Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-12-06
N that day? Al went to get some

Mr. Eastman began talking about the
Thompsons.
Q.-What was his manner when he
was talking about the Thompsons! A.
/ don't recollect anything particular
about his manner
Q.-Did he evince any hostility to-
ward them? AIR. Eastman, as I'M
derstood it, hadn't been on friendly
terms with the Thompsons for several
years. l don't know as he evinced any
more hostility than in any other CONVEX
sation l have had with him in regard
to the Thompsons. He has frequently
talked of them.
Q.-Had you said anything about the
Thompsons before he spoke of them to
you? Al don't recollect that | had.
Q.-What was said, anything, by
Eastman about the Thompsons being
towards and wouldn't resent an insult?
Ale said he had
ATTEMPTED TO INSULT THEM
and they wouldn't resent it.
@. And what did he say he would
Go if they did resent it? A. He said
that he could shoot two or three OF
them before they could hit him. That
may not be his exact language, but it
is substantially what he said.
@. When did this occur. A. Either
the Sunday before or the Sunday be-
fore that of the shooting.
@. Some time in March? A. / don't
know.
@. What time did the shooting &C.
cur? A. / don't know that | knew
when the shooting occurred. | do
know now when the shooting occurred
because l have seen it in the papers in
the last few days.
@. Was it in the same month that
this shooting occurred, that this con-
versation took place? A. 1t was either
the Sunday before the shooting or the
Sunday before that. That is as near
as l can fix the day. l rather think it
was the Sunday before.
@. What, if anything, did he say in
that conversation about having offered
an insult to Frank Thompson to get
: fuss out of him, but he wouldn't re-
sent it because he was damn coward?
objection. Overruled. Exception). A.
AS I stated before, in this conversation
l am talking about I don't recollect
the name of Frank Thompson being
used individually. though he spoke OF
the Thompsons.
@. Had you had any conversations
with him before this in which he mem
toned the name of the Thompsons, or
Frank Thompson, if so what he in
tended to do? A. Yes, sir; several
times, but I never heard him say what
HE INTENDED TO DO,
but heard him abuse the Thompsons.
@. When was that and VI at did he
say? A. l don't recollect.
@. What did he say about them? A.
Very much in the same strain as
Others. can't tell the conversation.
don't recollect it; but this particular
conversation l recollect.
@. Have you given all of it? A. All
that 1 know, and all that I can think
of, though l have heard him speak Of
the Thompsons in terms not very ele-
CANT, on several occasions, but on what
occasion it was couldn't say.
@. Can you tell the terms he used?
A. have heard him speak of them as
being towards.
@. How often have you heard him
say that he intended to insult them, or
had tried to insult them? A. | never
heard him say he intended to. I heard
him say
HE HAD TRIED TO
on several occasions.
@. For what purpose did he say he
had tried to insult them? A. l testified
to that before that he had attempted
to insult them in order that they might
attack him.
@. If they attacked him what did he
say he could do? A. He said he could
kill two or three of them before they
could hurt him.
@. (By defense). You say you have
known Mr.. Eastman for some years?
A. 1 think 1 came to Davis in 1891,
and l met him when l came there.
O. And you have had frequent con-
versations with him about the Thomp-
sons? A. Yes, sir.
@. And he told you he had tried to
insult them and they wouldn't resent
it? A. Yes, sir.
@. Didn't he tell you he had said
enough to insult them, but that they
had not resented it? A. l think not
] gave his conversation as near as I
can recollect.
Q.-Now, Mr.. Daily, you told Mr..
Eastman he ought not to talk about the
Thompsons in that way, didn't you?
Ayes, sir, l think I made some re-
mark.
Q.-And you told him if he continued
to talk about them they might fill him
full of holes? Al said they might.
Q.-Now, in reply to that, if l re-
member it correctly, he said he could
kill two or three of them before they
could hit him? A.-Probably it may
have been in reply to that statement
He said he had attempted on several
occasions to insult them, and if they
ever attacked him that he would kill
two or three before they could hurt
him.
Q.-But you warned him that they
might fill him full of lead if he talked
that way? Ayes, sir.
Friday F. S. Landstreet, called by the
State, testified to similar threats.
Among other things he said, in answer
to questions as to what occurred at the
sale of the Blackwater Company prop
erty:
OIL want you to tell the jury wheth-
er you heard Mr.. Eastman on that occa-
sion make any remark about the
Thompsons? COLLECTION, overruled. Elk
ception.) Aust shortly after the
sale had been closed 1 was walking up
the street with Mr.. Eastman. We
were discussing something about the
sale of the property, and he remarked
he would
GET EVEN WITH THEM YET.