Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-24

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NEW MAETISsvI.Lz, ". Va, Jan
uary 25. The Gsst witness called for
tue defense 90 The Huggans tr.al was
henty y. HUCgGus, 0ae OF The deieud.
anus. lilo stated t-aJ De was son Of
Tue ueieadant, Harrison HaE.aus, that
'ne evening OF tue murder be aud eight
Others, two OF whom were bows aged IA
anu IL years, took SIX horses and a colt
up 20 turn Into The field. When they rot
'heIe, trlen1 Garner and Link Evans
were there. Friend told JLem not 20 turn
tRem M. Pap said tho pasture belonged
10 nun aud told US TO turn them 10 and
laid doWa the bars aud the horses went
IN. Friend jumOed OF his horse and
ran az Pap, aud Win Tommie said hold
on FRIEND and they begun fighting.
VIII Tommie cried out ne is cuttiog
me- Then some one knocked me dowu
aud saw no more. went down the
ROAD. no one aud saw no one hit.
Ola not see any one hiJ Friend Garner.
w. L. HUgganS. one OF the defend
ants, said Friend Garner made at his
father aud be said; Hold on Friend"
That FFieud grabbed around him and
commenced cutting him. That hewas
Gus 10 several places aud showed a scar
90 his right arm. As soon as he got
loose from Friend Garner, be ran down
the road. That he struck no OGe and
saw no one strike; saw no one hit
Friend Garner.
HsrrlsOn Huggans, defendant on
trial, was next called. he described
the sowing OF the wheat ia the field,
the contract under which il was done,
that nothing was said between him and
Garner about pasturiuC the field after
the wheat was removed, that Friend
Garner ran up 20 the barn and struck
at him aDd his son. W. ). said ''hO.d
on Friend. Then be and w. $. clinch-
ed and w. ). cried out me is cutting
me-" that be did not strike Friend Gar
ner or any one elSe;,thst he.was hit on
the head and knocked down and when
he got up bs went down the road
Il hit Joe Parsons with my fist. i held
10 Parsons, aud Fred Garner bit me In
the side with a club and knocked me
against the fence. ! got up, and Friend
said, Here is Henry Nelson Higgins; /
will Kill him. and nit hun. Then
Friend tnrned and bit me on the head
and Knocked me down. / knew moth
ing for some time. As got up picked
up a stick 10 help me walk home. l
saw Mrs. Garner aud Mrs. Parsons just
as / was starting home"
q. w. Huggans was brought down
from the peniJentiary this afternoon
and placed upon the stand. lie is
large man, weighing over 200 pounds.
He stated that, when they went 20 the
bars. his father laid down the bars
and the horses went ia, that Friend
Garner said: Come on boys and we
will show them That Friend struck
at his father, and his brother w. ).
cried: "HOld on, Friend" Then Friend
and his brother, w. s, went together.
Then Link Evans ran 10 and Link
and l went into il. / struck Link three
licks. Then / was struck in. the back
OF tina head AMI SaCeked down. l knew
nothing more until the fight was over.
did not strike Friend Garner, nor did
/ see anyone strike him. ! was very
sick, and threw up on my way home
Minnie Kirk stated that the met the
Huggans taking the horses 10 the field,
that evening; that Harrison Huggans
was walking and carrying a club under
his left arm.
IL was also SHOWN thiS ellelhOOh bu6b
George Huggans went that evening 10
John Hoien and got his Uncle Thomas,
who went with them that evening 10
the battle field, and that there were six
Huggans, two Evans and a Williams
boy, who met Friend Garner and his
two hired men at the barn whore the
horses were turned ia.
There are u number Of witnesses vet
unexamined, but it is thought the evil
ience will all be got In tomorrow.