Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-12
Great Crowds Still Attracted by the
Famous Case.
SOME OF THE STATES EVIDENCE
The Prosecution Seems to Have
Woven a Tight Chain Of Evi-
dence About the Prisoner-Fif-
ty More Witnesses to Be Heard
for the Prosecution - What
Chaddock is Said to Have Said.
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The interest in the Chaddock trial
seems still greater to-day than on yes
terday, many people from the country
coming to town to hear the testimony
and to see the prisoner.
Judge Dunbar, a surveyor, submitted
a plate OF the house and its surround
ings in order to explain and simplify
matters connected with the movements
before and after the tragedy OF the
prisoner and deceased, and to give the
jury knowledge of the locality that
they might the better follow the evil
dence.
Before going into further examina-
ton, however, the prosecution asked
that the jury, In charge OF the Judge
and clerk Of court, aud the prisoner In
charge OF officers. visit the grounds, the
house and surroundings, to view for
! themselves the scene. After short
argument between attorneys, this was
done. The party, headed by Judge
jackson and Clerk Clements, with the
prisoner, Elmer Chaddock, in charge OF
| the chief of police and deputy sheriff,
went to the scene ef the tragedy and
viewed the ground watched by big
crowd of people.
The first witness put on the stand
was Lizzie Michaels, an inmate OF the
Myles house at the time Of the murder.
Miss Michaels testified that she went
to the Myes house for the first time on
Sunday, the day before the tragedy;
had never known either Mr.. Pollen or
his slayer, Chaddock, before the day on
which the murder occurred. She said
that about 11:40 p. m, Of June Goth
| Pollen came 10 the house and that
while Pollen, the Nyles woman
and herself were still In the
| parlor Cbaddock knocked at the front
! door. She and Pollen walked into the
next room-a dining room--and sat on
! a lounge and a minute later Chaddock
| walked into the parlor, and then fol-
lowed the Myles woman into the dining
room. When Chaddock saw Pollen he
walked up to him until their knees al
most touched, and said: "You s. b,
YOU ian away from me, did you?'
"Yes," said Pollen, smiling and In good
humor; "yss, you S b., l did run
away from your "At that very mo-
ment," said witness, Chaddock, Cwho
had his right hand in'his coat pocket,)
raised his hand and pocket, pointing
toward Polen's body and fired l saw
| the flash OF the pistol, saw his pocket
burning where the bullet went through
and heard the report. Pollen groaned,
clasped his hand over his body and walk
| ed into the kitchen and got out through
| low window (the door was locked).
| Chaddock stepped toward him, then
turned and went out the front way.
Sadie Myles screamed, %, Elmer when
| Chaddock turned to her and said, Shut
no or I'll give it to the rest OF you
Directly after the shooting | stepped
out the back door and saw Chaddock
run past the house toward the Kanawha
river, swinging the revolver in his
hand"
Cross-examlnation failed to tangle the
witness in the least, although there
were some lively exchanges between
Judge Loomis and the witness.
The next witness was Officer George
Bartlett, who testified that he was on
duty that night and heard the shot
while he was half square away and
met Pollen coming from the direction OF
the NIyles house. Accosted Pollen, who
was shot, and asked him what
was the matter. "He told me
he was sh-." Just here the officer
was stopped and prevented from telling
that the deceased had told him Of hav-
ing been shot by Chaddock until the
exception taken by the defense could
be argued.
Doctors Ross. Boyer. Stout and kee-
yer testified during the afternoon. The
sum of all their testimony was that
Pollen had been killed by the bullet
wound alleged to have been inflicted by
| Chaddock.
SQUIRE A. B. Breckwith, acting
coroner. identified the bloody clothing,
and underclothing Of the deceased and
| showed where the fatal bullet had gone
| through the vest, shirtoand undershirt
into the body Of the Pollen. This bullet
entered the body to the right Of the
breast bone, passed through the car
tilages OF the breast and through the
liver. lodging between the ninth and
tenth ribs after passing through the
liver.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bovle, who live on the
lower side OF the Little Kanawba, testi-
fed that about midnight the night OF
the murder, Chaddock came TO their
home and borrowed a skiff to go TO
Belpre, Ohio, aud that he had told
them that he had got into trouble
with a man and had shot him.
Lieut.. Oils, Of the police force, told
OF finding Pollen shortly after
he was shot and of hunting for Chad
dock from that time until he was ar
rested at Reeds house on Ann street,
on Saturday morning early. In cross
examination counsel for defense under
took to prove by witness that the wo-
men Myles and Michaes were unchaste,
and that they kept house OF
| III fame. The question was OBJ
iected TO and the objection sustained.
Deputy Sheriff Muncey, who arrested
Chad6ock, who. 1t will appear, didn't
want 10 give himself into the hands OF
the police, produced the pistol taken
from Chaddock. The bullel taken from
Polen's body fitted the weapon. A man
named Buchanan and his wife
/ both testified that Chaddock came
to their house after the murder
and wanted Buchanan to put him
over the river he told Of following
Pollen and OF shooting him, showing the
hole In his coat pocket where the shst
had torn through. and showed the pistol
out he salds II shot him. but doA'i