Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-12-20
THE MURDER TRIAL.
FOUR STATE WITNESSES EXAMINED YES
TBRDAY.
Onssr Snyder and DR.. McGrail on in The Morning,
and Mrs Barbara Sly and Mrs. Brssach's
Son in the AhsrnOOn-Ths Substance
Of the Evidence Adduesd.

WAS rtSumou Joohotudg mOAuAuH WIN
the usual large attendance Of spectators
and a general manifestation Of public
interest AS on previous days, the
Sheriff strictly limited the attendance
in the Court room to the capacity OF
the seats, and all aisles were left free
and clear.
The first witness called for the State
was Officer Henry Snyder, who was
brought from the Vigilant engine house
to the scene Of the crime by Mrs. Bar
bara Sly, a eOlored woman who lived
neighbor to the Bresach family and who
was generally conversant with the do
nestle difficulties of the family. The OIL
Ger testified TO being sent for and his
visit to the house. The dead body OF
Mrs. Bresach was lying on the kitchen
floor when be arrived. Bresach was In
the kitchen washing of big club with
rag and water He took the murderer
TO the engine house and then 10 the
jail. The cross examination by COL
Arnett was very long and went into
details very infinitely. The witness
said, among other things, that he
smelled LIQUOR on Bresach, but he did
not appear 10 be- intoxicated.
DR.. MeGrail was the next witness.
he detailed the post-mortem and its re-
suits. located the many wounds and
bruises upon the body Of the dead
woman, etc. She had died from COM
preston OF the brain. After q long
discrimination, the witness said, Ia
reply 10 redirect questions by Mr..
Howard that the bruises on the body
could not have been produced by fall.
There were no indications Of heart fall
ure. he thought all the bruises and
wounds might have been made in one
day. COL Arnett asked a few more
questions about the number OF the peo-
pie In the house, aud the doctor was
also compelled to again explain his
meaning OF continuous bruises. Col.
Arnett asked If a number or falls could
produce the bruises, and Mr.. Howard
objected on the ground that there was
no evidence TO support the hypothesis.
The,objection was oVsrruled, and the
doctor answered in the affirmative. A
number of questions were asked regard
ing the probable age Of the wounds,
and the doctor still said be believed
they were recent. Col. Arnett exam
ined the doctor on whether the ulna or
the larger bone In the arm is the more
likely TO break IN warding of the blow.
The doctor said that the ulna Is most
likely TO break 10 that case, and gave
his authority.
At the afternoon session Barbara Sly,
colored, 3 neighbOr OF the Bressch fam
fly, took the stsnd. She testified that
on the morning OF the day Of the muir
der, after she came from market, prob
ably about eleven o'clock, she was told
Mr.. Bresach wanted her and went TO
the fence. Bressch was standing in the
yard, and bis wife was sitting on low
wall, near the door. She had her head
down. She asked Bresach what he
wanted. ard he replied that it
was not be who wanted her,
bit his wife. There were in-
dlcations that there had been trouble
between the two. Witness went away,
but after q time she went to the fence
again, but Mrs. Bresach had gone into
the house. Witness went TO her own
house again, but went back again sew
erRl times The third or fourth time
she went up to see what was going on,
she saw Bresach 90 TO a lumber pile, In
the yard, and get q club. A piece OF
pine about 40 inches long and 3Xl%
inches In Dimensions, was shown witness.
She said the club the murderer took
from tn lumber pile was just such a
piece OF wood, but she could not swear
the club shown her was the same.
When he went into the house she heard
o noise OF pounding. like some one chop
ping wood. She though Bresach was
beating his wife, and after witness had
gone away sac went back to see what
was going on, She heard Bresach tell
his wife 10 get up. She would moan,
and he said: "l'll beat you as long as l
see breath In your body" She could
hear blows, and means from
the woman, and saw Bre-
sach strike his wife at least
once. Witness called to Bresach and
said: IF you don't stop beating that
woman you'll kill her. II you don't
stop I'll have TO 90 FOR an officer" The
door was open, and Bresach shut 1t, ap-
parently to keep the children from look
ing In. When she saw the blow struck
the woman was on her knees, and she
was hit on the arms and shoulders. She
rolled over and moaned. The witness
went to the house, but the
beRtings continued, and witness
went 20 her house again
and called to Bresach to stop beating
the woman. Witness found the door
shut, and she got a stick and pounded
on IT, Then Bresach stopped beating
his wife, but recommended aGsin, and
witness went for an officer, az the hose
house. The officer went up and wit
ness saw him at the Bresach house and
saw Bresach taken away The woman
was then dead. The eross-examination
OF this witness was very long and cir
eumstantial, but the witness story was
not changed.
Thomas Walters, q son OF Mrs. Bre-
zach by her first husband, was next
called. The little fellow was probably
twelve years of age. He was at the
house when the trouble started In the
morning. BresAch brought quart OF
whisky home in his dinner bucket and
he and his mother drank some Of it.
His stspfather made his mother drink.
About three o'clock Brssach gave him
a quarter, and be and his little brother
went to newspaper Office to get papers.
While there the witness heard that his
mother was dead, and went home. His
mother was dead aud lying on the bed
When he got there. BE was shown the
big club BresSch used in beating his
wife, and the boy identified il as a club
which had been lying In the yard, and
which Bresaeh brought into the kitchen
the afternoon OF the murder. The boy