Gertrude Williams, an
inmate OF Anne Keim's house Of i'll
fame. Said she used to live in East
Liverpool. Mr.. Howard asked her if
she had known Mrs. Leslie in Ammo
Hulick's house OF ill-iame in East Liver
pool. Colonel Arnctt objected, and the
question was not allowed by the court.
George Watson said he useda to tend
bar ut Leslc's saloon. He'll seen
Leslie and his wife quarrel. Mrs. Leslie
had come into the saloon with her SIS
tor. They drank bcer and Leslie came
IN and took tho glasses away from Thorn.
lie had forbidden them to come into the
saloon to drink. On another occasion
Mr. and Mrs. c. W. Sawyer and Mr.. and
Mrs. w. \. Carter were up stairs drink
ing beer Leslie went up stairs and
came down very angry. During the
qnarre! Mrs. Leslie had with her
husband, Mrs. Leslie cursed him and he
cursed her.
On cEoss.cxamination by Colonel Ar.
nett witness said that no knew the beer
Wentup stairs, though he didn't see it
drunk. Leslie objected to his vito
drinking beer. Mrs. Leslie had drank
beer with women in the saloon.
Both sides rested and Mr.nIIoward
began his speech.
lie urged upon tho jury the necessity
OF trying the case in strict accordance
with the law. He knew, no said, that
the Jury would find it,diflicpltito carry
out their sworn duty in trying Il woman
ior capital otensc. He spoke OF the
ingenious defense set up by the deten.
cant and the attempt TO prey upon tho
sympnthics Of the jury by showing that
AIRS. Leslie, the defendant had been
abused by her husband. The case, so
Jar MS tho jury was concerned, Mr.
Howard said, began Mt Ammo keim's
HHousG, where the shootin. occurred.
ar. Howard read from Kane's case in
INC supreme court reports. in which tho