Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-25
FELONY CHARGE
AGAINST NEWKIRK
IS DISMISSED
CONTINUED from yesterday

DiS hSSuNi VI SATURDAY
evening. July goth 1907. and ask
you IL the reprint OF the police court
news appearing therein is your work
and ask that you read it to the JUS
tice as a part of your answer.
Witness reads the report.
How old are YOU?
VIII be 10 In August.
Give the extent OF the wound in.
fiicted on you over the eve.
There was one over the eve and
one on the back OF the head
Had to have one sewed up didn't
you?
Yes, sir.
Was Il very painful?
Yes, sir
In one OF your answers you have
referred to whip belonging to
Chief Newkirk. please state II you
can where this whip was at the time
of the assault
Can't say Tor certain exactly
which hand 1t was in. never saw
his right hand. His left one was
up in my face He may have had
ii in left hand. but | didn't see II.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
BY Judge Geo. l.. billiard:
You say he had left hand in your
face?
Yes sir.
Did he hit you with the left hand?
No, sir He hit me with the right
hand. can't say which hand he
had the whip in
You stated. Mr.. Biggs, that after
he had assaulted you that he went
across the street near the foot Of the
steps going to the court house and
made some remark about whipping
the whole Leader force and about
dynamite and explosions and things
like that. Is that correct?
Yes. sir.
And then came back and after do
ng so started TO assault you again.
No, sir. He came back and pulled
on his coat in front or DR. Fox's
hospital and laid II down and then
had some further talk.
desire TO ask you II this il the
first time he 6Trled on his coat dur
ng that trouble?
He pulled it of once when he was
alking 10 Mr.. McCulloch.
On what account did ne pull It of
his second time?
suppose to say that he could
whip any Democrat in town.
Then YOU will please state which
Democrats were present at that time.
/ don't knew what Mr.. McC
loch's politics are But he was not
there when he pulled ms coat OF the
second time.
Then why did you mention Mr..
McCulloch II he was not there the
last time he pulled his coat off2
/ suppose he referred TO him.
Do you suppose he pulled his coat
III to whip Democrats who had long
ince gone home and were not there?
No, sir. When he pulled MS coat
n the second time only myself and
a few more that / did not know.
ONE Of them I didn't.
Why do you suppose that he re-.
ferred to Mr. Mccuflocb II he had
gone?
] said l supposed ne referred TO
him.
Did he undertake TO whip any OF
the Democrats that were then pres
ent?
don't know that there we're any
Democrats that were then present
except myself
Who else was present besides
yourself?
This Goldman.
s. J. Goldman?
Ye, sir; he was the only one /
knew.
Is he a Democratic
can't tell you. He IS q Jew.
Who else do you recall besides
yourself and the Jew?
Don't recall anyone else. Didn't
recognize them.
understood you 20 say a moment
ago that there we're several OF you
present ] wish you would try 10
give us the names OF all the parties
who were then there and had an op-
portunity to see what you have just
spoken or
Mr. Goldman was the only one 7
knew.
Was there anyone else there that
you didn't know?
Yes. there we're several
Were they white or colored. Or
both?
J didn't see a single colored man
You Will please state how ysu
voted In the last election?