The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-01-27

produce the burns OF, TIE WOMAN
body. This was a blow t1 che defense
slEce they c~1nf0rdet thar Thomas
shot While entering the room. some
distance from the woman. Dr. J A
Campbell. county physician. told the
same story o. the Thomas aufoDsv
Like Dr. Plant. Or. Campbell aid the
gun have been about four lrrh.a
from the w0man's bodyWhua the shot
vas fred
Wilbur watkins. 90 the Palace Flr-
niture company, told Of removing the
body o. MIS- Thomas from the hocza
a. hchland. 20 the undertaking par
Tors. lie told % a SLIGHT wound on
the woman's head
Gave Thomas Ride.
George Hershcroft. a street car man
delivered a telling blow % the defense
Hershcron said Thomas climbed into
his little farm wagon az S~teubenvilIe
and be drove him some distance He
said Thomas had a quart % whiskey
and Thomas asked him 20 drink and
said = would be better Oh N 1
would leave the stun alone myself"
Continuing the witness said Thomas
had a gun In his hip pocket and the
KUN Tell out Of his pocket into the
wagon. The gun was bloody on the
end Of the barrel When Thomas left
n wagon Hershcrou cleaned the gun
m This happened. be said. on sep
TENDER %. 1914 The witness was not
cross-eNamiued and a motion 70 ex-
Crude his testimony was oyerruIcd
W. ID Bayer. OF Steubeuyille. said
he borrowed a gun from Mr.. Hersh-
croft and used % while employed a. a
Waterman az the car barns. lie ide,-
titled The gun and said when Hersb.
croft loaned 10 10 him % was bloody
AZ this point court adjourned TO .
O'Clock. Prosecutor Addleman said
the state had almost completed the
case. Attorney Moore said the taking
OF evidence should all be completed
within four hours. while Attorney Ora.
ham said n would take another day to
complete the case.
Afternoon Session.
Deputy Sheriff Thomas 3 Smith
was recalled when court opened at .
o'clock for the afternoon session TO
tel OF the finding OF the clothes OF
tho murdered woman. and TO identify
them. lie was not Cross-eXamined by
the defense.
Coroner Gala Mitchell was the next
witness called by the State. The cor.
oner recItcd the incidents. OF being
called on he morning OF September
p TO Richlaud row about finding the
body OF Mrs. Thomas In its nude form
lying on a led in the front room up
stairs al No. 7. Richland row that he
called the Palace undertaking. parlors
and had the body removed there.
lie said the woman was lying IN
bed, on her left side, with her face
turned toward the wall. He told OF
the finding Of the bullet wound in the
left arm. and then In the left breast.
Furthermore. the witness told of the
autopsy being held in the Palace I'm
~dertakinE establishment. the coroner's
jury hearing. and the decision OF that
jury. which held the death Of the won
an due 10 a hemorrhage su]perinduced
By a bullet wound caused by her nus
band, William Thomas. He was not
cross-cSamined.
Captain Frohme Called.
Captain Henry Frohme. chief depu-
ty, and the nan who arrested Thomas.
The alleged murderer, was the ne.-
witness called by the State. lie told
Of arresting the defendant. William
Thomas. at Greensburg. Pa. and OF
the statement made TO him on that
trip. The witness gave the whole Of
tho statement on cross-cNamination by
the defense. His statement 10 the
jury tailed with that made BY the de.
PENDANT In the jail
Tn synopsis IL is that on December
iH. 1914, he tFrohme) went 10 Greens.
tlrr. Pa. and there arrested William
Thomas, who was going under the
name Of John Henry Jones. that
Thomas told him FrohmeD that on
tho day of the killing he Thomas
was shaving another Greek and that
a mirror was hanging on the wall in
front OF tho barber chair in his room
iu Richland row.
That bis wife. Freda Thomas. was
In the kitchen Of their home talking
20 a Greek. termed shorty: that
she wanted Thomas 20 go 20 Nfnr0 for
some beer. although he had been 10
MiuEo during the day. that no went
io Mingo as requested. purchased the
beer and returned home. that hp on.
tered his home by way Of the front
way and went through into the kit.
chen and noticed the door partly
open. finding this he became susTdci-
ous and went to his wife's room where
he found she and the Greek I'm bed 10.
pether.
Fired az the Man.
That Do fired az the man as no was
going through "a window uarfIy
dressed. but lift his wife. that boz sat
In the room TO decide what 90
% later ha lifted her onto the bed.
throw the gun over the bank below
tho house. LETT his home and started
toward the river Then no went 10
Wells burg. then 90 Brilliant. then to
H~'.uh'uFill'. then TO Mcdonald. Pa
ON Oh" way FOB S~roIheuyiIo Do said
Do rode Boo a wIRUu 10 was the driver
or This wagon, % Nr Huscrcroff. who
secured the revolver from Thomas for
fhr state and showed that fhn defend
Ont was NOT telling tho truth concern.
inr Tho disposition % The gun.