The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-30
THE WRONG MAN
Continued from Page i.)


cember, 1894, in Blanding's drug store, on
Weybosset street, and he was bleeding
from wound made by q bullek in his
chin. DIR. Smith described the wound and
told OF taking Cook TO the Rhode Island
Hospital. where the bullet was extracted.
The bullet was very much battered and
looked as IL it had struck stone wall.
The wound would have been danger
Gus one for almost any man, IL striking
near the jugular vein and carotid artery.
On cross examination to Mr.. Wilson
witness said he did not testify in the dis
trict court, but aid testify before the
grand jury. There was another DIR.
Smith who testified concerning the
wound in Cooks cheek. The witness also
said that the wound made by the bullet
from Lingane's pistol not to be super
fetal one and not dangerous one.
The Attorney General asked the doctor
IL Osceola had an abnormal jaw and Mr..
Wilson objected.
Judge Wilbur saw no objection to the
question ana DIR. Smith said Cook was
a massive man; that Is OF very large build
and he presumed his jaw bone was large.
In reply TO .another question by Mr..
Wilson the witness replied that the pre-
sumption was a man OF Mr.. Cooks build
would stand good deal of banging. This
reply led TO some debate between coun-
sci, but was finally withdrawn.
Osceola X. Cook, the victim OF the
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testified that on the 18th of December
1894, he met Lingane on or near the
corner of 'Weybosset and Custom House
streets. Cook said he was coming down
Weybosset street from Dorrauce and he
presumed Lingane was coming up the
same street.
In going down Weybosset street as he
tried to PASS two men "this man Lingape
took out pistol and pointed it at wit
ness head. The latter wore an overcoat
and had his hands in his pocket, and
when he saw Lingane was going TO fire Mt
him he endeavored TO knock the pistol
from Lingane's hands Then the latter
fired, one ball going into the neck OF the
witness and two others going through the
rim OF soft hat he wore. -Four shots
were fired, the fifth shot missed fire; he
knew an attempt was made TO fire
the fifth shot as he heard the
hammer fail. Witness then put the ul ster
on that he was clothed in on the day OF
the shooting. lie identified the rawbide
offered in evidence by the Attorney-Gen-
eral. He then put this rawhide in
pocket underneath the ulster and then
placed his hands on the front pockets of
the ulster. When the shooting began
Cook unbuttoned his ulster and pulled
the whip quickly out. The only other
weapon Cook said he had was a knife
that he had carried for many years pre-
vious TO this. He weighed at the time
369 pounds, and had never spoken to Mr..
Lingane previous TO the shooting. The
Attorney-General osked Cook il he had
the raw hide to use on Mr.. Lingane, and
he denied it, but said, after q little besl-
tation, that he had the raw hide for use
on Mr.. Kirby. The witness claimed to
be very near sighted and said that he was
laug hing up his sleeve because the report
was that he was laying for Mr.. Lingane.
In cross examination to Mr.. Wilson he
said Charles T.. Lincoln had told him not
10 be foolish and attack Lingane. The
witness told MIR. Lincoln he did not in
tend to do any harm to Mr. Lingane.
He first put the rawhide under his coat
on.Wednesday and carried it until after
the shooting affair.
MIR. Wilson asked Cook II he intended
to assault Kirby with the rawhide. The
Attorney-G General objected to the question
and the court sustained the objection.
Continuing Cook said that from Thurs
day TO Saturday he had worn no under
coat and on Wednesday he stood around
the posoffice looking for Kirby. He got
the rawhide about O'Clock on Wednes-
day night and kept 1t in his hands until
nearly O'Clock and then left ii with the
bartender of Byron Chappelle's saloon TO
keep for him. He called for the rawhide
at 10 o'clock Thursday morning, putting
ii under his coat in the saloon that morn
ing before going on to the street. Cook
denied he told anyone that day whom he
was going to use the rawhide on and
also that he did not have q man.
Ia his employment on Thursday the 13t h
OF December, 1884, who assisted him in
putting the raw hide under his coat.
He stood close by Tho Telegram Office
on Thursday and Friday aud he had said
he wanted to get look at Lingane. He
had been trying to get a view OF him from
Tuesday night and he asked several gentle
men to point Lingane out as he wanted
to see Mr.. Lingane. Lingane was pointed
out to him on Friday at distance by
Mr.. % Rourke, when Lingane was stand
ing in the door of The Telegram office
talking to several gentlemen. Had not seen
Kirby in the meanwhile and did not see
him for about two weeks.
On the Friday in question. after Lin
game left the office of The Telegram, he
saw Lingane GO up Westminster street.
The reason he did not follow up Lingane
was he was watching The Telegram office
for Kirby Finally the witness went
around the corner at the Turks Hea d
looking to see If Lingsne was returning,
so he could speak To him.
General Wilson asked Cook IL he did not
testify in the lower court that he went
up to Lothrop's drug store. To this
Cook replied that he had mae a mistake
He did in fact 90 up to Bates market,
where he bought a couple of apples.
Reason he went over to Westminster
street to sec Lingane was he had grown
tired waiting for Kirby. Witness left his
house about quarter of IL O'Clock Satur-
day, and met George Wallace at the cor
ner of Dorrance and Weybosset street.
Wallace came out OF tobacco store and
shouted to him. He and Wallace had
talked about Lingane on the trip down
Weybosset street. He thought the con-
versation turned on Lingane just below
the Arcade, and was kept TO that topic
until the corner of Custom House street
was reached, where they met Lingane.
Wallace made the remark: "Here comes
LiDgane now," and the witness said he
had not reached the Equitable building
when this remark was made.
To Wallace's remark Cook testified he
replied: "Where Is he?' Lingane was
on the same side of the street MS he and
Wallace were, and witness did not see
whether Llngane was on the inside of the
sidewalk or not He walked around Wal
lace because the street was crowded and
he did not succeed in seeing Lingane un-
I'll the latter held a pistol in front of his
face. Witness thought when he first saw
Lingaue that the latter bad one foot on
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