Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-01-23
WAITING The VERDICT.
ThouNanGIS Watching Eagerly for the
GOmIng OF the Jury.


PIrrsEuEGH, January 22.-lt was about
r nine O'Clock this morning when the Goors
of the Criminal Court room were opened
and the blocks of people who were wedged
in the narrow passage ways OF the building
moved slowly toward the staircase, filed
into the court room and filled the benches.
II was a good natured crowd, and not one
which crushed and pushed and fought as 1t
moved cuurtwards. Tue good nature Of the
crowd was caused by the fact that they
were told there WAS no need OF pushing,
for the court room was empty and there
&ss plenty Of room for all.
In the room itself the appearance Of
things was much the same as it had been
during the course Of the trial, except that
there we're comparatively few ladies pres
ent, showing that it was the speeches OF
Cours and not q desire to see the trial
which was the magnet that drew the ladies
here vesterdsy aod the day before. There
were n any new faces among the Grove.
They were the people who had been una
bic or industrious OF attending during the
course ii the urlal, but now had made up
Il cir minds 10 see the end.
lnoNt :" no
Tie long lean fingers OF the big round
clock seemed to travel more slowly than
usual in their course from TO 9:3O, but the
moment the latter time was reached 9dse
Stowe ordered court TO be opened. Then
came few moments of anxious waiting,
during which what was first mere hum
OF conversation grew into an audible muir
n.ur The Judge and District Attorney
PCrter held a conversation about the rou'
tine business Of the court and what would
next come up for trial. Rev. +. K. D1ne'
hoo, Who is seen here usually when an ex'
ecuton is about 10 take place, sat at The
counsel table jus, behind Mutt.
Soon the scene changed about the bench
with one of those quick kaleideoscopic
changes which come about IN crowd.
Msjor Brown, Mr.. Swsrtzwelder and the
stenCgrapher engaged the attention oil the
court, ard they seemed to be in the best oi
humOrs. for they chattsd as gayly as II lt
were only q case Of assault ana battery
which wss TO be decided, and not the dis
position of a human life. An explanatory
sound ran around the room at quarter oil
ten, when there was al announcement
from a leading attorney to some OF his
friends that the verdict Was one OF acqult-
tai. This spread like wildfre from row to
row Of the crowd.
The Dreadful Time of Suspense.
r Fifteen minutes Of IL, and there was eI
pectaney, and that culver of excitement
and low COnyersaliOn which precedsS some
event of great interest and importance
but still 10 tidingS from the jury other
than the vague rumors which had been
flying about all the morning.
Ten minutes to 10 and there was no
change in the general condition OF those
who waited, except that through the feed.
ing inlets OF the room, people like sand
were swept in upon the edges OF tue
throng and left there, sgain like the SAND
unable To retreat
Z The ;snlh morning hour was marked on
tbe dial at last, and there began to be some
evidences OF doubt on the part OF the crowd
as 10 what the jury would do, IN spite OF
tbe rumor of q decision. IL seemed to
some of the anxious ones who waited, that
s,f the Jury was so long in dehoeraEiug
there must be q marked want OF harmonl-
ops opinion, and q possibility OF an un-
Iooked-for result such as disagreement or
a conviction in q low degree as COM
promise.
Verdict Amid wild Cheeers.
aTheyNre at the door, here they come
vas uurmured on every side, in spite OF
tbe sdusopition of the Court, aud IN
briefer time than IL required in its descrip-
.tion, the people arose and took their sta
stioEs on benches and chairs, or wherever
they could elevate themselves into view OIL
The Jury. Out through the little doorway
.undtr the bench, came the twelve disci-
niles OF the spirit Of law and Justice, Win
Forsmap Graham at their head. They
rsrg.d themselves in double row by the
wali. and between the window which looks
dawn upon Fifth avenue and the door
through which they came. Standing at the
md OF the bench, in front OF the Jury,
Ckrk of Courts Rowsnd turned to the
boxs6 figure in the dock and began the OLD
ic,mnls, which has been heard IN this
nm thousands OF times:
ePrisoner, staDd up"
rhe clerk then called the list Of jurors
FSentlemen Of the jury, hsve you agreed
ppon q verdict
s,lTbe Jurors answered. We have
SWho shall answer for You:
Our foreman" replied the iurymen IN
IIn This issue Joined between the Com