Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-26

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afternoon. Constable Lacy started
with his prisoner for the county
iail at MI ddlebourne this afternoon
and he Is now In jail where he will
remain until the April term OF
court, when he will be indicted and
tried upon charge of murder. The
preliminary trial was called at 10
O'Clock this morning. Prosecuting
Attorney Underwood, R. L. Moore
and il Mcintyre appeared for the
prosecution and Hunt & Staples for
the prisoner. Only three witnesses
we're examined, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Lowry and James Cutler. The de-
fendant had no witnesses. The three
witnesses testified substantially the
same as they did before the coro'
ners Jury. Their evidence has
been published In full In the Re-
view and Our readers have or can
read 1t In full just as 1t was given
In, word for word.
Justice Lowther did not have to
decide he was guilty bat that there
was probable cause that a crime
had been committed That Is all
he Is required to decide.
We have tried to fairly and I'm
partially give the public the facts
In the case. We have published the
evidence of both sides full and com
plete, word for word, just as 1t was
told to the coroners jury. 1t Is a
sad affair for all parties. The mat
ter will now rest until the grand
Jury meets the second Tuesday In
April. In the meantime however,
50 we are informed, the attorneys
for Mr.. VanCamp will make an eft.
fort to get him out of jail ou bail.
In our judgment Mr.. VauCamps
own evidence Is the strongest given
against himself. Without his evil
dence we do not think there Is much
against him bat his own statement
Is not very favorable to himself.
|. The States attorneys argued this
morning that Mr.. VanCamp ought
to have shut the school hoase door
and stayed inside of the school
house and then he would have been
safe. That weuld have been all
right unless Mr.. Lowry intended
to shoot and then 1t would net have
been so nice. Mr.. VanCamp seems
to have been willing to fight and
his efforts to get away do not seem
to have been very strenuous, but the
whole case will be tried now In
court and everybody will be sails
fed when the Judge and jury passes
upon the case. The following Is the
rest and all of the evidence that was
given before the coroners jury. lis
not very satisfactory but its all the
evidence as taken down by Mr..
Merton Hillard In short hand and
Is published word for word just as
1t was spoken by the witnesses.
Continued from yesterday
DR.. Victor Hugo Dye
Q wish you would state who
found that revolver and where?
A That revolver was taken from
Mr.. Lowry's right hip pocket by
DR.. Kahle.
Q You saw 1t taken out of the
pocket?
A I did, and DR.. Kahle was
standing between the window and
the pocket from which 1t was tax
en-.
o Who took the trousers off of
Mr.. Lowry.
A DR.. Jennings and I under your
| (Dr. Kahle) supervision.
Q Was there anyone touched the
corpse after you arrived there?
A don't know.
Q No one changed the clothing
after you got there?
A After 1 got to the house they
asked me If he was dead and I
made the examination and had a
call to make on the Shook farm. I
took In the situation and took q
diagram In my brain, for fear some
thing might happen, and upon my
return from the Shock farm I think
I entered the door ahead of Mr..
Staples.
Q You were In the house before
Mr.. Staples got there?
A I made the entrance first and
Mr.. Staples followed me Mr.. Sta
pies went out of the heuse and 1
remained In the house from the
time I went there.