Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-31
FIELD day FOR STATE
IN CRAABLETI CASE.
THE REMAINS OF TnE FAMOUS HAIR
PER'S FERRY MUsKET be-
FORE THE JURY.
DEFENSE TAKES EXCEPTIONS.
BY THE SCORE TO QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS REGARDING
THE Gun.
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
SnEUBENVILLE, O., October 3d.
The court room was packed with peo-
pie to-day TO listen to the testimony In
the Cramblett trial. Ladies were in
the majority and several hundred stood
up, as no chairs were provided for
them. This inconvenience is still loud
" criticized by the fair sex.
This was field day for the State
as they paraded broken parts of an
old Harper's Ferry musket before the
jury. 1t was identified and several of
Cramblett's relatives who were put on
the sweat box at the grand jury came
on, and like unfaithful elansmen they
told of destroying the gun. Their de-
struction works hard against the ac~
eused, though no order from him for
its destruction was shown, SO there
was lack of connection other than
showing 1t was Cramblett's musket.
ID. stanton McMasters,
a deputy sheriff. who held the office OF
constable in Mt. Pleasant township for
thirty-fve years, was the first witness.
He talked with Cramblett at the barn
at the Cramblett home on Wednesday
after the murder. He asked Cramblett
If he knew that measurements had been
taken of the horse tracks and that they
corresponded to the feet of his horse.
Quincy said he was aware of 1t and
pointed to one of a pile of shoes on a
nail on the wall and said: There Is
the horse shoe that is missing, and it
has been off over a week" McMasters
said II was suspected that il was,
Cramblett's horse that was hitcheds
above Gosnells the night OF the MUIR
der, and that the hair on the fence was
like that of his horse. Quincy re-
piled; my horse might have been
there, but l was not" AS to the mus
ket not being at his home, when ask
ed about it. Quincy said it had been
at ST Cramblett's for a month. Cram
blett denied that he had any '.lovey's
at Gosnells or that he ever kept COM
pany with any of the girls. He asked
Cramblett about the tracks in the
garden and OF the penho~. Cram
blett said: 81 do not know why they
suspicion me when Gosnell and me have
always been friends" Cramblett let
him examine his shoulders to sea ir
they had been
Bruised by the Guns RecofI
and also promised to go to Mt. Pleas
ant for an examination.
Cross-examined by Rogers--wtli~
lam Drake who was with him during
his Wednesday talk with Cramblett
and Constable Drake were cousins OF
Rainbow He had warrant In his
pocket at the time for Cramblett. it
being based on an affidavit he made
at the Mt. Pleasant justice court.
Crambleet denied having his horse
hitched near Gosnells on the Thurs
day night before the murder. Cramh-
lett said he had helped drive cattle
home that day and that he was not
out of the house the night of the MUIR
der. Cramblett came TO Mt. Pleasant
under arrangement with him, coming
on horse back for a private examin-
alton. Cramblett was asked TO come
again on Friday and he came volun-
tarily. He imagined when he exam
ined Quincey's right shoulder that 1t
seemed full or swollen though there
was no bruise He has been madc
deputy sheriff since the murder. He
had heard of the reward and knew
that an officer cannot get such reward.
william Drake
was called next He was present
when MeMasters talked 70 Crambiett
and his testimony covered practically
the same ground as the previous Wit
ness. He said the first time Cramb-
lett came TO Mt. Pleasant for examin-
alton he went to MeMaster's for din
ner. At Cramoletts when McMas-
tiers asked To see his shoulder Quincy
asked which shoulder" Slant said
both shoulders" Quincy said Il
shoot oross-fred. ! can't shut my left
eye"
Mrs. Lavina Rainbow, aged rs
years, mother OF JEFF Rainbow, who is
star" in the case, was put on the
stand. She was reading a newspaper
by the fireplace when she heard the
report Of a gun. She went to the door
and heard Cora Gosnell scream Next
she heard horse being ridden fast up
the run.
During Erskine's cross-examina-
ton he touched on JET Rainbow's ap-
pearance at his home after the shoot
ing and other actions. This was OBJ
jected to by the state as being against
the rule, they not having examined on
IT, Erskine claimed the state might
have examined on II. Judge Hoiiings-
worth said the defense in cross-exam-
ination could not enter the domain az
what might tear down the line OF the
theory OF the state; that it was defen-
sfYe matter.
James Noble Told
Of talking to Cramblett after the fun
eral procession left GosneIl's. Quincy
said ut is a sad affair" I said. 1T
was a hard-hearted man that did it,
Quincy said, Il don't know why they
suspicion ne" I said, "The reason
they suspicion you Is you have been
telling things that were not true. one
being you deny keeping company with
Gosnell's daughter; another lis about
the missing horse shoe; another is
about the gun which you had Quincy
said, THE gun has been at 81 Cramb-
let's for month: the horse lost
shoe when Dave Reynard rode II down
to GosneIls Thursday evening; I have
not been keeping company with the
Gosnel girls. :
Cross examined by Er5kine-"T never
said the people wanted me to get rope
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