Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-12-28
SECOND DRY Of THE TRIAL
MURDER OF YOUNG
WARRTCK.
BIG CROWD IN ATTENDANCE
and a Great Deal of Interest i'm the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Evidence
for the Prosecutions Brought Ont
Yesterday.

At st. Clairsville yesterday the sec
ond day of the trial of Barney Stevens
progressed rather slowly, but much of
the evidence was very important and
the prosecution scored several points.
He and Devine are accused of the
murder of young Warrick near Somer-
ton, On April 7th. Both Stevens and
Devine looked well and showed no
signs of their confinement having lone
them any harm. They were very cool,
well dressed, clean shaver, and made
a good appearance. Both took deep
interest in the proceedings.
These two men look much alike, and
in this connection there is a story that
both are sons of the same mother.
The trial is PROBABLY attracting more
attention over the county than any
case in the court since the murder case
OF Policeman Murphy, of Martins Fer
ry. The defendants have able counsel
in the persons of Major Petty, OF
GAINESVILLE, Albert Lawrence and H. T..
Shepherd, of St. C~lairsville. Ex-Judge
J. B. briggs is assisting Prosecuting
Attorney Armstrong, and the case is
being stubbornly contested. The Jury
is an exceptionally intelligent looking
body of men. Yesterday the court
room and aisles were crowded with
spectators, all eager to grasp every
sentence of the testimony given, a mum
Der OF ladies being in the audience.
Several times the sheriff was compell-
ed to rap loudly to restore order. The
witnesses yesterday gave some import
ant and damaging testimony.
witnesses testified as to the tar
tWlne found on the parties, which COR
responds with the Irvine in the lumber
yard where they slept. Testimony
was also produced that they left Bell
aire on April 7Jh for GAINESVILLE with
a quantity OF explosives.
The first witness sworn was Justice
&. p. Rinehart, who told about his dis
coVery or footsteps in the flower bed
on the arrick premises.
Ross Meanor said he was in Jail with
defendant Stevens, who said to him on
one occasion, referring to the murder:
L am in it" Stevens acknowledged
to witness that he was in GAINESVILLE
on the night the crime was committed.
Marshall J. B. Williams, Of Cam
bridge, who arrested Stevens, said De-
vines crippled foot was caused by an
injury in a railroad accident. The heel
and ball seemed to tally with the tracks
about the Warrick house.
James Warrick, father of the muir
dered boy, testified to the persons who
were in the house when the assault
was committed. Drs. Burcher and
Copeland told about the mutilation OF
the body.
Stenographer Lynch, of GAINESVILLE,
read from his notes taken at the pre-
liminary hearing. Stephens had no
attorney, but Devine did the cross
questioning on that occasion. Devine
admitted at the hearing that he was
in GAINESVILLE on the night of the muir
DER. He said that he and Stevens slept
in the glass house, then went to Qua
ker City, ard got back to GAINESVILLE
the next morning. At the first hear
ing witness said that Stevens said they
all came to GAINESVILLE to rob some
body. Stevens said he burned his foot
at Quaker City. After leaving Quaker
City they went west to the Dakotas.
Taylor Wen with them. Stevens and
Devine returned, reaching Ohio June
18th.
At one o'clock one of the most i'm
portant witnesses was placed on the
stand being Albert Stevens, a Barnes
vile saloon-keeper. He was a cool
witness, and although the defense tried
hard to break down his evidence, little
was accomplished, and although Major
Petty dWelt on a number of dates,
Stevens seemed to have a good mem
DRY, and several times during the most
entangling questions he would stop
and take a chew OF tobacco. His tes-
timony in substance was that ne knew
both Stevens and Devine, also a man
by the name of Taylor, who is not in
the custody OF the law. All of these
men frequented his saloon. He had
known Stevens two years, and learned
his first name after he had been ar
rested. At times the defendant was in
and out OF his saloon with different
parties, but he refused to sell Stevens
whisky.
The parties had asked him about
Mrs. Miles and Silas HOge's homes in
SomeIton, and wanted to know who
lived on each side of the bank build
ing. They told him they had been at
Somerton, and sized up the situation,
but the question Of securing the ex-
plosives was a hard one; had asked
about the nitro-glycerine, that the oil
men had, but afterwards said the men
said they would have to go to the river
to get the explosives; had often both
cred him for whisky, but had told
him that all was fixed for blowing the
bank on the night of the murder, and
when he learned of the murder he
told his bartender that he believed
they committed the deed. His bar
tender thought the same. When asked
about telling the officers of his sus-
picions, he said he had done so before
a reward was offered. He didn't give
a d-n for them robbing a bank, but
did not want any murder to be COM
mitted.
The witness was confronted with the
story about the overcoat of one of the
parties left in his place. His testi-
mony was compared with that of the
preliminary examination, and he made
an explanation which did not satisfy
the d~efense's attorney. The witness
and attorney seemed both very anx-
ious about dates and at 4:30 the wit
ness was still on the stand. The saloon
keeper is said to be the most valuable