Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-06

Combs house; when johnson came on
Craig stepped nearer him; johnson
came ont on the Combs porch and
down the steps and out in the street:
he came up to Craig; he came as close
j to Craig as you and (about five feet).
/, johnson asked Craig where his hat
, was. and Craig said: told you
where it was Johnson turned around
| and walked back in and Craig passed
me and walked up Twenty-fifth street
| towards Market. / saw no one else
about there. could have seen any
! other person there. That is all that
! occurred there"
| Witness was then asked about the
/, fight on Thursday morning, and re-
! peated that she then only knew john
+; son, but now recognized Craig; did
| not see Devinney at ALL Dode Marsh
! all neither said or did anything: wit
ness had known him about year;
Dode had lived there about two years;
! she never lived at Bessie Derue's while
witness was there. Witness best judg-
ment was that it was Johnson's left
| hand which was hurt. When the trial
commenced witness was in Wellsville;
went there two weeks ago; was sent
for to go there, and wanted to keep out
| of the trial. Witness did not know
"Simmy" Larue; did not get a mes
sage from Johnson in Jail; no one
knew she was going, or where. Il had
/ message from Miss Julia Ray, with
| money, to come to Wellsville."
| Q.-What business is she engaged in?
| Ain no business.
| Q.-Why did she send for you? A.
| I had been there two years ago, and
| she wanted me to go back; went there
| for sporting business.
Q.-That is your business here? A.
Yes.
JOHN SHORTS RECALLED.
He had examined the chain on the
| telephone post and it had snap on
| the end of it; it was witness recollec-
| ton that at the time of the shooting
| there was a horse hitched about Kur-
| ner's.
Capt. Dovener then asked that the
| State produce the witness, Mccormick,
who testified last week.
THOMAS LYNCH.
| Witness was summoned November
25th; came to Clerk Henning and ask
|
summons was not read by witness, but
| thought it was this case. Il did not
| tell Mr. Henning | was the wrong man,
| but | told him | knew nothing about
the case: l told him that because |
! did not want to testify; when | said
| that lied; Mr.. Henning said it was all
a mistake, and took me to the Prose
| cutting Attorney, and he said a Thomas
/ T b,2 IA NV A
! State, and he did not know whether
was the one; | did tell James
! Conway, the evening of the shooting,
! all | saw and knew about the matter;
| told him all told this morning; l
| told him l saw Johnson and Devinney
| at the window on Twenty-fifth street,
J and a woman at the window on Main
street-that was Mrs. Parker; | did
not tell him she was outside on the
porch"
JAMES CONAWAy.
Witness is an engineer at the Bel
mont and knew Thomas Lynch; met
him the evening after the shooting; he
SAID ne saw Mrs. Parker out on the
porch, shaking ner inst at ''Puggy' Nc
! Laughlin; sne was on the porcn, if | re-
| memDef hum right; he said he saw
| BENZ. Frazier come out of the house
! the Parker block-Mrs. Combs place.
Il think he came out the back way
To Mr.. Howard witness said he did
not remember exactly everything he
was told. 1t was casual converse
ton, and was not fixed in the mind OF
witness, except that he thought, to the
best of his recollection, Mrs. Parker
came out and shook her fist; that is
the way | remember it now, after sew
eral months; l had not thought of ii
before to-day, and had no occasion to
recall it,"
CHARLES H. HENNING.
Witness was circuit clerk. He was
asked what conversation he had with
Thomas Lynch. on November 25th
when Lynch said he was the wrong
man and knew nothing about the case
The State objected to the question, in
various forms. and some controversy
ensued, ending in the witness beng ex-
I cused.
OFFICER JAS. BABB.
To Mr.. Boyce: Witness was an Of
ficer on September s, 1898, stationed in
the Sixth ward; remembered the shoot
ing; the day before he was called tC
the Parker block; it was Thursday
morning after o'clock he got a mes
sage to go to the hose house; there was
a call there to go to the Parker block
to Combs; Johnson and Devinney
were there, beaten up; Johnson was
beaten up badly, and Devinney hurt;
| Johnson was beaten about the head
and was bleeding; he was cut; l called
Johnson outside and asked him who die
it," State objected to what johnson
said to witness, and argument follow
ed the court sustained the objection
the jury was excused, and the defense
made formal offer to go on the rec
ord, that Johnson and Devinney wish.
ed to resort to the law, and told the of
/ ficer so. in opposition to Frank Me
Laughlins evidence that johnson
threatened to kill the McLaughlins anc
Craig, eff it took twenty years"
The objection Of the State was sus
tanned.
JOHN BLATTNER.
To Mr.. Boyce: Live at Thirty-five
and Chapline street; knew VIM. Craie
and Frank Mclaughlin; knew deceased
and remembered that he was killed,
didn't know the date but remember
the time; saw him before at the Ii