The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-22

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heard word about any one about
the house having been suspected. Nc
one was standing aroupd, where he
examined. The examination was
made before the two girls IN the kit
chen got tinnid about the pistol and
he picked it up and removed it.
Homer Williams testified he knew
the parties and was a friend to the the
family, He talked every day TO
Goodwin. He was a pumper and
witness, q swabber and they were
associated together at work. Good
win lived on witness place. In the
visits of the witness te. the Goodwin
home and his assqeiations with
Goodwin, he never saw anything
wrong in the family any time, all
WAYS seemed, friend y sYith one an
other. and always spoke well OF one
another. Never saw any wound on
Goodwin's arm and never heard him
make any reference to it., Witness
was going that evening from the
store. Ollie said he believed he
wouId turn an. This was about
good dusk. As iwitnes was going
up heard someSE1ie ASST trying to
slip upon him Just above the school
house. He stood and watched but
saw no one. There was fence be-
tween him and the noise. Witness
looked for live stock but none show
ed up. Everything got quiet as soon
as he stopped. 1t was about 300
feet from Goodwin's house. 1t
was a little before 8 O'Clock p: M
Witness corroborated N arsll IN de-
tail about the location and descrip-
ton of the cemetery. s
On eross-examinstion he said he
heard the mysterious noise on stlle,
left of the road in weeds, as high as
rag weeds. like some one sleeping
along, about 40 feet away. The
witness denied being a bitter enemy
for years of John Goodwin
Helped to lay Goodwinss uncle out
at Goodwin's home andsneyer was
unfriendly to him. He told his
wife as soon as he got home about
the mysterious sound.
In the afternoon the defendant
came into court carrying her child,
about year and half old, and
caressed it affectionately and IN
very motherly manner.
SeIda Marsh was recalled. He.
stated he was present which Goodwin
was placed on the bed, when dead
An effort was made to remove the
screen at the window at the head OF
the bed. Both screen and window.
were removed. The screen was IN
tact before removal.
The screen was attached to the
outside and to, the window sash.
The mysterious sound made was on
the right of the road.
George Golden was the next wit
ness. He knew Goodwin a year and
a half. Mr.. Law called on him to get
KEYS into the Goodwin house and also
Samples and Merit got keys that
witness got from Mel Marsh to nm
lock the house witness was sleeping
in. Witness went with Law TO
Goodwin house and those keys un-
locked the kitchen door. They
were given to him three or four days
after the murder. The witness said
the KEYS would unlock three build
ings. Did not see Mel Marsh even
ing of murder. Keys were given
to him because he wanted to sleep in
the house. Did not know keys
would unlock the houses until Llnl
Law showed him they would. Law
told him he wanted the keys to get
into room where the man was muir
dered.
DIR. Lawrence Mercer was next on
the stand and identified a vial that
was at his store Wednesday night
about 10 o'clock when he exploded
gun powder in it. CAT II O'Clock
next dav it was given to AlPheus
wilkins but he could not tell what
had been in IT'D Mercer had made
no change in the vial. Handed a
second vial, he said it contained cof-
fee that could be very plainlYsdeteet-
ed by the smell. He had not chang
ed that vial either Civilians the
day before. said he could not tell
what was in that viaI.) u
Cross-examined Mercer stated
that the second vial contained ex-
tract of coffee. The odor is consid-
erably stronger than ordinary coffee,
Andrew Lyon was next called.
He identified arevolver he shot off
at 9 O'Clock Thursday morning and