The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-13

was Chief
you iefI,"
| No"
when did you return7
| "7:45."
! ..Did YOU see the chief Them
~ saw him come downstairs .
minutes later. -
You say the chief came nome %
Saturday night
,, "Whsre ,n we! .srd y0 OF T Sn -
~ wasn't working that niGnt
was probably loaflng ar s.inS 1--WE ]:
Itto,n.y Bachmann conductso 10
| cross examination. ,.~,.as. - I
! "IIaye you any personal kno"IeoesSsst /;
Mrs Thompsons illness
How do you know that Thonpsees
LETT not LOWE ,ha =" was as the Monday after tbs
pF aThay is the way you hx the dat''" !,
when iSt did Thompson 60 around % !
| re, election contributions!
"EIe didn't go. so lar as I'm mn...oo,
when did he come 10 'ou :
Two or three or four aays s1fG Sssor. i
! because you didn't work.
! How much did you e'h''''
"Dld lou ever have any sonrsrsat'0"
about that contribution: ,a
NO: the chief approached mo ano
gave :: wi:lng!y alta, a, Monday,
May c3rd:'
II can't say"
"n;d YOU see him on the days between
that time AMI the election!
"Probably."
nights
"Irobahly." -.
How do you tx Saturday clst a. the
Cat. OF III" chiefs return?
Il was IN Ills room and sa" him.
you don't know that he had just
returned" Isn't that just the fi'st Time
you saw him:
Vel! lie had lis grip n his hsni:
did you gee him On election Gay
Yes"
WIS, tiile dill re go 10 supper.
About S o'clock.
What time did rou zee him beiofe
:hat?" ru
closed
Was the chiefs car tier" ""en ths
. polls closed?"
Il can't say
at S:l5?"
| Yes.
Where dill you go"
Back 10 the off. ce.
"You don, know r white you were
I back there the chief came through 70
! the ups:a!rs'
, Yes. He couldn't lave come In"
"TLcn he must have lnen out?
mo. lie was upstairs" 49,,
How do you know he was upstaifsF
We'll he couldn't lave come m win.
on: my seeing him. and did SEQ him
come down
Where did he go when ne cAne
down.
* IN front Of the engine house.
, why didn', you say that befOrs7'
I you didn't ask me-.
z You didn't zee tho machine Wnsn'
You went u supper!
Il can't be sure.
That's all."
/ ON redirect, Attorney J. r. Handlal
[ sked il there was any way up through
tho main part Of the first floor. except, /
up tie stairs. The witness said no: no
4 said. too. that there Is door with =;
I spring lock 1T tho head OF the hrst
flight
would KnvS Known IL
Gould any one go up to the Chiefs
e office wIthoa: ~ least one OK the hte'
0 men knowing it?
| No"
e That's ali"
t Louis sar.lcr. 1875 Arey r.. fireman
. n, the TT Henry hose house. testined
tina, no was on duty election day ANA
vert TO supper at GAS: he was home
. .ur half an hour. lie said. making .
total NJ IS minutes from the time ne
j left the engine house. until he LETT
his home again.
"You may tell the jury II you saw
Buriey Thompson at that time. sald
o Attorney O'3rien."
Yes, l saw him at the corner OF
}, Thirteenth and McCo!loch streets.
"DIJ Won have any conversation With
= him.
yes asked h!7n where his car
5 was and he told RE that ne had LETT it
on Fourteenth street with flat Tire.
That's all
ON cross examination he told Attor'
ney ConIft that the fire chief was head.
ed toward Fourteenth. away from mo
L engine house.
Nigh, YOU no; be mistaken about
the hour
I at was about -.
when were You asked about this
matter"
Just n few days ago.
and from May c6th until that time
you have never discussed that?
40"
so the time may haze varied a 1t
tie"
Yes"
e And you are fixing the time now By
the hour YOU leave for supper?
4 Yes"
y And that varies \ few ninuse.
= either way :
Yes" =
clAtor on Stand.
william Clator. fireman ae taS'
y Chemical house was the next man
called. He stated that on direct ex-
= animation that he knew OF CSSeT
Thompson's alleged absence from the
city during the week between the pri-
8 mary and general election. lie said
E that the defendant had been called to-
= cleveland by a telephone message on
E sunday. May 18th and had gone on the
= next day.
How do you FIX that timeT
I II was supposed to I've off duty thSe
I Monday. hut had to stay because No
Can YOU say where he was on tie
9 following Monday between ana
: We went out together that nigRY. :
Elm Grove and placed box At Cehter
, street for the Boys' Home. at the re-
quest OF Father Weber.
Did you 70 anywhere else -,