Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-03

Davis, John Ferren, and w. G.. Kunkel,
who were all together at st. Clairsville
the night Westwood took Wilson there
to jail testified that they had heard
WestwOod say then that Wilson shot
Murphy from under the car. Henry
Close said that WeItwood had said that
Wilson shot Murphy from under the
car, or from near it, he was not sure
which.
Ed. Virtue. Of Martins Ferry, testi-
fed that he was standing on the freight
depot and saw q shot fired from a win
dow Of one Of the circus cars, after he
had heard several shots fired. BE saw
only the hand and arm Of the person
who fred 1t. The car was the only one
be could see from where he stood, at
the depot, and it was used as q kitchen.
He heard about ten shots fired, all be-
fore the shot fred from the window OF
the circus car. He first mentioned the
shot which was fred from the car win
dow to Mr.. Danford, some two weeks
after the shooting.
Dan Creiger, who was with Virtue at
the time OF the shooting, sS1 a mar
fire out Of the car window. There had
been shots fred before this one. He
had seen Westwood strike some one
with his billy, ana Just after that he
saw the shot fired out the window. he
said that he and Virtue were close to-
gether during all the time Of the shoot
ing, and when the shot was
FIRED OUT THE CAR WINDOW.
they were standing on the main track
Of the c. & 2. Railway close to the
crowd. After this Virtue jumped on
the platform Of the depot, he followed
and both went inside. He heard no
more shooting. He had never men
toned seeing the shot fred out the car
window until he told it On the witness
stand.
Alexander Ring, from near Martins
Ferry, saw a man just after the shoot
ing running as fast as he could towards
the river. Had never seen him before,
but be was q tall and bony man. He
heard no shooting after he saw the
man running, but heard some eight or
ten shots before that.
Fred Ebeling, who lives near the G.
& P. freight depot at Martins Ferry,
saw a crowd OF boys and men in front
of his place. One Of the show men be-
gan to thrust some OF them aside when
q shower OF rocks and cinderS began TO
be thrown. Some one Of the crowd
said "Come on, let's cut his heart out"
and the crowd began to swear. Just
then some officers, among them West
wood, came up while the crowd was
calling the Snowman a coward and
daring him to come out, and
made the crowd dispense. This
was all he saw. On cross examination
the witness admitted that he did not
know that the men were show men,
did not know who had the trouble with
them, add did not connect the trouble
with the shooting. The prosecution
asked TO have the entire evidence OF
this witness stricken out. but the Court
refused 10 do so.
Mrs. Fred Ebeling, OF the day OF
the shooting, heard cursing, swearing,
and bad language, and saw rocks
thrown, she went cut to see il her boys
were there and was almost struck
with a rock. Afterwards she heard
shooting, some Is minutes later.
r. b. Marshall, of Wellsv lille, rear
brakeman on the circus train, was
standing neal one Of the circus cars
In which were a man and his wife.
One OF the crowd pulled
out half 2 dollar with an
insulting reference TO the woman. The
man, who he thought was Wilson, heard
il. came out Of the car and slapped
some of them. The crowd began to
throw stones at him and he went back
into the car. The crowd then Increased
in size, and a mat came out Of the car
again and was knocked down. Every
body who could get a chance gave him
n kick. The first two shots were fired
by Murphy. Several other shots were
fred, but he could not tell by whom.
There were four or five at INT time, all
with guns out, shooting around. Every
body was
KICKING AND STRIKING
with whatever he could get to strike
with. and crying skill the s-of-a-b-."
Many other foul epithets were applied
TO him. He saw three men at one time
shooting st the man under the car. 1t
was 10 or Is minutes after the man slap
ned the bows before the first shot was
fired. One Of the balls Murphy fired
went into a show car. As many as nine
shots were fred, and a few minutes
afterWard three or more men all began
to shoot under a car, and q dozen or
more shots were fired. On Cross-ex-
animation he denied that be was in
Bellaire with his engine at the time OF
the shooting, or that he had told Elder
S~nodgrsss so.
Case Tobin, Of Wellsville, conductor
of the show train, said Marshall had
left Bellaira for Martins Ferry, in the
morning of the show day. lie 4 new
nothing of the case at all.
Amos Shepherd, of Bellaire, had seen
BOYS trying to look into the cars, and
some one had thrown water out one OF
the windows, part Of which may have
fallen on some of the crowd. He saw a
trainman call a policeman and talk TO
him. The officer went sway and came
back inst as a Snowman struck Wat
kins. and tried to arrest Wilson. Will
son said: you'll not arrest me; l have
done nothing" Officer Westwood then
knocked Wilson down twice, and shout
that time q revolver was fired. Then
Westwood fred at him twice, after
which Murphy began to fire. Wilson
had his revolver in his hand and fled
under a car. Quite q number OF shots
perhaps ten-were fired. Murphy
shot at Wilson after he went under the
car.
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