Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-05-04

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/ lhets hurled on him By DR.. Baird, say
/ ing they occurred very often, sometimes
/ twice a day. People came TO him and
| warned him against Baird. He said there
\ were 'srlOre tuan a hundred" such warn
| Jugs. He was insulted ''innumerable times"
! Ion Market street, on Fourteenth street. on
\ Chapline street, and other places, wnen
/ was on horseback, in buggy, on bicycle,
/ or on FOOT He would do it when ladles
were with him; lit made no difference.
Defendant said he always tried 10 avoid
MIN. and that he avoided going on the
I street DR.. Baird lived on. He never
replied 10 DR. Baird's epithets. He avoided
! the pOstOffice as much as possible; had
I horror of meeting DR.. Baird al the post
/ Office Once l went 10 the pOstofhce, ana
I saw Dr. Baird and ran down tue steps
and away" He told the Jury OF the Tear
/ and horror be had OF 1.-The malignant look
on Dr. Baird's face whenever he met him:
I His face constantly depicted hate, rage and
malice. and his manner and attitude Gre
ated a hostile impression on defendants
mind
He then passed to the events Of the morn
I ing of March eth, and starting with the time
be left his home, about o o'clock, 10 see two
patients and acknowled sc the deed for Mr..
Harrell, he detailed his trip down town on
the street car, jumping of "a little above
Eleventh street. and ran up on the pave
ment and around the corner"
He told of the shiyer OF fear OF
of impending evIl' he had, and
looked up and saw DR.. Baird. DIR. Baird
was looking at him Defendant pulled his
hat down and stripped his right glove on
aud passed Dr. Baird. AS he passed him
Dr. Baird was standing in the gutter IN
front of his horse. Or. Baird called him a
vile name and then be heard the shutting
of feet behind him and heard him repeating
the epithet, and he turned and told him ne
must take 10 back. DR.. Baird again appll-
ed the epithet, and said no would crush
him TO the earth, and made hostile move
ment. and then il was ne drew his pistol
and fired twice, quick. He stood for
moment until he saw DR.. Baird turn away,
and then he went down street and met Mr..
Holt Mr. Kreiter and Mr.. Dunlevy. He
did not meet John Armstrong, and never
knew the man until be saw him IN the
Court House at the last trial, He did not
know he bad shot DR.. Baird until he got to
the Jail
He said he never made the statement at
ubuted TO him by Mr.. Booking, about
'here comes that d-n --, Dr. Baird.
Neither did he use the expression about
"Dot being finished yet"
ne VS. asked about the statement of w.
H. Fee, went over 10 in detail, showing ne
had examined Mr.. Fee for tie United
Workmen. and Mr.. Fee had given DR..
Baird as his family physician, and the APP
phcatiou not being acted upon, the delay
was found 20 be due 10 Dr.. Baird's falling
TO reply TO the Grand Medical Examiner.
Dr.. Baird told Secretary Hathaway he
would not reply TO any Medical Examiner
or any Insurance Company who employed
that 'd-n black niger --." Defend
q In, s..f Nfv. E'aa Of fhia
The defendant was here taken from the
stand temporarily 10 permit the examina-
ton Of Marion McGrew, of Martins Ferry.
This is the gentleman who stood inside the
door at Prayers store with Mr.. Prayer at
the time Of the shooting The report OF the
pistOl attracted attention, but witness paid
little attention TO 10. DR.. Baird came IN
and witness went out. Dr. Balrd'S morse
and buggy was there The strap was dang
ling down, and witness hltcaed the morse,
no Can't. DOveuer he said he didn't see
either DR.. Garrison or Dr. Baird before Or.
Baird came in If DR.. Garrison passed,
witness didn't see him. Witness saw the
suectacles picked up. Witness was looking
ont. but didn't see DR.. Baird drive up and
get out. nor see DR.. Garrison pass. Wit
ness heard nothing or saw nothing until the
pistol was fired.
At5IO DR.. Garrison resumed the stand
and resumed his narration Of the Fee cpl
sode He said he told Fee about what
Hathaway said and also that DR.. Baird had
said Mr.. Fee was ''half dead with con-
sumption now" Mr.. Fee said: Just wait
until see old Doc" and witness told Fee
not 10 use his name, because Of the threats
made etc. He didn't use the expression
about That would be the end OF the d-n
old fool"
He then took up the testimony Of Mr..
Beans, aud said his recollection OF 1t was
that that morning he had received the let
ter The smallpox case came up, ana u
was mutually understood that DR.. Bard
was making trouble. He handed the letter
10 Beans. aud walked up and down aud said
he would submit 20 the insults for the sake
of his family, but 10 was pretty hard.
Referring 10 the cartridges testified to by
Mr.. Cartwright he said be never bought
them from Cartwright. Il bought the car
tridges from Lem. Busby on November
%" He was led 70 buy them by warn
ing from Mr. Travis, received on the 18th
of November The warning so impressed
him that he threw away the old cartridges
in his pistol and put new ones IN. Hehad
no business transaction with Mr.. Cart
wright at that time.
He was asked about Mrs. Palmer, NJ.
Freismuth, Mr. HadhCh and other wit
nesses. and said he recalled them all, and
detailed the episodes. These were not the
only instances of insults. He offered them
'innumerable times. and detailed the gen
eral circumstances. He also said he had
been warned by many, among them Mr..
Haues. Mr.. Frew aud Mr.. Travis. Hun
dreds of other people also would come to
me and saw Look out for DR.. Baird &c"
He said that morning he firmly believed
DR. Baird intended 10 carry his threats into
execution, and that lit was matter Of
life and death
He then referred 10 his visit to Skaters
store, on South Eoff street, with General
Alfred Caldwell, and said Mr.. Caldwell
saw DR.. Baird and ran away from between
them HE ran of down street some dis
lance, and then came back and came into
the store, aud said he didn't want DR..
Baird 90 see him" Mr.. Caldwell called at
defendants Office and asked him il he car
ried a pistol, and "knOwing that he was
DR. Bairds uncle, IL alarmed me very
much. and when Mr.. Caldwell ran away -
The State here objected, but withdrew 1t.
The matter was not pursued, however.
Adjourned.
The cross examination will commence
this morning
RED MEN MkET,