Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-10

of times but I did not know him before
I did not know who he was until yester-
day. when he was pointed out by some Of
the witnesses here and who said that was
the prisoner"
J. d. Gibbons was next called. lie Is
in the employ of the Ohio River ana
Pennsylvania Railroad Companies and has
been for nearly five years. He did not
know defendant. and did not know he had
ever seen him. Goods came over the road
from Huntington TO Wheeling. in the name
of Eaton. The shipment was before the
Turner building FIRE, but witness did not
remember how long before. There was
more than one shipment. Witness had
charge of the men who handled the goods.
They were taken away by a drayman
named Thalman. Witness described the
general character Of the goods. The only
goods witness saw came from Huntington,
over the Ohio River road.
There vas no REORGANIZATION.
THE APPRAISEMENT.
r. f. Caldwell one of the appraisers.
was next called. He said he was assisted
by All Davis Robert Simpson and Robert
II. Devries Mr. Davis was the clerk.
Witness described the goods found at
some length. as fly paper, hardware, fish
ing tackle, timers trimmings. etc. The
The value Of the tin trimmings was not
very much" 1--WE made up n statement.
fixing the value" The biggest part Of
the tin trimmings had no value. The
whole stock was worth less than $500
Robert T Devries was the next witness.
He described the goods found after the
fire. To witness the stock was utterly
valueless either before or after the fire.
TO me-" Witness said fly paper was worth
500 per case. There was about $50 cases
in the building. The great bulk Of the
stock consisted of fly paper.
Detective W. r. Lukens next took the
stand. lie said he had met defendant be-
fore in Chicago. when he arrested him
on requisition from the Governor of
West Virginia on the Governor of Illinois.
Witness first showed the papers 10 Attor-
ney Hilles, at Chicago. Then he met Chi
Cago officer. and went with the officer and
defendant TO the train. Witness bought a
ticket for Wheeling. ard got on the l0:l5
a. m. train about 1905. Eaton said 10 wit
ness: For a consideration could you not
wait and take another train TO Wheel
inE?" Later witness said: 1T would be
worth twenty-five" Eaton then asked if
there was any other charge in the original
warrant except arson. and witness said
no. Eaton asked the question "as many
as five times"
To Mr.. Hilles witness said defendant
wanted to wait over one train to see his
attorney and get his clothes.
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Albert Grandson (colored) removed the
goods from the lower floor to the second
floor Of the building. He detailed the ar
rival of the goods. There was nothing
but bolt on the back door and witness
saw no lock on that door until after the
fire. There were q big lot of empty boxes.
that came from the Hub. piled along one
wall on the lower floor, and on the Mon
day before the fire Eaton told witness he
was going away and would have no more
work. Witness noticed that all the boxes
were gone but one. Eaton insisted on wit
ness keeping a key at night, but witness
only kept it one night-Friday night Of the
week before the fire. Some big boxes
were filled with paper and stuff. tied up in
large bundles with ropes. The boxes
which came from the Hub had the names
turned toward the wall.
Odd you see defendant put anything
in the stove on the first floor? Ayes.
Q.-What was il? A.-Something dark
the shape OF a pear-like % light globe 1t
was dark. and larger than a light globe.
1t had a kind of a fuse. He lit it, and L
spit, like a sQuIb, and saw it blaze in
the stove"