Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-06-22

The trial Of the case OF State V. Will
liam Eaton. indicted for arson, was re-
commenced yesterday morning before
Judge Hugus. the defense having the
floor
The first witness called yesterday
morning was Police Lieut.. Daniel In
Gram who was followed by Chief T. ID.
Bennett. and DE by the reading Of the
stenographic report Of Clerk Weisbers S
evidence before the Justice in the pre-
umirary examination, Weisberg being
Pho clerk of the Seventh Avenue Hotel,
Piusburg where Eaton stopped for
dav or TWO before and after the fire.
This evidence furnished nothing new.
Three Bauwo1d witnesses were next
called they being Mrs. Della Nolan,
James Caaovan. her bartender and
Patrick Harrington. q saloon keeper,
bur they did not identify Eaton con-
c,usively. although the two former
thought they had seen him somewhere.
John Hull. porter at the S-amm. was
called. but the State objected TO the
only material fact. and was sustained.
Eaton himself was ,heu put on the
stand. and in reply to questions by Col.
Arnett. told his story. He said he was
not guilty of the crime and then tesd-
fed TO the familiar facts of his coming
here to his obtaining the insurance, his
emnlovment of Albert Grandson. the
receipt of the goods. from Huntington
and Chicago. The leasing Of the build
Ing etc. He denied i'm toto Grandison's
story Of the pear-shaped objects, and
said he never saw such things about the
place. He said he never offered Grand
ison money to keep quiet or that he
had piled empty store boxes in front Of
the second story Main street windows
of the building. lie said the seven
hundred crates Of fly paper were piled
about i'm the seeming peculiar manner
it was so that it might dry out, and
partially from a fear that the roof
might leak.
AT the afternoon session Eaton re-
sumed the witness stand. and his eX-
animation was resumed by Col Arnett.
AT the outset Eaton corrected state
ment ne had made about the CONVERSE
ton with Mr.. Rice about insurance
previously obtained from Mr. Rodgers,
and said when llr. Rice asked him,
he handed him one Of Mr.. Rodgers
policies. Proceeding, in response to
questions. ne told of having given the
keys TO Grandson on two days at noon.
and recoIected Of no other occasion
when Graw.ison had the keys. He
recalled once that Grandson called his
attention to a key lying ON a little
desk i'm a corner of the store. This
ended the direct examination, and UNI
der an arrangement with the State Fred
Wells was called for a moment, before
the cross-eXamination. Mr.. Wells, who
was employed at the Stamm House last
February. remembered that Eaton
boarded there. Eaton wore a light coat
and. he thought. a dark or grayish
brown overcoat. On cross-eXamina-
ton. witness did not know how many
overcoats Eaton had; witness only
knew Of one. He thought the under
coat Eaton had on in Februar~ was
the same he is now wearing.
Eaton then took the stand for the
cross-eXamiuatiou by Mr.. Sommeville.
He said the fly plates paper plates, tin
ware and fishing tackle came from
Huntington. from the Central Trading
Company. 81 did not order them; they
were consigned to me The arrange
ment was made i'm Wheeling, by the
secretary and treasurer of the Com