Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-08
1888, 114O & li42 N .RKET ST.

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were; had not seen or heard of BENZ.
Frazier or the McLaughlins since we
left Twenty-ffth street; when we came
over the stone bridge, Johnson gave
me the revolver; when We came out
of Duffy's we stopped at Sixteenth
street, and / told him we had better go
to a justice and put them under bond,
as we could not do that before the
police; he asked where to go, and |
said to Justice Larue; when We got
down by the gallery 1 heard: There
is the -, let's give it to them;
Craig and Charles Mclaughlin had
guns out; l pulled my revolver out,
and Johnson grabbed it and ran out in
the street; | might have taken step
off the pavement; Craig was next the
curb, and Charles Mclaughlin next
to him, and only two or three feet
apart; Craig fired the first shot; l saw
him fire two shots; l can't say about
Johnson thought he was shooting;
he fred no shots on the pavement;
Craig fired the first shot, and Nc
Laughlin fired before Johnson; they
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pavement: | thought Frank McLaugh-
lin was coming at me; he had his hand
in his pocket and started; don't KNOW
where he went; l didn't see Young DO
anything; Craig disappeared, and L
don't know where he went; after the
shooting we walked up and down South
street; Johnson said: They are liable
to follow u.s. and he put in three more
shells; we went up to the Chlefs ONCE
to give ourselves up; she said the
Chief was not in, but she thought the
Lieutenant was down stairs; we went
down, but did not see him, and started
cut in the alley to go over to the jail
and surrender; there we took notion
to go to the Sheriff's Office and met
Kindelberger, and told him to lock us
up: Johnson gave him the gun; that
was on the lower floor; l had no gun
on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday,
except for that little while on Friday,
from Main street over to Market;
Johnson told me, at Mrs. Combs, he
saw Charles Mclaughlin looking
around the corner of the alley.
To Howard: Heard Martin Kemp
testify about Johnson calling me out
of Duffys; that is true; we came out
and went down Market street; deny
that l handed Johnson a revolver, or
that he said: There they go, let's
give it to them" Witness said he
got no revolver there that day, and
did not talk about one, and had no re-
volver in his pocket then. (The wit
ness was asked by Mr.. Howard if he
did not want to take that back, and
after a moment he said he did, and
did it, saying he did have a revolver
in his pocket.)
Q.-And that's the revolver with
which Charles Mclaughlin was shot
and killed about five minutes after?
Al don't know anything about it;
I think Craig did it; my idea is that
Craig fired the shot that killed Charles
Mclaughlin.
Q.-Do you say that Craig shot Char
les Mclaughlin? A.-That is my idea.
Q.-You shot him, didn't you? A
No.
Q.-You shot him in the back? A
No. (Objection.)
McLaughlins coat was sent for.
Witness said he never got as far
south as the shoe Shop-a couple or
three yards north of it; the other four
men were little north Of the red tele-
graph pole; think they were four
abreast; Craig was nearest the curb,
and Charles Mclaughlin next to him;
witness didn't know about the others;
Frank came seven or eight feet to-
wards witness; then he disappeared,
and l did not know where he, went;
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of the shoe shop, and | don't know
where he went-of course | know now;
l did not see him go into the gallery;
I saw nothing in his hand; all l know
is he started towards me and disap-
peared.
Charles McLaughlin's coat was here
brought in, and was examined by Mr.
Howard; Capt. Dovener: Il object to
this panorama" Mr.. Howard-I want
to ask a question. (Allowed.) Wit
ness-T did not shoot him in the back;
l did not fire shot; pulled out the
pistol and got it up as far as my waist,
when Johnson grabbed it,
Q.-And you fired the shot that hit
and killed Mclaughlin before Johnson
grabbed it? A.-No. objection and
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sir.
Q.-You deny now, on your oath,
that you fired a shot before Johnson
took the revolver out of your hand?
Ayes, sir; l do.
Q.-What did you do? Al pulled
out the pistol, and Johnson grabbed it
and ran out in the street, and l went
as far as the curb.
Q.-How many shots did Craig fire
before Johnson fired? Ale fired
two; Mclaughlin fired one; there was
firing on both sides; l could not say
positively Johnson's revolver went off;
l don't say he did or he didn't: he was
about twenty feet from me, out in the
street, with the revolver in his hand:
| could not just say how it was point
ed; he was facing Mclaughlin; I
could not say he was pointing it at
him; he was pointing wost; / don'-
know if it was low enough to hit Nc
Laughlin, or over his head; could not
say which man he pointed it at;
can't say that | saw Craig run; he
got out of my sight, somehow; Charles
Mclaughlin was there, but at the lat
ter part, Craig was not there; didn't
pay much attention to Johnson's testi-
mony; l can tell what / know-that's
all I have TO tell: I saw Craig fire the
first and third shots; that was before
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