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

E1-ssa " The l4Lce ~ the road tnAt
leads to Henry Kiel's house, on the
upper side Of the Hollow.
Q.-What happened then? Any
brother had gun.
Q.-Where did he get it? Al don't
know
WHERE HE GOT THE GUN.
Q.-What did he do to Henry Kiel
with the gun? Ale killed-(objec-
ton by the defense to the form of the
question. The question was changed
in its form and the witness continued)
Il said he killed Henry Kiel.
Q.-Where was he standing? A.-Up
| at the side of the fence.
Q.-Where we're you standing? A.
/ was there, too.
Q.-How far off from Kiel? A.
About thirty feet away.
Q.-What then? Ale searched
him, but don't know what he got.
Q.-Where did you go, then? A.
We went through the field toward
Woods till we reached the motor
track. and then along the track to
Thompsons; then across the bridge
and over the creek to the other side,
and down the bank to Urth's dam,
across the dam to Fulton, up the bank,
and down Centre street to Grimes
house-he's my uncle Then Wylie
WENT OUT ALONE.
O.-Where did you first see Kiel? A.
Coming up the road.
O.-How far from where he was kill
ed? Al don't know how far.
Q.-Point out some object in the
court room which will represent the
distance? A.-(Here the witness look
ed about the room, at the hundreds of
eyes turned towards him, and then
turned his face towards his brother,
who was looking steadily at the wit
ness. The latter showed evidence of
fright and embarrassment, but finally
pulled himself together, and sald:-)
About that far. pointing to the cor
ner of the room where there is door
leading into the Bridge of Signs and
thence to the Jail, and about twenty
feet from the chair of the witness.
Q.-What was Kiel doing? A.-Tie-
ing his COW to the wagon.
Q.-What did Wylie say to you? A
He said nothing.
Q-How was he standing? A.-Kind
| of STOPPING, like.
Q.-And Kiel? Ale was tieing
his COW.
On what position was Kiel? A
He was standing up.
Q.-Can you step down on the floor,
here, and show us how he was stand
ing? Al can't just show how it was.
Odd Kiel say anything after he
was shot? Ale followed. "Oh!"
Q-What then? Ale fell down.
O-Howp On his hack
Q-How were his feet? A.-Up the
Q.-And his head? A.-Down the
hill.
Q-How was his body, with refer
ence to the road? Alt was right in
the road.
Q-When he was shooting Kiel, how
did Wylie stand? A-Kind of stoop-
ing over.
Q-You know Mrs Clatterbuch?
How near her house did you go? A
No. we didn't go near her house. lob
| jection)
Odd you go above or below her
| house? Ave went above it.
THE CROSS-EXAMINATION.
Cross-examination by Mr. Dryden
Q.-How old are you? A.-Past four
teen years.
Q.-When were you born? Al
don't know just when l was born.
Q.-Where did you live. AIT
Shipley's, on Sixteenth street.
Q.-How long? A.-Two or three
| months.
Q-Where before that? A.-With the
Crosses, in Fulton.
Q.-Where did you live in November,
1885? Al don't know where.
| Q.-How long did you live with the
| Crosses? A-Over two months.
Q.-Where did you live when Wylie
was arrested? AT Shipley's.
Q.-And since? AIN here. MEAN
ing in jail.)
On Jail? Ayes.
Q-You left Fulton that morning?
Al don't know what morning.
Q.-Do you know the month? A
No.
Q.-The year? A.-Last year.
Q.-What day of the week? Al
don't know just what day it was;
think it was Monday.
Q.-Were did you stay tire night be-
fore? AT Grimes.
Q.-Where does Grimes live now? A.
On Center street.
ON Fulton? Ayes.
| Odd you sleep there that night?
| Al think l did.
Dwell. did you, or did you not?
Al can't just say about it.
Q.-Do you know where eyou did
stay that night? A.-Don't just know.
Q.-You didn't live with the Grimes
all the time? A.-No.
Q.-And the rest of the time? A
At the Crosses.
Q.-Do you know that you stayed at
either? Ayes, at one or the other.
Q.-Who did you sleep with? A.
slept with my brother Wylie.
Q.-And who the night before? A.
! Nobody.
Q.-Then you were not with Wylie?
| A.-No.
Q.-What time did you take break
| fast Monday morning? Al don't
know.
Q.-Where did you take breakfast?
A.-Up at Hills.
Q.-What were you doing at Hills?
| Al always go around there every day.
Q.-Why did you sleep at one place
and breakfast at Hills? A.-Thev
don't like to have me at Coss' to eat all
| the time
Q.-Is the Co.'s place near Hills? A.
Next door.
Q.-Where did you sleep at the Coss