Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-01-23
AFTER The VERDICT.
The Prisoner Temporarily Remanded
TO Jall.


| 10 Jall.
After the verdict was rendered the court
room thinned out slowly. When the
cheers subsided hundreds pressed forward
TO congratulate the young man and shake
his hand. Jimmie was very pale and weak,
and for a moment it seemed as though he
would be unable to arise. But he mastered
his emotions and amid al ovation passed
through the crowded passage to the jail.
The Jury fled out quickly and close
mouthed. Every hand was Outstretched to
shake with them and they were patted on
the back aud lauded to the skies. 1t was
while the court room was thinning out
that MsiOr Brown, who has so ably con-
Quoted the defense in this celebrated case,
arose and addressed the Judge as follows;
Your Honor, in view of the verdict o.
not guilty. | now move the discharge oil
| the PRISONER. Well knowing the Act OF
Assembly allowing Your Honor to detdln
the prisoner until his insanity be inquired
| into and Your Honor is fully satisfied as to
what disposition snail be made OF his per
| .op, | make this motion to bring the ques'
tier of the prisoners sanity regularly be-
| fore the court. have no doubt in my own
mind of his sanity at the present time, bat
| the Jury have found him insane at the
time of committing the Deed, and 1t IS the
requirement Of the Court to
Decide Upon HIS Future Disposition"
The Court, having heard Mr.. Brown at
tentively, said that the motion was in or
| der and that il was proper to so bring the
| question before the Court. His Honor
| then cited at length the Act OF the Assem-
| bly, of 1916 bearing upon the ques ION,
| which places at the option OF the court
| prisoner who has been declared insane at
| the time OF the cOmmlttal OF crime.
| This" said Judge Stowe, plainly init
| mates that il is my privilege 10 send the
| plivilege TO send the prison TO an asylum
| -Dixmont, for instance. But 1t is also the
| ouip:on of this Court tSat whatever may
| have been the mental condition OF the
! prisoner at the lime Of the deed, his men,
| tality has been improved or altered since
| then, and l will appoint tomorrow morn
| iug at ten o'clock TO hear testimony from
medical experts upon the present condition
Of his mind, and if they declare It Is safe
| for the put lie welfare for James Mutt 10 be
| placed at liberty, | will then discharge
| him.
ANurmur Of Applause
greeted the Judges we'll worded reply to
| 1 oupsel Brown, as it clearly indicated tha'
| To morrow the prisoner will be restored 10
bis family. Numbers pressed forward 10
congratulate His Honor upon the termina-
tion of the case. and the mastery, unbl ased
manner in which he had conducted 1t. All
| of James Nuts friends seemed to feel tnat
| Judge Stowe, by his impartial actions and
COO, lain, legal charge had greatly added
| 10 the weight of the acQuittal, and con-
fsrred a lasting benefit on James Mutt and
the future of himself and his family.
There was evidently not a happier person
IN rhe court room than the Judge.
Are you not heartily glad 1t Is all over
Judge Slower he was asked.
lam, | am indeed" he replied. II has
been q very severe strain upon me. W ldt,
ever NV sentiments may have been, here
an but the exponent of the law, and the
\ law is not the creature OF sentiment. Ta1
belongs to q higher authority than even
| the law. The great unwrltten law. Inc
case throughout has been eminently satls
fac tory 20 me, and its termination IS CRATE
| FULLY accepted. But, as stated, while on
This bench can know no sentiments othei
| than those laid down for me IN the is"
serve. But when off this bench have the
ri ht 20 NV feelings that others have, and
| = ,u,d the verdict have been different, eud
| n, c. ST atsd the incarceration OF the prls
o.,r. would have been among the ursf,
arer proper lSp2e of time, to plscs my
| me to
Petition for His Release.
The widespread knowledge OF this case.
The great attention it has created through
| ont The country, and its effect upoa the
future, as well as the authority it will es
u SIish for the time / shalt remain IN tins
| ", rid, at least, all made 1t n ecessary that
| evtry detail CorcaTnIng IL should receive
| the slrictsSt unbiased attention. My prl-
| yrts sentiments are my own. My official
sCis belng to the public. But Tor my
own DIT vate self have no hesitincy in
| saving that proper rPtriOution followed
| the acts of a yiilIsh. | could scarcely have
done less IS a private individual myse |.
| When Jrmui- was led down the narrow
back stairway everyone was anxious TO
press his hand. Indeed very general
| hand shaking was going on all over the
court room. His reception in the Jail was
one Of hearty congratuIation from the
| numerous unfortunates there. Everyone
appeared to feel glad. Such universal
expression Of happiness and gratitude has
rarely been shown.
The relatives Of the family followed. The
ladies were in tears, but they were tears OF
ioy. All warmly pressed the reporters
! hand and received his CONGRATULATIONS with
| the gladness of saddeued hearts made rsdl-
| ant James Wells could lily conceal his
| emotions. He smiled and cried, and cried
and smiled, but it was all done in his cool,
self-possessed way, without the least ex-
| citeTept
steven Nuts Face WAS aStudy.
He was somewhat pale, and his broad, far
merly countenance had set expression OF
| satisfaction that was curious to notice.
| Hss ewes were on the floor as he walked,
and his lips firmly pressed together in a
| smile of realized hope. This quiet, unss-
suming man has been the unseen power
behind the entire proceedings. With an
undemonstrstive energy, peculiarly his
own, he has guarded every point OF van.
tsge, found his witnesses, held them we'll
in hand, guarded them in their promises,
and with untiriuG zeal and grest executive
sbility left nothing uudoue. 1t was not
| Jimmie Mutt he was lsboring for 50 sedu-
Iously, as it was the duty which he, in his
homely way, thought he owed to his muir
dered brother. g,
The Jury, though they disappointed
many last night by not i'm immediately bring
| ing in a verdict, sr0conceded 70 have acted
from the best motives Of honesty.
CONGRATULATIONS FROM ABROAD.
Messages PourinE In by the Hundreds
From All Directions.