Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-28

OMu, the Murdered Man. Traced
70 Lutes' House-Nany witnesses
Yet to be Examfned-Will COn-
clude Fo-Morrow.
The trial of Chas w Lutes was con-
tinued in the Circuit Court of Marshall
county yesterday morning. Not many
people were in the room when the trial
began. but during the day others came
IN and at the close of the session the
room was comfortably filled with inter-
ested spectators who listened attentive
ly to the evidence.
| The first witness examined was A. P.
Hammond, son OF the murdered man.
| He last saw his father in Moundsville
on May 18th. That day he was in
company with Chas. w. Lutes, who
asked him if he could not set them up.
Lutes said he was broke" my father,
Johnson Hammond, treated Lutes and
me in the Arlington. My father ex-
! hibited some money. Lutes remarked:
The old man has lots of money and
father said: Yes, I am a coal man,
always have some money After that l
went to McMechen, got my clothes and
returned to Moundsville. / saw Lutes
and he said, I'd have to hurry if
caught the last train on the O. r. road
! missed the train and went back to
McMechen and did not go home until
Monday" The witness told of search
ing for his father and going to Bares-
vile and finding the body in the Gene
terry. He identified the glasses and re-
ceipt found on the body Of his father.
On oss-examination he told CT seeing
basket at Baresville, but said it was
not his fathers, although it looked like
it. He had traced his father from
Rules to Lutes' house.
Mrs. Alkaline Hammond wife of the
murdered man, last saw her husband
on May 18th, when he started 10
iMoundsville. She had given him s35,
one new $40 bill, another old $40 bill
and several smaller bills. She identi-
fed the spectacles found on her hus-
bands body
John Menretta, ST.. was next called.
He saw Hammond between six and
seven O'Clock on Sunday morning, May
18th. He asked about the time of the
trains and asked where Charlie Lutes
lived. He told him and Hammond
started away. He did not know wheth-
er Hammond went to Lutes house or
not ABOUT 9 or 10 o'clock the same
day, Lutes came to his house and want
ed him to get him some whiskey. He
re- ~;ed to do so. He never loaned Or
gave any money to Lutes.
On cross examination ne said that he
did not know the contents of the bas-
ket. Hammond had on hat. coat, vest.
shirt, pants and shoes.
John H. Schumacher was called and
told of Hammond coming to his place
early in the morning OF May 10Th. He
got has basket and said he was going
home on the train. He did not sell
Hammond any liquor. On the follow
ing Wednesday he had remarked to
Lutes, Il hear they are going to have
you arrested for the murder of john
son Hammond for your house is the last
place he was seem Lutes laughed and
said, Yes, he came to my house, but
he went away again"
DR.. l. N. Houston who assisted at
the post mortem examination, was
placed on the stand. He told of the
examination of the skull and of find
ing two pieces of lead In the brain. They
weighed 22M grains. A % calibre bull
let would probably weigh % or 80
grains. He was subjected to a rigid
cross-examination as to the sizes and
kinds Of bullets and the calibre of the
gun found in Lutes house. The doctor
showed no small amount of knowledge
of the technical points of fire arms and
ammunition.
Ed. Litman, who caught the body in
the river near Baresville, was exam
ined, but nothing important was devel-
oped except that the coat was missing,
Squire H. Muhleman, the coroner wno
conducted the inquest at Baresville. saw
the body on May "a about o'clock a.
m. Found nothing in clothing excent
pair OF spectacles and receipt given
to Johnson Hammond. The body had
on vest, pants shirt, socks and under
clothing. There was small wound on
the back OF the left hand and a billet
hole in the head about two inches from
left ear. He caused the body to be