Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-12-10

the road l could see the road lower
| where the man was.
Odd you see the man below when
| Kiel was shot, or above? Al saw
him right at the place where he was
| killed, but | could not see the road
there. l could see it below. Right
| where the man ran from is where Kiel
was killed. He ran from there all right.
Q.-Were you out there lately? A
| I was taken out there once; for they
| thought | killed him, and l showed the
place where he was killed. 1t looked
| to me like the man ran from the lower
road. He ran as far as across the room
| | paid no attention to him, and came on
in home. He was still running down
the hill when I last saw him. When
l heard the gun crack, and turned
around, l said to the fellow with me-:
There's a Teller COTS something"
HE WAS STILL RUNNING,
and pretty close to the run, in the hol-
low He was going pretty fast. he
had gun in his hand.
O.-You are sure of that? Ayes,
of course; as sure as am sitting in this
chair.
Q-Who did you first tell about this?
A.-Mr. Franzheim. We went out there
couple of days after Kiel was killed.
told him | saw it all.
Q.-Who went with you? Any
father, Hastings, Mr.. Franzhelm and
Lukens.
Q.-On coming over to the cemetery,
you didn't travel on the roads. but over
the fields? A-Across the fields, eX-
cept when we came into town, by Mt.
Wood.
Q.-When was it you saw the man
with the gun? What time of day? A
When the shot was fired?
Q.-Yes? About twenty-five
minutes or half-past twelve.
Q.-How do you fix the time? A.
l Judge by what time we got back in.
Q.-When did you get in? A.-About
one or ten minutes of one.
Q.-Then you got home not later than
one o'clock? AYES.
Q.-Then you went from the place
where you saw the man to your home
in fifteen or twenty minutes! Al
shot the "giggle" first.
Q.-Including the time you took to
shoot the chicken, you were only about
fifteen or twenty minutes in getting
home? What distance is it? A
About half mile.
Q.-And it was not later than one
O'Clock? About that.
Q.-How do fix the time when you
arrived home that day? Al looked
at the clock, and judged how long 1t
took me to walk in.
Q.-What did you look at the clock
for? A-To see how long l had been
gone.
ON REDIRECT EXAMINATION
witness described how he had hunted
around in the woods for two hours He
was then asked a number of questions
with reference TO the plot, and located
upon it where he was when he heard
the shot fired. and where the party
stood who fired He located this latter
point on the south side Of the two roads,
where the Kiel road branches from the
main road. and close to the south side
of the main road. This would make
the bullet cut across both the main and
the branch roads. Witness recalled a
straw stack, near Keil's, and passed
close to it.
| To the Court the witness said it was
| just getting daylight when he got to
| the hlSl MOUSE. Nlu llOb SSS IAAci
that day. but other mornings, when he
was out in that direction. he always
saw Kiel. Witness said, when he heard
| the shot he did not see q wagon, or
horse or COW.
HE SAW THE SMOKE
after he heard the gun crack. The
man ran down the hollow-"right
straight down from where l heard the
shot fred to the run.
To Mr.. Sommerville, witness said he
saw no wagon, and could not see the
road at the point where Kiel was
killed.
To Mn. Dryden witness said he look
ed back about two minutes" after he
heard the shot fired. and It was then
he saw the man run.
To Sommerville witness said there
was little log house down by the run.
close to the direction the man was TAX
| ing. He thought the man went within
twenty-five yards of the house, and
witness crossed seventy-five Yards