The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-12-08

headquarters, but they changed thei[
minds while gtandlng at the corner OF
Sixteenth street. in front Of Klari's drug
store, and decided 10 enter their COM
plant before Justice Larue,. Of. the Skin
ward. They then continued ooVn 2ihT-
ket street, and saw the McLaugnllns3
and Craig. The witness here Claimed
that the McLaughllns were not Wa VIZ y
down Market street with tneir D ~ .S,6 -
him and his companion; ne clAlil'eu snsS
were facing up street. 60.
The trouble then began with craig
saying: There's the - - -
let them have It" 49,.
When Craig uttered these words, the
witness was standing near the p lloIo-
graph gallery, and Craig was TURNER
south near the curb. Craig followed up
his words by firing at the witness. ana
Charles Mel aughlin, who was standing
near Craig, fred the second s1ot, the lat-
4er bullet passing through his trousers.
The witness then jumped out into the
street, ana yelled at DeVinney LOOK
out, they're going TO give It 10 US.
johnson then grabbed the revolver from
Devinney and fired i've or six fltnee, a.
rectlng his fusilade at Craig in particu-
lar. After the shooting the witness
went to the city building with Devinney'
and gave themselves up into CUSTODY. g,
Witness said ne had given the revoi=
yer to Devinney before the trouble start
ed for the reason that ne INTENDED max
ing q complaint against the McL2ugh-
Inns before Squire Larue, ana dlo n9I
want to go into the squlres ONCE armed
After the fight, they reftlsd the revolt
YER an south street, for the reason he
feared the McLaughllns would follow
them. The witness then detailed ms
movements after the tragedy which end
ed In him and his companion being lock-
ed 10 by Deputy Sheriff Klndelberger.
.'When YOU fired those snots' you De-
lieved your life 20 be In danger"
II certainly did.
The cross examination was conducted
by Mr.. Howard, OF counsel for the state
The witness said they first saw the Me-
I.aughlln crowd Just as they were pass
ing the shoenlaker's shop above the Pho
toFraph gallery. The McLaughlins at
this time, he said, were in front of the
iatter'e MACE, only a Few feet away.
Continuing, the witness described the
relative positions OF the four In the Nc
I.aughlln crowd. Craig was next to the
curb and Charles Mclaughlin next 70
him.
were lined up in front of the photograph
gallery facing you, and Craig had a re-
Volver In his hand; and yet you did hOt
see them until you got TO the snoe-
makers shop?"
MT see them until was couple OF
wards north Of the shoemaker's shop.
''Do You say they were facing you?
mot until / heard Craig make his re-
mark. When / looked up they were fac
ing US" -,
"Did you see them turn aFound|
,"No; they were facing us. didn't
exactly see them turn" 49,
"CraiE fired the first shot at your
eyes, he did; / think he fired three.
don't know what direction the last two
went. didn't hear the second shot
strike" -
"Were you in range OF that shot?"
81 wouldn't have been here II / had
been, | guess. When Craig fired the
second shot he jumped into the. street
and on the third shot he ran. don't
know where he ran to. He started
south"
"Dldn't Charles Mclaughlin moye?"
Yes, he backed toward the wall l
couldn't be sure that Frank mclaughlin
ran into the gallery. didn't see Young
do anything"
Whom did you aim for?'
~ didn't aim at anything In partlcu-
lar.I fired five shots as fast as could.
was firing in the direction OF Craig.
THE Witness could not say none OF his
shots were fired a. Charles Mclaughlin.
why did you fire?"
at just wanted to scare them away.
I never wanted to Kill anybody
''You say you would not want to XIII
anyone?"
II do,"'
and vet YOU have stuck cold steel
into the bodies of seven different men,"
mo. sir; did not. You say that and
YOU viii have to prove IL"
81 will prove 1t. How many men have
you stabbed?"
There was a vigorous objection to this
line OF cross-eXamination from Captain
Dovener, to which Mr.. Howard reJoined
that he would prove Johnsons charac-
tier. -,
johnson denied that he stabbed n man
named Van Mort In the back. He did
not shoot to kill in the tragedy Of last
September; he fired merely to scare the
| McLaughllns,
why didn't you fire into the arr"
81 was too excited: ! don't know fired
low enough to hit them" In the same
answer, the witness said VIII Craig was
able totell who fred the tirst shot, The
witness denied that the revolver was
given 10 him In Duffy's saloon by Hugh
Devlnney. Both OF them did not have
nuns, he said. To Mr.. Towards sug-
gestlon that the witness put the other
revolver down the water closet at the
city building after the shooting, the Wiz
ness entered vigorous denial. He de-
/ MED, 100, that he lived with Mrs.
Combs, in the Parker block; he went
there occasionally. The witness denied
he told the story about opening the beer
hottie IN the alley on Thursday morn
ing in order to account plausibly for
having the knife out. He opened the
beer out in the street, because OF a
Joke"
The witness insisted that Charles Nc
f.ausf1fin was present during the fight
on Thursday morning In the alley near
the Parker block. He recognized him
there. Later on he added that Captain
Dovcner had told him 10 tell the truth.
"Then why don't you tell the truth?"
81 am telling the truth. Why don't
Won get Frank Mclaughlin on the stand
and let him tell the truth?"
AFTERNOON SESSION.
When the afternoon session OF court
began, Johnson was still under cross
examination by Mr.. Howard, who en-
deavored 10 bring out certain matters In
Connection with Johnaon's career, but
| the objection of the defense was sus-
| .alned. The witness admitted he had
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