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

VIII you state now many pcopie
were in the house that night up until
8 o'clock?"
Il can't remember There were a
great many in the wine rooms.
do you remember that they put
some one out of one of the wine rooms
the night before?"
"Yes. They put some one out OF
No. /. That occurred shortly before
the theatre was out"
The Colonel after one or two unim-
portant questions discontinued the ex-
animation.
Mr.. Howard took up the redirect:
Who was it they put out?"
Il don't know. The party that was
put out came back and went in No. 2,
with Mooney and Friday. | went and
told him he'd nave TO CO."
You are positive of a man being
put out?"
yes"
who were in any OF the other
rooms?"
Some girls and gentlemen"
'Who?"
"Well, there was Jean, jeanette and
Mable, Miss Reilly, John Lynch and
some others. The girls came from the
theatre They were all in No. 2.
You didn't see them the night of the
MURDER"
There were so many people there" "
What did you think when Friday
got the powder the day before?"
Il thought he was going out there
to blow a safe"
"You didn't understand he was going
to commit murder?"
mo, sir"
you notice he has smooth face
now?9
Eyes, sir. He had, his mustache
taken off shortly after he came back
from Parekrsburg.
That's ALL
Col. Arnett then asked: do you re-
member of putting a fellow named
Forsythe out?'
Yes; we were kidding with him."
you remember the gentleman?
Yes, sir"
That's all"
The witness was dismissed after be-
ing on the stand for two hours.
The State then put on D. M. Thorn
burg to identify two cartridges he rad
IiOm FldudSdH, WHICH nc Aiu S4fSh
to Sheriff Richards.
Louis Helner, hardware dealer OF
1909 Market street, identified two guns
taken from Mooney and Friday as be-
ing 3S calibre, centre fire guns. He
then identified the cartridges as two
that could be used in either gun. He
also identified the cartridges from re-
volvers belonging to Mr.. Heryey and
the late James HerVey as being 30
calibre, short and long respectively.
He also identified a number of cart
ridges taken from the defendants as
.3S calibre, centre fire, such as could
be used in the guns.
At the point the court adjourned,
with but two more witnesses remain
ing to be examined by the State.
Afternoon Session.
When the court took up the after
noon session there were but two wit
nesses for the State remaining to be
heard, and they were Christian
Schnepf, the druggist, at Market and
Fourteenth street, and w. P. Camp
bell.
MIR. Schnepf was the first witness
called. Alter being asked if he kept a
record of the weather for the govern
ment, from his record, he head the
state of the weather on February 18th
as follows: a. NJ, 80, fair; 8 a. M,
40, fair, partly cloudy; II NJ, So,
cloudy; p. M, so, cloudy; p. M, 54
and rain; 10 p. M, so and rain. On
March LIST he recorded the following
observations: a. M, AZ and raining;
9 a. m, AZ, raining; IL m, AZ, raining;
p. M, 2S, showing; p. m, 80, snow
ing; 10 p. m, 20, cloudy. On March
LIST the snow fall amounted to one inch.
After one or two unimportant question
by Col. Arnett, On cross-examination,
the witness was dismissed.
w. p Campbell, of 1913 Market
street, was the next and last witness
put on by the State. To Mr.. Meyers
questioning he stated that, accompan-
led by another gentleman, he had start
ed from the Hervey residence and fol-
lowed the route supposed to have been
gone over by the two defendants direct
ly after the murder. Witness stated
that from the steps at the Hervey resi-
dence to the point where the two de-
PENDANTS were arrested they consumed
one hour and Twenty-Five minutes
time, walking at moderately fast gait.
On cross-eXamination witness said
the road was in pretty bad shape when
the trial was made last Sunday morn
ing. There was, however, no snow on
the ground. Witness stated he was a
good walker and that they had made
the trip in daylight.
At this point the State rested, and
a short recess was taken.
Eight witnesses We're put ON by the
defense during the afternoon. The OBJ
ject seemed to be plainly an endeavor
to prove an alibi. The result in the
case OF most of the witnesses, who
were illiterate, was something awful.
Mr.. Howard on cross-eXamination,
mixed the witnesses under a rigid fire
of questions until they contradicted
themselves again and again.
Mrs. Robert Mooney was the first
witness called for the defense. She
is a sister-in-law of John Mooney and
lives at 2S47 Chapline street. She
March /, John Mooney spent at her
home. He got there at noon and did
not leave until half-past six o'clock in
the evening She was sure OF the time
for her little daughter had wanted to
go to Benwood with her uncle John
(the defendant). The mother glanced
at the clock and saw it was half-past
six and would not allow the child to
go because il was too late. Mooney
left the house, but she didn't know
where he went.
Mr.. Howard subjected the witness