Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-10

frosty air aud general gloomy appearance
OF the out door world not keeping away
Iho regular attendants upon the session.
Iho hrst witness called for the resump-
ton OF oss-cNRmination was
GEoEoE LUrl,
who produced his book containing os,t.
/ matos ot work done for MIR Reilly. NVit.
ness said they usually made cstimates for
| work upon application, sometimes NOT IN
| VASvSu SO much. MIR. Rcilly's work at the
hclllN block was not made in the usunl
| way, in that there was no plan, and II ,vns
| so la'" In the season Mr.. Reilly did not
want TO walt for one
JOSEPH roosr.
| He had known Mr.. Reilly from n r,,Io
! bcv. lie had au insurance trapsa,,ton
/ with MIR Reilly In 1890 The witness ba5
called to obtain an accident insnram,a
! policy tor MIR. Rcilly's elevator The first
/ visit they talked the matter over for half
an hour but without result The second
! vlSlt was very short MIR Reilly being too
/ ousy To talk, but on "A third visit, ON Oc-
! tober Z, alter halfnn-hcur's talk. MIR
/ Roilly took out policy. Witness was AZ
! lhe store aruin on tho lst, 2d and I'd Of
January, loJl, when MIR. Reilly sent for
/ him TO know IL ne would act ns "A commits
/ aioner on the part of tho government In
/ take account OF tobacco In stock NleHsry
! Tracy and ShulE were the others en-
gagged In that business. He went into tho
| saw and talked To Mr.. Reilly, who asked
/ witness number OF questions when +
was there in January / thought he was all
! right, aud also when was there the first
| ume. Tho last time was there | took a
! good look at him, and / thought he looked
"A httlc older He seemed To bo n littlo
slower In thought, but he seemed 20 grasp
all the points made, and no made some
very good points In return against men
CRoSs-ENAMINATIoN
| Witness said ho was an agent for tho
! Mutual Life, of New York, and had n com
mission from that Company, which he could
| aud would produce. He was asked To do
SO, MIR Hubbard saying he would like To
see IL. Witness said he was also an insur-
anco solicitor. He had procured Tho i'm
surance from MIR. Reilly by showing him
| newspaper clipping ABOUT n clergyman
| being Killed In au elevator Witness went
| over the ground Of his argument 10 Mr..
| Kelly. Witness had conversation with
| one OF tho McSsrs. Reilly at room No y
! Reilly block. They said they had heard
he bad been To see Father Sullivan, and
witness remembered telling James that
| Father Sullivan had sent for him, and he
had gone -up aud, bcen lnteE-.-t ved. Ha
| thought he had given James h A...-.r>
| what he bad here said He did not KIND
that nc had concluded to come on the STAN
| Tor the proponents because witness broth-N
or william had been given a good deaf
OF insurance; he did not know he had said
| he had given Father Sullivan a good deal
| or tuity Ia his talk with him, or said any
thing like that, and he did not know
| whether or not he had said he would mako
| "tho worst old witness for Father Sulli-
van he had over SEEM He admitted he
had tried 10 gct s. from james Reilly, but
| said ~ was on n different aud "a private
! matter, and he did not know that no had
| told James Reilly "he was not good
Catholic-he was out for the stuff" lie
could not say he ever said IT, but he might
| nave done so; he had no recollection about
! IT,, because he was full.
Q.-Are sou willing TO swear, Mr.. Foose
! that you did not say that, in substance, 10
himf A.-To the best OF my knowledge
| have no knowledge OF making any such re-
| mark TO MIR. Reilly
Q.-Well, are you willing TO swear you
did not say ~ All I over made such n
remark must have been drunk and didn't
! remember ~.
Q.-Well. were you drunk on that occa.
siouf Al may have been q little full.
get that way sometimes.
Witness said he was sure no didn't say
he "Wasn't a good Catholic; he WAS out
| for money" but he didn't remem Der about
the other, for the interview was 80 short
Q-Well, IT, was long enough % try TO
getf5i A.-Hes, but didn't try to get 1t
on that account.
Witness said when nc asked the Messrs.
Reilly for the - they said they did not
have n with them, and he did not get IL
from them.
Q-Did you get it from Father Sullivani
| A-NO, j didn't try.
Witness said be was equally full at oil
points Of tho interview with tho Messrs.
Reilly They had an interview at the
Reilly block. went over his testimony, and
asked for the g., but ho did not remember
that he said hc was not good Catholic, and
was out for the "Gtun." He didn't think
religion was spoken or Witness explained
why ho could rccOllcct some things and not
others attributed 20 him, Ia an interview
iu which he WAS equally drunk through
out, on the theory that the remark hadn't
been made. "YOu know, he said. there
are degrees in drunkenness"
"Ics," said Mr.. Hubbard, land you
were pretty close % tho superlatvo degree,
wasn't yOuN
Witness said he was equally drunk all
during the interview. and was Just as
drunk 40 tho end as he was at the begin
Redirect no Mr.. Melvin. When was
talking 70 Michael Reilly was perfectly
sober.
pH. y. 81. BAIRD.
Witness knew Mr.. Reilly when he saw
him. and had commenced to attend Nfr.
Noiiy December ~. 1891 lie was suffer
Ing with influenza He did not know how
long be had suffered when witness WIS
called Tho iuNueulI poison brought on
Dr0uchitIs aud this was complicated with
% lung trouble ue bad had for SOME time.
Tho proper cause Of bis death was,
perhaps. acute bronchitis. The pa
tIeut bad answered witness qucs.
tious "IntelliCenuy enough" "He replied
slowly. after q little interval, and not
| shfrpIv and quickly. He seemed % take
a little time but be answered mo intclli-
/ gontly enough" Witness said tho first
time ho saw Mr.. Reilly be was ln "a stupor,
/ but ~ a result Of his treatment no was
/ brighter the next day. and sat up, day and
night. in a chair. until within o few hours
/ Of bis death. "Whcn his attention was
| called 10 the fact ! was there. or If I
/ walked around in front Of him whore no
/ could see me-he usually sat with his
! head d0wu-Or the servant would say.
/ here Isl the doctor, be would speak TO mo
| and say how'd ydOF or something Ike
! that Later Doe became more stupid ~
I Witness said the PATIENTS illness did not
I do well from tho frst, out bis mental con-
ditfou WAS sufficiently good 90 enable him
/ 10 answer inteIligent.y about bis health
cEO-- ENA,uNATfoN.
That was about all witness could say ot
! his iutclligcnce The patient sat up ina q
chair. probably because he could NOT get bis
breath wei when bo lay down. Wiiness
did no know that bee was dciiriOus. it
seemed inclined. as his illness progressed
10 become more stupid rather than de4lr-