The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-23
A sCENE IN A JURY ROOM.
A Thrilling STORY.
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returned to the table and sat down
Warren was by my side. He had written
his opinion, and took a knife from his
pocket to cut it from the large sheet,
Let me take your knife moment, if
you please" / said to him.
Without hesitation he did SO. took
tit Wds -Charles 1mbOld's knft'-the
laige biadewas gone! With all the power
possessed l restrained my deep emo
tons, and having cnt my paper handed
back the knife.
Why should he have that knife SO
boldly about him! l afterward learned.
He had not worn those pantaloOns before
since the night of the fire. and now he
used the knife probably without the
least remembrance of the loss ii had slIS-
tanned during avery peculiar piece of
work, to the execution of which it was
made slbSeryient.
We talked for some ten minutes, and
found that eleven OF the jury were bent
upon rendering a verdict of guilty,
though most OF them were i'll favor Of
recommending the prisoner to mercy
MOultOn Warren was decided He lad
no mercy al all.
Presently started up and pretended
10 be faint i said ! must go out a few
moments kicked at tho door and the
deputy sheriff came He heard my kick
and lei me out As soon as We had gain
cd safe distance l told him all.
He was astonished. He went away,
aud when he came back lie brought the
district attorney and the district Judge
and the sheriff I told again what l had
seeu--I assured them that ! knew what
| had seen--that ii was 10 mere suspi-
lion And | explained, too, WaTrcn's
manuer in the jury room. his former con-
neCtion with the prisoner, and his known
character.
These officers went away and at the
end of ten minutes they returned with
constable added TO their number. and
this constable had a freshly written in
strument in his hand The sheriff Lade
me opoint out the the hat 10 them as
we entered the room
The door of the room was opened, and
pointed them to the hat. The sheriff
took il, and asked whose it was Warren
leaped In his feet and would have seized
II. hut lac was held back.
Word was instantly sent to the Judge
that the jury could not agree They were
discharged, aud then Moulton Warren
was searched. Ihe knife was found up.
on him, and his behavior AT once exposed
his guilt. The presence OF that letter
was accounted for by him in dozen diff
ferent ways within an hour.
\ new jury was Unparalleled, and
Charles Ambold was acquitted Shortly
nitcrward Warren was tried, and it was
plainly proved that he had SET fire to the
house, and that the woman who kept il
was To have been burnt up i'll ii, as he
had contrived To lock her into her room
shortly before setting the fire She had
incurred his displeasure in various ways,
and this was his revenge. Not only she,
but two of Ter girls had suspected him
from the first, but they dared not com
plain for fear he would not he convicted,
and then he would be sure TO murder
them.
The hardened villain confessed his
ss,ilt after he had been condemned, and
then it VAS that he told how ho hap
pehed to he so careless in regard TO the
paper and knife II was he who had
robbed AmhOld, and when he took the
old letter from his hat ~ use as a torch
i'll setting the fire, he did not notice what
il was, and even when that partly burnt
lNlt 4lStA tNNlA CAllAhltCu III CONl I, ut UOu
entirely fnrgOtten that he bad tom off
the other halfa and put it back in his hat,
us he must have done. The letter had
been found III Ambold's pocket book, and
he had kept il because III il the youth
was warned to beware of his influence
He confessed that he held slight idea of
calling tho writer TO an account when it
should become convenient. With regard
to the knife. ii was rs before stated
He had taken that also from Ambolds
pocket, and put it i'll his own; and on the
night OF the fire he used il TO pry up the
sash, and when he had broken ii be put
il back in his pocket and forgot it,
Thus was Charley saved-and saved
from more than an ignominious death, too.
He was saved to be noble, virtuous man;