Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-30
Did she not say she would not be
able to recognize the men?'

| Did you have more than one con-
versation with her?"
| Yes" Not cross-examined.
Major Petty, counsel for the defense,
took the stand and was shown some
| cord.
Where did you get it?'
| From a bundle of lath.'
Shown second piece from another
bundle, third piece from another bum
! die. Said he got them on Monday from
a lumber yard. Not .cross-examined
! Court then adjourned fer dinner
/ When court reconvened the defense re-
tcalled John Miller
; Describe more particularly the fur
mace and swinging boards in the glass
house.
: He gave good description in most
intelligent way On the east side there
was no entrance from the outside. On
the south side was space where they
went in to get coal Tramps often
stayed there at nights. Could not see
them unless he saw them come in.
Mr. Rutter was recalled and stated
men could sleep on the east side of the
furnace; had seen Stevens about the
factory.
David Wilson was recalled and ask
ed: Have you recollection of three
men asking you for an iron to heat
water With" He had faint recollee-
ton of telling three men they could
wash there 1t was after daylight.
Could not fix date.
At this time, 81 30 o'clock. the de-
Tense placed Leonard Stevens. the ac-
! h.
lived almost all his life in GAINESVILLE,
his home; was % years of age, and re-
sided with his grandmother when ar
rested at Cambridge
WAS Ross Meaner in Jail with you?"
Yes"
Did he talk about the Warwick
murder?" Yes"
He had tailed about the Warwick
4 murder and aUuut the rope from the
/ lumber yard, anu ssa1ted to know what
this had to do with the murder. Mean
er started all conversations. Stevens
was about the lumber yard on April
/ 7th; went to Bellaire; was at Mona
hans saloon until y o'clock; left there
I for BenwoOd Junction, then caught a
freight for GAINESVILLE, arriving there
about Z p. m. When they arrived Tay-
Tor went to a house to get a bucket to
. get some beer IN; did not get it, but
5ecuI ed one at a hotel; drank beer
near the lumber yard, then went to
the lumber yard about one hour later.
Taylor and Devine were below him.
ana thought they went to sleep; stayed
there until IL O'Clock; went to the
! glass house, first to the cave, then up
stairs to blow furnace found three
! others sleeping there; one was Edward
Hunt, of GAINESVILLE; slept until six
1 o'clock, when Bill Hamilton woke
/ them up; asked about bucket and iron
/ to heat water; was given them, and
! they all washed from same bucket;
then all went out on railroad; Taylor
and myself went up town to get some
thing to eat; went to John Adams
grocery, then to bakery on same street;
Taylor bought the bread from a WO-
man.; it was about seven O'Clock.
/ They also visited another grocery and
bought tobacco and salt; then to rail-
road track and men east to water tank
and cooked their breakfast at about
! eight O'Clock. When going up town
: after groceries saw no one. After
/ breakfast went to Children's Home.
/ He sat down on track and Devine and
Taylor went to house to get a drink
of water; stayed on track awhile, then
went back to GAINESVILLE; passed a
number of people, one the City Mar
shall, met a man by name of Mount,
with two white dogs; stayed about wa
i ter tank one hour; went over to a
! farm house and got some biscuits; ate
! them at water tank; from there went
| to glass house for a drink of water,
| and then east of works to a pile Of
cross ties. They then went to Quaker
city; got supper and returned to
| GAINESVILLE, and went into the cave at
glass house. He stayed near front,
Deyine and Taylor at rear. \
man came in and told Devine
and Taylor of the murder. He asked
him about it, and the man told him he
wanted to know too much. The man
said he was going to get out of the
town Taylor went up to Jail to see
those who had been arrested for the
murder. They then left for GAINESVILLE.
Both he and Devine went home and
remained at home until the 18th or
18th. They then went to Bellaire.
! Taylor got off at GAINESVILLE and went
up to Albert Stevens saloon and got
/ Devines overcoat. which had been left
there on April I'd.
| From Bellaire they went to Quaker
City, then to GAINESVILLE. He then gave
a description of their trips over this
road from GAINESVILLE to Bellaire.
GAINESVILLE, Quaker City and Cam
brige, giving dates and hours spent at
each place up until the time thy met
a man in Cambridge who wanted them
to go west, and they all left, first go
ing to Iowa, then to st. Paul, Mimi,
and to Dakota. They all came back
to GAINESVILLE except the fourth party,
who stopped off at Mansfield Was
arrested at Cambridge in July for lar
ceny; went there to get work on
the streets; was fined $40 and costs,
and was later arrested for the muir
der, taken to GAINESVILLE for prelimin-
airy hearing. and then to the ST. Glars
vile Jail He saw Albert Stevens at
GAINESVILLE, but had never talked
about any robberies; knew nothing of
the intention of robbing bank at
Somerton; was never in that town.
He described Taylor as light complex
toned, light hair, about the size Of
Devine. He had never seen a Bell
aire Independent"
On cross EaninatiOn he recollected
the date OF the arrest as July Gth, and
that Taylor was to Join him there. and