The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-15
THE III. MUTT TRIAL
NOW IN PROGRESS At p.TrssvRe \. \,
Al 'm"sn'e crond Of spsoIA.ors-pubIlc Feellns.
a'aerAl'1 Ia tbs Prisoner. ra,or-rhs Jury,l 4
Impsasled aud Srorn-Sa.rI Csua,.l IA
bay tho Cas- Il Won Now, Il Va:

rlrTsBuRoH, January 1.-THE trial Of
James Mutt for the killing OF N. l.. Dnk.a
commenced this morning in tho criminal
court before Judge Stowe. Two houis be.
fore the opening Of court the corridors and
stairway leading to tho room were literally
packed. Mutt was examined byiDr. Riggs
who will probably be called as a witness
OF course he declined to give expression
to the object Of the visit and tho resultIifiyE
The court was called to order al 10 So
and after the council and jurors were seal, seal.
ed The crowd outside were admitted. ami !
IN i've minutes the room was crowded to
repletlon and the doors closed. Il The pris.
oner was then brought in and took 10 seat
tn tue dock. lie was dressed In plain I
pack anlt and looked nalo from long con.
tlnement but composed. laI711 I,SF s,GS I ;
ihe prisoner was araigned in due form
and answered firmly, mot guilty.nf sOdt
OF tho panel Of sixty Jurors only ak failed !
to answer to their names. The work OF Inn. J!
panelling the jnry was then commenced.
at l:3O this afternoon forty Jurors lad K
been examined and four accepted. YNo I
adjournment was taken for dinner, While 4
one juror waa being questioned "a large
bouquet was cent down from the gallery,
and placed on tho table in front OF Mutt. q
Before tho paper was removed Judge Stowe !
said There must be no more Of that.
II observe any person bringing bououets y
into the court room will have them com. I
mltted." The bouquet was allowed to re-.
main and tho examination continued. 4 g.
At r. NJ. ten jurors had been accepted Z
anu the panel was exhausted, after. which
the court took q recess till o'clock, to al. (,
low the sheriff time TO summon sufficient .
talismen to complete the jury. Mrs. Mutt 4
and her daughter, Lizzie, have arrived in Il
the city. but were. not present the trial, &
Hon. Dan Voorhees,, Of counsel for 4
defense, hns not yet arrved.
The court rocouvened at and the Sher.. Y
'itannounced that he had procured thirty
salismen out OF which the last two 3iurora 1
were selected before fveshad been exam. !,
ined. An adjournment was then taken IN. [;
til $3.50 tomorrow morning. = M
. The jury as awhole Is considered an ex::s
cellept one. General Blskely, one OF, the 4
counsel for the defense said: 5 "My work :
is done. It was my duty to see that q. good
jury was obtained, and a school boy Could n
conduct the defense. With that iury 1 can s
obtain an acquit,al." I.l a.. 1; 6 & !. I
The names Of the jurymen and their oc- T
cupations are as follows: !:Dayid jenkins,
steel WORKER; J. w. McCully,3 collector: L
William G. Lee, coal dealer; Thomas Fair,
hricklayer; Thomas Graham, farmer; James !
jenkins, engineer; Louis Emanuel, drug. &
glss; James Carson, plumber; Charles Gras.
eel, merchant; Charles Havis, policeman;
Robert D. Nicholson, clerk; John A. Nc Il
Gowan, s!eel meter. Politics, all Repub-; (
lican except Nj Gowan, who is Democrat.
It has just been learned that Charles
Grassel. one Of the jurors served in the \
war with the late Captain A. y. Nntt, and 4
was on court martial with him. ). ,5ll.;.,33$
A young Indy from Uniontown, an init. 4
mate friend Of the Mutt family, who is at- Z
tending the trial, Eaid tonight that she
hoped Jim Mutt would be convicted and !.
sent 10 the penitentiary, as she feared that Il
il ifaequitted Dukes friends would kill him. !.