Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-06
morning, and shortly afterwards the
jury was taken to the scene Of the
shooting.
Afternoon Session.

McLaughlin's testimony Of Saturday as
to reporting the fact of the fight to the
police.
John M. Shorts, who had been on the
stand for the State last week, and who
was an eyewitness of the shooting,
was called for the defense. He testi-
fed about coming out of the Fisher
foundry building and seeing Col. Geo.
b. Caldwell and others. He had meas
| ured the distance between the red post,
| on Market street, at the scene of the
shooting, and the next pole; it was 70
feet inches. No cross-examination.
WILLIAM HOLLINGSWORTH
! Witness had also measured the dis
| lance between these poles, and made it
! just the same as Shorts There was
chain attached to the larger pole, with
a snap on the end of it. No cross-ex-
| animation.
VERNON WALLACE.
Witness was in front of the photo
graph gallery yesterday morning, and
saw one jam of the door taken off;
witness brought the piece up to the
Court House. The piece of wood was
| produced and identified and was intro
| duced in evidence. The piece was off
1.-The left hand side of the door as you
| go into the gallery No cross-exam-
! inatiOn.
| ANNIE RILEY.
Examination by Mr. Boyce: Witness
| lived at No. IS Twenty-fifth street.
She remembered the shooting on Sep
| TENDER 9th, when Charles Riley met
his death; she then lived at that adj
| dress: witness did not know deceased
nor William Craig nor Frank Nc
Laughlin. Craig was brought in, and
witness said she had seen him before.
On the day of the shooting she talked
to him, about ten o'clock in the morn
ing. She went to the door, just having
washed the dishes, to throw out some
dish water and Craig called to her
and asked if she had seen Johnson or
! Devinney. Il said | did not know
| them and he said: You are d-n
| liar,' | said: Thank you, Craig
said: johnson said he was going to
kill me, and I've come down to let him
| do it. Johnson came out of the next
door of the house with a coffee pot in
! his hand, and asked Craig where his
hat was. Craig said: I told you
where your hat was Johnson said
nothing, but went back in the house
/ Craig had a revolver behind him, in
! both his hands. | saw it, and notion
! ed to Johnson that he had it. Miss
! Marshall, Miss Combs and Mrs. Park
/ er were there. | went to the corner
i with Dode' Marshall and saw Johnson
| and wanted to know how badly he was
| hurt.
One of his hands was swollen and
bruised. Dode Marshall then left and
went up stairs"
Q.-What did you tell Johnson?
| argument; allowed) Ale asked
! me if Craig had a revolver, and | said
! yes.
Il told him just what Craig said to
me-"
Q.-When the conversation occurred
was Dode Marshall there? A.-No.
! Q.-She didn't hear the conversa-
/ ton? A.-No.
| off you know of anything occur
ring between Johnson and Devinney,
and Craig and others, please tell what
! it was? Al was in bed, and heard the
/ scream of a woman and looked out,
and three men were beating and kick
| ing another; one man had half OF
/ a brick, beating the man, and the other
two were beating and kicking him; the
man who was beaten was on the broad
/, of his back; one of the men went to
! tramp the man in the face. and he
moved his face, and he stepped on his
/ hand instead; blood was streaming
down the mans face, but | saw it
was Johnson called murder" and
/ "police!" The man with the brick Of
/ fered to throw the brick in my win
| dow. and | let the window down. Mrs.
! Combs was then crying, and some wo-
men were at the window above me.
The men appeared to be all dressed in
light clothes, as far as l could see. [
4 could not tell who it was had the
brick; he hit the man about three
| times; they were still beating him
when I put the window down.
Witness couldn't swear positively
| Frank Mclaughlin was one of this
men; Craig was the tallest one of the
! crowd
! When witness first saw Craig, Fri
| day morning, with the revolver, she
! saw no one else in the alley; did not
see a little gil, but heard there was
! one there who saw the revolver.
when l told Craig l didn't know
where Johnson or Devinney was he
! said | was a d-n liar | did know,
/ when | looked out that morning of the
| fight, they had carried Devinney into
| the corner house.
To Mr. Howard-"I did not see De-
v;nney at all; | then recognized Mr..
Johnson, and now recognize Craig;
! die not come out, bit held the win
dow up with one hand; | vas entirely
! alone: live alone nave no husband,
had been living there since May oc-
cupy two rooms; the woman who
screamed was Dode Marshall she
lives UP stairs, and has two rooms; she
also lives alone; May Adams was
there, but she lives over Mrs. Combs
she lives on the corner of Twenty fifth
and Main; she has two rooms; Mrs.
Parker stops with her; before | went
there l lived at 2208 Water street-at
Bessie Derue's; | was her housekeeper;
before that | lived at Flo Cooks, on
Eoff street, and later she lived in the
Parker block; | do not know Deyin-
ney, but have known Johnson since
Mrs. Combs lived there; | saw him
passing my door, back and forward; he
frequently went to Mrs. Combs; | have
seen him there; lived there with rio
Cook before May; Johnson was never
in nv hOuSe and I was never in Mrs