The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-27
ONTRIAL FOR HIS LIFE.
rHEIkILL,Na OF JOHN MCLAUGHLIN
Undergoing Investigation In Court--An Almost
Il Forgotten Murder Revived In tho Pablo
Mind BY the Tidal Of the Aecu0d-Ttati.
VIZ mony Hesun Y.attrday-The Siory.

Michael Lane was pu! on trial yesterday
morning In Part II. Of the Circuit Court,
before Judge Boyd, on an Indictment for
murder In The first degree. His orlmo was
the killing Of John Mclaughlin, on the oath
Of December, 1882. The case has been sCtior
trial once or twios, but was each time post.
poned. The homicide out OF which II grew
has a!nioas been forgotten by the public, but
at the time It excited good deal OF in,ercat.
Lane was In JILL for some time, but for con.
and has been working at HIS trade, that OF n
boiler, at tbs Belmont mill. Im
Very little difficulty WA experienced yet.
teiday III securing twelve Jurors The usual
questions were asked each one, with view
70 ascestalning II they were competent, and
finally tho following twelve good men and
true" were sworn In: John Costello, Allen
Nsuman, James Merge, Ell. Wherner, NJ.
Weaver, James Halty. A. B.oehr, W. Dauner,
+: Sturgeon, George Horn, Ferdinand Fey,
w. Basher. 7f. E@-s
the STORY on THE CRIME. .t,
Lare and Mclaughlin had apparently been
the best Of friends. On Sunday, December
q, 1852, they were together With a number
OF fncncs shortly bsiorc noon, and quarrel
arose bstween them, In tho courle Of which
Lane drew a knife and said to Mclaughlin,
III you don't watch cut III give you this,
and give 1t TO you good" After this, friends
iuteriered, and the quarrel was made up, and
the two men departed apparently the bfs. OF
friends. This happened on Twen.y.sixth
street. Afterwards Laue and McLaugh.
lin walked together around on Mar.
kst street, where they had soc
second difficulty, and Limo, who was drunk
struck Mclaughlin repeatedly over tho head
with his fiat, aid finally stopped, and, draw
Ing q larse pocket.kniic from his pocket
stabbed Mclaughlin In the LEFT eide, tie b!nd.
piercing tho lett lung and the diaphragm
and woundirg the kidney, McL.ugh!i:
walked acro!s the street, Lane yelling nt.el
him, Come back here, you a. OF u b--!'
He wen. into an alley aud Lane entered til,
house OF a relative ntsr. Mclaughlin, atle
making IL vain effort to get into the baci
door OF q saloon, staggered into a chicken
coop and there was found some time after
weak from loss OF blood. He died on Thur
day, the 2S.h. g-fl. 0.,,.it-i 2
There are forty.seven witnesses sum
moned, about equally divided between th,
prosecution and defense. A few Of thes,
were examined yesterday, among them three
young men who saw the quarrel on Twenty
sixth street, d.. T. y. Edwards, who ATTENDED
the wounded man aud was present at tn,
autopsy after his death, and i little sirl o
Is yeare, Annie Wheeler, who wea the onl,
eye witness Of the fatal stab. The policy Of
the defense is evidently to reduce the grad
Of the crime to msuslaushtsr. 1t WAS lhei
effort yesterday to show that Lana was yer,
drunk, aud that tho wound would
not have caused death had Nc
LEughlin received tic proper after
ton tfter he was stabbed. DR.. Edward
testified. however. that the kuife wound wa
necessarily fatal. Capt. Dovener, who witt
Mr.. CracrRft, represent the prisoner, attempt
ed to shake the testimony Of Annie Whesler
but she stood the ord .al vary well. Mr.. Jol
dan 10 aasiatod in the pre- aecution by Mr. II
7. Frame. Lanes wife, an attractive aud lie
dylike woman, aud his two children, brigh
boy Of 6 or I and very pretty girl OF 5 or 6
were in court yesterday, and their preserc
excited s,me sympsthy for the accused.
The case will occupy all of to-day an.
probably gil Of Tomorrow, and it may NOT b
hnished Thurslsy.