The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-11-30
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VITA ni6coyora Evidence

blood on the towel and asked me where
It came from"
Ton&le then eoId Of taking a pair ~
scissors and cutting his underwear
where the blood was OF them. lie th!u
that it was gotten in Pittsburgh and
that she found the underwear. He SAID
that afternoon when he returned home
Mrs. Conkle was not there; that ne
later heard she went TO Chicago: that
no went there FOR her and found she
was working at the Congress hotel In
Chicago. He said lie insisted on her
coming hlme with the promise that he
would he good: thai Mrs. COnkle tod
him then that Tearl Williams had
broken UP her home and that there was
little use OF her coming back to
Wheeling" told her everything
would be all riaht and finally hNed
things up" He testified ~ having gone
to Mrs. Williams home SIX or seven
! times but could not say how many times
he had Illicit relations with her. II was
at this point that q direct question OF
whether he had told his wife about the
relations he had with Mrs. Williams.
and his admission that he had. upon
which the defense hoped to build a
strong defense that Mrs. ConkIc did no
shoot Ms. Williams on suspicion hut
that she knew that there was adultery
between her husband and the woman
Cross-ExaminatIon
Conkle was cross-examined by Prose
cutor Carl q. Bachmann. Some or the
answer to Mr. E~achmanr's questions
were that he knew Mrs. Williams. the
dead woman. Cor about 80 years: thai
Mrs. Williams husband he know well
and worked m the railroad with him
that Mr.. Williams was killed on the
railroad IN Ar-il Of 1899; that Mrs
Williams only worked to pass the time
away as she was well healed. as 10
expressed It. meaning she had money.
He aid tina Mrs. VILLA ms was n nice
Kind ot q woman. lie was then asked
how he became infatuated with her.
Il was walking IN street one evening
and met her. Whether she stopped mo
or I stopped her. I don't recall. We
went to the Liberty theatre together.
took her home and she asked mo to
walk up to the back door with her as
il was very dark. I did so and as
went TO leave she asked me 20 kiss h'r'
7 did end later arranged for n meeting
at n later time. We met again and then
continued to meet each other fire.
quently." He could not recall, when
asked by Bachmann. whether she forced
herself upon him or that he forced
himself upon her.
Attorney Bachmann then asked: Did
she lead YOU aatray?"
AT FIRST il was me. but later. when
wanted TO break away, she would keep
looking me up and I could not get away
from her" Conkle replied.
You got away from another woman
about ten or twelve years ago. inquired
Prosecutor Rachmann.
Yes" replied the Witness.
Q. How long did you 30 with her?
A. About a year.
Q. Did she always throw herself upon
you?
A. Can't say.
O. You went with her about ten
years after you were married?
A. Yes.
Q. How did you get away from her"
A. Mrs. Conkle went to sea her.
.. Have any relations with other
women"
A. always talked TO them when
meeting them.
Q. Did you frequently meet a woman
at the B.. & o. station
A. No. sir.
Q. Did Mrs. Conkle know about your
relations with Mrs. Williams UP TO the
murder"
A.. I told Mrs. Conkle in Chicago,
when che asked me- about mySr relations
with Mrs. williams. that II may he so
and Il may not be. and I would not an
swer in any shape or form.
.. You know you never admitted 70
her your relations with Mrs. Williams
A. No. replied tho witness.
Q. Are YOU sure?
A. Yes.
G. Mrs. Conkle never saw you and
! Mrs. Williams?
A. No.
@. The only thing wrong was that
she saw you kissing Mrs. Williams on
the sleeper when enroute home from
. California?
A. Yes.
Q. Now. to he truthful about this. did
YOU not tear your underwear In the
toilet?
A. Yes.
Breaks Defense Foundation.
Q. Then why did you tell Mr.. Boyce
that you had blood on them and cut
them?
A. I meant that told Mrs. Conkle
that.
This broke the foundation OF the de-
; Tense that Mrs. Conkle knew that her
husband had relations with Mrs. VII
liams before she shot her. having told
the states attorneys that he never told
; Ms WHO tidN TIC ca
Q. When did Mrs. Williams move into
nor last home"
a. About September.
O. How long afterwards was II be-
fore you had relations with her?
A.. About three or four days.
Q. When was tho last time you had
relations WITH her?
A. On Monday night before I went 70
Chicago on Tuesday morning.
Q. When did you return?
A. The following Monday.
Q. During the seven weeks YOU wers
In California, did you have any relations
with Mrs. Williams?
Q. We're you ever in Pittsburgh be.
/ fore with Mrs. williams?
4 No.
@. Your purpose IN going 70 Pitts
hurgh was to have relations with Mrs
Williams?
A. No. aha wanted to see her niece.
Q. DID sho find her?
A. No.
@. You did not look for her, did you:
A. II We did not run into her we In
tended going TO tho hotel.
Q. Did you pay her train fare?
A. No.
Q. Both you and she registered at
the hotel?
A. Yes.
redirect examination.
On redirect examination by Attorney
Royce the Witness said he had had re-
latlons with another woman ten or
twelve years ago. but that h" never had
any trouble over it: that Mrs. Nunklt
tried four times to leave him.. hut that
he insisted each time on her staying,
with promises that he would do better