Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-15

Defendant John Mooney was the
next witness called. AS he arose from
| his seat to take the stand every one
| in the audience craned their necks and
some of the spectators farther back
arose to their feet in order to get a
better view of the man. Mooney ans
wered all the questions put to him
without hesitation. On several instan-
smiled at some of the questions put
to him by Mr.. Howard concerning
| his criminal career.
Your name?" said Colenel Arnett.
John Mooney"
"You are charged with killing James
| Hervey on March LIST. Where were you
on the morning of that day."
"At my mothers in Benwood juno
ton"
Where did you go from there?"
| Il went to my brother Rob's at
Twenty-ninth and Chapline streets
| about noon. l saw my brother, his
| wife and the children
| when did you leave there?"
Shortly after six o'clock. / went
| from there to Dukes" Reilly's. a
saw no one on the street whom | knew
| except Buffalo" Tyson, standing in
| his door at Twentieth and Main STREETS.
I've been away so long | don't know
| anybody any more
What time did you get to "Dukes?"
About o'clock
| What did you do them"
81 went through the bar and into
the back room where | saw 'Jinks'
4 To yroc tho only
knew. | then passed up stairs to the
room with safe in it which Mr.. How
/ ard talks so much about.
| "How long were you there?"
Il stayed there until about s o'clock.
"Who did you see there?"
Il saw Frank Friday there
| When did you leave there?"
| II haven't any way to fix the
| time. But it was after o'clock.
have nothing to recall to fix the exact
time
Where did you go from there?"
| Il started for my brothers. Fri
| day asked me to show him where Fet-
| tes was, as he had an engagement to
meet a man from Cleveland there. l
got as far as the sand house with him,
intending to point out the way and
go on to my brothers. Friday then
said might as well go on with him. =
/ well, you went up?"
| Eyes. When we got to the door
| Friday said he was sick. | advised
| him to go into Fette's, but he said
| he was a stranger there and would
! go on UP the road. He started up and
| noticed two police coming up the
road l thought they were following
us and l walked up to where Friday
was. We waited there about twenty
minutes. | thought they had gone in
| to Fettes'
"Why were you afraid OF the Off
GERS"
They are always bothering me.
Where were they when you came
| down."
They were standing against the
| building One walked out to Friday
and one to me. They asked me for my
fire arms and l took out my gun and
| threw it on the ground. One of the
officers pushed me and | fell down"
| Mooney then went on to tell the jury
about his broken feet, resulting from
fall in escaping from the Columbus
penitentiary
He then told about being brought to
the police headquarters.
| Were you in Elm Grove on Febru-
airy 26th or 27th?"
mo, sir / haven't been In Elm
| Grove for ten years to my knowledge"
Were you there on March 1st?"
81 tell you | haven't been in Elm
, Grove for ten years at least to my
knowledge"
After several questions Col. Arnett
| asked: Did you pass anyone on the
road from Elm Grove to Mr.. Her.
veys?"
Il never knew such man was in
| existence"
You mean you never saw the place?
81 never saw the place nor heard
| of the man.
did you cross the hill to Fettes
preceding the time of your arrest?"
mo. sir"
Witness continued that he did not
know on what charge he had been ar
rested. He said there were other peo-
pie in the lookup talking about being
| arrested on suspicion of numbering
some body He learned from Judge
| Jordan what he was charged with.
do you know John Anderson"
Never saw him before in my life
| until he came here"
Did you stand up for him."
al always stood up for any body to
identify me-"
did you loose any cartridges?"
mo, sir"
q believe you may ask Mr.. How
ard
To Mr. Howard Mooney stated that
he met Friday in Canton last Deem
Der.
"A detective named Biedeman ran
you out of Canton that time and chas-
ed you up the railroad track, didn't
he?"
mo, sir l am not able to run"
Whats your heighth?"
Il stand #. 1914 inches by the Bra
| lillian system at Columbus"
Mooney then explained the system
to the jury.
THAT was before you jumped the
wall and broke your feet, wasn't it?"
Eyes, sir"
Mooney stated he had met Friday
here in Wheeling frequently but did
MT know how many times.
You had no particular reason for
meeting him at Reilly's on March
LIST, did your"