The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-10

S'"SSu Wy nHuCh NHu llcllOTTIlWHe pTU-
duced by the gunshot wound in tho
head. Dr. Wilson produced tho pieces
oil bullet All OF l.eslie's vital organs
were IN good condition except tho liver,
which was extensively diseased.
SIZE cAMEro GET IrER PISTOL.
Mrs. Glen Davis, who lives in Alley
II, In tho rear Of Leslie'a saloon, testified
that Mrs. leslie, tho day before tho
shooting, left Il revolver at her house.
Just prior to tho killing Mrs. Leslie
came to the house and got the revolver.
a few moments after Mira. Leslie left,
witness heard the reportof tho revolver.
On cross.examination Mrs. Davis said
that Mrs. Leslie told her, when she
brought tho pistol to her, that her hus.
band had threatened to kill her with
II, and to prevent him from carrying
out his threat she had brought it. Mrs.
Leslie. had also told her that her hus.
band, when sho took tho pistol, had got
&C leo pick, and Ind threatened to kill
her with it.
Mrs. Anne .Keim, keeper OF the house
oil ill-fame in which IIeslio was shot,
said that OH the eveningof April s, Mrs.
Leslie came in at tho sido door OF her
house. Shcaskod to soc her husband, and
Mrs. Kcim then tried tho door leading
into tho room. It appeared that Leslie
was holding tho door. Mrs. Kcim then
took Mrs. Leslie into tho room by
another door. AS they entored his lace
was toward them. The room was dimly
lighted with a lamp. Mrs. Keim said:
MIR, Leslie, here's your wife. She
wants YOU" He raised up both his
hands, and Mrs. Leslie fired. Flo stag.
gcred forward and fell at her feet. Les
lie lay on the floor quiet for while and
then began to'inovc his head. 'My
Ciod Mira. Leslie" said Mrs. Kcim,
you've shot your husband" ~ can't
help it." she replied, "he drove Inc TO
it." The witness did not notice when
Mrs. Leslie drew the revolver. Sho only
saw it when Mrs. Leslie fired.
Cross-examincd by Col. Arnett, she
said she couldn't say whether Leslie
lifted up his hands to grab his wife or
not. The colonel asked Mrs. Keim il
at the coroner's inquest she had not said
that Leslie madeiat his wife as il to grab
her. The witness first admitted that
on the coroner'sinQuest she might have
said That Leslie made NJ his wife Z
AS IF TO GRAB HER,
but she could not be induced to say on
the stand that he7had raised his hands
us if to grab his wife. Mrs. Leslie had
her hands in hcf apron, and she did not
know whether she drew tho pistol from
under the folds Of her apron or out of
her pockets. t.&
On the redirect examination Mrs.
'kcim said that according toher opinion
Leslie threw up his hands us if he real
lied there was danger. On the re.cross-
examination Mrs. Keim said that both
Leslle's hands were wide open when he
threw them up. ~
At this point the state rested. Mrs.
Mary G. Leslie wcn5 on the stand in her
own behalf. She said she was married
to her husband in 1855. at Smiths Fer
ry, Pa. She and Leslie had lived to-
gether ten years, though they were
separated once or twice.
Colonel Arnctt asked the. witness
where her husband had been the week
preceding the shooting. Mr.. Howard
objected, and aztec q long private con-
ference with counsel on both sides Colo
mel Arnett asked the following ques-
ton: Where were You when Mr.. Les
lie went over ito this house," A.
Looking out the window.
She said she followed him because
she knew he had considerable money in
his clothes. Her husband had told her
he would kick her to death, ii she ever
followed him to house OF i'll fame.
She then went to Mrs. Davis's, to Dor
row the lattcr's pistol, having in mind
her husbands threat. She then went
over to Mrs. Kem's house of ill fame.
Mrs Keim took her in, and attempted
to open the door OF the room Leslie
was in. Not getting in they went
around another way. Mrs. Keim went
into the room first. Leslie was stand
ing in the room, and put up his hands
rs ii to strike her. She saw something
in his hands, and when he made a step
towards her, she shot, The pistol she
used she had taken from under Leslic's
pillow one night. She said Leslie had
shot at her once before, in the saloon,
the ball going through the door. He
had threatened her many times before,
once threatening her with q butcher
knife. On Thursday night before the
killing, when he found she had taken
the revolver, he got nm ice pick and
threatened to kill her while she was in
bed. She had the revolver in bod with
her, however, and jumping out she pre-
scented it at him, and prevented him
from using this pick She said her
husband had threatened and struck her
several times. She related
SEVERAL INSTANCES CT BRUTAL CONDUCT
OH the part OF her husband. She said
that the reason she went over to Anne
Keim's house was because her husband
had the money and she wanted 10 bring
him back.
+ On cross-eSamination by Mr.. Howard
tho defendant said that she and her
husband had had many fights together.
She admitted having once been ar
rested for shooting at her husband. She
wss fined and her sister paid tho fine.
She said she was married to Leslie at
Smiths Ferry, on June 20, 1855, by
Squire McFall. She showed lier mar.
riAge certificate and said she had had il
in her possession week. She had had
several, but Mr. Leslie had torn them
up. She admitted having lived with
Frank Leslie for two years prior to their
marriage. Mr.. Howard produced an.
other certificate. which the defendant
said was hers. 1t was dated October II,
1883. She had seen Squire McFall sign
the latter.
She explained the two certificates by
i