The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-09
sTRAUDER MURDER TRIAL.
The Jury Find a Verdict of Murder
in the Frat Degree,

The Jury Find q Verdict of Murder
in the First Degree.
The trial OF TaYlor Strauder for the
murder Of bib wife In this city on ths1SEh
OIApril 1872 was resumed in the Circuit
Court yesterday morning. Mr.. Dovener,
one OF the counsel for the defence who
commenced his argumenttho evening be.
fore resumed his argument and did not
conclude until eleven O'Clock, at which
time Mr.. Davenport, also for the defence,
commenced his argument which he con.
cluded about three o'clock, at which hour
Mr. Good, for the State commenced the
closing argument. At the close the
counsel for the the defence submitted TO
the court certain points OF law which
they wished tho court to charge the Jury
upon. The court then, at five o'clock,
tools q recess until seven O'Clock in the
evening. - . U
EVENING SESSION.
After reGssembling at o'clock, the
Court proceeded to pass upon the restrlc'
tions asked for by the defense. These re-
lated mainly TO the plea OF temporary in.
sanity resulting, as claimed, from the do
nestle difficulties of the prisoner. Some oil
them were given as asked, others were
corrected and given, and other. refused
the Judge stating, orally his Vows Of the
law as 10 the features treated Of therein,
and which controlled his action In the
matter. BE also submitted 10 tho jury
the form Of any verdict that could prop.
erly be rendered under tho indictment,
and indicated tho punishment that should
be Inflicted should the jury render any
verdict, otherwise than that Of acqulttal.
The jury were then at 1s minutes be.
fore 8, sent to their room TO deliberate.
The court house, which had been well
filed during the entire trial with specta.
tors, commenced rapidly to I'll with those
anxious to hear the verdict, as the news
spread that the jury had retired. twas
the general impression Of those present
that verdict would soon be reached,
so very few of those present retired. OF
course the general theme of conversation
was what will the verdict be, but upon
this subject there was a great diversity
Of opinion, the prisoner himself thinking
that in any event il would not be worse
than penitentary for life.
At eighteen minutes past nine o'clock,
after being out an hour and thirty.six
minutes, the sheriff was called and the
jury came fling in. Their names were
called by the clerk and the prisoner told
to stand up then came tho important
question, Gentlemen, have you agreed
upon verdicty" AS the answer camO,
1--WE have" perfect silence reigned in the
house, a silence that must have been
fearful to Taylor Strauder; and then the
question upon which the life of Strauder
depended, "What say you, gentlemen, do
you find the prisoner guilty or not guilty."
Theanswer came, Guilty" in tones that
mustE2ve made the stoutest heart quake.
What Taylor Strauder's feelings were
is only known 10 him and his God, Tor he
seems possessed OF the faculty Of hiding
his feelings TO remarkable degree, but
as we were beside him and noticed him
closely we could sec when the word
guilty came that it shocked his whole
system as one who grsps /! battery and a
something seemed 10 raise in his throat
which nearly Choked him. 1t was over
in moment when the same lOok,Sa look
not OF uncOncern, but OF hops, seemed to
come upon his face again.
Strauder's counsel will, VIC presume,
make strenuous effort to. get u new trial,
but just how they will proceed will not
be known for day or two. From one
of tho jurymen we learned that at the
first poll the vote was unanimous for
murder in the frat degree, but two wish
ed TO bring Ia such q verdict fixing the
penalty ut imprisonment Tor life.