Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-01

/ Vofd6s ~ fhe 1hot nfed ana dafted
into the gallery, and either johnson az
Devinney fired at him as he went n the
door. the bullet hitting the door. Frank
took no part in the fight, but ran into
the gallery and started to take refuge
in the dark room, where the man IN
charge of the gallery had also taken
refuge; Frank found this man there,
and then sprang through the window.
breaking his leg. Young also heard
Johnson say: "Give it to them!' turnef
and saw Devinney coming at them, and
he also ran and got behind a telegraph
pole, since removed. Charles McLaugh-
lin was hit by the first shot Devinney
fired, Charles then facing the south
and being nearest the house. He partly
turned around when the first bullet hit
! him in the right shoulder and passed
into the lungs and cut off the most i'm
| pOrtant artery of the heart. Another
shot hit him in the thigh, and third
hit his hat. He drew revolver, but
| the effect OF the first shot made him
stagger and he could not aim. II he did
any shooting. He sank into the arms
of Young, who then saw Devinney and
Johnson leaving, Johnson firing three
| or four shots from the street, and De-
yinney at least two from the sidewalk.
| The two men fired at least nine shots.
Mr. Howard then detailed infinitely the
I 80 hr111 LOT hn1oc ond fhQlr hp1r-
| ing on the location of the men who
fred them, and from that deduced the
proposition that both men fired to-
| tai of nine shots, and that the first shot
| fired was the shot which caused Nc
Laughlin's death.
| Here Capt. Dovener interrupted to
| say the defense would show defend
ants had but one revolver, and that it
would org hold five cartridges. In
reply to this Mr.. Howard said nine
bullets would be accounted for, both
men were seen to shoot, and that un-
| less they had a revolver with nine
| barrels, they must have had two. 1t
was true, however, that after the shoot
| ing Johnson handed a revolver to De-
vinney, and on South street they were
fumbling with it.
| Mr.. Howard then took up the remain
der of the morning trip of the jury, to
| Twenty-second and Main streets, and
| the Parker block, and went over the
events infinitely. He said the first act
| of violence leading to the tragedy took
place at Twenty-second street, on
| Wednesday night, Sept 7th, when De-
vinney told Charles Mclaughlin he
wanted to see him, threatened to whip
! him and wanted him to go cut on the
river bank and fight, which invitation
Mclaughlin declined, and the reason
| for this was the compliant to Ofrerr
Bero. When Mclaughlin turned away,
! Deyinney used an epitnet, and john
son said go on and punch him" and
Devinney did go and Mclaughlin was
| badly hurt by both men. John Bach
man was with Mclaughlin, and they
both ran away, stopped at Thirty-sec-
ond street to wash Mclaughlin and
| then went home, where he renamed
all night and all the next day, and the
next night, and therefore he could not
have been at the Parker block as
| Capt. Dovener had said. On Friday the
two brothers, Young and Craig walked
I'D street as far as Tenth and then back
down Market to the place of the shoot
ing. Mr.. Howard said he believed the
statement that defendants were at the
| Parker block all night was true, but
thew were not "barricaded" there. Mr.
Howard said the State would not dare
| to prove that Johnson and Devlnney
robbed the old man two years ago, be-
cause the Court would not permit the
trial of more than one crime, but the
State would prove that the motive for
the murder was the accusation that de-
PENDANTS were guilty of that robbery,
or of some robbery.
The next point discussed by Mr..
Howard was the statement by Mr..
Dovener about Devinney having the
Parker woman on the Ohio side OF the
river. and said it was true that there
had been such an event year or more
| ago, that the woman was lying drunk,
surrounded by a crowd of boys. in
Guiding Devinney, and Frank Nc
Laughlin coming along in skiff De-
vinney called to him to
@take them away, and Frank
took Hugh Devinney and his
drunken woman into his skiff.
brought them to this side, landed
them on a boat, and then rowed away,
and at that time there was no quar-
rel between the two men, and at that
time Frank Mclaughlin knew nothing
about the robbery matter. He simply
did Devinney an act of kindness. The
Mclaughlin boys were sober. indus
,,rious and decent young men-just
as much so as any in this city. On
the night Capt. Dovener said they
were in front of the Parker house I'M
til two O'Clock, Frank was at work at
the Central until 2 a. n, and James
was at work at the Crystal, and quit
work about the same hour, the engine
having broke down. Both started home
about a. m, and they met on Chap
line between Twenty-third and Twen-
ty-fourth and were told that their
brother had been beaten by defendants
while they were at work. They went
with VIII Craig down Twenty-fifth
street to the Parker house and met
Clarence Johnson, with number Of
bottles of beer, and Devinney. and a
fight at once started. Johnson let the
beer fall and drew a knife and tried
to stab Craig, and the brother and
Frank Mclaughlin put Johnson on his
| back on the ground and took his knife