Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-26

an Alibi.
Minneapolis, February 25-It was
| somewhat of a surprise to Mr.. Nye
When Mr.. Erwin turned the prisoner
over short time before court adjourn
ed this evening. He had expected the
examination would take at least the
day and was hardly prepared to so into
the examination. He therefore con
tented himself with going over some
| minor matters that ne might begin in
earnest tomorrow morning.
! Inc day was extremely interesting.
bsinS filled with the troubles between
the witness and his brother.
Adry, he said, had proposed all the
bloody details of murders. Harry ex-
planned that he had been so shocked at
his brothers depravity that he had re-
solved TO sound many other people to
see II they had such wonderful con-
sciences. Thus it was that he ques-
toned Waterman and the hackman
and even L. NJ. Stewart, and he dared
the State to put Stewart on the stand.
Instead of having threatened to kill
his brother with a knife, Adry, he
said, had threatened to rip his entrails
out; had threatened to kill his father
and had often stated that he
WAS so DEVOID OF CONSCIENCE
he could kill his father easily and not
be troubled about it afterward. All
through his evidence it was Adry who
had been the friend; Adry who was the
slaughterer; Adry who had a mania
for killing people; Adry who was the
member of a gang; Adry who was
everything, and yet with all this he
went on to tell how he confided all his
business to Adry and begged his father
10 take him back into his employ.
Harry's narrative was resumed at
the point where he returned to the
Ozark after the theatre and heard the
news OF Miss Ging's death.
Il thought of all our relations" he
said, and how | had lent her money
remembered that she had often asked
me to lend her my revolver, and as
thought the matter over | became Ccr.
yinced that she had been murdered. |
don't know what ! said to the people
there or at the police station. But |
was very much excited l told the Of
ficerS that she had on a blue dress
skirt and not a black one, because |
knew it must be so. There are about
sixty days in October and November
DURING THOSE SIXTY DAYS
l had probably seen her ninety times,
and | am sure that out of the ninety
times there were eighty-seven when
e.l-f met fe,t bi
skirt That was why | spoke as ] did" q"
Witness described his experience in
the sweat box and told how he was
taken to the morgue and shown the
dead body with everybody watching
him. He did not know what he did
but said he felt very bad and knew
everyone there thought him guilty. He
went to Miss Ireland and offered to
do anything about the funeral he
could. He ordered some roses from
florist and attended the funeral. On
Thursday he and Adry were arrested
and put in a cell together. Adry
seemed very down in the mouth and
Harry had said to him: Were not
guilty. What's the use of feeling this
way?" But Adry was dispirited and
finally Harry said: "Adry, what is
this? You held her up once. Did you
have anything to do with this?' Adry
was silent and refused to talk any
more. After that there was no further
conversation between them.
This evidence caused flutter of eX-
citement. 1t brought in the story
which on Thursday had been ruled out
bv the court TO the effect that Adry
was
THE MASKED HIGHWAYMAN
who last April had held up and rob-
bed Harry. Miss Cling and Miss We'd
der while they were out riding. Adry,
it is understood, will go on the stand
and deny the story with an alibi.
Not much more of interest developed
during the remainder Of the direct eX-
animation. and Mr. Erwin turhed the
witness over to the State late in the
afternoon.
Mr.. Nye. in cross-eXamination. made
Harry admit that he had been a gam
bier by habit for years; in fact, since
he was II wears of age. Then he went
over his relations with Miss Cling. and
had Harry repeat his wanderlnSs the
night OF the murder. He got along
very well except to say my fiat
twice in places where he had said on
direct examination that he went into
his mothers fat. Mr.. Erwin inter-
rupted and corrected him. In speak
ing of where he went after leaving the
fiat. witness said he went directly up
Hennepin to Laurel avenue. On di-
rect examination he had said that he
went down Hennepin first, intending TO
look for Miss Cling at her place OF busi-
ness.
HARRY SHOWED ON A MAP
where he had gone until he reached
Mr.. Bartieson's residence. The States
Attorney kept asking all sorts of 1ues-
tions, evidently with a view OF laying
the foundation for impeachment OF the
direct testimony. 1t is understood that
several points were made.
D. NJ. Wilson, the horse dealer,
about whom the defense had made
such row when it was found he was
out of town. has returned and Will go
on the stand if wanted.
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