Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-12-04

Before this witness appeared the
court submitted the idea of a night ses-
| sion, and it was discussed for some
( time, and the jury. at 5:11, was ad-
journed until 7:15 o'clock.
!! EVENING SESSION.
Court reassembled at 1925 p. m. and
| Will Craig resumed the stand. Wit
ness lived at No. 3145 Jacob street. In
| answer to questions OF Mr.. Howard
| witness detailed his mountaineering
with the McLaughlins, and the events
! of Friday, previous to the shooting, the
| start up town, the visit to the Belmont
! pump, the stop near Twenty-fourth
street, occasioned by some one calling
| to them from the Parker house, etc
When he heard the call witness looked
in that direction, and saw Johnson and
"a couple. of women" on the
porch of the Parker house
| block; Johnson motioned for the
| party to come back; no words were
| exchanged and no one went back, but
| the party went on up Main street; on
Market street Frank Mclaughlin stop
ped to talk with BENZ. Frazier, who
! joined the party at Twenty-fourth
street, coming from the direction of the
| Parker block; the remainder of the
/ party stopped while this conversation
went on.
| At this point there was an inter
! change of remarks between Capt. Dove
ner and Mr.. Howard. which the Court
| stopped and told Mr.. Howard to pro-
coed, overriding Capt. Dovener's objec-
| ton to Mr.. Towards question.
Witness said with the exception OF
| the stop he had referred to. the party
made no halt until the shooting occur
| red witness did not see Johnson or
| Devinney, and did not know they were
/ behind until the photograph gallery
was reached. when Il looked over my
! shoulder and saw them; Johnson was
little in front of Devinney, and said:
Give it to them speaking the words
as l looked and l ran; it was only
! few seconds after Johnson spoke until
/ l heard the first shot; | saw nothing
! else take place" Witness thought the
! four were punched" as to the way they
walked at that time. Witness was
nearest the curb, and Charles Nc
| Laughlin furthest away from witness
! eff am not mistaken, Young was next
to me-" Nothing was said or done by
the party of four before Johnson said;
/ 'Give it to them"
Q.-Were any shots fired by any one
| of you four before a shot was fired
from behind? A.-No.
Q.-Did you fire any shot. A.-No.
Odd you have a revolver? A
Yes.
! Q.-When did you get it? A
Thursday morning.
Odd you attempt to draw re-
volver? A.-No.
/ Witness said he had the revolver for
! the sole purpose of protecting himself.
! Witness heard shots fired as he ran;
! witness was then facing south, and
could see none of those firing. When
witness came back Charles Mclaughlin
was dead, and Frank was lying under
| the photograph gallery. He did not
see Johnson or Devinney.
Witness was then asked about the
/ fight Of Thursday morning, at the Park
/ er block; witness took no part until |
saw Johnson with a knife; | called
! lookout, he has his hand in his
! pocket | saw him take the knife out;
/ he had it open. Frank and Johnson
were tussling around then. | don't
know that l said s<lthing, but went
over and helped to take the knife from
! him. He was thrown down, and we
| couldn't get the knife from him for
while; I finally tramped on his hand,
and jim Mclaughlin finally got the
! knife. After that we did nothing to
him; we then left there, going east.
! Johnson started after us, and threat
| ened to kill all three of us; don't ex-
actly remember the words; I think he
! said: You -, I'll kill you if it's
/ twenty years from now Johnson had
two bottles wrapped up in paper when
he went down there. Charles Nc
Laughlin was not there that night. |
started up street that night with James
! Mclaughlin; met him at Steinacher's,
at Thirty-first and Chapline streets;
met Frank Mclaughlin between Twen-
/ ty-fourth and Twenty-ffth, on Chap
line"
! Mr.. Howard attempted to show the
| reason for the Mclaughlin boys going
/ to the Parker house, Thursday morn
! ing, but could not get it in.
| On examination, witness said
! he gave his pistol to Theodore Richter,
! because he was afraid he might be
arres ed as a witness and might be
! fined for having a pistol 1t was a
seven-shct, % calibre, with five loads
| in it
| Q.-Because you fred the first shot
! that day? A.-No.
| Q-And you have tried to get out of
/ it since? A.-No, No,
| Q.-You were the first man who saw
| Johnson that day? Ayes
| Q.-And you heard him say Give it
to them?" Al guess so.
No.
| Witness was almost the constant
| companion of the Mclaughlin boys for
three years. He got the revolver at
/ home; it belonged to witnesses father
who found il q good many years before
! The REORGANIZATION was very
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