Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-12-21

her up and asked her what was the mat
ter. and she said nothing. She was
pretty we'll boozed up with whisky.
She went out and sat down,
and L went back to bed
and left her setting there. When got
10 IL was after noon, just little before
Officer Snyder came. She was then
lying on the floor. / don't know whether
she was dead then or not. have heard
she was dead. l did not step over her
body. She was two or three feet from
the room door, and l was standing be-
tween the room door and her head
when Officer Snyder came In. did not
hear him open the door; the door was
open. l saw no blood on her face or
breast. Her dress might have been q
little bit open-it was open little OIL.
could see her breast q little, but not
much-iust little bit. You might see
a little of her breast. ] saw no blood
on her breast, or bleeding from her
nose. She was lying on her
back, and l suppose her hands were oy
her side. l had no time TO examine
her, for Officer Snyder came. The
kitchen was wet, but could not say II
her dress was wet; could not tell you.
had no time to stoop down and see
what was the matter with her. l did
not think she was dead. did not tell
Officer Snyder 'pll go with you, but
here's my wife lying here because l
had seen her lying that way often.
Snyder gave me no chance to ask why
be was taking me. l told him had
done nothing"
Witness did not speak to Barbara Sly
that morning, and after a series OF
questions, said he didn't see Mrs. Sly
at the fence. Witness said the front
door was closed when he went to bed
and the kitchen door shut; but when he
got up the front door was open. de
didn't know whether anyone could have
come into the house and beaten his
wife to death with a club and then gone
out, without awakening witness.
Q.-HoW do you account for her
death? Al thought she must have
smothered herself with whisky. She
did that often-and then by her fall
down the steps.
Q.-Oh, that's something new. When
did she fall down stairs? A.-Why,
that Saturday, when found her lying
there, with her feet on the step.
Witness was shown the big club and
said he did not strike his wife with it,
and did not have IL in his hand when
Officer Snyder came 10. He was not
a. a ~ NH a
the officer said was untrue. He neither
mad the club in his hand, or anything
like il. In like manner the testimony
of Barbara Sly, as to witness striking
his wife, was untrue, and the evidence
Of Willie Deubler to the same effect was
also untrue. The witness in like man
ner denied striking his wife with the
window stick, and as for the whip, he
said he never saw it before he came into
the Court House. He never saw the
whip at his house, and did not know
"where they found it," The evidence
of his son Thomas that he had seen his
father strike his wife with that same
whip the witness pronounced to be
false. His wife drank good deal Of
whisky and fell all over herself every
day.
Q-Do you want this jury to acquit
you because your wife drank whisky,
or because you did not kill her? COl.
Arnett objected to this.
Mr. Howard then asked about wit
ness marriage, and as to how much
money she had when he married her.
Witness heard $4,000 was divided be-
tween his wife and five others.
Odd she ever get it? Al don't
know believe she got her share Of it.
Q.-How much money did she get?
Al believe $500.
Witness said his wife kept the money
in bank, subject to her own check, and
iran through it all except $780," He
said be got that money 10 make repairs
TO the house, four years ago, aud spent
SIS and gave security to pay it back,
and the children had il now.
Witness said he had once been in the
lookup, and had been drunk, but it was
a good while ago.
This ended the cross-examination,
and after an unimrortant question or
two by Col. Arnett, Court adjourned
until this morning.
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