The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-17

porstion that b. trying 10 have 81
aside = ruling Of the Public se-vIcs
Commission Captain Avis sub3.ctod
him 20 the most thorough cross exam
inAuon that has been heard in a
wheeling court. and when ad Journ.
ment ~as taken. shortly before s
O'Clock. the attorney announced that
he Was not YET finished with the wit
ness
Captain General Elliott IN
your testimony in chief you refer TO
Clyde johnson. u that the johnson
Of The law arm q Conley a Jonn-
SON.
A The same.
-. Nov employed By the Manufac-
tErcrs' Light and Heat company
A j cannot answer thar question
q In tesufying this morning. you
referred 70 George. Is that George W.
johnson.
A. referred 10 him.
q. r. he employed BY the Manutae.
tureTs' Light and Heat Company.
A He IS
q. He was employed BY YOU
dinger.
=. A. your suggestion
A. Yes. sir
q Do you mean Guy ID. Biddinger,
A. Yes. sir
q: Where Is he employed.
A. BY the Burns Detective Agency.
General Elliott said he met Guy ID.
Biddinger In Pittsburgh. at q hotel.
and then later at the once OF Mr..
Well. the attorney. He said that he
met Mr.. Bronson az the Frederick no
tel in Huntington. where he went
from Charleston. W Va. The witness
said that Keys went with him TO the
Frederick hotel
In answer TO a question. the witness
said he did not know where Biddin-
ger was at the time OF the meeting al
the Frederick hotel Captain Avis
asked the witness who Keys was. and
was told that he was an expert opera
tor OF detectophones. employed by the
Burns Detective Agency.
Met 6iddinser.
lie said that they left Parkersburg
for Charleston on the afternoon train
October %. and that Biddinger went
With him. lie said that he had met
Biddinger at the Chancellor hotel
General Elliott said that Mr.. Nc
Camic. or We'll. called him up over
the telephone and told him To expect
a representative Of theirs who would
arrive In Charleston on the night
train. He said that Mr.. Biddinger
came to his room. General Elliott
said he could not be positive where
the call came from. nor neither was
he told the name OF the man who
would confer with him on the matter
OF getting information from the pub
lie service commissioners.
The general ssid that he had never
seen Biddinger. until the night OF his
arrival at Charleston and upon a self
introduction. lie said he had been EN-
ployed by the Manufacturers Light
a. Heat company prior to the meeting
with Biddinger. for the purpose OF
getting evidence from the commission
ers that Governor Hatfield had direct
ed them TO render a decision accord
ing TO his Gictstion.
He admitted that that was his en-
ployment The witness continued
further. saying that Mr.. BiddinRer told
him, (ElliotD that he had been sent
by Mr.. Well TO assist in the work
General Elliott said that he and Mr..
Biddinger conferred as to what they
would do
Objection OVerruled.
Captain Avis-What did you and he
then do?
Objection entered by the attorneys
Tor the corporation, which was over
ruled after short argument Captain
Avis did not press his question but
proceeded along a new line.
Captain Ayis-Ill ask you II Mr..
Biddinger was at Charleston at the
time OF the conversation with Mr.
ogden?
A. lie was
Q. Where was he with reference
TO the place Of that conversations
A. At the Kanawha Hotel.
q. Where was he with reference 10
the room az the Kanawha HoteI2
A. In an adjoining room.
q. Where was the dictagraph7
A. In the room adjoining
q. Is that the same room a. you
referred TO seeing Mr.. Biddinger in?
A. The same.
Q. Who employed the services OF
Mr.. Keys?
A. I did not.-he-I couldn't say
who employed him Except he told
me that he was an expert operator.
and I'm their employ
.. Who introduced Keys?
A. Mr.. Biddinger.
General Elliott said that he met Mr.
Keys at the Kanawha hotel before the