Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-06

toe piece and showed his measurement.
The toe piece was two and one half
inches long, three-quarters of an inch
deep. the corks three-quarters of an
inch deep and five-eighths of an inch
wide. The track was that of the left
hind foot. Attorney Erskine here iden-
titled three shoes, dramatically pro-
duced. and said they were shoes John
Cramblett removed from the Cramb-
lett horse and delivered to him.
On examination by the State he said
the tfacks.up the strip showed to be
larger than the track in the fence cor
ner.
Attorney Rogers took the stand and
said he had experience with horses
and 4 like good horse His testl-
mony covered the same ground as Frs
kine's. He said 'uacuestionably the
track was made before the manure
was dropped" He submitted mea-
sarements and stick cut from the
original stick. Attorney Cook object
ed, saying 1--WE want the original en-
try" hut withdrew it with a smile.
James Mcbride was recallez and said
nearly twenty years ago he went to
look at the Fleming farm which adj
Joins Rainbows with view OF pur-
chasing. He saw Rainbow
btzt There Was Objection
which was sustained to his telling
what Rainbow said he would do to the
one who would touch the top rail of
the line fence Needless to, say Me-
Bride was so scared he gave up all
thought of purchases
Annie Yader told Of seeing Rainbow
at her home at Long Run station on
the Monday week after the murder.
She was asked what Rainbow said as
to the murderer ever being found out.
Objected to ana sustained.
George Yader testified to talking
with GoSnell about Cramblett at the
coal bank about year before the MUIR
der. Gosnell said: Quincy is a nice
young man and since my son Charley
has got married Quincy is a great
comfort to me, helping the girls on
and off horses at church and seeing
them home safe. l will give Cramblett
more authority in my house than any
other young man | know of. ZONE
threats Rainbow made in a conversa-
ton were ruled out. He saw Rain
bow at Long Run the Saturday even
ing of the murder He admitted on
state examination he was known as
Hedgehog at Long Run, and his
head, the hair of which stands out
like bristles, makes him resemble one.
Noah Arnold was recalled to tell
of
Conversation With Rainbow,
in which the latter said something
about "Gosnell dying" Objected to
and sustained.
j. G.. Ralston, a trustee of Smithf1eld
township in 1899, testified to employ
ing Charles Gosnell to build the Rain
bow line fence. Objection was sus-
tanned to his telling about Rainbow
declaring that "Gosnell and Gotschall
were at the bottom of the trouble
James arnold was not allowed to
tell of a conversation with Rainbow in
which the latter said what sort of a
man Gosnell was and how he would
die.
Robert Yader, aged 10, saw Rain
bow going towards Long Run station
on the evening of the murder.
Mrs. Mary Gosnell, widow Of the
murdered man, was put on the stand
to identify the Steubenville Weekly
Gazette her husband was reading the
night he was shot. 1t showed the bullet
.soles> III it.
This afternoon a fragrant bunch of
red roses decorAted the judicial desk.
Civil Engineer A. G. White was
called as to measurements at the Cos
nell premises He testified that the
top of the chair Gosnell sat on was
nearly three inches lower than the top
Of the fence
- e. A. Gerke was called to identify
The Size Shot Rainbow Bought
at McCabe's store and about Rainbow
denying that he bought shot. The lat
ter was not allowed in. The witness
was asked an insulting question by the
State, but Judge Hollingsworth called
it down, saying he would use hard
measures if the same thing occurred
again.
Clara Green testified to seeing a
horseman she could not identify going
from Long Run station toward the
town at a fast gait about o'clock the
night of the murder. At one place he
got off the road into the creek, and at
another place he got into the gutter.
The man seemed to be bundled up.
Samuel Green heard the horseman
about o'clock the night of the muir
der.
Fred. Moore said he was at Holmes
picnic in 1899, and saw Gosnell and
Cramblett together.
Mrs. Jane Ford said she lived on the
Fleming farm, adjoining Rainbow
within the past twenty years She
was not allowed by the court to tell
about the line fence trouble and about
Rainbow saying James Gosnell will
wink out"
Mrs. Sarah Shively. of Georges Run,
was asked about what was said by