Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-08
I'll send this man right into Jail for
perjury. (Who the Captain meant was
uncertain to the renOrter.l

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perjury. (Who the Captain meant was
| uncertain to the reporter.)
At this point the Court shut the mat
| ter off but Captain Dovener aided
remark later: Il am in earnest about
| Kalkwright.
The Court sustained the objection OF
ire State to the last question by Capt.
Dovener to witness, and the answer,
i and the defense made an offer to prove
| that Frank Mclaughlin never told OH
Ger Bero anything about the kaik-
wright robbery, or duplicating the de-
| PENDANTS in it. The offer was ruled
out.
The State then offered to prove the
reverse; defense objected, and was sus-
taind. The examination OF Omcer
Zero was then resumed.
To Boyce:-The robbery occurred on
Sunday evening, in February, two years
ago.
Here the Court stopped this again,
and the defense again made an offer to
prove the date of the robbery, and was
overruled.
! The State then moved to strike out
all the testimony of Officer Bero, and
was sustained.
! Capt. Dovener moved to strike ont
! tie references in the opening state
ment of the State, relating to the rob-
! berry. and this led to a discussion and
| examination of the record on tho
direct examination of Frank McLaugh-
lin, touching enmity as dating from
any statement made to Officer Bero.
1t was found all the questions to Nc
Laughlin had been objected to ana
sustained. and the whole matter was
then withdrawn by defense and the
| witness was excused.
! CLARENCE JOHNSON RECALLED.
To Dovener: From December, 1886,
| to May, 1897, witness was in Cannons-
| burg. When witness opened the beer
| bottle he was east of the little private
| alley by the Parker block; Mrs.
| Combs was talking to Devinney; wit
ness got the cork out, and then some
| one hit witness back of the ear and
! knocked him down, it was Frank NC
! Laughlin; nothing was said before
! that; Frank and Charles McLaugh-
| lin started to kick me; | mean Charles
Mclaughlin; his brother James | did
not know; he has not been called as
witness; Craig was there, too; IL
| only know Charles Mclaughlin by
/ sight; they were kicking and punch
| ing me; | was on the ground on my
! knees; l had the knife in my hand; l
| had broken a blade opening the bot
| tie; | don't know where the knife is"
! The knife was in evidence, and was
! produced, identified by witness, and
| the broken blade shown. The knife
was then given to the jury. while |
had that knife, they were beating me;
it was in my right hand; they had me
down and were kicking me; Craig saw
it, and Charles Mclaughlin had hold
of my arm, and held it out, and Craig
stamped on my hand like this Gllus-
trating) I had two black eyes, was
kicked on the cheek, and was hurt on
the head, where Craig hit me with
brick; / was also kicked in the ribs;
the marks were still there when I
went to Jail; it lasted five or ten min
utes-it seemed like a long time to
me; they left because some one-lt
sounded like a woman's vOice-called
for the police; they ran, but just as
they were about to go Craig kicked
me in the stomach; did not run after
them; when they ran l got up and held
my stomach this way (illustrating);
went toward Mrs. Combs house; 4
went in the house, into the kitchen;
Hugh Devinney and Mrs Parker were
there; he was on lounge, and Mrs.
Parker was washing him; Mrs. Parker
brought the bear in later: one was
full and one about half full, l guess;
we drank the beer; judge it was
about half past two in the morning.
Q.-What threats, or language indi-
eating threats did you use? A.-No,
sir; l made no threats; all l did was
halo.
Q.-What did you halo? Al
said: Don't kick me, fellows; don't
kick me-
Q-And all the time they were
kicking you? Ayes.
Witness said he had no hat when
he got up, and did not know where it
was. Thursday evening about 8
O'Clock, witness went home, wearing
Devinney's hat; he went home to get a
hat. Il went up Twenty-fifth to Eoff,
down to Twenty sixth, and home, and
went up stairs and got a hat; coming
down | went through Devinney's and
saw the revolver on the mantle; l
took it and three cartridges; when |
got outside | noticed there were five
/ cartridges in the pistol; l asked no
one for it; l took it because | often
see the McLaughlins on Chapline
street, and they might beat me again,
: and | got it to protect myself; when
; | got back to the house l said moth
ing about it. On Friday morning l
saw Craig. I came out of the house
with a coffee pot, and saw him: he
was near Miss Riley's side gate; Craig
had his back to me; | walked out and
said: Have you got my hat?' he
said III hat you.' / saw Charles
Mclaughlin peeping around the public
alley. Miss Riley was there, and
! pointed like that Gllustrating). Craig
was standing in this position (stand-
ing up and placing his hands behind
him) Annie Riley motioned and Il
went back in the house." Witness
said this was about eleven O'Clock.
( Witness saw Charles Mclaughlin,
+ and Craig and someone else-he did
| not know who-half an hour later; he
was in Mrs. Combs: he looked out,
and saw them, and closed the blind;
he wet To q front window and cav