The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-08

State what you know about the IL
ing OF Kiei,f
1--WE left STEMS shop In Fulton early
In the morning and went over The hill
past Marshalls coal bank. Wiley Bow
ers, my brother, was with me. We went
up Stackyard Hollow and We're hunting
through the woods ON both sides Of the
hollow. We left Stackyard Hollow and
came down to the fence by the road
that leads TO Henry Kiel's house, on the
upper side OF the hollow"
"Who. happened them"
My brother had gun"
Where did he get ~"
IT don't know where he got the gun"
What did he do to Henry KEEL w.sh
the gum"
'He killed"
Here the defense objected and the
question was repeated in more accept
able form, when the boy replied:
II said he killed Henry KEEL
Where was he standlng?"
Up at the side OF the fe..ce
Where were you standing"
II was there. too"
How far off from Kiel?'
about thirty feet away"
What them"
He searched him, but don't know
what he got"
Where did YOU go them"
I'VE went through the field toward
Woods till we reached the motor track
and then along the track 10 Thomp-
sons; then across the bridge on the
creek TO the other side, and down the
bank to Urth's dam. across the dam to
Fulton, up the bank, and down Center
street to Grimes house. He's my uncle.
That, UIlau mar nt,k a1Nnn
Where did you first see Kiel?"
Coming up the road"
''How far from where he was killed."
Il don't know how far"
Point out some object in the court
room that will represent the distance"
said Mr.. Sommervlllc.
Tho boy compiled, first looking out
over the sea OF upturncd faces In the
court room, which seemed to add 10 his
already frightened condition. Then he
turned his eyes toward the north win
dows Of the court room, and met the
steady gaze OF the brother whose life
he was swearing away. This seemed TO
complete his state of trepidation, and
there was an obvious trcmor In his
voice as he replied
about that far" pointing to the cor
ner back of the prisoner. about twenty
feet or more, and added: About twenty
feet or furder."
What was Kiel doIng?"
''Tielng his COW TO the wagon"
what did Wiley say to you?"
HE said nothing"
"How was he standlnG?"
"Klnd OF stopped like"
And Kie1?"
"He was tlelng his cow"
''InlWhlt position was Klel?"
He was standing up"
Can YOU step down on the floor here
and show us how he was standlng?"
IT can't Just show how II was
did Klel say anything after he was
shot?"
"He hollered OH"
"What them"
He fell down"
How"
ION his back"
How were his fcet?'
"J1p hill"
"And the head?"
Down hill"
How was the body with reference to
the road?"
at was right in the road"
when he was shooting Riel, how did
Wiley stand?"
Kind of STOPPING over"
"You know Mrs. Clatterback; how
near her house did you go?'
mo, we didn't go near her house,
had been answered by the witness be-
fore Mr.. Dryden had articulatcd his OBJ
lection.
'Did you go above or below her
house?" was the amended form OF the
question.
I'VE went above It"
This ended the direct examination
Croes. inntlon.
The cross-examlnatlon Of George
Bowers was conducted by Mr. Dryden.
and In Its course the greatest sensation
sprung in many years In n court Of JUS
tice in Ohio county or this state was
brought out.
"How old are your" was Mr.. Drydcn's
opening question.
Past fourteen years.
when were your born?"
~ don't know just when was born"
where did you lrvc?"
at shipley's, on Sixteenth street"
How long,"
1.-TWO or three months"
"wherc before that"
with the Cosses in Fulton"
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1882"
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