Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-05-10

the two got into room No. 3, the room
was dark aud lamp was burning.
Leslie was standing at the hall door,
with his head and foot against the hall
door Mrs. Leslie had first tried to get
In. No one else was ia the room. His
face was towards witness as she and
Mrs. Leslie came in. Witness walked
into the corner OF the room and
put her back against the corner
door and faced Leslie and said: "Mr.
Leslie, here's your wife; she wants you"
Me turned around and came toward his
wife, and threw up his hands, and she
fred and be fell forward on his face.
He lay there and then began to move
his hands, and witness stopped down TO
see ii he was shot, aud saw the blood
on the floor. She said: my God,
Mrs. Leslie, you've shot your husband!"
She said; HE drove me to it," Witness
then ran out ia the hall and screamed,
and then ran in the hose house.
Witness illustrated to the jury how
Leslie raised his two hands, about as
high as the waist line. Witness said
she did not notice the revolver in Mrs.
Leslie's hand until she shot.
LESLIE REALIZED DANGER.
On cross examination, witness said
Leslie did not grab at her husband; he
just raised up both hands, las II he
realized some danger" Witness could
not say Leslie intended to grab his wife;
he Just raised his hands as he had de-
scribed and stepped toward her. When
witness wentS 10 the hall door with
Mrs. Leslie, witness knocked on the
door, and said: Tied, Mrs. Leslie wants
YOU" They then went into the back
room, which witness entered hrst,
Mrs. Leslie following. Mrs. Leslie
stopped in the middle OF the room, and
witness walked over TO the corner door.
Neither one Of them spoke be-
fore the shooting. She saw moth
lug in Leslle's hands. When Mrs.
Leslie came in, her apron was sort OF
wrapped around her arms, and witness
did not notice the apron until it fell
from her hands at the shot. She did
not see the pistol until she heard the
shot. When witness ran screaming
into the hall, she left Mrs. Leslie stand
ing looking at her husband.
On redirect examination witness said
her opinion was that Leslie threw up his
hands as though he realized there was
danger.
There was quite a long examination
by both sides as to Leslie's manner, the
position of his hands, etc, and witness
was clear that his hands were wide open
when he raised them, and that there
was nothing In them.
The State here rested.
THE DEFENDANT on THE STAND.
The defense called Mrs. Leslie, who
said she was married at Smiths Ferry,
Pa, in 1885. They had lived in Wheel
ing thirteen months; before that they
lived in East Liverpool. She had lived
apart with her husband for time be-
cause Of his abuse. This answer went
outl.
Q.-Where was your hus band the Fri
day night Of the week preceding the
shootingP lObjectious: the defense
stated privately to the Court, out OF
hearing Of the jury, the matter he ex-
pected TO prove, relating to the sister of
the defendant and Leslie. Objection
sustained. Witness said she was look
ing out of the window when her hus-
band went to Keim's; it was between
and o'clock in the evening; defend
ant knew the character OF the house;
Mr.. Leslie had stayed there over night.
Q.-Why did you 20 over there? A
Because l knew my husband had good
deal OF money in his cloths, and that is
why went over.
WOULD KICK HER TO DEATH.
O.-What, il anything, did he say on
the subject? Ale said il | ever FOL-
lowed him to such place as that !
should never follow him again, for he
would kick me TO death.
She said she went to Mrs. Davis to get
the pistol to protect herself, because II
remem bered his threat" She went
in, and a girl saw her, and she told
Mrs Keim. When Mrs. keim came,
defendant told her she wanted her hus-
band. Mrs. Kelm put her hand on the door,
and said: "Open the door" and then
told defendant to follow her and went
around the other way, Mrs Keim in front
Leslie was standing mot against the
door, but about foot from the door,
that leads 70 the hall" HE put his
hands up as though he wanted to strike
me, and saw something in his hands;
il shined. He made a step toward me,
and / thought he was going to strike
me. When be stepped toward me l
thought he was going to throw it, or
strike me, and then | shot. When he
stepped l shot. Then l went out into
the hall"
WHERE MARRIAGE WAS A FAILURE.
Witness said she took the pistol from
under his pillow, when he was asleep
Wednesday night, because she was
afraid be would shoot her. "He often
pointed il in my face, eand threatened
to shoot me. He shot at me twice.
Once the ball went through the door.
"When l saw him point the gun, l
pulled the door too. l could not tell
how many times he threatened to shoot
me. He took a butcher knife at me
once, and caught me by the throat and
pushed me down on my knees, and
threatened TO cut my throat. |
caught the knife in my hand
and cut my hand. Then
let 20, aud told him TO
do his work. He threatened and struck
me several times that night he got the
pistol He got shot gun, and when
he found out had the pistol he got an
ice pick aud raised il up and said he
would kill me unless l gave the pistol
up. was in bed, aud had the revolver
under the bed clothes. ] jumped out
OF bed on the other side, and he ran at
me, aud I jumped up on the bed, and
pointed the gun at him and said; Don't
throw that. He went out, and got up
and dressed and went to the neighbors
so I would not quarrel any more. Once,
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