The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-12-04

able Man.
The second day OF the trial of William
Wilson opened Saturday morning at
St. Clairsville, with William Watkins
on the stand. He was cross examined
by Mr.. Shay. This is the young man
who was fired at by Wilson. Nothing
new was developed. David Jones, a
companion Of Watkins, SAID he and
Watkins wero coming down the @. & P.
truck, when two men, one being vii.
con, stepped up behind them and one
strucl; Watson. officers ordered tho
crowd TO dispense. Wilson and this
other man told the boys not to 90, ana
no one would hurt them. The men in
sisted on the boys staying. They OBJ
iected. Wilson struck at Watkins and
the other man at Jones' The boys at
tempted TO defend themselves, but Will
sou drew a revolver and fired at Wat
son. Jones ran away, and was hit with
club and was unconscious Tor few
minutes.
Oliver Brown said he was going down
tho G. & p. tricks and was about two
and half feet behind Wilson when he
fred ct the boy. He saw Westwood
advance, put his hand on Wilson's
shoulder and strike at him with his
mace. Wilson threw up his revolver
and fred through Westwood's hat
Westwood staggered. Murphy then adj
vanced, and Wilson fred at him and
then ran under q car and laid his re-
volver down.
Jack Moore chased him out; no ran
over to the show cars. Witness said he
went under the car after the revolver
but some one had taken it.
Simon Armstrong was OH the grounds
when tho firing commenced. He ran
up to the freight depot and saw man
between the box car and depot, trying
TO bury n revolver. He saw Murphy
fire at the man. He did not know who
the man was and could not recognize
him.
Charles Downing, who found the re-
volyer, said he looked down from the
cars, between and on which he was
standing, then reached down and
picked it up. He identified it by a
piece Of paper in the handle.
Here the state closed.
Thedefense opened with q good many
dispositions as 10 the character OF Will
son. Several were from Cincinnati and
from Peru, Ind. These said his charac-
ter for peace and quiet was very good,
Several witnesses from st. Clairsville,
testified that Westwood said the shoot
ing by Wilson after the shooting ut the
boy. was all from under the car, not ms
he now says, that Wilson fired all the
shots before he went under the car
Ed. Virtue was standing on the
freight depot and saw shot fired from
the circus train in q south.easterly d.
rection. He could not see anything but
tho arm OF the man. He saw eight or
ten shots fired before he saw the shot
from the car.
Albert Creiger came up through the
crowd and heard several shots, then saw
someone shoot from the window OF the
dining car.
Alexander Ring was driving up Sec
ond street when he saw man run from
n circus car down towards the river.
He was tall and slender and had on
light hat. On cross-examination he
said he did not know where the fellow
came from. Tho man was twenty feet
from the circus cars.
Fred Eberling lives right along the
@. & P. track. He heard some one OF
the crowd of boys say, 81 won't take
that off the of -" then the
little boys commenced to throw stones
and cinders. Some one then said, "Let's
cut his heart out" This was asked to
be ruled out by the state, but the court
overruled tho motion. Mrs. Fred Eber-
ling heard some OF the boys calling the
showmen names. She said that these
showmen were larger men than Wilson.
r. B. Marshall, from Wellsville, o.,
was the rear brakeman on the show
train. He said he saw crowd OF boys
coming along; one OF them pulled out
a dollar or a half and said, 81 wonder
how tho - would like to have that"
There was lady sitting in the car. A
man came out and slapped several boys.
The boys called all the show people all
the bad names they could. The show
man went into the car. A policeman
went in after him and brought him out
The boys kicked him. Tho officer let
him 60. This witness said Murphy
fired the first two shots he saw fired.
One Of the balls went into the coach.
Case Tobin, of Wellsville, conductor
Of the show train, said Marshall left
Bellaire in the morning.
Michael Linsky knew nothing now,
Amos Shepard was sitting on the east
track; some one throw some water out
OF car window He saw the fuss with
boy; some officers arrested Wilson, who
said he had done nothing and the Off
Gers let him 90. He said Westwood hit
the man with his mace, when some one
fred a revolver aud Wilson ran under
the box car with his revolver in his
hand. The officers commenced shoot
ing under the car. He thought the
licks struck by Westwood knocked
Wilson down.
Anthony Wren said he heard shots
fired, then he ran.