The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-13
Didn't Like Hnskinr Kane

] i"'lnH Oh, !; "'S ''N'I'
Didn't Like Hnskins' Eame
Il st2!"h ahou; 4 minute. S'hui "'ht
on. ":!I heard HIM mention Doc las
k!ns' name. Thom walked cat.
why did ynu Co OUT
Il didn't want L" hear that name.
81, didn't frightcn you. did IT,
NO. ynu bet /; didn't Brighten ME.
That man never did frighten me. AMI
YOU know Il. Mr.. t'"nin.'
rrn!r directed Schu.s examination
back u his remembrance ~ the oven
Ing uf May % n, the chemical engine
house The court room VAS thrown mt"
an uprnar wA"n Srhul said:
Just Kiv~ me 4 l!t;!r time I" tell II
riyht. Two been s'hoolin' u1 on this
for 4 week. and stayed awake all last
night thinking about YOU
thinking about NE: What for?"
why. | thought you'd be the Teller
UP, but I'm ready for yuu. M. C"nn."
JudGc R"hin&"n had {" threaten 10
clear the court room 10 secure order
"Now that you're ready for me. Mr.
Schul. who walked in and out OF the
Chcmcal cngin" house the evening Of
May o3?" -
| THE nrcmen were "a and out for their
mealo"
why lid you toll :his jury Beilviile
was not thcrc that night"
because he didn't come. unless It WAS
after went to bed
! Arch Johnson
| JnIs,u ,,lIr,I "A. the
! Chemical station. was the first witness
called at the night session. He testi-
! hel that he WAS absent At supper from
! 7:i0 to $50. and that Nsliyille did no.
en:"r or leave the frU statita At any
! time AG WAS there.
on rross-examnai.rn. Prosecuting
Attorney Carl lArnmarn drove Johnson
to cover behind q barri's,de ~ Il don't
! know" and Il don't remember" answers.
MIS-. Thompson On stand
| notwithstanding the fact tAat she
was fl, Mrs. hurley Thompson wife
I OF the defendant. appeared in curt last
night and testified the; her husband wa
in Cleveland where she Was & :u-g!'A =!
patient IN 81. E!nrents hospital f-""l
Monday afternoon. May IL. ~ o'r!ocS
Saturday afternoon. May Il, and that
she saw him every day.
ON cross examination. snc refused IL
admit that ste could have been mls'
taken about the day her husband Leg
JC!evcland {" orInG home.
Call Chiefs Daughter
Mrs. Gcnrgn Smith. formerly Miss
Made.yn Thompson. thn accused hr'
chiefs daughter. took :ho stand las
nigh: Md testified that her father lei
Monday. May Ii. for Cleveland, wher'
her mother WAS 20 unGerg" al operation
and that he returned Saturday night
May 81. She said she had one Telegram
from h.r father. and on" letter. te!l!nr
her Of her mothers condition.
1rrs' Nina Butter
At tho afternoon "cssIon OF court
Mrs. Nina Ruttrr. aunt or Mrs HeH
srmer Nal, WAS ru; an the stand ant
testified that Ee~srmer Nall. the pol
clerk with =. ". Er!.v!!!c AZ Precinct
OF tho Second ward. came home 20 sup
Ter tho evening o: he e.crt!"N q; ';3'
o'clock She said ;irat she had gre =
Nails home 70 ask Mrs Ma! 70 80 an'
p,av cards. ard that she remembers,
look!ng 4; tho clock.
Morning Session.
| Attorney John J. tnn.n. speeds
prosecutor In the Thompson case. sub
iccted William GlatIr. vino test!h"'
for the defense yesterday morning
70 the most sensational cross exam
nation or the Trial when Clat"r wal
turned over 10 him ~ tho defense at
f,at 1n h.,l
the chief for the Monday night on whici
{. W. Bellv.Ilc al!cSr; he met him foi
tho purpose nf signing the ballots.
tlqtor tce:ifirl that Thompson wal
out Of the c,y from May 10Th Unit!
May ciSt. hnvirg gone TO Cle'eiaHd q
The bedside OF his wife, who underwear
An operation. He WAS then asked u
testify about the Monday prev!ous q
! tho election when Ee.llille alleges 1t
was called TO the office OF 4. Burle!
THOMPSON for the purpose Of preparinl
! fraudulent ballots with which the hnllo
box 4. the third precinct In the Se"on'
Ward was later "stuffcd." He declared
; that on that nigh; nc and Chief Thomp
son had gone 10 Elm Grove where the!
were contemplating placing box
Center street for TIE protection or tn
Boys Home there. nj the request o
ru.Ei.r Weber After having testified
to these facts IN which he fixed III
/ time Of their departure and return n
was turned over to the states Htt"r
neyG
Coniff Starts.
Were you IN the fire d"par;m'n
abou, the time Of the city election Il
1909" Attorney Contff asked.
II was"
you were dismissed very Short,
, afterwards fog having tried TO d" III
same thing that Eellvi!lc lid al TIL
, election weren't YOU
Il was not" lie said. II was dis
missed hy Chiet Altmrycr who succeed
ed Rob cline. because / wasn't or tn
right political stripe. Anyone VIII" sa%
was mixed up with anything crooke'
Is lying"
The Inyidcn, referred to by N" Spe
clal prosecutor AS the state lhtHr an
nnunrrh Is an alleged happening At tn
Atlantic Hose Eouso in that year whe'
DIR. Tom Haskins. n candidate for tn
, bonrd OF control broke Into room Their
with "A baseball bat In his hands and !
said to have found a ballot box oein
, "prrpared."
, "Now Mr.. Clator." roni1 continued
"wertn; ycu in the Atlantic hose nous
when Or. Uask.ns broke Into Il roor
there u find YOU and others engage
in stuffing 4 ballot box?
Il WAS not"
"tnd weren't YOU dismissed from tn