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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-04-06


Mr.. Larson stated that the Hunter
don Electric Light Co. asked for re-
newal of their franchise for five years
Laid on table
The tax receivers monthly report
was presented and ordered published.
Mr. LARSON, for Street Lights Com
mittee, reported recommending that
the application for street light ut the
Mount Carmel Baptist Church he
granted An incandoseent light was
ordered.
Mr. Murray wanted To know whit
had become of the light ordered on
Quarry st in the first Ward. Mr..
Silyers said he had left ii to the mem
ber from the first ward To locate,
which had not yet been done.
The Committee on Shows reported
81 collected during March.
Chief Morse = monthly report showed
four men arrested for drunkenness and
one for riding without lamp all ''repri
manded "
The finance committee was author
lied to negotiate loans Ito meet bills
ordered paid tonight
Mr. Murray presented contract with
q. I. Wilson for keeping poor, which
WIS read, and accepted when properly
signed
4 bill of Lambertyille Water Co. for
ISIS 02 for placing fire plugs, Ne, was
presented and was referred back to the
committee, IN connection with city
solicitor, for conference with Water
Co. To report at next meeting.
Mr.. Blackwell offered the following
resolutions, and moved their adoption
WHEREAS There Is probability Of
war with Spain, and all good citi
zens should be ready to respond TO
the calls Of duty III defending or
flag, therefore
RcR0lrcd, That the Common Council
Of the city of Lnmbertyille hereby
tender their services to the Governor
| of the State of New Jersey, aud To the
| President of the United States, in
| whatever way they may choose to
accept their services, to fight for our
country. and uphold the stars md
| stripes, and carry II TO victory.
Rcsoited, That the Common Coun-
| ell tender 10 the government, that
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Mr.. ollVers moved thelI reference To
tho committee ON small SHOWS.
| ne nance ana ociool CONN ileeS
! reported III regard TO the aPpIleatloh
/ OF the schooi trustees Tor an hlpropfla-
tl9h To pl'lla hlRii scliooI. II WIS as
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gentlemen A. onf regular meet
lhg' rep =, lS9o, me communication
from the board OF EdnGa'loH request
ing cooh e 10 issue bonus 70 the
sa hnin,, roforrod a. tho Tnance and
School Committees for investigation,
We desire to present the following re
port -, , ....
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Agnes Thompson is a tayorite in
Lambertyille She will sing April II
Mt ivceum Hall. See bills
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Healthy, happy children make better
men ana women Of US all A little care and
little planning before birth is often more i'm
portaut than anything TINT can be done after.
On tho mother health and strength depend
the life and the future Of the children. A
weak and sickly woman cannot bear strong
and healthy children. Most Of the weakness
Of women is utterly ineScusable Proper care
and proper medicine will cure almost any dis
order Of the feminine organism DR. Pierce's
Fayorite Prescription has been tested in thir-
ty years Of practice. 1t is healing, soothing,
strengthening II is perfectly natural in its
operation and effect BY its use thousands Of
weak women have been made strong and
healthy-haye been made the mothers Of
strong and healthy children Taken during
CESSATION il makes childbirth easy aud almost
painless and insUes the well being Of both
mother and child Send q cents in one-cent
stamps TO Worlds Dspensary Medical Associa-
ton, Buffalo, n y, and receive DR. Pierce'a
1908 page Common Sense Medical Adviser
profisely illustrated
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-04-06

Mrs. Mary Gregory Murray is Il
riani~t ra#eahiIi,y Hear herAp "a
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-04-06

Special Display Of Easter Millinery
and Fine Dress Goods, Thursday, FRI
day, Saturday at THE GRAND DEPOT.
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NJ l.. YocuH, Cameron, Pa, says
. was sufferer for ten years, trying
most all kinds Of pile remedies, but
without success. DcMitt's Witch
Hazel Salvc was recommended 10 me.
/ used one box It has effected per
manent cure Az permanent cure
for piles DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salye
has no equal s W Cochran & Co.
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To Cnre Con.tinat,on ror.re,

Take Casearets Candy Cathartic lOc or &c.
!. c. c. c, fail 10 cure, druggists efund money
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a torpid liver robs you of ambition
and ruins your health. DoWitt's
Little Early Bisers cleanse the liver,
euro constipation and Nil stomach and
liver troubles. 5 W Cochran \ Go.
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COMMON COUNCIL.

The stated monthly meeting OF the
common council was held last Monday
evening All the members present
The city treasurer's report for March
was presented, in substance as fol
lows.
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FIRST WARD PRIMARY

MISS BRoADHUHst's Room Maggie Kelly,
Florence Pascoc, Muriol 5chenck, Cora Picker
ing, Lidia 5killman, Ethel Fisher Ellie Leigh
Virginia Campbell, Addie Abbott, John Dietz,
Harry Myers Walter Horn.
Miss PuRcELLa Room Bertha Antonio
Jeanette Barber, Viola Bacorn, Emma Heay-
ener, Mabel Reid, Lottie O'Daniels, Emma
Naylor, Lillio Kroeson, Betty Ewcll, Samuel
Patterson Roland Thornton, Howard Akers
Newton Bayard, Frank slack. Frank Pew
Aida BELLS, Raymond Carr
Miss HocnB Room -Iacy Moore, Lulu Black,
Sarah Trusty, Cora Somerset, Anna Scott,
Elsie 5lack sarah Patterson, May Bair, Jessie
BAR, Bessie Hill Mamie Akerg. Helen Stock
ton May Schultz, Elizabeth Cooper Jeanette
Hort, Israel Raphael Paul Arata, Thomas Il.
Hunt, Raymond sproat, Willie Mitchell, Willie
smith, William Price, John Carlnody, Ewing
Tibbels. William BELLS, Leon Slcifer, Willie
Danbury
Misc AIcNANAHAs Room John Kelly, I'd
ward Naylor, Ellis Hughes, Warren Schultz.
Winfield Scott, Joseph Sharp, Ida Lereh, Mar
guerite Black, Alice Murray. Blanche Schultz
THIRD WARD PRIMARY
Mss DAVE KooN-Reba Hoppock, Ranie
Bice, Bessie Wilmot Ethel Parker, Alice Mcke
Araminta Hoagland, Jessie Holcombc Nettie
Green Lottie iIaverley, Alice Gregg, Marion
Reynolds, Alice Naylor, Alice Barcroft, Elya
Roe, Mabel Titus, Fred lIolcombe George
Van Camp, Newlin Wismer, Fred Finger, Char-
les Malloy, Raymond Hunt, Horace johnson
Miss ScAHBoRoUaHs KooM-Lizzie Fields
Slnie Regau, Alice Gamble, Maud Lewis
Edith Van Horn Elsie Cook Bertha Probasco
Hattie Melvin, Annie Bowers Lizzie Bright
Charles Bright, Joseph Smith, Harry Stull
Theodore souders, Harold Williamson
Miss MILEh's RooM-Bertha Sherman, MarS
Frazer, Eleanor Lugar, Helen Hunt, Corr
Trimmer, Ella Titus, Nellie Culver, Lauri
Smith, Olive Sewers, Helen Parker, Marguerite
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THEo. BARBER,
ID. w. HoPPocK,
WILLIAM LEARY,
Finance Committee
EDWARD SILyERs,
LEWIS GUILLIeK,
T.. RITTENHousE,
School Gotopni{t.a

Chief Van Sewer, of the Fire Depart
ment, presented his annual report,
which was read and ordered printed
The following bills were ordered
paid
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-07

graphic report Of the questions and
answers of witnesses
Q.-Who were sworn and examined
as witnesses? Objection; overruled. J
Al. G. Nixon, John NJ Shorts, Geo.
B. Caldwell, James Hannah. Samuel
Young, DR.. Armbrecht, Edward McGill.
NJ. Kemp. john Alexander, l. F.
Gump and C. c. limerick.
Witness had a complete transcript of
the evidence and identified it in the
hands of Capt. Dovener. There was a
preliminary hearing started in the Jail
before the inquest, before Justice j. A.
Dunning; it was commenced Septen-
Der 10, at 10 a. H., but it was adjourn
ed until September IA, at 2 p. NJ, and
was then held in the Jail. Witness
named the witnesses who We're exam
ined, and identified copy of the trans
cript of the record, and also idetified a
transcript of the evidence of Martin
Kemp and Thomas Lynch in the pre-
sent trial, at their first appearance
Capt. Dovener then said the matters
of contradiction would be read to the
jury if the court was satisfied with
that course, and the court said if the
transcript had been identified properly
the matter might be proceeded with at
once. Capt. Dovener accordingly be-
gan the work, with the evidence of l..
G.. Nixon before the coroner. This was
tedious, and took up much time.
Court adjourned until half-past nine
this morning.
Both of the defendants will go on the
stand, one of them this morning.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-07
THE CLARKE CASE
In a Badly Complicated Shape--Clarke
in Columbus.--B0nd Not Forfeited.

Special to the Register.
Columbus, o., December 6.-Harry
M. Clarke, the Bridgeport banker, ar
rived in the city at noon to-day in
custody of deputy United States
marshal, who had met him by accident
at Bellaire, O.
1t seems that as soon as Judge
Okey, the Columbus attorney, learned
of the action the court had taken in
the Clarke case he telegraphed his
client to come to Columbus at once.
At Bellaire, as mentioned above, he
was met by the deputy marshal, who
at once placed him under arrest. His
sister, Mrs. Mary E. Young, who OF
fered to give bond before, is also here
and prepared to give a new bond in
the sum of $4,000.
1t was stated on good authority to-
day that the court would waive the
forfeiture of the former bond of $1,000
declared lost yesterday.
The district attorney said that the
forfeiture was taken to protect the
government, as it would have expired
by limitation to-day. The case is now
in bad condition.
The trial was held before Judge
Hammond, of Tennessee. who was
here on a special assignment, and now
Judge Thompson will either have to
try the case over or send for the Ten
nessee judge.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-07

NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE.


BY virtue of deed of trust made by
James +. Dolan and Mary l.. Do,an, his
Vile, to me, dated the S0th day of April,
lssa and recorded in the office of the clerk
o. the county court OF Marshall county,
Iolio 50, l will sell al public auction on
the premises on
SATURDAY. THE nth DAY OF
BESEMSER,
commencing at 10 O'Clock e. m. the
following described property situate
and being in the city of Benwood, county
OF Marshall and State of West Virginia:
Beginning al a point in the westerly iina
OF a sixteen foot roadway, distant one
hundred (1El feet southwardly OF the
nolRt OF intersection of the SAID westerly
the with the south limo OF Robinson's adj
dluon 10 the city o. BeaMood, running
thSEce senthwardly with the westerly line
81 said roadway one hunCred and flfty
Nsv} feet; thence westerly and parallel
VITA the south line OF said addition one
hu0dred and eight and seven-twelfshs feet
t3 me easterly line OF the river road:
river road, Rorthwardly one hundred and
nsly and three-twelfths feet to a stake:
lneA2e eastTardiy and parallel with the
sald south line of said addition one hum
arsd ana one and four-twelfths feet tothe
place OF beginning
terms of SSle:-Onethird cash on day of
sale, one-third in four aud one-thlrd In six
months. the purchaser giving his notes
.or sueh deferred payments with security
10 De approved by the trustee.
HENRY NJ RUSSELL,
Trustee.
]. G. HERvEY, Auctioneer no2Sesz
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]. C. HERvEY. Au
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALU-
kpJE i,JTy DpnpEETy

Christopher F. Wagner and Elizabeth
Wagner, his wife. TO me as trustee bear,
ing date on the fifth day or November IN
the year 1891. and recorded in the otrice
OF the clerk of the county court OF ONO
equity, State of West Virginia; ~ deco
of trust book No 81, page H,lwilloner for
sale at the north front door OF the court
house of Ohio county. on oo
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 10th, lsSS
commencing at ten o'clock a. m, the fol-
lowing described property; A piece or
parcel of land situate in the CITY or
Wheeling Ohio county West virginia be,
and ninety-one Q9l) in the addition TO
the said city laid out by Peter Yarnall,
John Fawcett and others, and called East
Wheeling addition, lying and beng on
the south side of Sixteenth street and
bounded as follows, fo-wit; Beslnmns
at point on the south Inc OF sala DIN,
said lot numbered one hundred and nine
ty-one QsD. thence south along the west
line of said lot, one hundred ana twenty
Q20) feet to the alley In the rear OF SAID
lot. thence east along said alley twenty
six (26) feet; thence north on Inc par
allel with said west line OF salo 10, ioe i nne
of Sixteenth street; thence along said SIX
teenth street twenty~sik C2o) rect 70 the
place of beginning, together with the I'M
provements thereon and the heredita-
fnents and appurtenances thereunto be-
longing Being the same property con
veyed to said first parties by DANIEL Nm NJ,
ger and wife by deed of trust dated May
fst, 1888. and recorded in the office of tho
clerk of the county court OF ONO county.
West Virginia.
Terms of Sale-One-third on the pur-
chase money, and so much more as the
purchaser may elect to pay IN cash ana
the balance in one and two years with
interest from day of sale, the purchaser
to give his notes for the deferred pay
ments, and the title to be conveyed TO
the purchaser, he giving a deed of trust
to secure the deferred payments. The
title is said to be good, but selling as
is vested in me. ,.,,,r
LOUIS F. STTFBL
r s. RILEY Trustee
Attorney.
T. C. HERVEY, Auctioncer no11ei
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ENTERED A CONVENT.

Special to the Register
Parkersburg, w. Va, December e.
Much surprise was occasioned here to-
day by the announcement by friends
of Miss Margaret Kenna, daughter
of the late United States Senator Ken
ma, of West Virginia, that Miss Kenna
had entered the convent Of the Sisters
of ST. Joseph at Flushing, Long Is
land. She is graduate Of Mount de
Chantal, Wheeling.
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BEFORE BABY is BORN"
A Valuable Little Book of Interest
TO All Women Sent Free.

Every woman looks forward with feel
ings Of JOY indescribable to the
one great event in her life, COM
pared with which all others pale into in
significance. How proud she will feel
when her babe nestles on her breast
how sweet the name of "Mother!" And
yet, her anticipation of this event is
clouded with dread of the pain and dam
ger of the ordeal, so that it is impossi-
BILE to avoid the feeling of foreboding
which creeps over her. The danger
and suffering attendant upon being
mother can be entirely prevented, so
that the coming OF the little stranger
need not be looked forward to with fear.
Every woman who reads this, can obtain
free valuable little book entitled "Be-
fore Baby is Born" by sending her adj
dress to the Bradfield Regulator Co.,
Atlanta, Ga. This book contains price,
lessIinformation for all women, and no
one should fail to send for it.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-07

A Full Days Work Done BY the De-
Tense, Yesterday,

AND MANY WITNESSES WE'RE RUN.
THFOUGH THE COURT ROOM.
THN ATTENDANCE WAS LARGER
THAN F0E SEVERAL DAYS, AND
THE INTEREST SHOWN WAS
GREAT-A SUMMARY OF THE
EVIDENCE OF THE DAY-THD
DEL EeNDANTS WILL GO ON THE
STAND ONE OF THEM THIS
MClRNING
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ESUbLIC SALE.

BY virtue of a deed of trust made to
the undersigned trustee by Mary A Di
Sahte ana Y. Di Sante, her husband, to
the undersigned trustee. dated on the s4th
DAY OF May in the year 1850. l will on
SATURDAY, DECEMBER Eth. 1888,
beginning at ten O'Clock a. M. at public
auction at the north front door of the
court house of Ohio county, in the city of
Wheeling, III the State of West Virginia,
certain piece or parcel of land fronting
ninety-ssx (S6) feet on the west side OF
MORROW street, between Tenth and Elev-
enth streets, in the city of Wheeling,
county of Ohio and state of West Wright
Ia, and extending back westward twenty
t2ol feet; being all OF the lot No and
part OF lot No. 8 in Buena Vista addition
to said city of Wheeling; and being the
same property conveyed to said Mary A.
Di Sante by w. ]. w. Cowden, trustee.
by deed dated on the oath day of May in
the year 1880
Terms of Sale-One- third of the pur-
chase money or so much more as the pur-
chaser may elect. In cash on the day OF
sale. and the residue in two equal INSTALL
ments, payable in six and twelve months
respectively after the day of sale. with
interest from that day, the deferred in
stallments being secured to the satisfac-
ton OF the trustee
HENRY NJ. RUSSELL
Trustee.
J. C. HERvEY. Auctioneer no2lei
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sfreets: they were pointing II ne
Parker block; they then went On up
Main street, and stopped near Twenty
fourth street; witness saw them out Of
the front window; she heard Annie
Riley tell Johnson about Craig having
a revolver; Craig said he would
johnson him.; Johnson's eyes were
black, and he had bumps on his face.
while Devinney had cut over his eye.
his nose was hurt, and he had wounds
on his face; when Johnson went out
he said he was going home to get a
hat; it was half an hour after the Nc
Laughlins went up street before de-
PENDANTS followed them.
To Mr. Howard
Q.-Devinney has gone to bed with
you, has he not? Ayes.
Q.-And Johnson has gone to bed
with Mrs. Combs? Ayes.
Q.-Why didn't you go to bed that
night? Al was not sleepy.
Odd Johnson have a revolver
with him there? Al don't know.
Witness said Johnson had straw
hat and a faded coat when he went up
Main street the afternoon of the shoot
ing.
Q.-How long have you known John
son? A.-Since last summer.
Q.-Don't you know you met him
two wears ago? A-What do you
know about that?
Q.-Don't you know he was not here
two years ago? Al met him two
years ago.
Q.-How long has Devinney been
your lover? Al don't know that he
is my lover.
Benz Frazier was next called. Wit
ness knew all the parties, including the
defendants, and had heard OF the
trouble on Twenty-fifth street, on the
morning of September Sth; that night
he went to the Parker block, and saw
that defendants were battered up; ne
took dinner there Friday, and left
about one o'clock in the afternoon,
meeting Charles and Frank McLaugh-
lin, Craig and Young; three-quarters
of an hour before he left the house he
saw Craig at Twenty-fifth street;
when witness met the party Frank Nc
Laughlin pulled him by the coat
sleeve and asked if Johnson and De-
vinney were at the house; witness
said no, because he did not want any
more trouble to occur. Frank Nc
Laughlin told me to tell Johnson and
Devinney he would DO them or any
Cd d-n friend of theirs who will
take it up He went on up to Duff
fys saloon, and there Frank turned
around and told me not to forget what
he had said, and to tell Johnson and
Devinney." Witness got drink and
went on up to Main and Twelfth
streets.
To Mr.. Howard: Witness did not
remember who was in the bar room
see the Mclaughlin party pass the
Parker block, and heard nothing said
about them; witness heard no talk
about revolver, nor did he give
either of defendants one. Witness
had been in jail two or three times,
and once in the old Jail.
Dode Marshall, an inhabitant Of the
Parker block, was the next witness.
She knew Johnson, but not Devinney,
and saw portion of the fight in front
of the Block; the cries of a woman at
tracted her attention; she saw three
men run.
To Mr.. Howard: She had first met
Johnson on the street; had lived at
various places-in East Wheeling and
on North Market street; was woman
of the town.
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FAIRMONT NOTES.

Special to the Register.
Fairmont, W. Va, December g.
Charles Arnold was killed In the New
England mines yesterday morning, pc
ing caught between two cars. He was
SO years old, and leaves a wife.
Leslie Pearce, of Wheeling, was here
yesterday to see about putting on a
boxing contest.
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Boss Rule

OF the worst kind is the despotism Of
bad stomach. Political Cars must
sometimes compromise, but the tyranny
of indigestion is unreienting, unless the
may be freed IRON the thralIdom BY
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Duffy's Pure
Malt Wlliskey,

friend in need, which assists and hast
ems digestion. 1t warns, nourishes and
strengthens. 1t is prescribed in cases
where the digestive organs have been
overworked, and should be used with
confidence.
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Afternoon session.

The first witness called was Edward
Dailer. He saw defendants brought
into Jail on September 9, 1898. Wit
ness identified a pair of trousers
worn by one of the defendants, and
pointed out a hole in the garment
The trousers were shown to the jury
by Mr.. Boyee, and examined by the
twelve men. The garment was then
introduced in evidence. Witness said
they were worn by Johnson; he first
saw them when Johnson came down
the inside jail stairs; Johnson showed
some one the hole, and witness said:
81 noticed that when you first came
down the stairs"
To Mr.. Howard witness said that
he was at the bottom of the steps, and
noticed the hole as Johnson came down;
witness said nothing to Johnson or
any one else until a prisoners atten-
ton was called to the hole by john
son. Witness had known both john
son and Devinney; he lived in the
Fifth ward.
MINNIE BUCKHANNON.
To Capt. Dovener: Witness is stem
ographer in the City Clerks office.
She was in the police office on the 9Th
of September; she remembered see
ing Devinney there, but was not sure
about Johnson; it was about the mid
die of the afternoon. They asked for
the Chief of Police = 81 said the Chief
was not in, or something to that effect;
there were two or three; they turned
right around and went out of the Of
flee. I don't know where they went.
To Mr. Howard witness said she
paid little attention to them; it was in
the front room; there were two or
three in the party; one of the men,
who did the talking, came behind the
rail, but not either of the prisoners;
witness could not tell if he was a
taller man than either Of the defend
ants BENZ. Frazier was sent for; he
was not in the jury room, and the
State asked that he be brought back.
Witness did not know Frazier, and
could not positively identify either Of
the prisoners. but would know the
man who did the talking; he went out
with the others; she did not know
where the party went; there was
stairway, opposite the door, leading
down into the basement.
To Capt Dovener witness said the
man who talked was rather a short
man, with dark hair. She did not
know that either of the men had a
straw hat on.
MAGGIE KANE.
To the Court: Witness was eight
years old; she went to school and
church; she did not know what an
oath was.
To Capt. Dovener she said it would
not be right to tell a story.
State questioned the capacity of
witness. and cited State V. Michaels,
in the Supreme Court. The jury was
excused, and the matter was taken up,
the defense offering to prove by wit
ness she saw William Craig, on Tween
ty-fifth street. with revolver in his
hand. Some delay followed while the
Report of the case was being looked
up. Capt. Dovener held it was the
duty of the Court to admit the wit
ness, while Mr.. Howard said he had
lately been over the whole matter in
the Circuit Court, where a thirteen
or fourteen year old boy was adiudged
incompetent, and he did not think he
went too far when he said that bow
was more competeAt than the witness
on the stand. Mr.. Russell had exam