Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-25

NeWklTk nad gone across the street
near the foot OF the steps and come
back Is that correct2
No. sir. MIR. McCulloch had gone
home when he pulled on his coat the
last time. He told Mr.. McCulloch
he could whip him in The Leader
ONCE door.
AS n matter OF fact. MIR. BIggs.
after the defendant pulled his coat
of the first time and took II up and
left did YOU see him any more that
night?
Yes. sir; was right there in the
door way.
What was he doing the next time
you saw himp
Going up the steps of the City
Han.
Then did you see him any more
that night?
Ne. sir.
Then how could YOU have seen
him pull OF his coat the second
time
Now YOU have just stated in
answer to a positive plain question
that I have asked you that after Won
saw him pick up his coat the first
time that he pulled the same of and
laid IL down, that the next time Won
saw him he was going mp the court
house steps, and that Won saw him
no more that night desire to ask
you how you reconcile that last
statement with the one YOU pre-
viously made that YOU saw him null
his coat of the second timer
! had not gone anywhere. don't
see what question YOU are driving nj
Judge. I answered the first question
that ! saw him pull his coatoff i'm the
door. Then he walked to the CITY
Hall steps and came back and laid
down his coat the second time. and
said he could whip any Democrat
n town.
Then, be that It may. where did
he pull his coat of the second time?
In front of DR. Foxs Onice.
Is DR. Fox a Democrat?
You are not talking TO me. don't
know.
Was he out there
No Sir
You say he did not make an as
sault on YOU or Goldman or any
body else who was m the Good Gov
Club or with YOU and he
simply pulled on his coat i'm front
Of Or. Fox's' Office and said he could
whip any Democrat Did YOU see
anybody he could have been address
ing his remarks to?
1t seemed To be general.
Then he was just cavorting around
out there in the dark by himself
was he not?
No Sir. to the crowd that was
with me. watching me.
How do You know that he was
watching you more than Goldman?
He had been watching me mp TO
that time, and / suppose he was
watching me then.
When had YOU seen him watching
you before that time?
! had never seen him Waiting
me until at the Leader Office. He
had his eye ON me.
Then how were you able to swear
that he had been watching me be
tween our fight. and when he took
MS coat of the second time. except
when he had his back turned going
towards the city Hall.
Was he watching you when he was
to Mr. McCulloch?
No Sir, ] don't suppose he was.
Then he was not watching you all
the time as matter Of fact. was
he?
He was watching me the biggest
part Of the time Every time look
ed I'm his direction he was looking
at me except when he had his back
turned going across there.
The most Of the time passed while
he was I'm your sight was while he
was looking at Mr.. McCulloch and
going towards the Court House was
n not7
No sir
Then how long was he watching
you?
A moment or so
Fight didn't last very long did g.?
II seemed 10 me like about three
minutes But the fight didn't last
that long The talking took up
good deal OF time
About how long did the talking
between you and Newklrk last be-
fore he struck YOU
About % minute.
Mr. y vs. McCulloch who has teg-
tilted that when the conversation be-
gan between YOU and Mr. Newklrk.
or that when boo heard Mr. Newkirk
began to talk to you that he and hls
father were about eight or ten feet
avav that they efoDped and bo iro.