Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-12-04

Going back to the fight, Witness said
no one of the women dared him to
strike her: he heard a woman halo,
but did not know what she said, and
did not hear woman cry "murder!
"police!" A woman ran up the street,
and witness thought she was going for
the police, and ran, because they did
not want to get arrested; they went to
Chapline and Twenty-ffth streets;
there they were talking about the mat
ter, and saw Officer Shields and told
him about the fight; witness never saw
a revolver on Craig; when witness left
defendants, at the fight, Johnson had
gotten up and had stone; Craig did
not run out in the street and get a
stone and beat Devinney, as far as wit
ness knew; when they got up to Chap
line street neither witness nor his COM
panions had mark or bruise upon
them; Devinney was not SO badly beat
en- as to be insensible, so far as witness
knew; witness never kicked a man in
his life; witness was fighting with
Johnson and didn't see what the others
were doing; after the fight and the
party had gone to Steinackers, witness
and his brother got soft drink" and
Craig a beer Thursday night witness
went out to the Central and asked to
get off for the rest of the week, as his
hand was in bad shape; this was at
noon; he came back, got street car
and went down to the Terminal cross
ing and crossed over to the river bank;
VIII Craig and Charles Mclaughlin
were with him: witness and his broth
er had no particular place to go; they
met Craig at Randerson's barber shop;
they did not expect to meet him; they
did not talk about the fight of the
morning; they remained on the river
bank until four or five o'clock; in the
evening he went back to the Central to
again see about getting off; witness
did not get off that afternoon for the
purpose of further beating up defend
ants; neither was it true, as Capt. DOv-
ener suggested, that not finding de-
PENDANTS that afternoon, he had gone
to the Central to get further leave of
absence for fighting purposes; Craig,
Charles Mclaughlin, Knoke and an
other young man were in the party
which met at Ford's crossing or Stein
acker's; they came back by way OF Six
teenth and Market streets, the crowd
separating at Ford's crossing; there
was no arrangement that they were to
meet Friday morning-neither with
Craig or Young; it was almost IL
o'clock when they got home. Friday
morning witness and his brother
Charles left the house between ten and
eleven o'clock and went to the river
and then around by the railroad to the
Schmulbach brewery, where witness
was to see party; they only remained
there a short time, and then went down
to the glass house crossing, talked to
the Waterman and went home for din
ner. After dinner witness and Charles
left and went over to the river bank
and met Craig; they went along the
Terminal track to Chapline street.
At this point John Kindelberger was
called for the Identification Of the re-
volver taken from Johnson at the Jail.
The weapon was shown him and he
said it was the pistol, and had been
turned over by him to Jailor McCor-
mick. On cross-examination witness
said the defendants surrendered to him
in the City Hall basement: witness met
the defendants coming out of the water
closet. 81 put hand on each OF them,
and they said: Lock us up" The
revolver was put in evidence.
Frank Mclaughlin then resumed the
stand, and court took a recess until
two p. m.