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

/ ner. II saw three or four people on the
porch. My brother Charles said some
body hallowed. I was on the north
side Of Twenty-fourth street, and came
back to the south side, and think
Young was with me, and crossed back
before did, but would not be sure.
When / was on the corner I saw the
people on the porch, and they motioned
for us to go down. II the crowd had
said to go down would have went.
| didn't go down because was afraid.
My brother had gun. There was no
| demonstration of hostility-only from
| the night before. l took the two men
for the defendants. can't account
for what Mr.. Young said or what he
saw. | saw four people on the porch.
All saw was motion. l saw no one
I shake a fist. We remained on the
corner two or three minutes, and then
started to take walk; l could not tell
| what time 1t was
From Main and Twenty-fourth
streets the party went on up Main
street to Sixteenth, and up that street
to Market; didn't stop off at any place;
they went up Market to Tenth, over
to Main, down Main to Eleventh, east
OIL ElGN 0ulu W hSl, anu l1cI1 olelI u
ed for home; no drinks were obtained
| on the way; going down Market some
times the party were four abreast and
sometimes two; the greater part Of the
time Craig and witness were together.
Witness didn't remember of seeing any
one he knew at Duffy's or at Stops
saloon. Witness knew Martin Kemp,
but didn't remember seeing him in
front of Duffys; anyone might pass an
acquaintance and not see him. Wit
ness didn't see Johnson in Stoop S
door.
When the party got to the photo
graph gallery, the first thing witness
heard was Put it to them" and a re-
volver shot followed at once, as wit
ness looked around. The man with the
revolver was eight or ten feet away
from witness; witness ran for the gal
lery door and slipped as he did so. The
door was partly open. Witness was
asked about the bullet marks in the
door of the gallery, and one on the
edge of the shoe shop window but wit
ness never touched the bullet holes,
and dug no bullets from them; witness
had looked at the holes, but no more.
Witness was next to the house, and
Johnson was behind witness, but to
the left, about the middle of the pave
ment Witness could not say Johnson
fired the first shot, but shot was fired
just as the words Put it to them" were
uttered. The only place l saw John
son was on the centre of the pavement;
l am positive he was not in the street"
On redirect examination witness
said he did not know who fired the
shots. None of the party drank any
thing On the trip, except the water at
the Belmont mill pump; Charles Nc
Laughlin never drank anything intoX-
icating. Witness asked Mr.. Handlan
for revolver because of the threats of
Thursday morning; witness brother
told Long he wanted the revolver ito
use going back and forth to work, on
account of the fight with these people"
Craig said he wouldn't be safe going up
town, for fear of running into john
son and Devinney, for he was present
the morning the threats were made.
Craig said that Johnson said: I'll
fix you, Craigger!" Craig told me
couple of time he was going to borrow
a revolver off of Tom Cline, as he was
afraid to go up street-afraid of John
son and Devinney."
On -cross-examination witness
did not remember that Mr.. Handlan
advised him to resort to the law, and
not to borrow guns. Witness did not
resort to the law, because the officers
knew Of the trouble.
To Mr. Howard witness said he didn't
think at would do any good to go to
the officers, because they had been in
formed of the trouble before, and it
had done no good"
The State asked that witness might
remain in Court for purposes of con-
sultation, but the defense objected. The
objection was overruled, and witness
was allowed to take seat with coun-
sci for the State. The defense, by
Capt. Dovener, again wanted to know
the use of excluding any other wit
ness if Mclaughlin was allowed to re-
main, to which the Court said the wit
ness would be instructed not to talk.
GEORGE CONRAD.
Witness is a police officer, and was
asked about giving a bullet to Frank
Mclaughlin; he identified the bullet,
but did not remove it from a hole; it
was given him by man witness did
not know.
FRANK LYONS.
Witness worked at the Central glass
works, and knew Frank Mclaughlin
A question as to why Frank McLaugh-
lin was excused from work at the Cen
trail, day before the shooting, was
excluded, and the witness was dis
missed.
JAMES MANLEY..
Witness knew defendants, and knew
the McLaughlins TO speak -, but did
not know their names. Witness saw a
part OF the shooting; was on TWEEN
tieth street, on the big porch where the
ice house used to be, at No. 20 Tween
tieth street; the porch faces the
creek. 1--WE were looking at a man row.
ing up the creek when We heard a
shot. There was an internission be-
tween the first and second shots, short
one between the second and third. and
after that it was like a pack OF fire.
crackers. l saw man in the street
lodging and shooting at a man on. the
sidewalk, and saw a man on the side
walk also. l saw this latter man stand
there for while, and finally he keeied
over. To my best judgment he was
little bit north of the red telegraph
pole. The man in the street was about
a yard and a half from the street car
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