Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-02

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and two when be Was falling: two az
the shots were fred at the man II the
street.
RECALLED BY THE STATE.
When witness first saw Mclaughlin
he had no revolver in sight: he brought
1t out and jerked it up, after the man
In the street had fired two orthree shots
at Mclaughlin, and two shots were
fired, before that. which witness did
not see.
To Capt. Dovener witness said he did
not know who fired the first two shots.
When he first saw Mclaughlin have a
revolver, he was raising his hand from
his side, somewhere; witness first saw
Mclaughlin as witness was coming of
the bridge; Mclaughlin might have
had the revolver .'in his hand for a
month" before witness saw the re-
volver
THEO. BRINKMEYER.
This witness is the proprietor OF the
photograph gallery. He was standing
by the front door, outside. speaking to
a man, when he heard a sharp report;
witness thought it was from cane
cartridge; then there was a general
melee, and a man ran inside; witness
waited awhile and then went in, too,
and when he came out a man was
lying on the sidewalk.
M'LAUGHLIN'S PISTOL.
At this point Mr. Charlton was again
recalled to identify Officer Holmes,
who picked up Charles McI.aughlins
revolver; the Identification was made,
and then Officer Holmes identified the
pistol, and Mr.. Charlton said the pistol
he saw was one like the one identified
by the officer.
BRINKMEYER RESUMES.
The smoke of the second shot was
down street from north to south; one
shot missed witness arm, while he
was outside, by eight inches or foot.
and witness jumped back; then there
was another shot on the other side OF
him, and he jumped the other way,
and lodged around until he heard
noise in the gallery, and went in and
found man trying to hide behind
curtain; he went out again, and saw
the man lying on the sidewalk; then
he was told there was a man under
the gallery, and he was carried up; the
shot which missed the witness was
going right for the cOat-tailS" of the
man who ran in the gallery; man
with a straw hat on was out in the
street, to the north, but witness only
got a glimpse of him once. All the
shots witness could locate were three
in number. and were from north to
south: when he heard the first shot he
was facing the gallery, and he turned
to the north, and saw the man with
the straw hat; one could count two
or three between the first and second
shots.
CROSS INFLAMMATION.
The first thing which attracted wit
ness attention was the first shot--he
heard no words; witness could not tell
whether the door Of the gallery was
open or closed when the first shots
were fired: it would depend whether
the door was closed or wide open or
partly open, before one could locate
the position of a man firing a shot to
hit the door.
GEORGE B. CALDWELL.
At the time of the shooting witness
was in Nesbitt's Office, sitting with his
back to the south, when he heard the
shots; witness heard a number Of
shots-couId not tell how maryland
a lady in the office went to the door,
looked south. and said: They are
shooting that man to death down
there" witness went to the door, aud
saw Devinney with pistol in his
hand; he was in the street, a little
north of Nesbitt's door; witness looked
south, and saw a man being held up
and vomiting blood; when he looked
up again, Johnson had joined Devir-
ney, and the two walked to and turned
down South street; witness followed
them, and before the men got tc
Baer's, he noticed Devinney and john
son fumbling with a pistol; Dsvinnev
had the gun, and they disappeared
around the Sixteenth street corner of
Baer's; witness ran a few steps, when
the two men reappeared again, cross
ing Sixteenth street, and when near al
ley B, Devinney handed the pistol to
Johnson, and they went on to the City
Hall, witness still following Them, frs
into the office of the Chief of Police,
then down stairs, where some one took
charge of them, and then to Jail; there
witness remarked he had seen Devin-
ney's pistol. "Devinney said, Did you
say | did the shooting? | said: Il saw
no shooting, but you had the pistol.
Johnson then said: There are two
sides to this story, Mr. Caldwell
said | knew nothing about it,
CROSS-EXAMINATION.
The men did not walk away fast,
neither did they stop: they took the
most direct route from Baers to the
Office of the Chief Of Police; witness
saw but one revolver
Adjourned until $50 a. m.
Some stores claim Blue White Dia-
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Bros, Main and Eleventh streets, sell
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