Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-06-19

| building before the HIe' ASN0N
the damage by fire and water, witness
said the goods he saw did not look as
though they could be damaged much
J AS to the fly paper he saw, he said ne
could not give it away in this market
and this market is the only one he
could tell about. He did not know
that it sold at $3.50 per gross in mar
kets in the United States.
On redirect examination. witness
said he knew little about the combus-
tibility of the sticky fly paper; he
thought it had rosin in it. and therefore
would burn lively. He was asked to
take a match and set fire to one. AT
the first trial the plate did not burn
well. and Col. Arnett said: 1T is so
mean and worthless it won't burn.
Mr.. Sommerville insisted on second
trial while Col. Arnett asked: What
are matches worth?" Witness said
they were remarkably cheap, and
struck another. This time the plate OF
fv paper caught, and being placed on
a sheet of iron. it made roasting hre
and a good deal of smoke. Col. Ar
nett then asked witness if he did not
know that any fly paper would burn
that way, and witness said he did not;
il was his first experiment in that line.
Edward Charnock came next, several
witnesses wanted being absent. Mr..
Charnock is shipping clerk for Harper
& Bro. and in February last that hrm
was lust across the street from the
scene of the fire. In February, the
dav preceding the fire. witness atten-
ton was called to the Turner
building by A. l.. Rice. 1t was be-
tween half-past twelve and one O'CLOCK
and he and Mr.. Rice were standing IN
Harper's. When Mr.. Rice called wit
ness attention to the building, wit
ness back was TO the street; witness
turned around and saw man inside
the front door of the Eaton room, in
the act of locking the door The man
had on a light drab overcoat, and a stiff
hat. His face. from the side he saw,
appeared about the same as defend
ants. but witness did not know the
man. he appeared a little heavier than
defendant.
On cross-eXaminatlon, witness said
he went to lunch at II a. m. and re-
turned about u. He could not fix the
time closer than between half-past
twelve and one O'Clock. Mr.. Rice saw
the man first and called witness atten-
ton to the man and said there was a
rumor that there was a great deal more
insurance on the stock than was nee
essary. and they had been warned to
look out. Mr.. Boyce moved to strike
this out. and was sustained. Witness
did not see the man on the street, and
did not know in what direction he
came. The man locking the door had
a moustache: Il think it was more of
a sandy color than defendants, but |
do not know that it was heavier than
the mustache defendant wears now
The man also had more color in his
face than defendant now has Wit
ness was certain about the day, and told
why.
B. NJ. List, messenger of the Com
mercial Bank. next door to Harper's
and opposite the scene of the fire, re-
called the day before the fire; he was
in the bank, about one o'clock that
day. sitting on a stool at the window;
he looked across the street, and saw a
man in the Turner building, at the
rear door: he walked across the room
diagonally. from the rear door to the
south wall; after he saw the man he
was out of sight from three TO five
minutes: he lost sight of him about
ten feet from the foot of the stairway.
Witness did not know the man; he
had seen the defendant in the store
several times; the man witness saw
had on a drab suit and a grown dicer
hat. and compared well in size with
defendant. 1t was from one o'clock to
a quarter past. The man went out OF
the store by the back door.
On ss-examination, witness said
he did not see the man enter the
building: when he saw him he was
near the back door, six to ten feet from
it. and went diagonally across towards
the stairs; the stairs were closer TO
the alley than to Main street; witness
could not see the stairway from where
he sat, the man disappearing about
ten or twelve feet from the foot OF
the stairs. When the man reappeared
he was at about the same point he had
disappeared. Mr.. BOyce attempted to
have witness say that on preliminary
examination he had said the man was
not Eaton. but witness refused to ad-
nit ANYTHING of the sort. On the Sun
dav before the fire, about three or
four o'clock. witness saw white man,
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