The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-22
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The Alleged Murderers Of Po-
Iiceman Joe Glenn.
KELLY HND CHRISTY'S TRIAL
In Part + of the Circuit Court Ycstcr-
day, Before Judge JNcob-A Jury
Easily ImpnneIcd - Inter-
csting Testimony.

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Is last, shortly after midnight, Office
Joe Glenn, OF the city police force, wa
attracted into Alley 10 as far rs the in
tersection of Alley G, by the barking o
a dog, seemingly in the rear of the
premises of John G. Hoffman, ST.
whose residence fronts on Chaplint
street at Alley 10, the rear being OF
Alley G. AS the officer turned towart
Alley G, a voice from the darkness neaI
the Hoffman stable cried out, "Stant
where you are!" Immediately severa
shots were fired from the locality from
which the voice came, and Glenn wa
so severely wounded that he died a few
days after at the North Wheeling
hospital.
Yesterday Thomas D. Kelly and Harr!
Christie were put on trial in Part / o
the Circuit Court, Judge Jacob on til,
bench, for the murder OF Officer Glenn
Prosecuting Attorney Jordan and Messrs
Dovencr 4 Elson represented the State
and Messrs. Sommerville & Howard thu
defendants.
Nobody supposed the case would pro
coed yesterday, us there was anothe
case on trial, but by agreement it wa
adjourned over, and about 10 o'clOcl
Kelly and Christie were brought in
bundrufTnd tOppthcr and guarded bN
Sheriff Handlan, Jailer Nichols and two
deputy sheritIs. They were eyed will
much interest rs they sank into seats il
the court room, and began to converse
with their lawyers. The court room
was crowded throughout the session.
DEFEATED HIS OWN MOTION.
Nh. Sommerville moved for a contin
uance OF the case on account Of the ab
sence of material witness, Mr.. G. L
Watson, of Fairmont, who, however
turned up ut once. Then Mr.. Sommer
vile demanded separate trial for his
two clients, making affidavit that in the
absence OF James Conlin, a witness fol
the defense who lived in Ohio, Kelly
could not safely go to trial.
Kelly was called to the stand by the
Court, and after being sworn, was ques
toned both by counsel and by the court
Through Ignorance or stubborness, the
witness refused to answer any question
or answered the few he did with such
inconsequential and impudent evasion
that the bright and reasonable hopes Of
his counsel for the continuance, were
dashed to earth, the court refusing tc
grant the motion.
Sixty Jurors were called and examined,
Out OF this double panel but sixteen
were secured, requiring the summoning
Of four from among the spectators. This
panel OF twenty was then reduced to the
needed twelve by the rejection. without
cause of Messrs. William Wincher,
William Devlin, J. NJ. Clouston, James
Reed, James Terrell, George Baker,
Henry Mayors and Thomas Owens.
The jury as finally impaneled was as
follows
William Molter, James EiiAn,
Thomas Fox, George litggH,
Charles Likcng, John MOhntt,
Charles COpp Robert Shaw,
Fred Miller, Charles He'll,
Pr, Noble, Charles WeltZel.
After they had been sworn to well and
truly try and true presentment make
the prisoners Mt the bar were
guilty, the indictmentwas read to them
and the case presented by the opposing
counsel. The Indictment is as follows
The STATE Of West Virginia, Fira judicial Circuit
Ohio COiiiy, to iri: III hc Circuit Court GC sdtd
County:
The Jurors Of the State Of West Vir
ginia in and for the body OF the county
Of Ohio and now attending the Circuit
Court OF the said county, upon thcil
oaths present that Thomas Kelly and
Harry D. Christie, on the 18th day OF
January, in the year Of our Lord 1883, in
the said county Of Ohio, feloniously, viii
fully, maliciously, deliberately and UNI
lawfully did STAY, kill and murder one
Joseph Glenn, against the peace and
dignity OF the State. L. S. JORDAN.
Prosecuting Attorney for the said
county OF Ohio.
Found upon the information OF Geo.
Mcfarland, Eli Davis, w. Q. Handlan
and Porter Smith, witnesses sworn in
court and by order Of court sent before
the grand jury to give evidence.
TIE DEFENSE. d,
In outlining the defense, Mr.. Som
said they would prove that
neither OF the defendants were any
more guilty OF the killing Of Officer
Glenn than was any member Of this
Jury; they would establish the fact that
neither OF the accused was in Wheeling
at the time Of the shooting OF Glenn,
but that both were at considerable dis
lance away.
The witnesses were then called and
sworn, and after being instructed that
they must stay out OF the court room,
those for the defense were excused until
this morning and those for the prosecu'
ton sent out until they were called for
The following are the witnesses called
and sworn for the prosecution: II. j.
Rickenbaugh, Jacob Meredith, Phoebe
Mcfarland, David Moore, G. W,
Mcfarland, Walter Joy, II. E.
Davis, Simpson Hartman, OF New
ark; George Trisler, OF Barnes.
Vile; S. X. Gatchall and ]. G. Steven
son, of Mt. Vernon; Alvin White, J. G
Holman, Frank Hoffman, John West
John Shorts, William Carney, DR.. Ack.
erman, DR.. Baguley, DR.. Schwinn, DR.. l.,
d. Wilson, Echols Elan, Harvey Combs
and Cyrus Higgs.
The witnesses for the defense were
Drs. Hupp, George L. Baird, ]. A. Camp,
bell and ]. L. Frissell, and G. W. Sea.
bright, Charles G. Woods, @. NJ. Watson
and Mr.. Wells.
TIE EVIDENCE BEGUN.
This concluded the preliminaries, and
the evidence for tho prosecution was
begun!
b. L. White, the civil engineer who
made the plats OF the square surround
ing the scene of the shooting for use in
the case, was the first witness called to
the stand. He was examined by Capt.
Dovener as to the precautions taken to
make the drawings correct to scale, and
also as to the distances from points and
localities which must figure in the case
to other notable or significant points.
He also vouched for another plat OF the
Hoffman premises made by him.
These plats were then offered in evil
dence, being marked Exhibits A:and B
respectively. Following is arough draft
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