The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-02-16

~ ehe stFeetS ana at the
railroad station, being at the latter
place in the evening when the train
for clarksburg ran, remaining there
until after the train departed. Then
according to his story they fooled
the time away in the streets awhile
and at the Ralston 5ewelry store he
saw that It was 1880 O'Clock by the
clock and he started for home, go
ing to the mill, where his horse was
.hitched, distance OF not more than
300 yards.
Furb!sh stated that he then went
direct to his home, the road was
slippery and his horse fell at the
Stone Coal bridge. where the road
is paved and where there is a de-
scent. He said he was thrown from
the horse as it fell and his lett
shoulder struck the curb but he did
not know his left shoulder was dis
located until after he arrived at
home.
Denies Charge Against Him.
Furnish said he did not stop at
the Anglin home and did not see
Miss Flora nor did he assault her.
He stated that he had not been in
the Anglin yard for three years and
never was in the garden or about
the cellar.
The prisoner said that the part of
the blanket shown in court had
dropped from his buggy on the way
to Deanyille that morning. He
swore that he had not laid it on the
horse as. he used Miss Ella Stacks
saddle and blanket on the trip tc
Weston. He said he arrived at
home at s o'clock as the clock struck
that hour then.
Furnish said that a gang OF pipe
line men was working on a line
through the 'Anglin property near
On cross examination Furbish
stated that he did not know any OF
the pipe. line gang but that some of
them were dark. He asserted that
his horse was a good walker and
that he walked and paced him home
but not at a rapid gait. Tie said
he shad no occasion to hurry. He
knew man named Fornash, but did
not see him that night, nor did he
stop at the Fornash gate. LIE said
he was not running his horse wnen
he approached that point. His
home was about three and a half
miles from Weston.
Home in Virginia.
The witness stated that he had
mad no i'll will against Flor.
Anglin and that he did not know
that she and her father were living
at home alone, nor did he see the
father in Weston that day.
Kurdish stated that he was born
in Wilmington, Va, where his par
ents reside, that he came here to
work on the Short Line four
years. Then he went to Weston to
work and worked five months as a
teamster for man named Blake,
and then went to live at Prot.
Stacks, where he has been off and
on the last ten years. Stating that
he was rs years of age the second
gos this month, a difference arose as
to how old he was when he left Vir-
ginia, the first Impression being that
he was is years old then. He said
he weighed 142 pounds.
Kurdish declared that he first
heard of the assault, when Mr.. Smith
Went to the Stack home to arrest
him. He denied that a part of a
torn blanket was under the saddle
as stated by other witnesses. He
said the blanket was torn when a
horse caught 1t on nail.
In answer to question by his
own lawyers. Furnish said he had
no schooling and could neither read
nor write. He told the jury in answer
10 question by the prosecution that
he did not tell Mr.. Smith upon the
latter's arrival at the Stack home
, that his shoulder was dislocated.
G. j. Stack, retired school
teacher, stated that it was his i'm
preston that 1t was 8 o'clock, when
Furb,sh arrived home. He was not
sure the latter was under the IN
nuence of drink, but If so, only
slightly Kurdish was not at all ex-
cited. The witness admitted that
he was under the influence OF
4 liquor himself that night but was
not intoxicated.
4 Funoish recalled stated that he
vas not intoxicated and the only
thing he had drunk at Weston was
a bottle Of pop.
Allbi Attempted.
VIII Zee colored, of Weston