The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-04-05
THE BAILEY CASE
Occupied Entire Day In United
Stntos Court Yesterday.
MANY WITNESSES WERE EXAMINED
All Except Quo being Introduced Dy
tho Govcrnmont-An Immense Var.
icty OF Stories Doing Told by tho
Witnosscs-'rho Testimony In Detail.
Tho l.cccivorship OF tho Forrest
Hill Coal Company.


charged with participation In tho rob.
barry OF the postoilico at St. Mary's, In
Peasants county, was yesterday con.
tinued in tho United States court. Judge
J. J. Jackson on tho bonch. 4 worry largo
number OF witnesses wero examined, but
as there aro more than thirty sum.
moned on both sides, 1t is probable that
tho case will not GO to tho jury for
several days yet. Judge Jackson 10
thinking Of having night sessions Of tho
court In order to rush tho case through.
It now looks as though tho present ues.
sion Of the Federal courts hero will lat
tho two weeks first intimatoj.
The frs. witness OK amined yesterday
morning was Newton Ogden, tho owrtr
OF the atoro In st. Mary'a that was rob-
bed the samo night that the postoffice
robbery took place. lilo was witness
for tho government and testified that
no missed pair Of shoes. pair OF
trousers and other articles. ue identi-
iiod tho trousers when they were ex.
hibited. He said that he saw tracks
made by gum boots about his store. and
tho night before thought no saw Sham.
bin about town.
Daniel Reynolds. the shorif OF Pleas.
ants county, was next called by the GOV.
ernment. Ito said that no rot tho two
pairs OF pants NJ Duker's postotlicc over
in Washington county. across the river.
after tho robbery, aud that they had
been identified by Ogden, the owner Of
the store that had been robbed.
D. G. Duker, tho postmaster at Du.
kor's, testified that no found tho two
pairs OF trousers In his store. lying on
tho floor, and two pairs belonging to him
had boon taken.
"Dick" Willis testified that he saw
.Shamblin, Pyles and Edward Bailey,
the defendant, on the 0hio,river steam.
or, Eliza H.. the day after tho robbery
OF the st. Mary's postoilicc. Pyles had
on one oil the pairs OF trousers exhibited
and Shambln had on tho other. These
were the trousers that wero identified as
having been stolen from Osden's store
at St Mary's.
Captain Rowladd, tho pilot OF the
Eliza H.. said that Shamblin had on a
pair OF gum boots, while on his boat the
day after the robbery. lie could not
remember tho color or condition OF the
trousers worn by Shamblin.
Jerry" Sewers testified that Sham
bin wore m old coat with hole in the
sleeve which looked like the one found
in Duker's store after the robbery. He
also said that Pyles had pair OF
trousers identified as having been taken
from Osden's store, but that Shamblin
wore pair OF overalls and that he did
not see the brown trousers spoken OF 10
having been worn by Shamblin. He
found eight postage stamps in sheet,
at Fords landing soon after the post
Office robbery.
Sam Beavers said he saw Ed Bailey,
Frank Bailey and Pyles near Reynolds
landing tho day after the robbery. He
met them on the roadside. where they
had stopped and were playing Seven
up" While there "Zekc" Shamblin
told him that they were in the st.
Mary's postofEice robbery and that they
wore afraid OF being arrested. On cross
examination. however. by Mr.. Atkinson
no could not remember the day OF the
month, the month or tho year when
this incident happened.
On account OF the sickness OF q wit
ness for the defense, Miss Alice Shamb.
lin, she was allowed to give her testi.
mony at yesterdays session. She testi-
fed that on the night OF tho robbery she
was on her brother, "Zeke" Shambin's
shanty boat, moored near her homo and
eat up with her sick mother. She was
emphatic in her assertion that through
out tho night in question both Ed
Bailey aud "Zeko' remained on the
boat, and that Jimmy" Pyles, another
member OF the crowd. came in about |
or o'clock in the morning. She was
positive that the defendant did not leave
tho boat on that night, and sho also
swore that Frank Bailey. who had before
testified he was on the boat that night,
was not there NJ all. She described the
clothes Of each and was auro tina. Meth
or had on the trousers presented as owl.
dence by tho government
Robert Farnsworth, roustabout on
the steamer Ben Hur, next testified for
the government. lie said that during
the summer after tho robbery. tho do.
iendcnt, Edward Bailey, admitted to
him that Shamblin and Broy got him in
the robbery OF the St. Mary's pastoiIice
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