Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-12-08

| the road to mark the spot where the
body was found, but did not know that
the stake marked the exact spot where
the dead mans head lay. Witness gave
a minute description of the position of
the body, and located the two locust
/ trees, on the side of the road, and the
marks upon them. 1t was nearly two
hours after witness got back from
Wheeling, that morning. that he heard
Of the death of Kiel. There was no one
| at the body when witness and Smith
! got there. They were the first to see
| the remains
AFTER THEIR DISCOVERY
by Miss Schoenhals
Mrs. William Purcell testified that she
| lived in Stackyard Hollow. near Mr..
| Hess. She knew Henry Kiel, and re-
membered seeing him on November 2,
| 1896, about a quarter before twelve
! o'clock, going up the road past witness
| house. He was on his way home and
| was sitting in front of his wagon. A
! cow was tied to the rear Of the wagon.
Witness went up to where the body
| was found, after she had been told of
| the shooting by Mrs. Paxton The body
was lying in the road Witness went to
within a few feet of the body, and de-
scribed its position. She noticed some
money lying near the body; she noticed
| at least two pieces of money, and one of
| these pieces was quarter; as to the
denomination of the other she could not
| say. The clothing did not look as
though it was buttoned up. Witness
was only there few minutes and then
went back home. Mrs. Hess and Mrs.
! Paxton went up to the scene with wit
ness. The body was about ten yards or
more from the road forks. When wit
ness and her companions came back
down the road they saw Kiels cow in
Hess field.
The cross-eXamination was by Mr..
! Dryden. When Kiel passed witness
| house she was eating her dinner. She
went to the window, her seat at the ia
BILE having faced the road and saw who
it was, and then turned around and
looked at the clock, which stood on the
refrigerator. It was quarter of
twelve. Mr.. Kiel usually passed wit
ness house about half past eleven, but
on that day he was later than usual
Witness
| HEARD OF THE KILLING
about one o'clock. Smith and Yost had
been at the body before witness got
there, but had left, and when witness
was returning she met Smith going up
the road with the sled to remove the
| body. The money seen by witness was
little distance from the body, one
| piece being farther away than the
other. Witness described the position
Of the body infinitely, in reply to ques-
tons by Mr. Dryden
| The defense here moved Ito exclude
the testimony of Yost and Mrs Purcell,
ION the ground that the State had not
shown that the death of Henry Kiel re-
suited from other than natural or ac-
cidental causes" Overruled
Mrs Amelia Hess, widow of Charles
| Hess, was called by the State, and was
examined by Mr.. Myers. Witness stat
ed that She saw Henry Kiel on the day
of his death, right by her house, be-
tween eleven and twelve o'clock Kiel
was in his wagon, and he had dark
muley cow tied behind the wagon. 1t
was nearly twelve o'clock, and witness
was coming from the spring-hous at
| the time. Witness spoke to Kiel, say
ing. How do you do?" When witness
next saw Kiel he was
LYING DEAD ON THE ROAD.
1t was after twelve o'clock Witness
was told of his death by Miss Schoen-
| halls. When witness went up, with
Mrs. Purcell and Mrs. Paxton, Mr.. Tall
man was there. Witness described the
position of the body about as the other
witnesses had. She said she went 10
| within about ten feet of the body. Kiel
| had knit jacket on, but she did not
notice whether it was open or not, and
| she did not see the money lying about
! on the ground. When Kiel passed wit
| ness house she had stood on the porch
| and noticed the COW particularly. 1t
was tied on the right side of the wagon
as it went up the hill.
| The cross-examination was by Mr.
| Dryden. Witness told of Yost and
| Smith coming to town, of their errand,
and of their return. Miss Schoenhals
came to witness house with the news
| between twelve and one o'clock. Mr.
! Tallman was the only person at the
body when witness and her compan-
| ions arrived. Mr.. Shaffer had been
| there, but had left. Witness left be-
| fore the body was taken away, and did
not see it until the next day Witness
saw man go up the Stackyard Hol-
| low road before Kiel went up with the
| COW. He had on long, dark over
| COdl, anu HdQ Il utdNy INuSldcHS ana a
| short beard. He was a stranger to wit
ness. He was low. heavy-set man
| Witness thought Mr.. Yost left the next
! day or two after the murder and went
| to Monroe county, O., where he re-
manned some months Witness had no
communication with him while he was
| gone. Yost was
NOT AT THE INQUEST.
| On redirect examination. witness
said the stranger who went up the road
did not have gun.
William Limbaugh was next called,
and his examination was conducted by
| Mr.. Meyers. On November 2, 1895,
witnessed lived with Henry Kiel De-
| ceased left home that day between six
and seven O'Clock in the morning. At
| ter be left witness went to the barn and
fed the cows, and then went to town
| for load of grains" starting about
seven O'Clock. He did not know Just
when he reached the Reymann brew
cry, nor just when he left there. but
| he thought it was about nine o'clock
when he left. He met Yost there. and
they went UP Stackyard Hollow read
between ten and eleven o'clock. getting
| to Hess about twenty minutes before
| eleven, where, Yost left him. and wit
ness went on home. where be arrived