The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-04-06

case"
This was tho language OF n vol
known lawyer las. evening, altcr he
had spent an afternoon In tho uni'od
States court room aud hoard some Of
the testimony brought out in tho trial
OF Ed. Bailey. q membcr OF tho Sham.
blin.baicy gang. for tho robbery OF tho
St. Mary's postollicc. in the fail OF '95.
Worry often tho stories OF government
witnesses and tho deienso witnesses
vary 10 n radical degree, but in this
case neither side agrees with i.selt
or with anything ut all. The truth llos
somewhere and the jury will hnye tho
delightful task OF discovering 1t. The
jury will begin its labors some time to-
DAY probably. :.
The first witness examined yesterday
was "Whit" Stewart, OF Peasants eoun.
~. He testified thus in September he
met Edward Bailey. tho defendant. who
was on his way with his sister, Mrs.
Reynolds, who was his bondsmau. to
give himself up, aud that no then told
him that no assisted in tho robbery OF
the postotficcs at O'Ncills and Duker's,
in Ohio, but made no mention OF his
connection with tho robbery oil the st.
Mary's postoliicc. He was closelY qucs.
toned BY Mr.. Atkinson, chief counsel
for the defense, but adhered to his
story. This was perhaps the most dam.
aging witness introduced.
TON" Willis. who has lately been in
Jail ut Newark, Ohio. WAS next ex.
amined. lie said that he talllnd with
Ed. Bailey in June and no then ad.
mitted that he had in his possession
postage stamps taken from the post
Office at St. Mary's, and in,imated that
he was too smart to allow the pos,olice
inspectors to got wind OF ;his fact. 10
also said that he saw Sam Beavers. q
government witness. at Wheeling in
October, 1898, the day after the rob-
berry, and that Beavers swore falsely
when he had tc.titied the day before
that he was at Reynolds landing on
that day, and whore no had said that
Ed Bailey had said he was guilty OF the
robbery.
John Mortimer said that while he was
in Jail at IParkersburg last year for in.
voluntary mauslaurhter. he heard Ed
Bailey and Shamblin threaten young
Frank Bailey with death unless Frank
would promise 10 90 before cour. and
swear that they had nothing to do with
the robbery. In the course OF the
searching cross.eSaminasion the wit
ness admitted to Mr.. Atkinson that he
had told Frank that il he Frank Bailey
would tell the truth he would see that
he received protection. He also admit
ted that he had been government de-
tective and that he had rendered va!ua-
= BILE service to the government TO get
Shamblin and Bailey convicted. This
ended the witnesses on the side OF the
government.
WITNESSES poR THE DEFENSE
The first witness brought in for the
defense by Mr.. Atkinson wa, Zeke
Shamblin, who has already been con-
victed for the same theft aud ia serving
asenterce. He said that Ed. Bailey
was on his boat above St. Mary's
throughout the night OH which the
robbery took place, and slept in bed in
the same room he occupied. He said
Jimmy Pyles. who has already been
convicted, came to the boat about | or
9 o'clock in the morning. Ile said he
and Mortimer had had quarrel In tho
Jail n. Parkersburg aud that Mortimer
had tried TO carve him with razor.
He denied that he had worn any OF
the clothing that some OF the govern
uent witnesses said he wore after the
robbery. lie said that in the course OF
conversation with Frank Bailey at
Columbus last December tho latter said
that ne had sworn to n lie when he said
tina. he (Shanbliu) was implicated in
the robbery. and that he intended TO
clear both Ed Bailey and Shamblin in
court.
Jimmy" Pylcs, who is now serving
term in the penitentiarv for robbing tho
St. Mary's postoiEicc, was mex. intro
duced by the defense. He described tho
robbery OF the Office and swore that
those in the gang were himself, Frank
Bailey and John Broy; tha' they we're
the only ones in it. He said he lett tho
Shamblin boat at ! in tho evening and
me, Frank Bailey and Broy ut the st.
Alary's wharf m hour later, and ut mid
night the three broke into the postotlics.
He returned to tho Shamblin alone be-
tween / and o'clock in the morning.
From this story he did not vary under a
severe cros4-examination by District
Attorney Watts. In tho course OF this
he admitted that no helped to rob tho
pos,otIice at Cochransyile, Ohio.
Louise Reynolds, n haIi.Sister Of Ed
Bailey, was examined. She said that
she gas on the Shamblin boat on tho
night OF the robbery, that she left at l2
or o'clock, and when she lci. tho boat
Ell Bailey was ,horo and had boon there
throughout tine evening. The tcati-
mony OF this witness looked very nico
for the defense. but her statement made
moment later that Jimmy" Pyles
was also there throughout tho evening,
knocked tho value oil her testimony
Bky.hiph. Jimmy" who was tho pre-.
ceding witness had in the course oil his
testimony admitted that no left tho
boat carly in tho evening and that no
was in at tho robbery Of tho postolIicc.
The look OF disgust tina. passed over
Mr. AtkinsOn's face and tho faces OF tho
other counsel for tho defense. was par
donnble. Tho witness was allowed 10
20 her way.
AMMO Calvert testified that Frank
Bailey had frequently told her that Ed
never had any connection with tho post
Office robbery, and that Bho was present
at Columbus when Frank told Shamblin
that neither no nor Ed were guilty.
Alice Motel says that Frank often told
hcr TINT Ed had nothing to do with tho
robbery, aud TIM! Frank. whilo in Jail
at Parkorsburg, wanted to mako atato.
mcntin writing to tho effect that they
wore guiltloss-this no did.
Tho defendant, Ed Bailey, was placed