Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-06-27
BOTH MIN HELD.
CONCLUSION OF THE MEREDITH AND BOWERS
HEARING.
The Defendants Put Upon the Stand, and Mar
rated Their Version Of the Affair.
The Evidence.

Inc examination OIL JOuu MeIeul1 III
and Harry Bowers was resumed before
United States Commissioner Campbell,
last evening, at hali-past seven o'clock.
The first witness called for the de-
Tense was Chief McNichol. He said he
had known Meredith for fifteen
years, and his record had been good
one, so far as he knew.
Lieut.. Gaus had known Meredith for
| ten or twelve years, and bis reputation
had been good, so far as he knew.
Lieut.. Terrill had known Meredith
for five or six years. His reputation
had been good.
John Meredith, one OF the defend
ants, was then sworn. In reply to Col.
Arnett's questions, If he knew anything
about the money passed, he said he
knew nothing about it. ~ had some
thing over twenty-five dollars the day
| before we were arrested. / got it from
| VIM. Cooper. / came up town and got
all the bills changed. let Harry have
| five dollars TO treat in one place, and In
another | let him have five more to
get changed. changed the first bill
In Hazett's saloon. got three silver
dollars, and the rest in change. l think
twenty cents was taken out. L
had bill changed al Nc
Fadden's, where l bought two shirts.
l got three silver dollars in change.
The shirts are up there yet.
Odd You tell Mrs. Cameron the
dollar offered there was good? A
No, did not. After we drank the beer
she was handed a dollar, and l walked
towards the door aud stood there. l
didn't known whether or not the dol
lar was good. I was in there a day or
two after. l told friend with me l
had been ia there and she
had said dollar was not
good. That was day or two after.
Q. Tby the Commissioner When you
got the twenty-five dollars from Cooper,
did you have any change al that time?
A.-YeS.
Q.-And you loaned Bowers FIVE dol
lars? Ayes, and afterwards | loaned
him five dollars more. One OF the bills
Bowers got changed at Clne's. Before
that had bill changed at Hazletts.
l don't know whether Bowers gave me
the change or not in the saloOn-l think
it was after we went out OF the
place, so | had all the money after
we went out. II was the same evening
we got another bill changed at Mead
denis, but Cline'S was the last place we
were at. Hazett'S was the first place
and McFadden's the second. We had
been spending money here and there
before we got to McFadden's. 1t was
late at night when we went into Cline's,
and Bowers got the five dollar bill
changed. When l got to Cline's don't
think / had much change left, for | was
with three or four people, and l think
we got two silver dollars changed at
Graham's; ] don't thing l had as much
as FIVE or six silver dollars when we got
TO Cline'S; don't think had over three
or four dollars. l had spent four or
five dollars at Gutman's before | got to
McFadden's. | gave Mr.. Gutman a five
dollar bill. That accounts for the five
bills-one at Hazlett'S, one at Gutman's,
one at McFadden's, and two l gave
Bowers. gave Gutman five dollar
bill and fifty cent piece
Odd Bowers get the five dollar bill
you loaned him changed? Ayes.
Q.-At a sporting house? A.-Yes;
| don't kown the name, but it was
down close to the creek, on street
close to the planning mill; Nineteenth
Street, | think. We were In there
about an hour. A couple of men were
in there, and we had two or three or
four bottles. There were FIVE or six
girls there. That was before we went
up on Seventeenth Street. We got up
there about O'clock in the morning.
Q.-WhY aid you loan the money TO
Bowers? Did he say he was out Of
money? Al don't think he did. |
didn't want the other fellows TO know |
had money, and | handed him the bill.
he treated everybody. That was the
only five | gave him, but he got a bill
changed for me at Cline's. He gave
all that change back to me after we
came out. He gave me full five dollars
Il only gave him the bill TO get
changed. He was going to give the
boy the bill TO change, but he said he
couldn't change il. Cline was in the
back room, and be came up and handed
Bowers five silver dollars, and we
gave the boy dime for the drink, and
Bowers gave ME the silver after we
came out. Bowers was not with ne at
Hazlett's. Cooper was there, and gave
me sos, and | treated him twice to beer.
| spent 81 at McFadden's, and $3.50 at
Gutman's. After l came out Of Haz-
lett'S went to the barber shop and got
shaved, paid him forty cents l owed
him, and | stopped at the shoemaker's,
where L had pair OF shoes fixed, and
paid him eighty cents. l was also up
at.Lous Schwalb's. | had been drink
ing all evening, but was not very drunk.
l drank beer all the time.
Q.-Why didn't you give Bowers sill
YER? Al didn't have so very much
then. From the Nineteenth street
house we went back to Cline's, and then
vert to Seventeenth street. think
Bowers didn't give any OF the i've dol
lars gave him back. He could do
what he pleased with it. We went
back to Cline's, and got another bill
changed, and then went 10 Mont.celli's.
That was a considerable time after mid
night-one or two o'clock. | think l
met Bowers first below Twenty-sixth
street, after | came out of the shoe
makers know him well. We bought
no beer..at Monticellrs. paid five dol
lars TO the girl. 1t was in silver. / had
three or four silver dollars left-three
silver dollars and some change.
Odd Bowers give Mrs. Cameron
the dollar In her bar? A.-Yes.
Q.-Were you in any house that
night? A.-No. We just went out
there and had drink. She said: This
looks to me like it wasn't good" and
Bowers said: That's all right, but it
don't make any difference-here's an
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