Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-14

mn Ai1bt.
The session of the Mooney and Fri
day murder case on trial before Judge
Hugus yesterday. was the most inter-
esting of the trial. The announce
| ment that the woman, Kitty St Clair,
the States star witness, would be on
the stand, packed the court room to
its fullest capacity. Even the aisles
and space within the railing was
damned during the entire day.
Kitty st. Clair was called to the
stand shortly after o'clock. To MIR.
Towards interrogations she answered
that she had been employed at Dukes
| Reilly's place on Sixteenth street pre-
vious to the murder as chambermaid.
At this place she met Frank Friday,
but knew him as Doe" Riley. She
worked for Dukes" from February
| 20 until March LIST. She had not heard
of the murder up until she left there.
Mr.. Howard asked: do you know
| these defendants?"
Yes, sir; | know that man there
Indicating Friday. He was living
| at Reilly's in No. room, on the third
floor. The saloon is on the first floor;
on the second floor are Wine rooms,
and on the third floor bed rooms, He
lived in one of them. Dukes" keeps
safe in room 2, on the second floor.
when was the last time you saw
the defendant before the murder on
March 1st."
About o'clock in the afternoon at
| Dukes place He left there at that
| time and went up Sixteenth street.
Did you know where he was co.
ing?'
Il did not. Friday told me the night
before that he had job at ELM Grove
to do and he was going out that night
to do it. | was in his room at the
time He told me If | stayed there
and behaved myself | wouldn't want
| for anything.
| THE next time 1t was mentioned was
| in No. on March l. Reilly was there.
| didn't pay much attention to him.
He spoke of the Elm Grove job again
and said the weather was too bad, but
that he would do it that night"
did he ever give you anything?"
Eyes: he gave me some powder which
| | put away in the safe the day before
! the murder. That was in the after
noon. He said he used it 10 GLOW doors
| on safes He asked me for 1t and |
! gave it to him. He took 1t where no
and Mooney and two other men We're"
J do you know of any other powder
being kept in the safe on the second
| floor"
"No, sir"
What do you know that either OF
these defendants kept there?"
Some tools.
What were they?"
"a fuse and drill"
| 10 you remember the night when
the safe on the ferryboat at Benwood
was blown open?"
Yes, sir"
Colonel Arnett objected and was sus-
tanned by the court.
N answer to further questioning by
| Mr. Howard, the ST. Clair woman fur
Their stated that she met Doc" Riley
on February 22d. She did not know
that she had ever met him before.
What was he doing about Dukes
place."
Why, nothing"
Witness then stated that after the
night before the murder she did not
see Mooney at "Dukes's" place. She
| knew John Connors but did not know
whether or not he was at the place
on that day. Neither Mooney nor FRI
day, however, were there after 1880
o'clock p. m. on the day OF the MUIR
der
Is there any reason why you didn't
| tell the police what you knew OF the
| men going out there?"
Col Arnett objected and was sus-
tanned by the court.
After you heard Of the murder and
that the defendants were arrested, what
did you do?"
Il didn't know what TO do. / stayed
in Bellaire until | was arrested and
brought back here by Lieut. Mlchaels."
Where were you in Bellaire7"
AT McCafrey's Homestead"
At this point the examination was
| discontinued by the State and the wit
ness was turned over to the defense.
Colonel Arnett, for the defence then
took the witness. subjecting her 70 a
very severe cross-examination.
Where were you born. Miss SC.
Claire"
In Copenhagen. Denmark. ! was
brought to this country when very
young. have been living In Wheel
ing for the past three years"
You lived once in SIstersyille, did
MT your"
mo, sir"
Nor in wetzeI county,"
Yes, sir"
"You shot a man through q door
down there, didn't you?"
| Yes"
You've been at Duke's?"
Il was there till March seconds
How long was Riley, the defen-
dant, there7"
He came the END Of February"
He occupied a room theref'
| Yes, No. 5. !"
| How many other people were IT.